A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy. ~Edward P. Morgan
As you’re sitting here reading this article, chances are that you aren’t thinking for long about each individual word. You’re simply recognizing the words “on sight” because they are familiar to you. Hence, you are “sight reading”.
For children, sight word recognition is an important step to being able to efficiently learn to read. If they don’t have to stop and consider what each word is, they will have the freedom to comprehend the meaning and context of sentences and paragraphs. Consequently, it’s critical for parents, babysitters, guardians, grandparents and educators to help beginning readers learn to instantly identify words.
n order to assist the child in your life in reaching this kind of reading fluidity, there are several techniques and games you can utilize, including those listed below:
By definition, an affirmation is a statement repeated time and again either verbally or mentally -- or written down. The words of the affirmation statement - in themselves -when spoken, thought of, or written *without* a pictorial (visualized) or emotional connection -- make a very weak affirmation.
Affirmations, when worded correctly -- and when emotionally charged
- are able to tap into the unlimited creative power of your subconscious mind, and manifest your desires.
Affirmations are not all created equal. Some are, of course,
better than others. There are *power affirmations* that have been proven again and again to work - and I'll reveal some of them in a moment.
When you examine the structure of these power affirmations, you,
too, can learn how to create your own powerful affirmations for your specific purposes.
You probably already love the TED talks and been inspired by them. I have been made to think outside the square, entertained, concerned and so much more.
And any presenter that can do that must be a source of learnings for other presenters.
Interesting then, to discover the "Ten Commandments" for TED presenters.
Yes please ... "End your talk on time" and "Rehearse your speech" ...
But the first and best ... "Dream Big"
You can read them here ...
Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.
Thomas Carlisle ~
by Sonja Hartnett
Her muzzle wrinkled, and Andrej saw a glimpse of teeth and pale tongue. 'They smell the same, ' the lioness murmured. 'My cubs smelt as she does. Like pollen.' She breathed deeply again, and Andrej saw the missing cubs returning to her on the wings of the baby's perfume. 'All young ones must come from the same place,' she said: then sat down on her haunches, seemingly satisfied.
Under cover of darkness, two brothers cross a war-ravaged countryside carrying a secret bundle. One night they stumble across a deserted town reduced to smouldering ruins. But at the end of a blackened street they find a small green miracle: a zoo filled with animals in need of hope.
A moving and ageless fable about war, and freedom.
10 amazingly absurd 'facts' about books. If you love reading, if you love writing, if you are the bookish type, you may just find yourself grinning at this cartoon promoting the 2010 Melbourne Writers Festival.
Imagine you wake up one morning and can't read. Your eyes work, but the letters on the page have turned into squiggles. They make no sense. Now meet Howard Engel, a writer of detective stories, who has this condition, but amazingly, has found a way to trick his brain to almost read again.
Nine’s award-winning children’s series, Lockie Leonard, finally returns with 26 new episodes next week.
Based on the books of Tim Winton, it first aired in 2007. It won the 2008 Logie Award for Best Children’s Series, and the AFI Award for Best Children’s Drama Series. Star Sean Keenan (Lockie) was also nominated for the Graham Kennedy Award For Most Outstanding New Talent.
A Game of Thrones
~ George R.R. Martin
This is the first volume in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" trilogy which tells of the treachery, greed and war threatening the Seven Kingdoms south of the Wall. In a world scarred by battle and catastrophe, it describes the deeds of a people locked in conflict and the legacy they will leave their children.
i couldn't find a trailer, unfortunately, but someone has made a slide show of the cast. Pretty exciting stuff!
