Monthly Archives: October 2011

Is Reading and Writing Still Critical to Learning?

By admin | Published: October 31, 2011

There is some feeling nowadays that reading is not as necessary as it once was. this quote is from 1940 from How to Read a Book. How many of us believe that we are presently in the same situation? after all, we have video, iPods, computers, and televisions that have taken over many of the [...]

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Seven Hints for Writing Short Stories

By admin | Published: October 31, 2011

When asked how long it would take for him to prepare a speech, a great orator once responded, If I have two hours to speak, I’m ready now. If I only have only 15 minutes, give me a week. Writing is like that. the shorter the piece, the more precisely it must be planned and [...]

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Author Helps Kids Identify Animals and Learn the Alphabet the Easy Way

By admin | Published: October 31, 2011

Anchorage, AL (PRWEB) October 28, 2011 Reading is an important skill that needs to be developed in children. according to familyresource.com, reading can open up new worlds and enrich children’s lives. Also, books help children develop vital language skills. In author Steve Owen’s picture book titled the ABC’s of Cute little Animals, not only does [...]

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On Halloween: A Choose-Your-Own-Path kid’s story-Now FREE

By admin | Published: October 31, 2011

When Dawn hears a voice calling for help from a creepy old haunted house, she knows she shouldn’t go in, but she has to try to help. the ramshackle old mansion holds a lot of secrets and it’s up to the readers to determine whether Dawn gets home for trick-or-treating safely. Meant for kids in [...]

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Child Stories: Going Beyond

By admin | Published: October 31, 2011

Despite the explosion of the Internet and various new media, child stories are still what most people want – whether they are adults or children themselves. Nonetheless, I wonder if we can’t learn something from the new media? I think that the greatest lesson that the Internet and other new media have to teach us [...]

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Harold Camping Oct. 21 Rapture: Family Radio Seeks to Comfort Believers Ahead of ‘Rapture’

By admin | Published: October 31, 2011

Titled “Tom Evan’s Study” and dated Oct. 16, the audio clip features Evans doing a Bible study with Family Radio and Camping supporters about the “spiritual” unfoldings of May 21 and what to expect on Oct. 21, especially if Christians are not raptured, or caught up to heaven. Evans has known Camping for about 30 [...]

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Various Types of Short Stories

By admin | Published: October 31, 2011

As there are varieties of subjects, themes and art, there are various types of a short story. some of the types are ancient tales, humor, satire, fantasy, biography, education, local color, and history. Lets us have a glimpse on each one of them in this article. 1. Ancient Tales It is the power of the [...]

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Soccer player with disability still flying toward her goal

By admin | Published: October 31, 2011

They laugh about it now. No, listening to them re-tell the story of what happened when Carson Pickett was 6 months old, when a prosthetics guru tried attaching a series of artificial arms, you realize that they smiled even then. Mike and Treasure Pickett say the only time they cried was the day their only [...]

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Bible Games for Kids: Persistence Spoons for Genesis 32

By admin | Published: October 30, 2011

Persistence Spoons is a wonderful Bible game for kids that can be used when telling the story of Jacob wrestling the Angel in Genesis 32. It’s going to become favorite Bible game because: 1) It’s Active 2) It’s inexpensive 3) it works for younger and older kids and 4) it has a powerful Bible-based message [...]

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Borderland Beat: Book of kids’ drawings chronicles Mexico drug war

By admin | Published: October 30, 2011

By GUSTAVO RUIZASSOCIATED PRESSChildren in a western Mexico state besieged by drug violence have helped produce a book that is full of images of shootouts, kidnappings, robberies and grenade attacks that kids are increasingly being exposed to. The book, “The Mexico I Live,” was released Tuesday by the Michoacan state Human Rights Commission and a [...]

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