Written by Kathleen Powers
www.comicphonics.com
Yes, they are, but sadly, more and more children come to school today with little knowledge of them.
There are many reasons—busy parents without time to read the rhymes, foreign-born parents unfamiliar with the rhymes, and competition from TV and electronics for children’s time. Yet, for many reasons, nursery rhymes should be part of a child’s education, and the earlier the better. (more…)
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Written by Marilyn Rockett
www.MarilynRockett.com
With a good bit of apprehension, I started an ambitious project recently. I dismantled 20 years of family picture albums because the pictures were discoloring and because I had only one set of albums but four sons. Why didn’t I think years ago to assemble individual albums for my boys so each would have his own set by the time he was grown? Well, you know about hindsight.
As I reminisced while dividing the pictures among my sons, one thing stood out to me. There were a large number of pictures with the boys and their grandparents—sweet pictures of them giving a grandmother a hug, of an adoring grandson wearing his grandfather’s World War II Navy medals and sword, of a grandparent helping with some task, of a birthday or a trip shared with a grandparent, and the annual pictures of our family in front of a grandparent’s fireplace at Christmas.
Now that I have six grandchildren, the project also brought back many precious childhood memories of my own grandparents—of things they did or said. Isn’t this the way the Lord meant it to be? (more…)
Written by Dr. Kuni Beasley
Taken from Practical Homeschooling Magazine #107
January/February/March 2013 Edition
www.home-school.com
1. First Impression. The more competitive the college, the more test scores are used to separate the GREAT students from the good students.
2. Use the SAT & ACT Websites. (Collegeboard.org & ACT.org) There is a 50-point difference on the SAT between students who use the website and those who don’t (out of 800 maximum points)! For the ACT, there is a 5-point difference (of of 35 maximum points). As a minimum, we recommend a thorough trip through the websites, including taking the practice questions.
3. Not Academic Tests. The PSAT, ACT & SAT are not academic tests. They are tests of reasoning ability and problem-solving ability. Until recently, the SAT published on their website that the SAT was a test of “Reasoning Ability”. The ACT is not much different. (more…)