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December 30th 2011 05:09

How To Get The Best Grades With The Least Amount Of Effort

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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Age 9-11, Books, Maths, Reading, Social Studies, Writing

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Shape Books Encourage Reluctant Readers

November 10th 2011 02:11

Reluctant writers can be encouraged to put the pen to the page with the help of a pair of scissors. Making shape books can turn writing into a crafty project, perfect for visual learners or kinetic, hands-on learners. The process of making a book in a particular shape can also provide the framework for a story.

Choose the shape
The easiest way to get your child writing, is to create a book in a familiar, well-loved shape. My daughter loves baby dolls, so her first book was in the shape of a baby doll. A baby bottle followed, then a rattle and a cradle. This series of books was easy for her come up with stories which helped her handwriting immensely. Other children may love cars and trucks or kittens, horses or balls.

Make the book
Draw a very simple outline of the desired object. Use a thick line coloring page image or enlarged silhouette from a clip art program to make a cardboard stencil.
Cut this shape out and then trace on a stack of five pieces of white paper. Trace it again on two sheets of construction paper. Once all the pieces of paper are cut out, sandwich the white paper between the construction paper and staple in a straight line down one side.

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Ask Questions
Illustrate and Write
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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Age 9-11, Books, Craft, Writing

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Encourage Creativity

November 3rd 2011 00:55

9 Ways to Encourage Creativity

Creativity is not a frivolous trait. Children raised to be creative thinkers are also often excellent problem solvers and have an innate trust in their abilities. Your child may not write a Pulitzer Prize winning novel or star on Broadway, but then again, you very well may have a budding creative genius underfoot. Regardless, the benefits of creativity are wide-spread. Here are 9 ways to encourage creativity.

1. Ask lots of questions. Let your child ask questions. Indulge your child's curiosity by letting them pursue tangents and explore new subjects.

2. Tell stories. Encourage your child to come up with alternate endings to favorite stories or movies. Before finishing a storybook, see if your child wants to guess the ending. Imagine new characters or put the same characters in a different setting. Retell these stories at bedtime, while cooking dinner or driving.

3. Allow time and space to create. Exploring takes time. Resist the urge to give short cuts, or exclaim that an idea won't work, let your child try. Unless of course their idea is dangerous to herself or others. If you can designate a corner for art work that can be left out, great.

4. Be silly. Singing and dancing along to the radio or making up your own silly tune is the best way to encourage the same freedom for your child. Even if you are not a natural extrovert, you can let your silly side show every so often.

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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Age 3-4, Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Age 9-11, Books, Computer Based, Craft, Toys, Writing

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Comma Trouble

September 24th 2011 19:50

Grammar is a killer. Specifically I am perplexed by commas, semi colons and colons. See, should there have been a semi-colon? I do not know anymore.

Some of my more recent purchases include grammar books. I carry one in my purse. Weird

Aside from books on the subject, I have been studying articles written by self-proclaimed grammar nazis, free term papers and well-written books should help.... I hope. I'm not a terrible writer, but I do need to learn to toe the line, especially in my profession.

I tend to write like I speak, so overloading the pauses is just what I do. In fact, if I were to really put all the pauses in, there would be times my sentences look like this. I. do. not. understand. the. rules.

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Always Learning, yep, always. (hope I can retain this time around, and learn how to implement the facts properly)

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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Writing

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Advice for College Freshmen- Break Your Mirrors!!!

August 12th 2011 21:30

Aside from meeting new people, there are three major players you need to acquaint yourself with, Fear, Courage and Gratitude.

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Finally, the best advice for freshman year I have ever heard is to "break your mirrors."

That means instead of being self-absorbed and overly concerned about how you look, take more time building

Who you ARE.

If you find yourself with free time, volunteer somewhere.

Be a part of something outside yourself.

This is a great cure for homesickness or depression, and it will put you touch with the pulse of the world around you.

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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Writing

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Little help

August 12th 2011 21:12

Heard of essay services? The companies that jump in and fill the gap for overwhelmed students?

Whether you are an A student, a star athlete with an important tournament approaching or just an average student who hasn't quite got his "sea legs" yet, essays can be the bane of a students college life. Get a little help from your friends with a service that holds your hand through the process

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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Age 9-11, Books, Computer Based, Writing

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Thank you notes for the Graduate

May 20th 2011 15:15

Thank you notes for the graduate- tips, tricks and encouragement

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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Writing

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Prepare your little CEO

April 23rd 2011 15:21

Are you raising the next CEO? What are you doing to prepare them? Veritas Prep is an option.

While most high school junior and seniors prepare to take the SAT, (and teachers and parents have done the same) the GMAT is for those students planning on heading off to business school....and need specific preparation. Since the test is taken generally by people in an older age range, 21-45, the truth is, they will often not have someone pushing them to study up, like for the SAT

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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Age 6-8, Age 9-11, Books, Computer Based, DVDs, Maths, Writing

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Games-How to Choose "IT"

April 12th 2011 12:40

This is a blatant attempt to quickly catch up my blog challenge (and maintain my regular work) A to Z blog challenge posts suffered a bit while I was out of town, but I am back and ready to play...

Speaking of playing, when a group of kids get together to play a game, one of the tasks they need to get out of the way is choosing who will be IT

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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Age 3-4, Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Age 9-11, Toys, Writing

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A is for Always

April 2nd 2011 12:52

For 26 days in April (minus Sundays) I will be posting a blog for each letter of the alphabet.
"Sylvie's word of the day"
I am all for challenges, so when this was dangled in front of me in my writers group, I grabbed it

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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Age 3-4, Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Age 9-11, Books, Computer Based, Cooking, Craft, DVDs, Maths, Reading, Social Studies, Toys, Writing

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Stages of Art Development

March 3rd 2011 01:13

Every child, rich or poor, goes through the same basic sequence when starting to draw. Make the most of the different steps by offering a variety of interesting materials to explore...

Art Development through the stages
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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Age 3-4, Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Craft, Writing

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Gifts for Neighbors-Magical Reindeer Food

December 21st 2010 14:26

Giving gifts, or even cards to all my neighbors would be an impossible task without this inexpensive, fun tradition. Delegating this task to the kids is a nice way to keep the little ones occupied while attending to other Christmas activities nearby. Like baking, wrapping presents, or simply sipping tea and regrouping.

Recipes for Magical Reindeer Food
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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Age 3-4, Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Age 9-11, Cooking, Craft, Writing

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Fun Projects for the Classroom

December 20th 2010 04:56

Bring your students together by assigning fun classroom projects. Implementing projects throughout the year encourages cooperation and communication. New friendships can be formed while new skills are being learned. Classroom projects can be used to integrate several different subjects, reach out to the community and other classes, or used simply as teambuilding activities

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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Age 6-8, Age 9-11, Books, Computer Based, Social Studies, Writing

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Creative Ideas for Struggling Beginning Writers

August 30th 2010 02:18

Stepping into my first creative beginning writing class of the year was an eye opener. I quickly realized only two of the 12 students could write more than their own names.

A few quick revisions to my plans and we ended up having a fantastic year together. They progressed in both their story telling and writing skills by year end...thankfully. That class was a challenge...high energy, high creativity, high drama, little writing, yet lots of learning

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Posted By: Sylvie Branch - Category: Age 4-6, Age 6-8, Age 9-11, Books, Reading, Writing

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