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Located on the Kitsap Peninsula—the "natural side" of Puget Sound—you can take in the picturesque beauty of Dyes Inlet, with sealife, bald eagles, and beach views outside each apartment. Stroll along the five-mile Clear Creek Trail with a friend, or venture over to the wood shop and build a treasure. Birdwatch with family while sitting at the beachside patio or enjoy dinner with a view every day while someone else cooks, cleans and does the dishes!
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- 5-mile Clear Creek Trail outside your door
- Old Mill Park adjacent to the community
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- Rose garden for summer enjoyment
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This is a really nice highlighter, if I use the brush on the darker side a bit more heavily I get a really nice subtle pinky glow on my cheeks, it definitely shows up as shimmery and illuminated in photos rather than making me just look shiny.
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Beautiful highlighter. HG for me. This gives a beautiful, ethereal glow without looking like you've highlighted (so ok for daytime, work etc). The product is very hard, so the strips don't blend together in the pan, and you can pick up targeted pigment - either from the darker strips or the lighter strips. Best highlighter!
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Love this! It took me a while to figure out how to apply this since it is extremely shiny and shimmery. It's quite easy to overdo and you need a light hand when applying. But once I got it right I got the most wonderful glow on my cheekbones, perfect for going out. I also use this is a brightening eyeshadow for daytime. Really opens up my eyes and gives me a healthy look. Not too glittery but just the right amount of shimmer and glow. Good lasting power as well. Will buy more shades of these.
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I love this product!
For shimmer waves bronze, i used each invidivual wave, but for this, i get a large brush, wet it slightly, and use it over my cheeks. It's awesome as a highlighter - although i find it too light for my skin as eyeshadow.
BUT ITS AWESOME. I've used it quite a few times, and it seems to never want to run out =D
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I've been searching for a highlighter for years...this one is the BEST! I apply it after i've applied shimmerwaves bronzer and voila! Perfect glowy skin...the best highligher I've ever used. Definetly a staple!
Will repurchase.
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For those who claimed that this product was LE, that was only the Peach Shimmer Waves. This one is still available on The Body Shop website for $19.50 and it is listed as 0.3 oz Shimmer Waves 9921 02 Blush. It says Blush on one part of my packaging and rose somewhere else, so don't get confused! It's the same thing!
This is my HG of highlighters. I use this every single day. I don't feel right not putting it on. It goes with any pink or coral blush I have. For those who also claimed that it doesn't have enough color payoff, I thought that too, but what you need is a flat top blush brush, like the one by mark. I have a review on it and it is the best blush brush I have ever used. It picks up the color the way it's supposed to, I swear. This product makes my skin look very ethereal. I put it on my cheekbones above my blush, on my nose, and i use it in conjunction with my eyeshadows. I have had this for way too long.. almost 3 years and it's still all pressed together. The powder is starting to crystallize on the right side so I need to get a new one. It's not shiny, it's just.. glowy. I love it.
My only complaint is the packaging. Like one of the other reviewers, the hinge broke on one side and then came off the other, but thisproduct is so good I could care less. I like how it is silvery and not too golden or pink. It doesn't exaggerate flaws (like blackheads), but practically conceals them. It doesn't have flecks of shimmer in it either! Favorite makeup product of all time! Thank you Body Shop!
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Love this! It looks great when Im wearing bronzer and just want to add a pink glow to the apples of my cheeks.Used it a lot and it still looks brand new :o)
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love this product!!!
didn't use this for awhile, bec. i thought it was really useless!! it didn't show on my skin and i ended up using too much! looked horrible on my photographs, looked too greasy and shiny instead of healthy and glowy. after some time, i learned the art of applying it. use a big fluffy brush to diffuse the particles. do not use too much. can be quite hard to know what is too much because the color doesn't show. but now, i love it! subtle, not glittery!
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Yet both were major turning points of the Vietnam conflict. The Gulf of Tonkin led to open US involvement in the fighting. Tet, though a tactical military defeat for the North, was a surprise for a US public that had been led to believe victory might be imminent. It may have contributed to declining support for the American intervention.
The Gulf of Tonkin incident occurred in early August 1964. On Aug. 2, North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked a US destroyer, the USS Maddox, in the Gulf of Tonkin, an arm of the South China Sea off Vietnam's northeastern coast. Mr. Johnson warned the North that another such attack would bring "grave consequences." On Aug. 4, Johnson announced that another attack had occurred and asked Congress to vote him powers to respond. On Aug. 7, Congress gave him those powers in the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which became the legal foundation for increased US involvement.
Even at the time, some doubted that the second attack had occurred. Yet the Johnson administration produced what seemed a key piece of evidence – a North Vietnamese Navy after-action report, intercepted by the NSA, which appeared to discuss the battle.
In fact, the intercept had been mistranslated, according to the just-released report. The Vietnamese word for "military operations" can also mean "long movement," and the intercept in reality referred to the towing of two North Vietnamese patrol boats some distance for repairs.
Furthermore, US intelligence intercepted no communications or radar emissions associated with the assumed attack. Mr. Hanyok, the NSA historian, cites Sherlock Holmes, who famously once solved a case because a dog did not bark, proving something did not occur.
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quote:I don't get why a newer fifa would get worse. Like, issues that were non-issues in 12 or 13 are issues in 14
quote:I abuse through balls as much as anyone on 14's Career Mode. (Just finished an unbeaten season in the Championship with Wigan, what up)
quote:Like, issues that were non-issues in 12 or 13 are issues in 14
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Des Moines police say an alleged coin thief may have returned to the scene of the crime.
Last month a man walked into Christopher's Rare Coins and stole an expensive silver coin.
The store manager says a man fitting the thief's description was back in the store on Friday.
The manager notified a security guard who chased the man down.
Police took the man into custody, but have not released his name.
Coin thief returns to crime scene?
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A private, chartered jet made an emergency landing at ILM early Sunday morning. The plane was flying from the Dominican Republic.
During the flight, strong headwinds forced the plane to use most of its fuel. While flying over Wilmington, the pilot needed to make an emergency landing around 3:00 a.m. The plane touched down on a grassy area just beyond the runway.
An airport spokesman said considering the dense fog, it was a miraculous landing. None of the four passengers and two crew members were injured.
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Students' creations brighten school
By JUDY SHERARD
ELLIS -- Brian White's art students at Ellis High School take their talents beyond canvas to walls and ceilings.
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ELLIS -- Brian White's art students at Ellis High School take their talents beyond canvas to walls and ceilings.
The idea to use artwork as decor began several years ago when a student wanted to display artwork on the ceiling.
White, who is in his sixth year at the school, has added to the brightly painted ceiling tiles since then.
To add even more color to his classroom, students painted "a modern take on masterpieces" on the wall panels under the windows.
From there, student artwork has expanded out into the building with hallway murals.
A train image, painted last year across from White's classroom, depicts the school's tradition as the Railroaders.
This semester, White's advanced art students are installing murals in two of the schools' halls.
The students are responsible for the whole project, which helps them learn project management and resource scheduling, White said.
"It's up to them to figure out how to implement it," he said.
The students came up with the designs, said senior Jacob Callier.
After students came up with a design they liked, they took it to EHS Principal Correy Burton for approval.
Senior Mara Geschwentner said her group picked the hallway outside the music room because it was kind of "blah, (and) the music room always will be the music room."
Most days Brady Jacques joins Geschwentner and Callier in working on the music mural.
Just around the corner from the music room, two first-hour advanced art students, Kaleigh Soneson and Alysha Werth, are working on a mural depicting sports.
Other students are painting a third mural in Breanne Nilhaus' classroom.
Nilhaus said she wanted the family and consumer science logo on the wall because "It's what I teach."
White traced the logo, and some of his students are painting it.
Work on the hall murals began soon after school started, and they hope to finish in nine weeks, Geschwentner said.
Callier, whose hobby is drawing cartoons, likes getting out of the classroom to work on the murals.
"It's an easy class," he said.
Once the design for the music mural was approved, the background area was measured out, and painted white.
It took four coats to cover the orange-gold on the hall walls, Geschwentner said.
White said the students use supplies from his classroom budget, so there's no additional cost for the murals.
The students are leaving their mark on the school.
"It will always be here," Geschwentner said.
"It will still be there when they come back for their 10- or 20-year reunion," White said. "They can bring their kids to see it."
White doesn't expect the project to end any time soon.
"I've got plans for the rest of this," he said of the hall outside his classroom.


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Genres indie, folk, indie rock, indie pop, alternative (beta) (flag as incorrect)
Artists Canned Heat, Paolo Nutini, Beirut (beta)
Published April 30, 2012
Train tracks. by Neverwantedanything
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That effect is generally negative in my opinion. Nobody wants to be shouted at, and the title shouting at you only makes you expect that the website will shout at you too.
Most search engines already boldface the keywords in your title tag that were part of the user search - that is sufficient for users to scan for what they want.
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It was a pleasure (well kind of, considering all of the rain which we had yesterday!) to cycle back, from Shrewsbury to Horwich with you yesterday. It was probably the fastest average speed bike ride I've ever done, and considering that you'd already cycled 70 miles yesterday before we met, it was unbelievable how fast you were cycling!
I hope that the ride from Horwich to John o' Groats goes really well for you and that you get good cycling conditions, including a good tail wind on that 10 mile climb up to Drumochter Summit!
Best wishes,
Andrew Morley.
Monmouth 2 bolton (day 3 )
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DAYS 2 + 3 By Andrew
had a great time cycling through Devon and Somerset (the Mendips were a lot more hilly than I remembered ). Hit the 1/4 way mark on the Severn Crossing. Cycled briefly into Wales and up the Wye Valley to Welsh Bicknor. Arrived at 10.20 pm , in bed by 1.00 am. Later starting on Saturday so had to push hard to cover the 75 miles to Shrewsbury to meet Andrew, David and Harvey from Horwich.Iit was great having company for the last 75 miles o the `home-leg`.
Total distance to date is 397 miles, average speed 13.7 mph and total time peddaling is 28 hours. Several periods of very little energy but saved by snack vans and "Little Chefs " and of course my Family who have been brilliant. A big thankyou to Andrew, David and Harvey for sharing the burden with me, and thankyou to all who have sent texts, comments on the travel log and their good wishes.
NOTE One of my phones has packed in so please DON'T use 07799108559. Instead I can be contacted on 077765674223.
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Stay safe everyone, remember that minimum wage labour jobs--any job, really--isn't worth your life.


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The Auditing/Investigating Fraud Seminar is structured as a series of general lecture and specific breakout sessions developed to get the respective disciplines up to speed in fraud examination. Once a fraud is detected or predication established, the next step is the careful planning and execution of the investigation. Not all frauds are created equal and knowing what to do, what skill sets to bring to bear and how to conduct the process from the beginning to ensure a successful conclusion to a fraud examination is not always learned on the job. Develop and sharpen your existing skills and techniques necessary for effective fraud detection and investigation. Learn the anti-fraud concepts necessary for auditors and investigators, as well as tips, techniques and perspectives on a variety of industry-specific issues.
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Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me (Hardcover)
My children's book, Knock Knock will be released by Little, Brown Books on December 17, 2013!! This inspiring story will make a great holiday gift for the youngsters in your life!
Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me (Hardcover)
by Daniel Beaty (Author) , Bryan Collier (Artist)
More info on Amazon.com
Every morning, I play a game with my father.
He goes knock knock on my door
and I pretend to be asleep
till he gets right next to the bed.
And my papa, he tells me, "I love you."
But what happens when, one day, that "knock knock" doesn't come? This powerful and inspiring book shows the love that an absent parent can leave behind, and the strength that children find in themselves as they grow up and follow their dreams.
"The ideal use of picture books, on some level, is to provide windows and mirrors for the kiddos. Mirrors that reflect their own worlds. Windows where they can see how other children live…The key to Knock Knock lies in the fact that Beaty's tale is about an absent parent and not necessarily an incarcerated one. Lots of kids have one parent or another disappear on them. What Knock Knock is telling us is that even if they're not there, you can grow up and become the man or woman you were meant to be…
"The art is the real kicker, of course…Then there's how [Collier] chose to bring Beaty's words to life. According to Collier, he took a real interest in this text when he saw Beaty perform it in a monologue. In this book he then tries to capture the spirit of the performance." – Elizabeth Bird (School Library Journal)
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Is there an animal more universally loved than the panda? I think not, unfortunately it has come to fame because of its near extinction and has become a poster for animals in danger. Though not many know much about it, other than it's from china and eats bamboo. Here is an article about some unknown facts about the pandas.
Pandas were one of the few animals in Ancient china to not be used for medicinal use. They were considered noble animals and spiritual by some.
The first pandas brought to the west occurred in late 19th century, only one was brought to US and because of the war it took a long time before the next one came.
Like most mammals, pandas can't open their eyes after birth and also are 1/10 of their mother's size.
Pandas have huge teeth, despite not having much in the claws department their tooth can be 7 [...] Continue Reading…


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An online or virtual community is defined as a group of people with a common interest or purpose who interact virtually, that is, through the use of the Internet. An online community is a mode of amalgamation of the expressions, the views, the knowledge and the virtual personalities in an nonobstructive environment where the primary goal is to share, learn, expand, modify and/or upgrade the realm of knowledge, thoughts and wisdom, through the medium of the internet. This kind of community allows its members to create value for themselves and the group as a whole. Current examples include eBay, MySpace, Wikipedia, Flickr, Tribe, and WebShots as well as Toolbox.com. Online communities are the primary enabler of social media, providing the audience, motivation, and system for users to create and distribute content. If today there is any community which is not based on caste, creed or culture then its this online community. Internet is the sole reason for emergence of this community.
Online communities have been around since the first days of the Internet, well before the WYSIWYG-enabled Web 2.0 of today. What identifies an online community as being Web 2.0 is additional user-driven content and social networking capabilities.
The major purposes behind creating and maintaining a vibrant online community include: user-driven content, consumer interaction, and social networking.
Producers can submit content that can be shared with a network of consumers via security, publishing, subscription or broadcasting. This may include a mixture of media, such as text, video, audio and/or pictures.
Consumers can interact with content via modifications, reviews, comments or voting. A wiki is an example of full consumer interaction where any reader can modify the contents of any producer. eBay is an example of reduced interaction where a consumer can comment on a producer via feedback.
Producers and consumers can interact with each other via connections, messages, chat or watches. Toolbox.com is an example of connection and relationship driven networking. eBay is an example of message driven networking with text messages and emails passed between users.
An online community also has to provide value to its members as nobody will spend time on the online community unless he can "get something out of it" for himself.
The most prevalent online communities are active owing to the specific needs (based on the interaction instincts) of the individuals for social and professional networking and that eventually constitutes to form a group, such as:
Toolbox.com has many online networking capabilities and two users who connect to other social networking sites where additional networking features are offered:


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I got my snowboard today, K2 WWW Rocker 152... I am 140 pounds, 5'8, 10.5 boot size. The board is little below my chin... I bought this board for jibbing, rails, groomers. I don't want to open it because I can still return/exchange it. Is it going to be hard to press, jib with this board? plus, with the k2 www rocker you can downsize up to 5cm... should i exchange it for 148, maybe? I am 16 yrs old btw (if matters. thanks
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Its a fine size for you, its on the "larger" size for a park board ..but your 16 and are growing..so by next season it will probably be ideal...you'd grow out of a 148.
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[9. . 1804]My dear Boys
I have just return'd from a visit to yr. good Grandmother - accompanied by Father, Sister, Brother, Ann & Mary Ann.She & I united in regretting that between one thing and another, you had so miss'd your chance of melons. We concluded however we would try to make it up to you in pears; for which you must not fail to send yr. acknowledgements to her and your Uncle J. T. By the way Henry, do not fall into the awkardness of bad spelling I beseech thee! Such as spelling Uncle with a k, instead of a c, &c
Mother shew'd me thy Letter to John Thomas, with which I was pretty well pleas'd upon the whole - but one caution occurred to me to communicate on reading it - Beware dear Child, of the practice of doing things underhandedly! that is, with a wish, and a design to conceal them - Let them be ever so innocent in themselves, they are in one respect dangerous; as they create a necessity, or rather temptation to falsehood, if you should be suspected or accus;d: and might possibly lead into sneaking habits - and sneaking habits, are so contrary to everything that is honourable or manly - there is such a bitterness & meanness in them! - they are so ugly, so awkard, and so vulgar! that I pray Heav'n may avert them from my dear Children - or enable you to avoid them!!
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Merchants in downtown La Grange will host a progressive Blue Hydrangea tea party to benefit Ovarian Awareness of Kentucky from 1 to 5 p.m. April 18. The event is in its third year. In 2009, 470 people attended raised more than $5,000.
Baptist Hospital Northeast is the signature sponsor, and the Masonic Lodge No. 47 F&AM also offered sponsorship.
The event is organized by Lisa Adams in memory of the late Cindy Adams, a long-time La Grange merchant who founded the event and died in 2009 from ovarian cancer.
Buckner Christian Church recently hosted the Oldham County Hymn Sing. There were 11 people there and five churches were represented.
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Yus! Term 1 officially ended!
I'm going back to Taiwan (yes, I know agen...) to see my family and all that.
My dad's going to make me cut my hair... Meh... I dun want to... but then soon my school will MAKE me cut it or they'lll cut it for me lol. I want to wait until I get told off at school then I'll cut it. Hmm.
I should dye or highlight my hair this holidayz. Any suggestions on colours? Daniel says he's dying streaks of blue lol. He said I should too. I'm not sure if blue streaks look gud on me xD.
two weeks. Argh, I still haven't packed my bags and flight is 2moro.. I'm pretty Screwed xD
I also have to tidy my room before I go back.. I can't leave my room in the state its in for two weeks. :x
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"This is Green Tech America's first international licensing agreement," says Ho, the company's founder and president. "COFCO and Novozymes have proven records in developing the processes for the production of cellulosic ethanol, and we are very glad to partner with them in providing our yeast for their production of cellulosic ethanol."
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Bonjour, ca va? Curious toddlers who step into West Park Presbyterian Church on Wednesday mornings are greeted with a singsong voice and smile from Michelle Bertrand, founder of Music & Play En Français. The foreign language playgroup — one of dozens held throughout the city — is part of a growing trend of parents opting to raise a bilingual child or give their babies a leg up by exposing them to a second language early on. Most are still in diapers, but folded in their moms' laps for the next 45 minutes they'll sing "If You're Happy and You Know It" and "Old MacDonald Had a Farm", listen to stories and play circle games — all in French. Some sit absolutely transfixed, others concentrate for a moment and wander off the way toddlers frequently do. Either way, parents bring their kids to the class in the hopes that their babies will gain some proficiency in French.
"This is one of her first playgroups," says one of the moms, Regina who asked to be identified by her first name, in attendance with her 15-month-old daughter. "I'd like to have a little more exposure to another language and start her early. Hopefully, some of it will rub off."
Alissa Owens and her husband, Mark, who live in Park Slope, have two children, Zoe, 9,and Jordan, 7. They hired Spanish babysitters who spoke to the children, from birth, only in Spanish "It was a major effort on our part," Alissa says; the Owenses insisted the children speak Spanish to the babysitters and they created a library of Spanish books. Even more unusual, neither parent speaks Spanish. Both children attend Hannah Senesh, a Jewish day school in Cobble Hill where half the instruction is in Hebrew; both children are now tri-lingual.
The earlier the better
When it comes to learning a second language, the younger the better is what many linguists say. Research indicates there is a critical period for acquiring language that can begin as early as 7 months old. As children approach puberty, they lose this natural ability as the brain becomes less adept at creating the neural connections necessary for processing a new language. "There is a growing acceptance of the idea there is a window of opportunity or 'critical period' during which a person's brain is unusually receptive to language learning," writes Carey Miles in Raising Bilingual Children.
"The formative years are the first five years," explains Bertrand, who was raised in a French-speaking household in New York, and didn't speak English until she attended nursery school. "No one takes the class expecting to walk out and speak French fluently, but the more you expose children to different languages, the more you expose them to different sounds which opens up synapses in the brain." This, according to Bertrand, creates a drawer for the language file in the brain, so when the child is older and exposed to language in a more formal setting, she's not hearing a foreign language but another language that's familiar.
Though many parents raise bilingual children for cultural reasons, studies available through the Center for Applied Linguistics suggest that there are other benefits children derive from being fluent in more than one language. On average, bilingual children read earlier than their monolingual peers, take a more creative approach to problem solving, and tend to score higher on standardized tests, even in areas non-related to language, such as math.
Another reason to expose children to a second language early on is the emotional advantages they enjoy. Francois Thibaut, founder of The Language Workshop for Children in Manhattan, notes that young children are rarely as self-conscious as adults and are not afraid of saying something wrong in another language. "Youngsters are willing to call out their new foreign words and their spontaneity pays off with a faster fluency adoption," he says.
Though children raised in bilingual homes tend to speak later than monolingual children, it's because the process of learning two native languages takes more time. Bertrand is doing what her parents did: speaking only French to her 4-year-old daughter at home and waiting until nursery school for her to learn English. "It's amazing how fast she's picking it up," she says.
Consistency and commitment
Whether a parent is fluent in a second language, raising a bilingual child requires consistency and commitment. "It's important to separate the languages that children are learning," maintains Luisa Costa-Garro, a linguist and professor of education at Bank Street College. In families where the dad speaks English and the mom speaks another language, Costa-Garro says the optimum way to learn multiple languages is for the mother to consistently address the child in her native language and the father in his. Alejandra Novillo, who is raising her 6-year-old son and 8-month-old daughter bilingually, agrees. Married to a non-speaker of Spanish, Novillo only spoke Spanish at home with her son, Henry, who is now fluent in English and Spanish. Persistence is key, she says, noting that if Henry asked her a question in English, she wouldn't answer until he repeated it in Spanish.
"The important thing is for children to be exposed to lots of language practice in the language of the home," says Costa-Garro, who also advises families to find ways to incorporate the language they want their children to learn into fun and meaningful activities such as cooking, storytime and sing-alongs. Foreign language playgroups, videos, DVDs, music CDs and audiotapes available in the language of choice can also help. Costa-Garro, whose 19-year-old daughter is trilingual, says her family frequently had Spanish-speaking guests in their home and took numerous trips to Argentina, which increased her child's exposure to the language, and also helped her acquire it in an authentic manner.
Though it certainly helps to have one fluent speaker in the household, babies are adept at learning languages, and fluency can be achieved by finding a babysitter who speaks a foreign language. "You have to be with friends who speak the language," notes Novillo who began Juguemos A Cantar, a Spanish music and playgroup as a way of immersing her son in a Spanish-speaking environment. Now that Henry attends the local public school, Novillo reinforces the language of the home with Spanish magazines and videos, and has even found Yu-Gi-Oh, the popular trading card game, in Spanish.
Another option is a dual language school. Unlike bilingual programs, which are designed to teach English to non-English speakers, children enrolled in dual language immersion programs are expected to become fluent in two languages. Typically, half the students are native English speakers and half speak the designated language with instructional time divided, usually 50-50, between the two languages. New York City has several dual language schools, including P.S. 184, the Shuang Wen School in Chinatown, a PreK-6 school where students split their day between English and Mandarin Chinese, and the Amistad Dual Language School in Inwood, a K-8 school with a progressive philosophy where children graduate bilingual in English and Spanish.
Costa-Garro points out that as bilingual children grow older, they're likely to stop speaking their home language. "Many may come back to it," she says. "The language of the home is the language of roots, and many realize the importance of reconnecting with culture."
Do You Speak 'Parentese'?
Sure it feels silly, even condescending at times, but those exaggerated tones we use to talk to babies — "whoose a bee-yoo-tee-full baybee?" — are actually good for them. A study by Carnegie Mellon researchers published in Infancy found that babies learn to talk sooner when adults speak to them in "parentese"—the singsong, expressive use of language that seems to come naturally to so many adults when they encounter a baby.
In a series of experiments led by Dr. Erik Thiessen, director of Carnegie Mellon's Infant Language and Learning Lab, 8-month-old infants were divided into two groups and exposed to fluent speech made up of nonsense words. One group heard the speech in parentese, or baby talk, and the other was exposed to the same speech in monotone. Researchers determined that the infants exposed to parentese learned to identify words more quickly than infants who heard the same communication in monotone. "Learning a language is one of the most critical things that an infant has to do, because communication with other people is so tremendously important," says Dr. Thiessen. "It makes a great deal of sense that the special way we have of talking to babies would help them learn."
The study also suggests that the simple sentences and slow word delivery people use with infants may be a factor in adopting a new language, a scenario not likely to happen with adults, which may also explain why grown-ups have a hard time learning a second language.
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• Professor Toto's Sing and Learn Start Kit is part of a series of multi-media language kits developed by New York's Language Workshop for Children. Geared for ages 2 and up, the French starter kit brings the foreign language playgroup home, with music CDs, scripts, illustrated storybook of the songs, a fun activity book that helps build vocabulary, and other items. The kit can be purchased as a whole or a la carte. For further information, visit www.professortoto.com.
• Berlitz Publishing recently launched Baby Berlitz, a series of talking board books with titles such as Peek-A-Boo Family for ages 3 and under. The series is available in English and a bilingual English/Spanish and retails for $8.95. For older kids, Berlitz Kids 1000 Words is a useful reference published in Spanish and French. Detailed illustrations reminiscent of Richard Scarry's Busy Busy Town are absorbing to look at but also contain everyday items labeled in English and French or Spanish. Geared to ages 8-11, the books retail for $9.95. For further information, visit www.berlitzbooks.com.
• How do you say wedgie power in Spanish? Captain Underpants, or Las adventuras del Capitán Calzoncillos (Scholastic, $4.99), the chapter book series by Dav Pilkey about a caped crusader who fights for truth, justice and all that is pre-shrunk and cottony, is also available in Spanish. Geared to readers 6-9, the Spanish versions contain the same illustrations, which make it fairly easy for non-speakers familiar with the series to follow along. There's also the do-it-yourself Flip-O-Rama, which is still Flip-O-Rama in any language. Scholastic also publishes many of its other popular books series, such as Clifford the Big Red Dog, in Spanish. For further information, call 1-800-SCHOLASTIC or visit www.scholastic.com.
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