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I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading Mr. Racherbaumer's column this month. This topic is something that I think about a lot, when trying to decide how my performance will evolve.
I really think, from my own limited experience, that magic sometimes carries the stigma of being a trivial, good for a laugh, affair. While I understand, especially in restaurant work, that certain circumstances call for different approaches, I feel that those who find a way to affect the minds and hearts of the audience take magic to another level.
Like John talks about in his article, magic routines sometimes boil down to the "five-gag films" format. I think that has its place in magic and an important one at that. It's just that I think at this moment in magic history it's overwhemingly predominant. It seems the intent is to fool and not entertain.
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A man arrested for trespassing at Taylor Swift's home has had his charges dropped.
Jacob Kulke was caught on the grounds of the 'Red' hitmaker's property in Nashville, Tennessee on December 14, but his attorney Sean McKinney says prosecutors decided against pursuing the case because it would be a waste of taxpayers' money and the singer's representatives "did not see him as a threat".
He told E! News: "He is delighted. He wanted to prove that he didn't trespass and he is thrilled."
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Mike Smith's recent heroics in goal earned him the honor, announced Monday by the League. Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins once again finds himself in the mix as the Second Star, while a big scoring week for St. Louis Blues forward David Perron led to him being named Third Star.
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Malkin's third five-point outing in less than two months highlighted his most recent high-scoring week. In this case it was the weekend that earned Malkin his nod, as he scored a goal and assisted on four others as the Penguins outscored the Jets 8-5 on Saturday afternoon. The next day, Malkin both started and capped their four-goal rally to beat the Lightning. For the week, Malkin had three goals, five assists and a plus-6 rating. Malkin extended his NHL-leading point total to 69, and his 32 goals are second only to the 37 scored by Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos.
Perron's honor is a feel-good story, as he was coming off a 20-goal season and had five goals in the Blues' first 10 games last season before a concussion sidelined him for more than a calendar year. When he finally got back in the lineup, he had been limited to four goals in 26 games before this past week. Perron had his first multi-goal game of the season against Ottawa, including the game-winner, and had the tying score in a shootout win against New Jersey. Another multi-goal effort plus an assist followed against Colorado, and Perron capped his six-goal, seven-point week by lighting the lamp against San Jose.


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Controversial call sparks replay debate in HS
States routinely move their state championship football games to college and pro sites to give them a big-time feel.
It makes some wonder, will they ever get to make use of a big-time aide: Instant Replay.
The question seems to raise itself almost every season. This year, it happened in Indiana last weekend during the 5A final at Lucas Oil Field, home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts.
Warren went on to win in two overtimes.
Whether the Warren receiver was inbounds for the catch was a point of contention - one the fans in the stands debated when the play was shown on the replay board. But while everyone at the stadium could watch the replay, the ruling on the field could not be overturned.
Carmel coach Mo Moriarity wished it could be.
Moriarity, who lost in the state final for the second consecutive year, told The Indianapolis Star that this loss was harder to take.
"Last year, we just came up a little short,'' he said. "But you know how you feel when you've had something stolen?
"Well, that's how I feel. We had it stolen.''
Adding replay to high school games won't be easy. And can't take place until 2011 at the earliest. Here's what would need to happen.
Indiana, along with every state in the country except Texas and Massachusetts, plays by the rules set forth by the National Federation of High Schools. In order to add replay, a rule would need to be proposed, discussed then ratified by the NFHS's 52-member football committee.
The committee, comprised essentially of a voting member of each state, meets in January - but it is too late to put such a proposal on the agenda.
Even if it could, NFHS assistant director Bob Colgate, wonders logistically how it would work.
"Not all of our state associations play their finals in NFL and college venues,'' he said. "A lot are still at home sites. You have to look at your facilities. The logistics make it more conducive at some sites than at others."
Colgate doesn't believe the use of replay has ever been proposed.
Colgate, however, said it would be possible for the NFHS to enact legislation that would leave it up to member associations on whether they could use replay. Such a scenario exists in basketball, where states decide if they have the proper setup to use replay.
River Ridge (La.) John Curtis football coach Jeff Curtis is in favor of giving it - or anything - a try.
"Anything that can better the game, I'm all for it,'' he said.
Curtis referenced another technological aide that coaches first only got in the state finals.
"Back in the day when headsets/headphones weren't prevalent to coaches and their staffs in high school, the Superdome offered headsets to all teams to use at their discretion,'' he said.
His team, ranked No. 36 in this week's RivalsHigh Top 100 rankings, would play in the Superdome - and with its big replay board - should it advance to the Louisiana 2A final in two weeks.
Carmel fell out of the Top 100 with its disputed loss. But don't think the players on the team are still angry about the outcome. Some took it as part of the game.
"My first thought was he was out, but the ref called it,'' star linebacker Brian East told the Star. "Stuff like that happens. If we deserved the state championship, we would have fought through it.''
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This is a trick used by many great artists. You will be surprised by the interesting outlines the shadows provide. The ones shown give a fairly good likeness of a witch and an eagle.
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We are scrambling to catch up with many stories in the wake of the five-day Toronto Tour 2014 that brought three YJI students from Connecticut together with a trio of their colleagues in Toronto. It proved an exhausting, exhilarating, wonderful time that will offer our readers stories on everything from Seneca Falls, New York to paddle boats on Toronto's harbor front. The first few stories are available on our website and blog now, with more to come soon.
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VOORHEES, N.J. Ś Max Talbot barnstormed through Quebec, laced up skates in Finland, and played for the Spengler Cup in Switzerland.
Looking for work because of the NHL lockout, TalbotÆs worldwide hockey tour at last brought him back to the one team he never wanted to leave:
The Flyers.
Talbot returned this week to Philadelphia, even as the lockout reached its 111th day with more than 625 lost games. As talks continued in the hunt for a new collective bargaining agreement, veterans like Talbot, defenseman Kimmo Timonen and forward Jody Shelley are working out at the FlyersÆ New Jersey training facility, so that when the call does come Ś if it comes Ś later this month with the announcement of a shortened season, theyÆll be ready.
ōItÆs great to be back in the facility, skating with the guys, hopefully thinking youÆre getting ready for the season,ö Talbot said Friday. ōItÆs all or nothing now. We all hope. WeÆre not sure.ö
TalbotÆs return wasnÆt because of some inside information the labor dispute was about to be settled. Rather, he bought a townhouse in Philadelphia and had some last-minute financial details to sort out.
He joined a small group of teammates and former Flyers that included Andrej Meszaros, Andreas Nodl and Brian Boucher for a light, 60-minute workout. Most of the core, with a few additions and subtractions, have been skating together since September. All of them would trade drills for coach Peter LavioletteÆs training camp.
The sides have only one week to reach a deal on a collective bargaining agreement that would allow for a 48-game season Ś the minimum the NHL has said it will play. Commissioner Gary Bettman set a Jan. 11 deadline for an agreement so the season can begin eight days later.
The NHL and the union met separately with a federal mediator on Friday.
ōHopefully, we can all put this behind us and start playing hockey,ö Talbot said. ōBut who knows?ö
Talbot needed his passport as much as his stick over the last four months, teaming with Flyers defenseman Bruno Gervais to start a goodwill barnstorming tour in Quebec. His games raised more than $400,000 for various foundations and charity-based groups, mostly helping sick children.
ōThat was a lot of work,ö Talbot said. ōPretty challenging, but awesome.ö
From there, Talbot signed for a five-week stint with Ilves, a Finnish team, before playing with HC Fribourg-Gotteron in Switzerland in the Spengler Cup. The Spengler Cup was first held in 1923 and is the worldÆs oldest pro hockey tournament. He was back in North America on Jan. 2.
Where he goes from here? Like everything else in the NHL these days: To be determined.
ōI want to play hockey,ö Talbot said, adding he would likely return overseas if the NHL season is wiped out.
Talbot, and most Flyers fans, need a refresher on the teamÆs moves following a 103-point season and a second-round loss to New Jersey in the playoffs.
The Flyers lost out on free-agent stars Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. Jaromir Jagr and Matt Carle left. And they traded James van Riemsdyk. The biggest offseason additions, on the other hand, were Gervais, defenseman Luke Schenn and left wing Ruslan Fedotenko.
But the lineup is far from set. General manager Paul Holmgren, after all, may have quite a bit more maneuvering ahead if the Flyers are forced to get under a slashed salary cap that could be put in place under a new labor deal.
Talbot and the rest of the scaled-back Flyers have to rent ice time at the teamÆs practice rink and cannot dress in the FlyersÆ locker room. Meszaros, however, was allowed to work with team trainers because he was injured. He tore his right AchillesÆ tendon training in Slovakia and would not have been ready to start the season in October. Because of the lockout, Meszaros could be cleared if the puck really does drop in two weeks.
ōItÆs still not there where I want it to be,ö Meszaros said. ōI want to make sure itÆs 100 percent because I donÆt want to come back soon.ö
Only injured players would consider a mid-January NHL return, ōtoo soon.ö The rest of the league, meanwhile, canÆt wait to get a fair deal and get back on the ice.
But the time off hasnÆt been completely wasted. Shelley, a 12-year veteran, joked that heÆs been playing ōMr. Mom.ö
Timonen, who had surgery in May to remove a disc fragment from his lower back, passed on a chance to return to his native Finland to play. HeÆs been a stay-at-home dad and tagged along on road trips to watch his 13-year-old son play on a youth hockey team.
ōIf thereÆs something good about the lockout, at least IÆve been able to get healthy and spend time with my family,ö he said. ōItÆs been great. IÆve got to be honest, there are a lot of weekends I didnÆt miss hockey that much. ... I probably saw my son play now more than his whole life. ItÆs been fun.ö
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The money earned cemented Macau's position as the world's biggest gambling market.
Gambling regulator data released Thursday show that Macau's three dozen casinos raked in 33.5 billion patacas ($4.2 billion) in December. That brought revenue for 2013 to 360.8 billion patacas ($45 billion), up 18.6 percent from the year before.
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Wonderful series. Simon Schama has the ability to make the artists and times come alive. Highly recommend for artists of all type and art historians.Published 2 months ago by Patricia Solari
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What powerful stories about artists from the past. Great dramatizations. I will never forget the characters depicted in these stories!Published 6 months ago by Evelyn D. Nitzberg
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This is monterverdi's lamento Della ninfa (sorry this in the Bernini episode) it is nisi dominus (cum dederit) by vivaldi in the david episode. Also the opening music in the David episode is the masonic funeral music by Mozart. I love this episode!!!
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IN Allison of Iowa the Republican-Democratic "merger" for betraying the people to "the interests" has about its craftiest senatorial agent. If he were a man of courage and decision, and if he "represented" a Rhode Island whose senators could flout its public opinion, not Aldrich but Allison would be the leader of the "merger." His skill at duplicity needs no other tribute than the fact that, despite an unbroken record of forty-three years of betrayal of the people to "the interests," especially the people of his own state, he has been a senator continuously for thirty- three years. How politically careless have we been, how short-memoried, how credulous of words and neglectful of deeds, how easily tricked by cunning appeals to prejudice! We have been struggling with the great thieves operating through railways and tariffs, and have not seen that it was the Senate that determined our national laws, superintended the distribution of our prosperity, and selected our national judges. We have been defeated because we have not realized that it was our Allisons and Aldriches and Lodges and Baileys in far- away Washington, in the Senate, who were making our struggles futile--were making, and are.
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Technology Assisted Learning
Technology Can Help Students to Succeed In School
In the world today, technological advances occur daily. When used properly, technology can be a valuable tool that helps student learn!
Technology Ideas to Enhance Learning
Technology can be a powerful tool that enhances a school site or home school instructional program. Below is a helpful list of ideas that are easy to utilize.
Students can easily access thousands of books online. People of all ages love online books. Online books help books come to life! Vivid colors and a chance to interact with the book brings excitement to reading. Younger children can greatly benefit from read aloud books that often have funny voices or musical enhancements.
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2. The Internet
The internet is the information super highway. Children can use the internet to research ideas and find answers. They can also take reading comprehension tests or timed math skills tests online that are automatically corrected with the push of a button. This saves teachers and parents valuable time, as the quizzes are self correcting!
3. Technology Assisted Writing Programs
Using technology assisted writing programs motivates children to write. Children's writing comes alive when they use online writing programs. Children can add pictures and artwork to their online writing projects.
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4. Digital Camera
Children enjoy using a digital camera. They can even take pictures of their own artwork and insert it into their writing pieces or research report. Children can take pictures at museums, the beach, and family vacations. They can even take pictures of the ingredients when they are cooking with their parents. This helps children to develop a concept of measurement with real life experiences.
A GPS, global positioning system can teach important mapping and coordinate skills.
6. Email
Writing becomes exciting when students can send a receive email! How would grandma like to receive an email from her grandchildren?
7. I-pads, Tablets and E- Readers
Reading, researching, and listening to educational songs and music are all things that can children can do with these portable devices. Families can take these devices almost everywhere.
Important Information About Children and Technology
Children need to be closely monitored when using technology to meet their learning needs. Adults should first model appropriate procedures for using technology devices. In addition, websites and computer assisted learning programs should be age appropriate and the content should be previewed by an adult prior to letting the children use the program. Follow these rules of thumb to make the most of technology assisted learning.
Preview-Adults should preview online programs or games prior to letting the students use the program.
Instruct-To ensure success, direct instruction is needed. An adult should clearly explain how to use the technology device. They should also clarify the rules associated with the device. For example:
Guided Practice-The child practices the new skill with adult help and assistance.
Review-Adults should regularly review what the child is working on.
Great Reads That Help Children Learn About Technology
Find these informational texts that speak about technology at www.biguniverse.com
Connecting to The Common Core State Standards
Common Core Goals For Students
Excerpt below take from http://www.corestandards.org/ela-literacy/introduction/students-who-are-college-and-career-ready-in-reading-writing-speaking-listening-language
Student Goal-Use Technology and Digital Media Strategically and Capably
Students employ technology thoughtfully to enhance their reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language use. They tailor their searches online to acquire useful information efficiently, and they integrate what they learn using technology with what they learn offline. They are familiar with the strengths and limitations of various technological tools and mediums and can select and use those best suited to their communication goals.
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Keeping Busy Families Healthy and Fit During The Holiday Season
Tips To Keep Families Healthy, Fit and Happy During The Holiday Season
Families can get moving! The holiday season is an excellent time to start a family exercise routine. Children enjoy seeing holiday lights and decorations. Walking around a different street each night offers children an opportunity to observe the illumination of holiday lights and ornamentation of family friendly neighborhoods. Families can implement a nightly 30 minute brisk walk during the holidays season that they can keep as a habit well into the new year. Children look forward to the sparkles and glimmer that adorn the neighborhood during the holidays. Families that walk together, talk together!
Books Can Teach Children About Healthy Foods and Good Eating Habits
Fabulous food is a part of almost every holiday celebration. Parents can encourage good eating habits by including a variety of dishes that include fruits and vegetables at every meal. Families can integrate reading, math and health into their holiday season by reading recipe books and cooking dishes together. Children can write down the recipes on self decorated holiday paper and display it next to the dish when it is served. One author even found a way to make fruit filled cookies a hit in the book, Cool Cookies. Parents can choose to make cookies with fruit ingredients such as banana-apple cookies.
Cool Cookies by Marilyn LaPenta (author)
Grab your apron and get ready for some fun and easy baking! Young chefs can choose from delicious recipes that include classic favorites, such as chocolate-chip cookies and lemon bars, and healthy treats, like banana-apple cookies and granola bars. Each recipe includes a nutrition tip and a fact box, as well as a list of tools and ingredients and easy, step-by-step instructions. Kids will learn about nutrition and healthy eating, sequencing and following directions, math and measuring skills, and kitchen safety. Best of all, it's lots of fun!
Teach Children About Staying Clean And How To Prevent The Spread Of Germs
Children should be advised to learn good health habits at a young age. Good teeth brushing habits are one way children can learn to become squeaky clean. The Squeaky Clean Club, teaches about the benefits of hand washing. Winter brings the cold and flu season. Teaching children how to help prevent the spread of viruses by washing their hands, helps empower them to make healthy friendly habits at a young age.
Squeaky Clean Club
by Patricia Armentrout (author) © 2011
A fun and informative book about keeping your body clean and germ free. Great photos and illustrations.
Great Reads That Help Children Learn About Healthy Habbits
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Plants as Food, Fuel, and Medicine
How our Earth and existence depend on plants is introduced in this title. Their uses for food, alternative forms of fuel, and everyday discoveries of how plants have a medicinal effect on curing diseases and promoting good health are all addressed. Introduces their role in preventing and reversing the important issue of global warming helps introduce students to just how important plants are.
Good food doesn't begin on a store shelf with a box. It comes from a garden bursting with life, color, sounds, smells, sunshine, moisture, birds, and bees! Healthy food becomes much more interesting when children know where they come from. So what's in the garden? Kids will find a variety fruits and vegetables, and a tasty, kid-friendly recipe for each one to start a lifetime of good eating. A "food for thought" section presents interesting facts about each fruit and vegetable, and a "how does your garden grow?" section explains facts about gardening and the parts of plants.
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Integrating Art and Literature
Children Can Learn About Art and Music By Reading Great Literature
Books open an entire world of knowledge to young children. Connecting the arts to literature generates excitement about reading and helps young children to foster a love of reading. In addition, students learn new vocabulary words related to the arts. Young children are thrilled to create art projects about the stories they have read. Parents can save the art projects and create lifelong memories.
Create Literature Related Art Projects
Children enjoy creating art projects after reading books. After reading, Music Around The World, children can paint a world map or create a clay map. After reading, Building Stories, students can make and decorate musical instruments using an unsharpened pencil, felt pieces, and other odds and ends. These are affordable art projects that students can create to help books come alive. In Every Moon There is a Face, children can create a moon with cotton balls or white paint on a piece of construction paper. Classrooms can do a gallery walk and try to find a face in each moon. Scribbles and Ink, is guaranteed to generate laughs and giggles. After reading this humorous book students can create their own art projects using scribbles and ink!
Summary of Building Stories: Captivating and unusual images that adorn buildings, from musical instruments to a pencil, and a big wheel with wings will invite children to look closely at buildings in their own neighborhoods and to want to learn more about them.
Connecting to The Common Core State Standards
When preparing students for college and career readiness, it is essential to teach students to read informational text. The Common Core State Standards prepare students to achieve this reading goal. Starting in the early elementary grades, student read informational texts and learn to write informational pieces. Educators can share well written information pieces and books with their students. The more familiar students become with informational texts, the easier it is for students to write these types of texts.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10 Actively engage in group reading activities with purpose and understanding.
Key Ideas and Details
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.1 Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.2 Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.3.7 Explain how specific aspects of a text's illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting)
Online Books Can to Help Students Learn About The Arts
Big Universe Learning offers a wide variety of online literature books that focus on the arts. http://biguniverse.com
Celebrating Christmas With Literature
The Best Thing About Christmas
Christmas is an exciting time of the year for children. Parents and guardians can help children to foster a love of reading by reading a holiday literature book each day during the month of December. Christmas themed literature books help generate excitement about the holidays. Children can learn holiday related vocabulary and critical reading and comprehension skills by reading books.
Christmas Themed Literature Books
Up on the Housetop
by Kim Mitzo Thompson (author), Wendy Edelson (illustrator)
Children experience the joy and magic of the season with this festive holiday book! The classic Christmas song becomes a favorite children's story!
Use a Calendar to Countdown The Days Until Christmas
Children can countdown to Christmas by marking the days on a calendar. They can also write down the title of each holiday book they have read during the month of December. This is a great way to incorporate both language arts and math skills. Families can even create their own book…Countdown to Christmas.
Read Online Books
Big Universe Learning offers a large variety of holiday books. Families can easily access several holiday related titles to read with their children. http://biguniverse.com
Children can read about holidays all around the world! Families can learn new recipes idea, children's craft ideas and how other cultures celebrate Christmas. This helps children to develop a multicultural perspective of Christmas.
Many other holiday titles are available. Children can read about:
- The Christmas Eve Blizard
- A Christmas Carol
- Jolly Old St. Nicholas
- Down the Chimney
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
- Three Kings
- Holidays
- Santa's Coming
Write Summaries of Christmas Stories
Children are thrilled to learn Santa is coming! Make good use of this enthusiasm by having children read a variety of holiday books. Children can read a Christmas story and then write a descriptive summary of it. They can also draw pictures of the story. Families can frame the written work and keep it for decades!
Document Holiday Memories
Christmas Joy
by Kim Mitzo Thompson (author), Jackie Binder (illustrator)
Baby's First Books are perfect learning tools for your little one!
Families can document Christmas memories by making crafts, creating holiday cards together and filling their Christmas with joyful memories. Parents can help children gain beneifical literacy literacy skills by making reading holiday literature a tradition in their family.
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Tips For Homeschoolers
Tips For Homeschooling
Wondering Where to Get Started with Homeschooling?
Use These Helpful Tips
Know the Standards for the Student's Grade Level
Planning ahead is essential in homeschooling. When homeschooling students, is is necessary to know the standards for the student's current grade level. The Common Common State Standards for grades K-12 can be found online. Visit www.commoncore.org for more information.
The Common Core State Standards provide a guide that informs parents and educators of what students are expected to learn for each grade level.
In addition to the Common Core State Standards, each state in the United States has developed educational standards for every grade level. Parents should check the state standards specific to their state. Students should have mastery of the standards in their current grade level by the end of the academic year.
Use Technology to Enhance Learning
Technology can be very advantageous in homeschooling. Using technology students can:
- Read books from their computers and mobile devices
- Read online books
- Look words up in online dictionaries
- Practice math facts using self correcting timed math drills
- Use word processing programs to type and publish their work
- Utilize writing programs to create and publish their own books
Big Universe Learning offers thousands of online books for students to read. The site also has read aloud books for beginning readers. In addition, students are able to write their own books and publish them. Students may choose to make their books public for others to read. Students from all across the world can share books they have created with each other using this website.
Visit www.biguniverse.com for more information.
Create an Action Plan
Planning ahead and setting educational goals helps to provide the best homeschooling program for children. Setting target goals is important in establishing a successful homeschooling program. Use the state standards and the Common Core State Standards to assist in planning target educational goals.
Make a Weekly Schedule
Teaching students to create and follow a weekly schedule provides multiple benefits. Creating a weekly schedule helps students to:
- Create a plan and to stick to it
- Set and achieve goals
- Organize and manage time
- Get more work done. Students accomplish more when things are well planned and clearly outlined.
Create an Annual Outline of Expected Goals and Outcomes
It is helpful to create an academic calendar of expected goals and outcomes for the year prior to the start of the school year. Parents can buy a large wall calendar in August when many of the stores have back-to-school sales.
Using a large calendar that shows all of the months, families can chart the projects they intend to create, and the skills they intend to learn. This helps children to learn the months of the year, and teaches them to plan ahead.
Integrate Academic Subjects
Integrating academic subjects sparks students interest and enthusiasm in learning. It also helps in maximizing instructional time. Integrating music and/or art into standards based instructional lessons helps retain the information they are learning.
Social Studies/History
Teaching students to read using social science texts provides students with an opportunity to learn important historical concepts while reading expository text. Older students can sings songs to help them memorize the names of the presidents, or to help them memorize the states and their capitals. Integrating art and social studies helps students to create a visual picture of what they are learning. Students can create maps and landforms to help them learn geography, and new vocabulary words.
Using music and songs to teach important math skills actively involves students in learning. The students can sing songs that teach them how to count by 2s, 5s, and 10s. Songs about multiplication helps students to memorize their multiplication facts.
Families can take advantage of the perks of homeschooling by utilizing math skills in the kitchen. Students can use measuring tools to help parents cook. Using recipes, parents can teach students to use their math skills double the recipe. Students can calculate the cost of the family dinner by adding up the price of all of the ingredients.
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Teaching Kids: Letting books send the message
As a Mom, I feel like the most over-used word in my vocabulary is "No" — followed closely by "Don't." I get tired of hearing myself say them, so I can imagine how weary my daughter is of listening to them. I'm sure its true for teachers, too.
- You aren't the one saying "No." Even though [name your character] says the exact same thing you do about being sloppy, kids will believe him or her first.
- The kids don't hear "No." The listener or young reader is looking at what happens and thinking about what's going on. They are exploring the story by anticipating events or their consequences.
- Laughter can lighten the mood. Most of the time, these stories the events and consequences are exaggerated to make sure the lessons aren't missed.
Last but not least … the kids feel superior to the character! That little ego boost might just help their self-esteem and confidence enough to "act on" the message. The other plus is that they empathize with the characters and can suggest ways to make things better.
Literacy Fun & Games for the Classroom
This is an updated version a post I wrote for PBS Kids Booklights in August 2010. The theme THEN was to give parents help in getting their kids back on that literacy train before school started. The same ideas will work well for winter at school, too, on those days the kids can't go outdoors for recess … or if parents want learning game ideas for holiday gifts.
'Tis the holiday season when, despite the first days of winter, our days seem sunny and bright … or at least seasonal. But what about January? February? When we get into the unpredictable, too-cold / wet / icy -to-go-outside-for-recess days, the kids need something to do.
Every classroom has a rainy-day-recess game shelf for just those days. As educators, we like to find games that sneak in some learning. For preschoolers and Kindergartners we consider more than just the fun factor, we look at
- The amount of time it takes to play (think: attention span).
- How well it disguises learning. For some kids, Scrabble Junior is a blast; for others (like my daughter) it takes too long and looks too much like her spelling list.
- How it introduces (rather than memorization).
- Last but not least: is there a winner, loser, or race to the finish.
Picture puzzles are great for that, because they help kids create a complete image from just pieces of it, they don't require any letter or spelling knowledge, and they can be done independently or with help. Here are a few other ideas.
Gamewright Hisss Card Game With this card game, kids learn sequencing, logic, and colors.
There is no spelling or letter recognition required, but it does make kids think: Does a blue head go with a red tail? Do snakes really have two heads? Where is my snake's tummy?
Like Wig Out! (below) this game lasts about 15 minutes.
Melissa & Doug See & Spell It is hard to beat Melissa and Doug products for durability and educational value. Kids can create words by placing the letter on the word board, but they can also use the letters independently to create new words, too. For example, slide "bug" off the board, swap out the "b" for an "r" and they have rug … or any other silly words they'd like to create.
This game has no time limits.
Wig Out! Here's a matching game that will have everyone rolling with laughter, making it perfect for mixed age players. You get a series of bald heads and your job is to play all your hairstyle cards faster than anyone else. Of all the games in the list, this is probably the most marginal for this audience. Not because of content, but because of its speed.
Each game takes 10 to 15 minutes, which is good for kid with short attention spans, but it also is played quickly.
ThinkFun Zingo We had a blast with this game when my daughter was in Kindergarten.
It is a combination of picture and word Bingo, and you can make it as easy or as complex as you want. We would also use the little plastic cards to play matching games (think Jeopardy!).
Depending on how you play the game, each round lasts 10 to 15 minutes.
These games – and others – are perfect for the teacher looking to update their rainy-day game shelf, a mom trying to find a great gift for your child's teachers, or a dad looking for something new for Family Game Night.
Do you have some favorite learning games and / or puzzles? Add them to the comments … someone might be looking for just that idea!
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Gratitude – If You Can Read This say "Thank You"
Ready or not the Thanksgiving holiday is just four days away!
What I love about the holiday is that despite the hustle and bustle, I can still find that "quiet place" to think about all of the things I'm thankful for.
What am I most thankful for? Well, the gift of literacy ranks right up there with my family and my health!
There were a lot of people who encouraged me to read, try my hand at writing, and of course, made me stand in front of a class and give a speech!
That I can read means I owe a debt of thanks to those who helped me. There isn't just one person, it is a community effort at home, at school, and yes at work. Not all of us turn out to be bookworms, but all of us use those skills every day, probably without even thinking about it. Here are some examples …
- While you're sitting in the airport playing Words with Friends or Word Drop;
- As you read the exit sign on the way to Grandma's House;
- When you double check the recipe for the amount of nutmeg in the pumpkin pie;
- Listening to Uncle Joe tell that story about going fishing with Grandpa;
- And yes, even when you're checking the TV for the football scores!
Whether you are just preparing to travel are or already gathering with family and friends, we wish you safe travels and a holiday filled with laughter, joy, plenty of pumpkin pie!
We also hope that you not only have a chance to enjoy all of the joys of literacy that permeate everyday life, but that you get to thank the people who made it possible!
Book Review: Adoption Books that Celebrate Culture
November is National Adoption Month.
Odds are pretty good that you are part of an adoptive family or know an adoptive family. According to the 2000 US Census, more than 1.6 million children under the age of 18 live with their adoptive parents, and more than 100,000 children are adopted each year.
Thanks to international adoptions, the fabric of our society has become even richer, with families celebrating the heritage and cultures their children bring with them. According to the US State Department, between 1992 and 1999, the number of children adopted from abroad more than doubled from 6,720 to 16,396.
Every year since 1984, when President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Adoption Week, the US President issues a Presidential Proclamation that launches activities and celebrations to help build awareness of adoption throughout the nation.
Thousands of community organizations arrange and host programs, events, and activities to share positive adoption stories, challenge the myths, and draw attention to the thousands of children in foster care who are waiting for permanent families.
With adoption so integrally woven into the fabric of our nation, National Adoption Month offers us a chance to share stories that celebrate family, friendship, culture, and diversity. Three of my favorites for home and classroom are the As Simple as That series by Deb Capone and Craig Shemin.
Dumplings are Delicious
by Deb Capone; illustrated by Stan Jaskiel
As Simple as That, 2005
Rain, a six-year-old girl, loves to make jiaozi (jow-za), a Chinese dumpling, with her mom. When she takes some to school for lunch one day, she learns that all over the world, families love to create, fill, and share dumplings.
- This is a picture book that introduces diversity by celebrating the things cultures share in common.
- The author introduces Rain's adoption story again so you don't have to read any of the other titles to understand the context of this one.
- The story is sweet, with the emphasis on each child's curiosity and discovery about another's culture.
- The story is simply presented, with layers that parents and teachers can use for their own purposes (culture, geography, diversity, etc.)
- Parents and teachers can introduce a topic and then build on it with "real life" activities. Whether it's cooking, learning more about a culture, or role-playing, there is plenty to share.
Families are Forever
by Craig Shemin and Deb Capone; illustrated by John McCoy
As Simple As That, 2003
Rain, a six-year-old girl tells us her story of how she came from China to live with her Mom and Bo, her stuffed hippo. This is a first-person story about becoming an adoptive family.
- The story has great universal appeal. The story emphasizes how families come to be, with adoption playing a role, but not taking center stage to the love itself.
- Children of all ages and cultures will relate to Rain and the relationship with Bo, her hippo.
- Because of our child's questions, we were able to introduce a "second plot" with our own adoption story. Although this is a story of Chinese adoption, we didn't feel limited by it in our situation (which was a domestic adoption).
- Every family can enjoy this story. It can help young children write their own story, adopted or not. It is a great way to introduce adoption as a concept of love.
Tooth Fairy Tales
by Deb Capone; illustrated by Stan Jaskiel
As Simple as That, 2005
Rain and her classmates are losing their first teeth. When Rain loses her first tooth, she starts to wonder what the Tooth Fairy does with all of those baby teeth. That's when she learns that there's more than just the Tooth Fairy collecting teeth. This is a story about the ways different cultures celebrate the magic of losing your baby teeth.
- This is a fun story to read, as there is something for everyone to learn.
- The story is broad, allowing children to understand that losing teeth is natural, and everyone celebrates the event in their own way.
- The illustrations are simple. The writing clarity and child's perspective take the "fear" out of the process for kids.
- Depending on audience age, you can talk about myths and legends, growing up, diversity, and geography, as well as contrast/compare similarities and differences among cultures.
If you're interested in reading about other adoption-themed books this month, we have a collection at the Reading Tub. We've also done some research on children's books about adoption on the Family Bookshelf.
We'd love to hear about the adoption and culturally diverse books you have on your shelves, too! So please share in the comments.


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Original articles from our library related to the Adoption Adoption Reform. See Table of Contents for further available material (downloadable resources) on Adoption Adoption Reform.
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Adoption Adoption Reform is described in multiple online sources, as addition to our editors' articles, see section below for printable documents, Adoption Adoption Reform books and related discussion.
Suggested Pdf Resources
- Policy Diffusion, Program Content, and Post-Adoption Reform: The
- defining and studying diffusion as a process rather than an outcome (Elkins and Simmons 2005).
- www.sppc2011.org
- Opponents of international adoption took advantage of this scandal to call for a moratorium on international adoption, pending "reform" of the adoption system.
- www.law.harvard.edu
- Adoption Reform Illinois
- Adoption Reform Coalition. Urges: Reject HB 4623.
- www.campaign4openrecords.org
- Adoption Reform Amendment Act of 2009
- Jul 8, 2010 Adoption Reform Amendment Act of 2009. The Adoption Reform Amendment Act ("ARA"), B18-0547, was passed by the D.C..
- www.childrenslawcenter.org
- Adoption Reform
- Adoption Reform. ACCESS TO ADOPTION RECORDS.
- www.ohiocathconf.org
Suggested News Resources
- Are Birth Rate Trends Causing Anti-Abortion Activists to Change Their Tactics?
- The Center for Disease Control has released its most recent abortion rates, and as of 2011 the number of people obtaining abortions in the United States has hit an all time low.
Suggested Web Resources
- Adoption Reform
- The valuable work of Concerned United Birth Parents (http://www.cubirthparents. org/) will certainly help in adoption reform.
- www.openadoption.org
- PEAR - Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform, Ethics International
- It is the mission of PEAR to provide a voice for prospective and adoptive parents. PEAR advocates for ethics, transparency and support in all adoptions.
- www.pear-now.org
- www.bastards.org
- American Adoption Congress
- The American Adoption Congress is comprised of individuals, families and organizations committed to adoption reform.
- www.americanadoptioncongress.org
- Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform (PEAR)
- Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform (PEAR). Tuesday, August 30, 2011. DOS Adoption Alert: Equador & Joshua Tree Adoptions.
- pear-now.blogspot.com
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