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Reading is the foundation of all learning. But before you can run, you need to learn to stand and walk. Letter recognition is the foundation of the foundation.
Kindergarten used to be the place where students learned all this, if parents weren’t working with their kids before hand. However, if students enter Kindergarten without these skills, they will already be behind. Students in Kindergarten are reading by the second semester.
You can read more about the reading process in my free ebook – Education After the Collapse. But you can also get some good advice in the article below.
The first step in learning to read is letter recognition. If you can remember life before this skill, you will recall that letters were once mysterious symbols that everyone seemed to understand but you. Once you learned your alphabet and letter sounds, you, like most children, probably felt elated as you began to crack the code of the written word. Relive that excitement as you teach your own child letter recognition, and begin to build pre-reading skills using these delightful activities.
Use The Pointer Method – When it comes to teaching, sometimes the old ways are the best ways, such as singing the alphabet with your child as you point to each letter. Do this each day, and soon the letters will be easily identified. To test, after a week or so ask the child to use the pointer to point out specific letters. After three to four weeks, add the phonetic alphabet song after the regular one by singing the letter sounds to the same tune as the alphabet song while you point.
Play With Flash Cards – Another tried and true teaching method is the flash card game. To add a fun twist, let your child keep each card he correctly identifies. You keep the ones he gets incorrect. Whoever has the most cards at the end wins! Once the letters are mastered, have the child identify the sound of each letter. You can also play a game of memory with the flashcards, matching capital to lowercase letters.
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Most of us reading about and watching all the “new developments” in our country are not surprised.Many of the “enlightened” have been expecting this for a while.But being ready or expecting it doesn’t take away the surreal feeling that it all brings, the calm before the storm.
I don’t know where I read or heard it, but I recently was reminded (cause I’ve heard it before) that the US is heading down the same path that the Roman Empire was on as it collapsed.Although I like history, I don’t consider myself a historian.But as I spent a little time contemplating the issue, I remembered about the life work of Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.I haven’t read it, it’s a huge work.But you can find it free online and download it for $1.99 on Amazon.
After checking out Amazon, I used Google and came up on this pdf by Martin Armstrong.I read his site almost everyday, so I was interested to see what he had to say.You can download his pdf here.Armstrong says that Rome was very good about recording their history.Many of these records still exist and we have a really good picture about what was going on in Rome.Armstrong mentions that we know more about Ancient Rome than any other ancient civilization in history.
Basically, Armstrong says that unfunded liabilities are what caused Rome to collapse. Uhm…have “you lost that lovin’ feelin‘” yet?
Then, I decided to go to Youtube.I found the docudrama series by the BBC – Rome: Rise & Fall of an Empire.There’s about 5 hours of video to watch.I created a playlist for easy viewing.Here is brief description of the docudrama,
“each episode looking at a different key turning point in the history of the Roman Empire.
Factually accurate and based on extensive historical research, it reveals how the greed, lust and ambition of men like Caesar, Nero and Constantine shaped the Roman Empire.
It describes how Rome destroyed Carthage, was conquered by Caesar, how it suppressed the Jewish revolt, and converted to Christianity.
CGI is mixed with compelling drama and spectacular live-action battles to tell the definitive television story of how the Empire was formed, how it achieved maximum power, and why it eventually failed.” – from Top Documentary Films
As things continue to get “interesting,” it might be a good idea to have a little background knowledge of the final days of the great Roman Empire.Rome influenced western culture greatly.However, they also showed us “what not to do.”Why do our leaders think that we would be any different or that they can manipulate things to a different end?In the end, hopefully The United States of America doesn’t become one of those nations that contributed a lot to society and the world, but imploded because of a multitude of bad decisions.
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I hate being late! Being a parent, this can cause some conflicts. This is an article with a lot of good advice, many that we have used in our own family.
When the alarm clock sounds and everyone in your family begins to begrudgingly make their way out of bed, there’s a long list of tasks that must be completed before everyone can leave to start their day. Getting the kids out the door before the bus arrives or the last bell rings can be particularly difficult, especially if you’re trying to prepare for your own day in the process. These tips won’t make getting your kids out of bed without complaint any easier, but they may help you get everyone out the door on time.
Establish a Routine – It’s not always easy to make it out of the house on time when you have an established morning routine, but it’s definitely more difficult if you’re flying by the seat of your pants. Make sure that you establish a set routine for each morning that includes feeding every member of the family, making sure that everyone’s dressed appropriately and that everyone is ready to troop down to the car or school bus when the time comes.
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Every once in a while you’ll find a deal that makes you sing the praises of the product or service. This is that type of review!
I don’t know why people would want to cause havoc on a website that is helping others. But for some reason, there is trash out there that likes to hack into website regardless of what type they are. Due to the popularity of Prepper Website, I have had to deal with this more times than I would like. I was able to take care of it the first time, but the rest of the attacks were beyond my expertise.
Like everyone else who runs a website, I researched how to harden my site, which security plugins I should have, changed passwords and all the other tips in the blogosphere. It still happened!
My first attempt to go outside my own ability was with a service that my hosting provider sold me. It cost $100 and sucked! I was never able to contact support because they held banker hours. I canceled the service and got a refund!
I am so pleased with their service that I’m writing a blog post! How about that! The service for 1 website is $89, cheaper than my own host!
Right after getting the service setup, Sucuri went right to work! They have an easy to navigate dashboard that gets you right to what you need.
More importantly is that they are fast with support and solutions! Sucuri will scan your site, remove any malware and help you make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Since using Sucuri, I have not had any other issues, although the site is consistently being attacked!
One of the other benefits is their premium WordPress plugin. They offer a free plugin, but the premium plugin offers many more resources.
You can visit the Sucuri site here. For webmasters who aren’t sure if they have malware on their site, they offer a free scanner. Individual readers can also use it to make sure they are surfing to a safe site.
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I hate being late! Being a parent, this can cause some conflicts. This is an article with a lot of good advice, many that we have used in our own family.
