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1st place, receiving an NEFGA MonoMaster and NEFGA vinyl decal, is Phazedoubt with this photo.
2nd place, receiving an NEFGA vinyl decal, is fishman34 with this photo.
3rd place, also winning an NEFGA vinyl decal, goes to Fly-Boy-Wray.
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JKL (03-02-2013), Omaha (03-01-2013), Phazedoubt (03-02-2013)
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The 1st place photo, winning an NEFGA MonoMaster and NEFGA vinyl decal, goes to Fishingnerd33!
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phazedoubt, that was a great photo I would have voted for that one as well.
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M99moron's clever photography project lets My Little Pony's Pinkie Pie easily escape the winter cold. He worked with ShinodaGE, the famous brony street artist based in Argentina. When you look through the German side, you can see a beach in Argentina. When you look through the Argentine side, you can see the snowdrifts of Germany.
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I figured so, Jason. I wonder if in the future this could be remedied by having a hardware chip whose primary purpse is to clock the FPS output of the two GPUs to ensures proper timing.
I recently got a 285 and it is great, was just wondering about the 295 to get extra horsepower for a future 3D vision purchase but I'm VERY sensitive to framerate weirdness and would probably notice the microstuttering. So hopefully GT300 will come out before my trade up window expires in late sep!
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OMAHA, Neb. Police officers who opened fire while disrupting a robbery at a fast-food restaurant in Omaha killed a crew member with the TV show Cops as well as the suspect, who was armed with a pellet gun that they thought was a real handgun, authorities said Wednesday.
The suspect fired from the pellet gun before officers returned fire, Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said at a news conference. He said witnesses and officers thought the robbery suspects Airsoft handgun looked and sounded real, but discovered later that it fires only plastic pellets.
The suspect, whom police identified as 32-year-old Cortez Washington, was struck by the officers gunfire, but fled outside of the restaurant before collapsing. Officers continued firing on the suspect as he exited the restaurant, and that was when the Cops crew member, 38-year-old Bryce Dion, was also struck, said Schamaderer.
Dion was wearing a bulletproof vest, but a single bullet that hit his arm slipped into a gap in the vest and went into his chest, Schmaderer said.
My concern with my officers is that they are taking this very hard, Schmaderer said. Bryce was their friend.
Schmaderer said video captured by the cameraman who was with Dion shows the chaotic situation in the restaurant. Police released still shots from the video showing a hooded and masked person pointing what looks like a gun at police. Schmaderer said police would not release the full video, but that it will be part of the grand jury investigation into the shooting.
Schmaderer said Washington had a lengthy criminal record, including an accessory to robbery conviction from Missouri for which he was on parole. He moved to Nebraska in September 2013, and his parole was due to expire in June 2017.
Schmaderer said the incident began when one of the officers, on his way to another reported robbery, called to request backup for the robbery at the Wendys. The Cops crew members were with two officers who responded to that request.
When police entered the restaurant and confronted the suspect, Dion, who was the sound operator, got separated from the cameraman, Schmaderer said.
Cops is a reality TV show that depicts law enforcement officers in action. According to its website, the show has been filmed in at least 140 U.S. cities and three foreign countries.
Executives with Langley Productions said this was the first time one of their crew members has been fatally shot while filming. The show started on Fox in 1989 and is now shown on the Spike network.
In 2010, a TV crew for the A&E reality show The First 48 recorded a Detroit police raid in which a 7-year-old girl was accidentally killed by an officer. That incident highlighted concerns about whether TV cameras influence police behavior, perhaps encouraging showboating.
Schmaderer on Wednesday bristled at a reporters question about whether his officers overreacted knowing that cameras were recording them, calling the suggestion absolutely ridiculous. He said the video of Tuesdays shooting shows the officers reacted properly.
Schmaderer said he accepted the invitation from Cops to film in Omaha in the name of transparency. But he also expressed regret at the outcome.
Personally, I will live with this forever, Schmaderer said. If Id have known that this would happen, of course, I wouldnt have done it.
Key executives for Langley Productions, President John Langely and Executive Producer Morgan Langley, attended the police news conference in Omaha and agreed that police there had acted professionally.
John Langley said the crew had been filming all summer in Omaha and had only one week left when the deadly shooting happened.
Bryce has been with us for seven years, said Morgan Langley, who hired Dion. This is very hard for us.
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Head Coach Andy Fleming and his Musketeers will have 10 home matches this season
June 5, 2014
CINCINNATI – Ready to embark on the program's second season as a member of the BIG EAST Conference, the Xavier men's soccer program and head coach Andy Fleming announced the 2014 schedule. The 20-game slate features two exhibition games, 10 home contests and includes eight matches against opponents that competed in the NCAA Tournament a season ago.
"This is another challenging slate without question," said Fleming. "Between the success we've had and the conference we play in, this is part of the road to competing for an NCAA tournament berth. Although our eyes are wide open to and aware of the demands of the schedule, I won't say that we are phased by it or not capable of handling it."
Aside from the nine BIG EAST contests, the Musketeers will square off in 11 non-conferences matches (two exhibitions) against teams from the Big Ten, Summit League, Atlantic Sun, Missouri Valley, Ivy, American, SEC, Patriot League, WCC and ACC. Nine of the opponents on the upcoming slate finished the 2013 season in the top 50 of the RPI, including five in the top 30.
"Once again we have been able to bring Top 25 national level soccer to our home stadium," Fleming said. "Our local derby with Cincinnati will be on a Saturday night for the first time which should lead to an electric environment. Add in the other Big East games and Loyola Marymount coming through and you have a nice blend of styles and programs on display."
Xavier will play a pair of exhibition matches to prep for the season, starting with the 2013 Big Ten Champion and 2012 NCAA National Champion Indiana Hoosiers on Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Bloomington, Ind. The Musketeers will then head to the Shindigz National Soccer Festival in Fort Wayne, Ind., facing the IPFW Mastodons on Saturday, Aug. 23 at 7 p.m.
The Blue and White open the regular season with a home match against Atlantic Sun Conference opponent Lipscomb on Friday, August 29. The Bisons finished the 2013 season with nine wins, the most since 2010, and advanced to the semifinals of the A-Sun Championship for the fourth time in the last five years.
Starting a two-game road trip to begin the year, XU will head to Madison, Wis. on Sunday, Aug. 31 to battle the Wisconsin Badgers. In 2013, Wisconsin established itself as one of the country's premiere collegiate soccer programs. After three seasons of working toward building a program that mirrored the success of UW's teams of the 90's, the Badgers earned their first postseason berth since 1995, while owning the country's longest current home unbeaten streak (14).
The final game of the first road trip of the season will have Xavier travel to Peoria, Ill. to face Bradley on Thursday, Sept. 4. The Braves, who took the 2013 Valley Conference title, finished last season with a 14-7-2 overall record and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament before falling 3-1 to fourth-seeded and sixth-ranked California.
XU will then host back-to-back matches, welcoming Cornell (Sept. 7) and crosstown rival Cincinnati (Sept. 13) to the Xavier Soccer Complex. The Big Red finished the 2013 campaign with an 8-5-4 overall record and a 2-4-1 in conference play, while the Bearcats wrapped up the year 6-12-1 overall (1-7-0 American) and lost the 2013 Crosstown Shootout, 1-0, to XU.
Xavier heads to Lexington, Ky. on Tuesday, Sept. 16 to take on SEC foe Kentucky. The Wildcats will be in their third season under head coach Johan Cedergren's guidance. UK posted their first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2012, Cedergren's first season at the helm. Kentucky hosted Xavier in the opening round of the 2012 NCAA Tournament, but fell to the Musketeers, 1-0, after Luke Spencer tallied a late goal to give Xavier the first NCAA Tournament victory in program history.
The Blue and White then visits Bucknell (Sept. 20) before hosting reigning West Coast Conference champion LMU (Sept. 23).
A nine-game BIG EAST slate starts on Saturday, Sept. 27 as the St. John's Red Storm come to town. A mid-week battle follows that with the Providence College Friars on Saturday, Oct. 4 in Providence, R.I. Last season, the BIG EAST solidified its status as one of the premier men's soccer conferences in the nation, sending five of 10 teams to the NCAA Tournament.
The final non-conference game on the slate will put the Musketeers up against ACC foe Pittsburgh on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the XU Soccer Complex. With a 2-0 loss at Notre Dame in their 2013 season finale, the Panthers ended their season with a 1-11-4 (0-9-2 ACC) record.
From there the heart of the BIG EAST schedule awaits. XU heads to Seton Hall, for the Pirates' conference home opener on Saturday, Oct. 11, before returning to Cincinnati to host DePaul (Oct. 15) and Creighton (Oct. 18).
Two of Xavier's final four opponents were NCAA Tournament teams a year ago. Xavier hits the road to battle 2013 BIG EAST Tournament champion Marquette on Oct. 25 before heading to the nation's capital to face the Hoyas of Georgetown in the final midweek game of the year (Oct. 29).
XU closes out the 2014 regular season slate with Villanova on Nov. 1 and Butler on Senior Day (Nov. 7).
The 2014 BIG EAST Tournament format is unchanged from a year ago with the top six teams in the conference standings qualifying for postseason play. The top two seeds will receive a bye to the semifinals while the two quarterfinal matchups will take place at campus sites on Nov. 11.
Xavier finished the 2013 campaign at 10-7-2, missing the BIG EAST regular season championship by one point and being one of the final few teams on the other side of NCAA tournament bubble. XU went 4-3 against teams who made the tournament. The 2013 campaign marked the program's fourth straight 10-win season.
2014 Xavier Men's Soccer Schedule
Aug. 19 - at Indiana^, 7:30 pm
Aug. 23 - vs. IPFW^, 5:00 pm
Aug. 29 - vs. Lipscomb, 7:00 pm
Aug. 31 - at Wisconsin, TBD
Sept. 4 - at Bradley, TBD
Sept. 7 - vs. Cornell, 1:00 pm
Sept. 13 - vs. Cincinnati, 7:00 pm
Sept. 16 - at Kentucky, TBD
Sept. 20 - at Bucknell, TBD
Sept. 23 - vs. Loyola Marymount, 7:00 pm
Sept. 27 - vs. St. John's*, 7:00 pm
Oct. 4 - at Providence *, TBD
Oct. 7 - vs. Pittsburgh , 7:00 pm
Oct. 11 - at Seton Hall*, 1:00 pm
Oct. 15 - vs. DePaul*, 7:00 pm
Oct. 18 - vs. Creighton*, 7:00 pm
Oct. 25 - at Marquette*, TBD
Oct. 29 - at Georgetown*, 2:00 pm
Nov. 1 - vs. Villanova*, 7:00 pm
Nov. 7 - vs. Butler*, 7:00 pm
Nov. 11 – BIG EAST Quarterfinals
Nov. 14 - BIG EAST Semifinals
Nov. 16 - BIG EAST Finals
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* Conference Matches
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2004 As the National Guard celebrates its 368th birthday today, its members are focused more closely on homeland defense than the four Massachusetts militia units that stood up on Dec. 13, 1638, might ever have imagined.
Army Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, called the Guard's role supporting the war on terror, homeland defense and homeland security a case of "back to the future," but with a sophisticated twist.
It's a role Blum said the Guard is eminently suited for, because it's already forward deployed nationwide, in every state and territory, "where people live, work, worship, play and go to school."
"We come from the homeland," Blum said. "We have our units dispersed all over the country in 3,500 different locations. You can't drive 25 miles in any direction in a populated area without running into a National Guard armory."
This, Blum said, makes the National Guard "your first military responders" to any emergency. "If something goes wrong, it is always going to be local," he said. "Even 9/11 was very local although it became a national event very quickly. But it was very local to Manhattan, very local to the Pentagon, and very local to the field in Pennsylvania."
During those attacks, Blum said the National Guard demonstrated the same "Minuteman" response exhibited by its forefathers in the fledgling Massachusetts militia, who defended their settlement and colony against attack.
Within 24 hours of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Blum said, 8,600 members of the New York National Guard responded to the World Trade Center site, most without military orders. "They didn't get mobilized. They didn't go to mobilization stations. They went right to the problem and started dealing with it restoring confidence and security, reducing suffering and saving lives and property," he said.
Blum said a similar situation played out at the Pentagon, where the first military responders from outside the Pentagon were members of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia National Guards.
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"How can you call yourself something like the National Guard and not take the defense of the nation as your mission No. 1?" Blum said. "This is our No. 1 priority, our No. 1 focus, our No. 1 mission."
Blum said the Guard provides "tremendous capabilities" to U.S. Northern Command, including situational awareness capabilities, intelligence and information feeds, and chemical-biological and weapons of mass destruction response force packages as needed. Guard members also provide a forward- deployed command and control apparatus and joint logistics base in every U.S. state and territory, he said.
As part of this expanded role, the Guard has established standing, joint-force headquarters in every state and territory to coordinate military plans and responses to terrorist acts, Blum said. These elements aim "to detect, defeat and deter terrorist acts and if that fails, to respond in an appropriate fashion," Blum said.
As it transforms itself to better meet the country's future homeland defense requirements, Blum said, the National Guard is playing a critical role in missions its forefathers in the Massachusetts colony probably never envisioned: national defense overseas.
Some 100,000 citizen-soldiers and airmen are deployed overseas in 44 countries, Blum said, and they make up 34 percent of the U.S. force in Iraq. "So we're not only defending the nation here at home, but we defend the nation in depth overseas," supporting combatant commanders worldwide, he noted.
After 368 years, Blum said the National Guard has built a strong legacy and proven that it's "always ready and is always there" be it in Boston Harbor, Yorktown, or in Kabul or Baghdad.
"That's been our legacy since Day 1," Blum said. "When did they ever call the Guard up that they didn't show? And when they showed up, when did they not get the job done?"
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Jan 31 2012
How Sequential Spelling stacks up to the different learning styles in our home.
The first time I realized that different people learn information in different ways was my Junior year in college. This epiphany happened on the 2nd floor of our university's library where my husband Jeff and I would often meet to study together. On this particular day we were both studying for an Intro to Anthropology course we took together. While he sat back and slowly read through the textbook, I read, highlighted and outlined the text. As he continued to read, taking breaks to digest it all, I made color-coded flash cards to review. And finally, as he wrapped-up his reading and wanted to talk over some of his thoughts in response to the reading, I vehemently "shhhhhhh-ed" him so I could hear myself think while I studied my newly made flash cards.
Needless to say we did not make good study partners.
Later, I learned that I am a strong visual (spacial) learner and Jeff is most certainly an auditory learner.
When I began homeschooling Emelie things moved along rather easily. I did not know then, but would later learn, that this was because we have somewhat similar learning styles. I taught, she learned, and we would move on. However, when Meredith was added to the equation I quickly realized I was missing the mark somewhere.
Pulling from knowledge I gained in a course I took with Jeff on children's love languages, I began to think there was a correlation between personalities and learning. In that day we "yahoo-ed" more than we "googled", so I "yahoo-ed" several search terms related to temperaments, personalities and learning.
I quickly found the information I needed to help understand Meredith was more of a kinesthetic learner, which meant she needed to "do" and "experience" learning – and most specifically, that she retained information more easily in short blocks, followed by bursts of activity.
By the time Kenny was born I had read several books on the subject and felt better equipped to watch for clues of his learning style (auditory).
Along the way it became clear that my children tended to have strong leanings toward one particular learning style, but often borrowed traits from other learning styles. In other words, I needed to be careful not to box them in.
Sequential Spelling as a Concept
(Above are Sequential Spelling books 2 and 5. I believe books 3 and 4 are "archived" in the attic. The books do not advance according to school-grade, but instead students are encouraged to progress through them starting at book 1.)
I was first introduced to Sequential Spelling through curriculum purchased from Sonlight. Emelie was in 2nd grade and had excelled at Spelling both in the public school system and at home using the traditional method (one list of spelling words per week with a test on Friday), but for whatever reason I thought it would be good to try something new.
Sequential Spelling builds on "bases" or "word families" that use the same letter endings. The idea is get children to see patterns of spelling that exist in many words, from the very simple to the more complicated. For example, by introducing the word "at" a child should be able to spell "bat", "cat" or "scat", but will also quickly be able to draw on this knowledge to spell "rattle" and "batteries".
However, what distinguishes Sequential Spelling the most to me is that children are given a "test" every day, as opposed to every week. The test isn't a "real" test in the traditional sense. Instead, tests are viewed as learning devices, not methods, for evaluation. If a child makes a mistake writing a word, they immediately correct their mistake right when they make it, not hours, days, or weeks later.
Sequential Spelling Played Out
What I noticed was that Sequential Spelling, while impressive in its approach, did not play-out exactly as I anticipated.
Emelie, who had previously enjoyed spelling, did not like Sequential Spelling at all. For one, she disliked making errors – not because she made a mistake, but because it made a visual mess on her paper. She has always preferred using pen over pencil, so she would have to mark through her very neatly written word to make a correction. Even if she used pencil and erased, she would have to write over the "smudge" of the erased word.
It was her preference to study word lists by writing them over and over in fancy cursive or print, sometimes on pretty paper or not, within the parameters of graph paper or in the un-lined printer paper. The visual cues promoted by Sequential Spelling were more of a frustration to her than they were a benefit in learning.
Meredith has done fine with Sequential Spelling. She almost always gets irritated when she misspells a word, but it is not because it makes a mess on her paper (she could care less about that), it is only because she wants to be done and get on with other things. I am not entirely certain she is doing any better or worse in her spelling, but I'm working off the philosophy, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Because she is so highly relational, likes to do things in active, short blocks of time, and likes learning with me by her side, it seems to satisfy her learning style pretty well. However, as I mentioned in a previous post, she would probably be just as successful if we practiced her spelling words using the trampoline, outside/inside relays, or even flash cards.
Kenny is probably best suited for the Sequential Spelling model. He has no hang-ups with whether or not something is nice and neat, so he does not care if he needs to mark through or erase a word to correct it. Once he sees the word correctly written he will rarely miss it again, and will pick up on the patterns for other words.
It irritates him to waste time on repetition, so he wouldn't like the traditional model of studying the same group of words all week. When a new word is presented that has the same "base" he will often tell me the correct spelling before actually writing it down. He also likes to discuss what other words had the same or similar spelling as if he is verbally reminding himself.
Two out of three of my kids have done well with Sequential Spelling. On that basis, I do recommend it to friends because it is a solid spelling program for most children.
What are your children's learning styles and how does that impact the spelling curriculum or methods you teach?
About the Author: Tired of feeling overwhelmed, Heather Sanders and her husband Jeff faithsized their family into a 960 square foot lake cabin in need of renovation. She writes about faith and simplifying your desires so you can be content right here and right now.
58 Comments and 21 Replies
Deedee On Tuesday, January 31 at 5:40 am
My boys both HATE to write any more than is absolutely neccesary, so spelling has always been a battle ground! That is ……. until……..we found Sequential Spelling!!! Yippee!!! We are still in book one but they are both loving it, we have no complaints at spelling time, and even though they are two years apart I can do the same book with both of them together! (read, less work for me!)
Their learnig styles are different but they are both finding success with this program. They are also getting very competitive to see who has the least mistakes each day – that SO appeals to boys now doesn't it?
Kristine On Tuesday, January 31 at 6:12 am
Hi Heather,
can you recommend books on different learning styles and how to determine which styles suites your child best?
Homeworks with my son(7) are almost always a huge battle and you post has just given me a clue why this might be so. So thanks a lot for that
Wendy On Tuesday, January 31 at 9:34 am
"The Way They Learn," by Cynthia Tobias is a good one.
Natalie On Tuesday, January 31 at 5:49 pm
Discover Your Child's Learning Style by Mariaemma Willis (I think I ordered it from amazon) and then once I figured out their learning style I went through The Organized Student by Donna Goldberg to figure out the best (or tried for the best) way to organize their school work. Mine are 9 and 6 though, so it's still a learning process for us all!
Kathy On Tuesday, January 31 at 6:31 am
My oldest was a terrible speller and the "regular" spelling approach was not working for him. We stumbled upon Tricks of the Trade where the spelling words are taken from misspelled words in writing and analyzed for what rule they violated. The words are then written in the appropriate place in the workbook. His spelling improved amazingly. It works for my second son too.
Kristen On Tuesday, January 31 at 6:45 am
Impressive! I love the way that having more than one child teaches you how to stretch yourself. You have to look outside yourself and find different ways to communicate. Excellent writing Heather, always a treat.
Suzanne On Tuesday, January 31 at 7:08 am
Spelling is my biggest homeschool frustration. My 12 year old is an avid reader and has a great vocabulary. As for spelling, he can memorize a word list in no time and rarely misses a word on a weekly test. But…..his long term spelling is terrible. When writing, he often has trouble with the most basic words. I don't know if Sequential Spelling would help, but it may be worth a look. Thanks for the review.
Kirsten On Wednesday, February 1 at 4:25 pm
Suzanne, my oldest son is 11, and is the exact same way! He's an avid reader (and a visual learner) with an excellent vocabulary, but he can't spell to save his life. He can do quick route memorization and do well, but as soon as the test is over, so is his memory of how to spell the words. When left to his own devices, he is a phonetic speller. Trying to keep track of the various grammatical rules for word patterns only confuses and frustrates him. That said, he began Sequential Spelling at the beginning of this year, and I cannot believe the progress he has made with retaining the knowledge! He is able to see the word patterns every day without having to think about "why" the patterns function as they do. We've literally tried everything before this and nothing helped us to see any improvement in the long term, until Sequential Spelling. More importantly, my son notices the difference, and is becoming a more confident speller.
My second son is a very auditory learner and does well with the program, as well. He is "one and done" when it comes to learning, and has little tolerance for repetition. He reads it, he learns it, he wants to move on. Since the words/patterns evolve into new words/forms each day. he doesn't get bored or disinterested.
A. On Tuesday, January 31 at 7:11 am
"Needless to say we did not make good study partners."
This made me laugh. Loved today's post!
kellymarie On Tuesday, January 31 at 7:25 am
I have to tell you, I happen to love love this post this morning.. Cant wait to look into this program for my son. (who is dyslexic and ADHD). He is a Visual and Kinesthetic learner.. We started out using Bob Jones Spelling 2 but it was too hard for him and then I decided to use our Explode the Code as a guide for spelling words. Which has been working out well.., but I am liking this program and going to investigate and see if its a right fit for him..
CJ On Tuesday, January 31 at 12:51 pm
You might then be interested in All About Spelling, which is what we use. It has kinesthetic and visual portions for each lesson and no memorizing list, with frequent review.
Kellymarie On Tuesday, January 31 at 8:01 pm
Thank You CJ, its funny you mention that.. We just started in All About Reading, and I was thinking about the other program.. Thanks again
Carrie On Wednesday, February 1 at 9:17 am
My daughter is ADD/Dyslexic and we use Sequential Spelling. Previously, she could memorize spelling words for a test but couldn't spell them right in practice, I have noticed SS make a big difference in that. She's starting to connect those words families and it doesn't beat her over the head with a whole bunch of words. Also, she works with a reading coach for her dyslexia and they use the Explode the Code series. Honestly, not too sure how that's making a difference but it's still pretty early. Good luck with your schooling!
You Can Call Me Jane On Tuesday, January 31 at 7:34 am
I was so happy to see your topic this morning! This year is our first year using Sequential Spelling. I, too, discovered it through Sonlight, and was ready for a different way of doing Spelling. My son is the only one using it currently and he's in the 4th grade. He LOVES it. It goes quickly and there are no workbook pages to fill out (we used Spelling Workout prior). We're really happy with it. Since I'm a terrible speller myself, reading the words aloud and correcting him right away has helped ME brush up on Spelling, too. If it's a word he's not familiar with, we look it up in the dictionary or I use it in a sentence or tell him the meaning. We'll be using it again next year. I'd encourage folks to give it a try. At around $14 a book (the instructor reads from the book, the student writes in a notebook/on paper), it's not a huge commitment.
Lisa On Tuesday, January 31 at 7:44 am
Cynthia Tobias has a book called "The Way They Learn", published by Focus on the Family that gives an overview of learning styles and how they look on parents and on kids. Great resource.
Sarah B. On Tuesday, January 31 at 8:01 am
My son is extremely auditory in his learning style with a side of visual. He wants to hear it, and the more times he hears it, the better… and if it comes on a video, it's perfect. We do a lot of his spelling words out loud because of this. We use Math-U-See and La Clase Divertida because he can HEAR the instructions and see the procedures/words on the screen. I read his history out loud to him. He has a hard time focusing on anything that doesn't hold his attention, so we work on that, too, because I don't think a high school teacher or college professor will care about his attention span.
My daughter is visual learner with a side of kinesthetic. She wants to SEE it, and it better be colorful, creative, and interesting. Even the physical act of writing counts as kinesthetic for her, so I have her write as much as she can… or at least draw it in the air. She uses Math Mammoth and Writing With Ease.
Sometimes it's a pain to work with these different learning types, but at least that's the beauty of having them at home – there aren't 28 more of them to work with!
Kathleen K On Tuesday, January 31 at 8:18 am
I LOVE THIS PROGRAM! Sorry for shouting, but I was so excited to find it this year at our homeschooling book fair. Our youngest (7) gives the test to his older brothers each day (so he can practice reading). Later one of them gives him a test. Spelling is SOOOOO easy now!
Tulip's Mom On Tuesday, January 31 at 8:21 am
I wonder what kind of learner I am? I was a huge reader as a child and HATED to listen to other kids read (especially if they were slow — sorry about that). But I ignore pictures, looking at graphs and illustrations only if I'm still stumped after I've read all the words on the page. (I also ignore newspaper ads and read captions before looking at photos.) And I'm horrible at math, since no one could explain the logic to me in a way I understood and the numbers and symbols were just squiggles on the page.
Maybe it's too late, but I'd love to be able to learn better.
Tulip's Mom On Tuesday, January 31 at 8:29 am
Well, I just went on line and took an inventory (http://people.usd.edu/~bwjames/tut/learning-style/) which said that I use an equal combination of visual and auditory styles, depending on the task. No wonder I'm mixed up.
JoMom On Tuesday, January 31 at 10:58 am
You sound a bit auditory to me. If you're sensitive to the way things sound, it makes perfect sense that the sound of words being mangled (or read too slowly) would offend your brain.
Me too!
Elisa On Monday, February 6 at 10:56 pm
For math–try Math-U-See. I was the same way in High School–hated math because no one could explain it to me. I love the way it is explained.
curiositykt On Tuesday, January 31 at 8:39 am
I was a horrible speller as a child, but a very good reader with a huge vocabulary. The "Read a word out loud and have the child spell it (Written or out loud)" is entirely the wrong approach with me as my brain has a horrible time translating spoken words into written words. Spelling finally clicked into place for me (around 17) once I started IMing a lot online because I had to learn how to type fast and accurately to keep up with my friends. I spent a lot of time doing typing lessons online and this vastly improved my spelling, well above what it had been. I still don't spell well when I hand write things, but my typing spelling is pretty good and what I get wrong, which are generally typos rather than misspellings, can be corrected using the spell check. I'm surprised more people don't use typing tutors to help children who have no problem reading but a hard time with spelling learn to spell better. My auditory language skills seem to be entirely detached from my written language skills.
So much for instant messenger being the end of the English language!
Beth On Tuesday, January 31 at 8:50 am
We are using All About Spelling for my 7 year old. My 11 yr. old, who was 8 when we started homeschooling, is a natural speller, so I don't do a formal program with him.
But my youngest started with me, and has his father's spelling skills. I like AAS because it provides several methods to teach the information–using any or all of the learning styles that you need. My son enjoys it, and it breaks it down quite nicely for me to teach. I've learned along the way myself, which is always a bonus!
Brook V On Tuesday, January 31 at 8:52 am
My husband and I figured out last year that my son is a kinesthetic learner. We let his teacher and counselor last year and this year know, hoping it would give them more insight on his learning. We finally pulled him out to home school him. He is loving it! Sequential Spelling is one of our courses and he loves it although he hates to make a mistake like Meredith but likes to tell me the spelling before/as he is writing the word like Kenny. How do you handle the phrases, unusual terms (ie. 2×4), and words that neither of you have heard before (ie. cuspidor). How do you present them to them? With cuspidor I had him spell it as usual, then we looked up the word, giggled and said "Ewwww!", and moved on. FYI: This girl grew up on westerns and knew the other word for cuspidor- spittoon. LOL! Anyway I really like Sequential Spelling except for those curve balls that I don't know how to handle gracefully and more importantly he loves it, too !
ShellieR On Tuesday, January 31 at 9:00 am
My son is in 3rd grade, and he LOVES Sequential Spelling. He loathes writing lists; so taking a "test" every day and getting to correct it immediately is great for him. He also enjoys "interactive learning," so getting to write and spell the word out loud – and get immediate feedback – works wonderfully.
Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) On Tuesday, January 31 at 9:02 am
This Ozark Farm Chicks kiddos were as different as day and night on most things. Geek Son was both a visual and kinesthetic kinda learner. My Social Butterfly had the closest thing to a photographic memory I've ever encountered. A steel trap I tell ya, but she had better things to do than to apply it to her education. She was a mighty challenge!!! :o)
In the end, we got~er~done!!! I taught in the public school system so the youngens attended there also. I'm the first to tell ya that cooperation is not always mandated. 'Nuff said!!!
From the dreary hills and hollers of the cloud covered Missouri Ponderosa, ya'll have a wonderfully blessed day!!! :o)
Melissa A On Tuesday, January 31 at 9:46 am
This article is why I read this section of Ree's blog!
I really like the idea of sequential spelling, I can see where that would fit into my middle child's style of learning.
My family does the traditional spelling list every week and this may be a good way to incorporate skills instead of rote memorization. My family also has a "Word of the Week" to broaden our vocabulary. The person who uses it correctly in a sentence the most throughout the week gets a prize. Usually the prize is something simple like picking the Netflix movie for movie night, selecting a restaurant for dinner, or a book.
I really like this because it helps me and my husband too!
Chelle On Tuesday, January 31 at 10:02 am
We use Sequential Spelling too. I bought it specifically for my kinesthetic daughter. It is also supposed to help with dyslexia. I have triplets and we do it all together. My boys excel at spelling, but my daughter still struggles. This year I have asked her on several occasions if she just wants the 2 of us to do it and I would do it with the boys later. Sometimes she takes me up on it and sometimes she doesn't. It is rather frustrating when you yourself is good at something and you can't figure out why in the world your children can't do it.
maggie On Tuesday, January 31 at 10:39 am
Sequential spelling help me figure out WHY my "Sweet at home" 4th grader struggled in Public school and was retained, labeled gifted, sent to the school physchologist, then labeld opposistional defiant, ADHD & medicated ? Surpriseingly 5 Teachers FAILED to address the basics & I had allowed them to stear me in that direction…My Mom & Mother in Law are both teachers so relying on a teacher to do their Job was like breathing for me, But I discoverd quickly on the First day Of Homeschool I had been neglecting my child's personal development allowing the state to parent . On OUR First Day of Homeschool we used Sequential Spelling & I could see upside down, across the table her B's and D's were all Printed backward & through My mothers Genious& useing Old Fashioned Idea's I learned the best tricks for dealing with Dysgraphic Disorders were to create new paths for information to travel and to let the brain naturally develope copeing skills " Without LABELS"…I added Cursive Writing to force her brain to retranslate the info & it helped tremendously..Since then ..Our Child is in 8th Grade & LUVS Homeschool …In 6th I took her to the Homeschool convention and she picked out her own curriculum..She Chose ACE and it's Loaded with Spelling and writting & she consistanly makes A's working at her own pace
Mindy On Tuesday, January 31 at 10:44 am
We came across Sequential Spelling this year as a result of my research for my special needs teen. She's thirteen, and we've had her since she was 8 (adopted from foster care). Anyway, she's a big mystery still as far as figuring out spelling and writing help. Traditional DOES NOT work at all. Choosing spelling words from her own writing does not work either. It doesn't matter how many times she sees something, "practice" does not make perfect. However, we do see some progress with the SS. I believe it's a nice change, as we're trying to figure out some other treatments for dyslexia issues. (She has a bucketful of other issues to deal with along with the Dyslexia…) When we consistently do the spelling we see better spelling in her writing in general. She's made slow progress with Sequential Spelling, and that's better than none!
I believe that figuring out your child's strengths and learning styles is crucial to homeschooling, otherwise, what's the point? Forcing different children to learn the same way will not result in confident learners. We have an almost six year old girl with some special needs too. We learned this year that VERY short lessons are needed. She has to be directed, but when she's done, she's done. However,when she has time to absorb it, she will out of the blue write something or say something we went over days, even weeks earlier.
And our four year old…she sits down and writes letters from visual memory. Then she asks what they say. Then she wants to spell everyone's name over and over. She seems to be self guided with letters and words (believe me I don't have the time to teach a four year old how to write, nor would I if I did….she's doing it on her own). Time will tell how to approach "teaching" spelling to her.
Every child's brain is wired differently, and they deserve to be taught in ways that work with their strengths. It's a big job we homeschoolers took on!
Christy G On Tuesday, January 31 at 12:28 pm
What a loving heart you have! Beautiful family!
Sharon Andrews On Tuesday, January 31 at 10:48 am
We use All About Spelling and All About Reading. Uses Multi-sensory approach. Right now we are working on reading more than spelling, but both use the same approach.
We have been working on learning to read for 2 years and finally after 7 lessons are making small steps. My daughter, who we do nothing formal with yet, is already picking it up just by being in the room.
Signe On Tuesday, January 31 at 11:03 am
Since the subject here is spelling, I thought I would point out a couple of oddities in your post. I noticed that you hyphenated two words that should not be hyphenated. The first is in the title of your post, "How Sequential Spelling stacks-up to the different learning styles in our home." Stacks up should be two separate words since you are using them as a verb here. It would be correct to say "How Sequential Spelling stacks up."
You also wrote, "Sequential Spelling Played-Out…. It did not play-out as… " Played out and play out should also be written as two separate words since they are being used as verbs, not as modifiers.
Verbs should only be hyphenated when they modify a noun and become an adjective or when they are used as a noun. For example: "the stacked-up pile of books" should have the two words hyphenated as they are an used as an adjective that describes the pile of books. To use them as a verb, you would say, for example, "Please stack up the books," or "Please stack the books up." They are not being used as an adjective here in your title, but as a verb. If two words are being used as a verb, they should not be hyphenated.
This is a common error that is seen often in the use of the word "logon." Logon is a noun and refers to the name that you use to log on. The verb would be "log on." For example: "You log on to a site; your logon name is joeblow."
Perhaps this would be a good home-schooling lesson.
While on this subject, both of the hyphenated words in a title should be capitalized. Capitalizing only the first of the two words is a common mistake.
ck On Tuesday, January 31 at 11:25 am
Thank you Signe. I think that homeschool posts should reflect correct grammar and spelling, not to mention sentence and paragraph structure. Are we not talking about educating here?
maggie On Tuesday, January 31 at 1:19 pm
hahaha..OK..Professor but you should be aware..Narrative blog writing is not constrained by educational rules or graded…thats a Personal preference you will need to heap upon your own Children..of course once they graduate they may rebel…LOL
JoMom On Tuesday, January 31 at 11:07 am
We use Sequential Spelling! It works well for us, and I lucked out in that my son and I are on the same page learning-style wise – strongly auditory.
My son was getting a little bored with the repetition of SS, until I instituted snacky ING days. Whenever we get to the fourth day (with all the ing suffixes) we pick some small treat (raisens, jelly beans, popcorn, nuts) and he gets one for each word spelled correctly on the first try. It helped; I'm not above bribes.
JoMom On Tuesday, January 31 at 12:39 pm
Oops, raisins
Merry On Tuesday, January 31 at 11:14 am
My kids are both a mix! One has to talk to learn but doesn't necessarily learn best using auditory means. She's also kinesthetic and somewhat visual. One is more visual, but also dabbles with auditory and kinesthetic. He was more auditory when he was younger. All About Spelling has worked wonders here because it incorporates all learning styles, and because the review is customizable–you can do as much or as little as you need. Two interesting things I have learned about learning styles: 1, just because a child prefers one learning style at one age, doesn't mean they always will. They can also prefer one style for one subject and a different one for another. and 2, when children are taught using all three pathways to the brain—the visual, the auditory, and the kinesthetic—they learn even more than when they are taught only through their strongest pathway.
Angela Fehr On Tuesday, January 31 at 11:15 am
I'm using Sequential Spelling with my girls – we're just getting started. So far we like it, though I have one perfectionist who just hates to make mistakes, period.
I'd love to hear more about learning styles – I am definitely seeing differences in how my kids learn, but am not always sure on how to address each one most effectively.
Cadi On Tuesday, January 31 at 11:35 am
I'm an All About Spelling fan (you can see the program here: http://www.allaboutlearningpress.com/all-about-spelling)! I love the fact that the program is multisensory and teaches through sight, sound, and touch, so that children of all learning styles can benefit. AAS is mastery-based and has scripted lessons–plus they have lifetime customer support and a one-year guarantee. It doesn't get any better than that, IMO.
Alisha On Tuesday, January 31 at 12:00 pm
I don't have any kids of my own, however as a former homeschooler (does it ever end??) I noticed that I need a combination of learning techniques depending on the subject at hand. Math, linguistics, and test preparation seem to require the flash card technique. I remember what amounts to movies in my head of experiences that I have had, that came into play when learning violin pieces or remembering lectures in school. Auditory learning was the most concrete and long lasting method, reading, and then discussing the matter at hand. However, having a bulleted list of nomenclature could save my bacon on an exam. That seemed to provide a key into those memories.
Mary On Tuesday, January 31 at 12:03 pm
Our boy is much like your Meredith–a strong auditory learner who has better things to do. When he was in third grade, he couldn't spell to save his life, and a friend recommended Phonics Tutor. Phonics Tutor worked very well for him, in part because we also discovered that year that he was dysgraphic.
Phonics Tutor is not pretty and it's not fun, but the student hears the word (spoken, spelled out by letter, and spelled out phonetically), sees the word (they never see it misspelled; inserting an incorrect letter will leave the space blank), and "feels" the word through typing. It took him 2.5 years to complete Phonics Tutor at 15 minutes/day three days/week, but it transformed his spelling. We are now working our way through Sequential Spelling for review. He rarely misspells a word, and if he does, it is usually because I did not enunciate well and he has spelled something similar.
I really like Sequential Spelling. It might have been the solution originally, had we known about it. I appreciate that it doesn't require any preparation and doesn't seem to waste time. We're always moving forward.
Moya Crava On Tuesday, January 31 at 12:22 pm
Excellent article on children's different learning styles. Just think how this would have played out in the public education system. There are pros and cons to both programs, but this is really a plus, plus, for home schooling.
Laura Breiten On Tuesday, January 31 at 12:38 pm
Thank you for sharing. We have three of our four children on a "computerized" curriculum and I always feel like I am missing the focus on spelling and handwriting. Any suggestions on cursive writing curriculum?
Jennifer On Tuesday, January 31 at 9:29 pm
We use Handwriting Without Tears. My daughter is a lefty in a family of right handed people! The workbooks are set up so a right handed or left handed person can use them easily. They also use several approaches in the younger grades to help learn letters and how to write.
JoMom On Wednesday, February 1 at 6:34 am
We've used both Handwriting Without Tears and A Reason for Handwriting. They're both great, my kid preferred HWT since it was presented in smaller chunks, and the cursive is an easier style to start with.
Since completing the HWT books, we're now using the Sequential Spelling as our cursive practice for the day – two things at once, yay!
Sara On Tuesday, January 31 at 12:59 pm
Ooh, I'm going to have to check out this series. Right now spelling is a serious chore… A days lesson could take anywhere from 15 min to 2 hours… blech!
Heather, do you think the parent/teacher guide is necessary, or is this one of those things where the workbook alone is sufficient?
Andi S On Tuesday, January 31 at 1:06 pm
Wow, what a timely post. I have made the decision to homeschool my son and ordered a curriculum. Sequential Spelling is included in that curriculum. This is a new world for us but we are excited to get started.
Alexandra On Tuesday, January 31 at 1:12 pm
Thanks for mentioning this! I've never heard of sequential spelling and it sounds like it's worth checking out. Our kids are from Russia, so even simple past tenses can elude them at times…. Isn't it great to learn… in order to help our children learn?
LisaM On Tuesday, January 31 at 2:01 pm
Any suggestions on books to delve into child's learning style? We just began homeschooling our six year old daughter. Thanks!
Mrs.Pettigrew On Tuesday, January 31 at 2:27 pm
Has anyone used English Power?
Mrs.Pettigrew On Tuesday, January 31 at 2:31 pm
Sorry, I meant Spelling Power. I just purchased it and am wondering if any of you have tried it?
Celena On Tuesday, January 31 at 8:19 pm
This is my first year using it, and I LOVE it! Previously, I used All About Spelling 1 & 2 My son hated spelling with the tiles, and never caught on to the patterns. His material retention was really poor, too. With Spelling Power, I don't have to actually teach a lesson like I did with the other program. It's short, and my son thrives on knowing that spelling doesn't take long. Repeating the words daily until they are mastered seems to make something click in his head, and he's becoming a pretty good speller. (By the way, I am using the workbooks that are available with it. I really like the way they are formatted and I it makes using the program easier than using standard paper.)
Susan On Wednesday, February 1 at 6:48 am
Mrs. Pettigrew,
We use Spelling Power too. My boys were in the 7th grade when we began homeschooling and of course were not getting any spelling in public school but I saw their deficiencies in that area so did some research and ordered Spelling Power. Even, just one year later using the curriculum I have seen a tremendous difference in their writing. They are taking an Institute for Excellence in Writing (with our homeschool co-op) and I review every paper before submission. Now it isn't spelling but just using stronger words – correctly. I must say though that this Sequential Spelling curriculum sounds intriguing. I have no qualms continuing spelling all through their high school years.
Dalnapen On Tuesday, January 31 at 3:26 pm
Thanks, that was interesting. Your kids are lucky to have you! I wish I could have done this with my own son when he was Kenny's age…
Natalie On Tuesday, January 31 at 6:11 pm
My oldest son is a kinesthetic learner with high auditory levels and my youngest is a visual-kinesthetic learner so my teaching patterns vary for each one. My oldest can hear a song one time on the radio and memorize the words immediately, same as his dad, and they both can hear the first beat of a song and know who sang it and the name of the song (wish he had that much memory for math!). My youngest one however prefers to sit and watch everything going on, then when he has it right in his head he will verbalize it. Makes things frustrating for me at times because I know he knows the answers but he has to make sure it's right before he tells me. I was a freshman in college before a professor taught a class on learning styles, but only auditory and visual. I'm a visual-kinesthetic like my youngest one. The blog was great, thank you for posting it!
Jolanthe On Tuesday, January 31 at 7:32 pm
I have to admit, we are hooked on All About Spelling in our home. It was the first piece of curriculum that really 'clicked' with both our children and with me. We were using a different spelling program prior to AAS and it was the epitome of frustrating for us.
The kids love the different approaches that All About Spelling takes {it is VERY multisensory and hands-on} and I love that the lesson plans are already done for me and there is very little prep time {ahem}. I'm also loving that it is non-consumable, so we can use it with all of our kiddos as they come up through the ranks.
When you add in their one-year guarantee, it's a definite win-win for us.
Mary Beth On Tuesday, January 31 at 7:40 pm
We used Spelling Workout last year and started this year with Horizons Spelling… both just seemed like 'busy work' and my 1st and 2nd grader were both very bored with it (and so was I!). We switched to Spelling Plus by Susan Anthony mid-fall and have really enjoyed it. Her premise is that about 90% of the English language is comprised of 1000 words and she organizes the words according to sound and difficulty and puts them in lists to learn. With this program there is a lot of flexibility to adapt to your visual, auditory or kinesthetic learner. We use letter stamps to practice the words, Bananagram tiles, and writing/oral practice. Another huge plus of Spelling Plus is it is ONE book that you use for all of Kindergarten through 6th grade, for less than $20. There is also an optional dictation book that goes along with the spelling book.
Linda M. Davis On Tuesday, January 31 at 8:57 pm
As a former elementary teacher with 35 years experience with students of all learning styles and abilities, I can heartily recommend using sequential materials for all subjects. The internet is a good source for researching and finding materials. You don't have to be professionally trained to be a good teacher for your child. You only need to be open to your child's needs and willing to be flexible in your own thinking and actions. Forums just as this are an excellent source of support. Keep up the great work.
Charis On Tuesday, January 31 at 9:46 pm
This was a very helpful post – thank you! I have used the Spelling Workout books for my daughter for the last two years, but getting through the exercises is always a chore and she doesn't seem to retain it very well. I think she just doesn't like spelling (gets it from me), but she loves math and identifying patterns, so perhaps this would make the process more enjoyable and effective for her.
kellymarie On Tuesday, January 31 at 10:01 pm
Just wanted to share that(current) NEWSWEEK had an article something like DIY education, it was about homeschooling..It was a good article, if anyone is interested…
Tracy On Tuesday, January 31 at 10:13 pm
Can anyone recommend a good book or website about the learning styles? I want to present it to the volunteers at our museum who work with school groups, so am looking to explain without getting extremely technical. So far everything I have found is "too much" detail and not enough "examples". I loved this post and how it broke it down for each kid!
Tracy On Tuesday, January 31 at 10:17 pm
And I mean in addition to the ones above – which I already bookmarked on amazon. I was thinking something more for those that aren't necessarily in the education field. A lot of my volunteers – this will be all new to them.
Chris in Oregon On Tuesday, January 31 at 11:05 pm
My favorite spelling program. I was very unsure at first until I heard him writing in his journal. He said "if you spell house this way then change the h to m for mouse." I knew right away it was working for him.
Melodie On Wednesday, February 1 at 7:07 am
Sequential Spelling has been the best spelling program for my one son. He never liked the list a week approach, especially when they were words he already knew. He felt like it was wasting his time. Then I was introduced to this approach, and will never go back.
country@heart On Wednesday, February 1 at 8:55 am
Thank you for this interesting post, so informative and took me back to son's spelling lesson days. He has a great vocabulary and phonetic skills as a result.
I chuckled as I started reading your post when you explained your learning style differed from your future husband. Similarly, I sat in class during Adult Ed hour at church, watching Dr Dobson explain how relationships differ between husbands and wives; the revelation hit me my husband wasn't doing things to irritate me, he thought differently. What a sense of freedom, better yet, I learned I could accept we differed and our marriage became so much stronger!
Different point; spoke with our pre-school's directors, asking the 'cursive writing' question based on your blog several weeks ago. They indicated public schools are 'dropping' it because they say there's no time to teach this skill during the day. I get it, but it is troublesome to think, schools drop teaching things because of time constraints rather than relevancy? Sorry to introduce this touchy subject again, but still bothers me skills aren't being taught because curriculum dictates its replaced with more relevant topics.
PIney Woods Mom On Wednesday, February 1 at 9:52 am
We use Spelling Workout. My oldest is a kinesthetic perfectionist. He melted every Friday when I gave him a test. It ruined our lives for weeks and we began to dread it. So I dropped the test and voila! He seems okay now. There is one other correlation, however, to him being okay with it. At this same time he became okay with it, his reading took off violently. He went from small chapter books to volumes of massive tomes. He has actually begun to almost "enjoy" the spelling because it has finally become "easy" to him. I think this is because learning has to come from some place internal. It has to make sense to him. Before he read a lot, he just didn't care. Now that he's reading a lot, he "gets" it. It is my hope that writing will be the same. I'm giving him a year of heavy reading before I introduce the writing.
My youngest son is a visual learner and also likes to get things done as soon as possible so he can move on with his day. He is 8 and breezes through the Spelling Workout book. I have to restrain him from finishing the whole thing at once as he did with his Logic books. But still I don't test. Not at his age. I'm holding off on heavy testing until high school, the rhetoric years.
Ivy On Wednesday, February 1 at 1:36 pm
Thank you so much for posting this! While the spelling lesson/methodology information was interesting, I was just thinking about my stepson's schooling and how to get him to better study/learn and needed this reminder about different learning styles. I think he is probably a lot like Meredith with a little bit of Kenny thrown in (depending on the subject), but I needed this reminder to look for resources on how to make learning more interesting for him. He does well with English, but hates math (thanks to his mom's attitude towards it), so we are trying to turn that around, since he really can do the math when we sit with him, but doesn't like to focus on it because he's been trained to think it's useless.
Thank you!
Karla On Wednesday, February 1 at 2:22 pm
This post showcases the importance of understanding multiple intelligences (see Howard Gardner) and their impact on children's learning. It is a mistake to assume that some children are smarter or better learners than others; the difference is not with their levels of intelligence but rather the way in which they perceive and process information (as your example so clearly demonstrates).
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences suggests that all children are capable of learning most anything, it is a matter of being able to convey information to them in a way that appeals to their particular intelligence profile (that is, a combination of eight intelligences – spatial, linguistic, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalistic). With that in mind, when we can teach our children to engage their multiple intleligences, we are empowering to interact with the world in a far more meaningful way.
Pam On Wednesday, February 1 at 2:47 pm
Hi, I have no idea if you would really read this and email me an answer ( [email protected]). I am a Grandma with six grands. My almost 10year old Granddaughter is a reader and has been for ever. She just read the hunger Games… because it was on her Kindle when she received it. She is the kid that everyone in her class wants to have in their 'Group Project' because she does all the work and memorizes everything and can speak in front of the class. But WHY can't she memorize math skills. She can do the problems, but can't seem to memorize the facts. I have tried to help her…bribed her.. nothing works. What is the easiest way to help her memorize math facts.
There are four kids in this busy family and Mom and Dad think it will just happen.
Katie Mast On Wednesday, February 1 at 3:15 pm
we use the same spelling books and love them. Our kids had such a hard time with spelling till we got these.
julie On Wednesday, February 1 at 3:17 pm
We've used and loved these for years. I'm about to start my daughter on them. We originally began them for my struggling reader (then 7, now 13) and we used them up until this year. Now he's using Vocabulary Cartoons which I love, love, love!!!!
Check them out too if you have time.
Kika@embracingimperfection On Thursday, February 2 at 10:11 am
My three kids do have distinct preferences when it comes to learning spelling. My oldest (now 15 and a strong auditory learner) has always struggled with spelling – still does – and yet is a fabulous writer. He reads tons and loves words but phonetic rules don't stick and don't apply half the time and he lacks an intuitive sense of what feels/looks right. Thank goodness for spell check. After trying various books/methods with him what worked the best was a program called Phonetic Zoo. My middle child (now 12), a visual learner, hates using this program, however. She prefers that I create a spelling list based on words she is using in her current writing or words that I think she might like to use and we test her from that. She has to achieve 100% two times in a row in order to move on. We don't actually sit down to formal spelling lists regularly, though. Finally, my youngest, now 6, seems to have more of a natural, innate ability to spell/sound out. She grasps phonetic rules/concepts quickly. For now, at least, she is content to use the spelling lists provided by the book, Natural Spelller.
Spelling might be the subject area that has challenged me the most in terms of trying various resources to find the right fit for each child.
Cindy K On Thursday, February 2 at 10:55 am
Wow, I am serioulsy looking into trying this. My kids do traditonal spelling tests with our homeschool but I am not sure if they are really learning how to spell. The next week my first grader has forgotten the words he learned the week before. I am slow to buy new things, it can easily get out of hand but I am going to really consider this. Thanks so much for sharing. I always like what you have to say.
Audrey Ludwig On Saturday, February 18 at 2:09 pm
I'm extremely impressed with your writing skills as well as with the layout on your blog. Is this a paid theme or did you modify it yourself? Anyway keep up the excellent quality writing, it's rare to see a great blog like this one these days..


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Mexican Chili Salad Wraps
It is hard to believe that just two years ago, in preparation for cycling to/from Ottawa and Kingston, I was already training by cycling to/from Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo. Our friend was hosting their annual Cinco De Mayo party so I packed my pannier and cycled over. That's 120km one-way. This year, due to snow and rain, the long cycles haven't progressed as well. Thus, the trip has been modified to be 70km one way from the train station.
While the party is happening again this year, and I have signed up for Rideau Lakes, I am trying to balance my time between cycling and studying. Studying is winning. Cycling can wait. Passing my exams cannot. Two years ago, I cycled with my buddy, Sue, while Rob stayed at home to study. This year, Rob is cycling with Sue, and I am staying home to study.
Cinco de Mayo was still on my mind, though, as I made these Mexican-inspired almost raw chili salad wraps. I could easily whip these up in Kitchener, had I decided to cycle over myself.
One of the things I love about raw cuisine is that the flavours (usually) pop. Just think of garlic – raw garlic is potent, cooked garlic is muted and slow-roasted garlic is even more mellow.
With a higher emphasis on proteins lately, one thing raw meals lack are good sources of protein. Sure, you could sprout grains and beans, but I don't really like them as much as their cooked counterparts. That's probably why I don't see many recipes for sprouted legumes. "High protein" raw meals usually mean lots of nuts and seeds, which also come with more fat than protein.
In any case, I thought to myself: lets combine the best of both worlds.Beans and flavourful sauces for a high-protein fix. I actually got the idea after Gena posted Brendan's recipe for a cold chili. Basically all the foundations from a regular chili are combined to make a satisfying dip. It is quite versatile: heat it up to make a regular chili, serve it with chips as a dip, place overtop your favourite green as a salad or place inside Romaine lettuces as a chili salad wrap.
In my study gusto, I appreciate super quick meals. Open a can of cooked beans (I used a canned bean medley), empty out a can of tomato paste, chop up some tomato and green onions and season with chili powder, cumin and lime. Of course, the raw garlic pops out for you, too. It tastes best after a marinade, which means leftovers are just as good, if not better. :)
This is my submission to Deb for this week's Souper Sundays, to this week's Wellness Weekend, and this month's Credit Crunch Munch.
Chili Salad Wraps
Adapted from Thrive Forward (via Gena)
2 cups cooked mixed beans (or your favourite, black beans or red kidney would be good)
5 fl oz can (or 10 tbsp or 2/3 cup) tomato paste
1 tbsp oil of choice (I used Vega's EFA Oil Blend)
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp ground cumin
chili flakes, or cayenne, to taste
2 clove garlic, pressed or chopped
4 tbsp lime juice (from 1 lime)
1 cup tomato, chopped
2 tbsp green onion, minced
1-2 avocados, chopped
Romaine leaves for wraps or chopped for a salad
1. Combine all ingredients (except lettuce) together in a bowl. Allow to marinate at least a few hours for the flavours to meld. Season to taste.
2. Place bean medley inside Romaine wrap or overtop chopped lettuce. Sprinkle chopped avocado overtop.
Serves 2-4.
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I am saving this to try next week. After all the protein-meat heavy eats leading up to this competition, a more raw bean-based meal sounds like heaven.
sounds very easy and very tasty – though I know that E prefers his chilli warmed up – but I think it would be brilliant in summer – good luck with your studies
As long as Sue is always taken care of! ;) These look fabulous, Janet. And hang in there! You're so close now! Woot woot!
The big garlic flavor in here sounds so good! That's the kind of raw I like :)
Those still sound like long distances to me!! These look great, whether or not cycling is involved ;)
Ooh! These look delicious. I've been looking for a good salad wrap recipe and I can't resist avocados, I'll have to try this recipe on Saturday or Sunday. :D
[…] Rob left for Kitchener yesterday and left me alone to study. I was so close to joining them. The reduced distance was a draw, but the kicker: I am sick. I have been down with an ear infection and upper respiratory tract infection all week. No fun… and not a good way to recover. Studying has never been more focused. […]
I have wrapped a lot of things but never thought of chili. It looks fabulous especially with that avocado on top! Thanks for sharing it with Souper Sundays this week. ;-)
Ooh the flavours are just leaping off the page for me, this sounds and looks like a really tasty dish that I must try:-) Thanks for entering Credit Crunch Munch again:-)
Goodness that does look good. Thanks for entering Credit Crunch Munch.
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These look delicious Janet! Thanks for sharing this recipe on Healthy Vegan Fridays!
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Detention Conditions and Mental Health at Guantanamo
This 54-page report documents the conditions in the various "camps" at the detention center, in which approximately 185 of the 270 detainees are housed in facilities akin to "supermax" prisons even though they have not yet been convicted of a crime. These detainees have extremely limited contact with other human beings, spend 22 hours a day alone in small cells with little or no natural light or fresh air, are not provided any educational opportunities, and are given little more than a single book and the Koran to occupy their time. Even their two hours of "recreation" time – which is sometimes provided in the middle of the night – generally takes place in single-cell cages so that detainees cannot physically interact with one another.
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- Locked Up Alone
- I. Summary
- II. The Range of Prison Facilities at Guantanamo
- III. Supermax Prisons and the Psychological Effects of Isolation
- IV. Cases[61]
- V. International Standards
- VI. Recommendations
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Email from Attorneys for Saber Lahmar to Department of Justice Officials[113]