Monthly Archives: October 2011

Reading list and special events

I’ve been doing some traveling lately which has given me some time to read (and listen to on CDs) some recent best selling books. “Confidence Men” by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Suskind is subtitled “Wall Street, Washington, and the Education of a President.” Though the book includes interviews with President Obama and his key cabinet [...]

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Trans World Assurance Announces Online Account Access For Future First Universal Life Policyholders

San Mateo, CA (PRWEB) October 29, 2011 Trans World Assurance, in a continuing effort to provide military members with better and more convenient service, has made updates to its online system. these updates allow Future First Universal Life policyholders to view their policy information online. With online account access Future First Universal Life policyholders can: [...]

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Why Kids Have Trouble Reading and Writing in English

Written English is difficult for many children. – PhotoeyesWritten English is difficult to master because the sounds and letters do not always have a one-to-one relationship. Many children have difficulties mastering written English. this is particularly true for English Language Learners (ELLs), or children who do not speak English as their primary language. English is [...]

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Awesome iPad e-books For Kids

In my last post you had read about 4 must have iPad Apps for Kids now in this post i will tell you about the amazing iPad e books for kids. I think these 5 Books are awesome books. If you ask me, the iPad’s prowess as an e-book reader lies not in pulp fiction, [...]

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Video Review: Little Angels DVD Series

Little Angels from littleangels.com.  This is a video series for preschool children.   I was interested in this series because it is a Christian series, has cute music and a fun theme. right out of the box, the boys loved it.  Daniel immediately started dancing along to the fun music and smiled from ear to ear. [...]

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Bankable family films will dominate holiday season

LOS ANGELES – after a year of lumps of coal, Hollywood is promising a more bountiful holiday season. Particularly for moviegoers who travel in related packs. For all the castigating they take, family films — even live-action movies not propelled by computer-generated effects and toy tie-ins — remain the industry’s most bankable pictures. PHOTOS: A [...]

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Children Books – Imbibe The Reading Habits

Children are usually very restless; as such, to imbibe any kind of knowledge in them, books should be carefully chosen. Kids can be taught by providing them exciting and adventurous gadgets and books for entertainment. As knowledge forms the basic personality and attitude of a person and helps him to face any competition with confidence, [...]

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Printable Word Jumbles For Kids

Word jumbles (also sometimes known as word searches or word search puzzles) are a fun activity for kids to pass the time. They are in fact an ideal way to keep kids busy on rainy days, when travelling, or when they are bored and need to something to fill the time. However, you should not [...]

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Exploiting an Authentic Reading Passage for English Language Learning

Teachers of EFL, English as a Foreign Language, are almost constantly strapped for time and fresh materials to use in their English classes. if they teach in a non-English speaking country, the situation can reach critical proportions quickly and often. With the advent of the internet, however, authentic readings in English are now only a [...]

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Teaching Acceptance is Goal of Robin Taylor-Chiarello’s Children’s Book on Diversity

Center Lovell, Maine (PRWEB) October 26, 2011 For those interested in teaching acceptance of others, a new children’s book, “The Blue Lobster,” a story about being different, by Robin Taylor-Chiarello provides an engaging tale about differences and the desire for acceptance. Inspired by a one-in-a-million blue lobster and the loss of her own son, born [...]

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