Reading is the most important skills for someone, because it can open up insights into a lot of knowledge. Millions of children who spend time in front of the TV or video games often fail to improve their reading skills. That they fail to learn many valuable things.

Parents play an active role to help their young children to master reading skills in order to avoid problems later on in education at school. This could begin with a simple and making it part of the routine in the life of a child. Thus he can master the ability to read even before entering school.

When Start Teaching Reading?

The best time to start is as early as possible. When the baby is born, try to start talking to your baby. Remember that he is learning a “foreign language” so need all the help you can provide. Words of love and all verbal communication is not only convince your affection to the baby, but also introduced him to remain a foreign language course she was studying.

In the first process, the baby will only learn from the voice alone, and this could take place since the womb. Then when he began to see the surroundings, you can use visual aids such as toys that can make it learn and play.

How to Teach Reading to Children from Early

Begin by showing one or two letters are brightly colored. Such devices are widely available in toy stores. Use these letters as a toy for the baby, but you can be a little stress to the baby by naming the letter to him every time he observed the letter. Increment one letter in a land as he has grown.

Once the child knows all the letters, the next step is to introduce the letters in the proper order. When he started talking, ask him to mention the letters in the order from left to right.

Once a child is to recognize all the letters, start with the familiar words began to teach. One of the best ways is by introducing its name. For example by arranging the letters that form his name. Then the parents say the arrangement of letters as well as name. When he began to smoothly pronounce his name, add another word that is easily understood as a father, mother, or another word. Do all these things in a relaxed condition and also in the mood to play.

In addition, you also can read a story in a book that has pictures with bright colors. The children will be more accustomed to reading if you often read an interesting book to your child is still small. Thus it will increasingly understand that the letters arranged into words and words that have special meaning.

Benefits of Reading Stories for Children

Therefore, how to teach children to be interested to read? The trick is to read the story since they were born since even in the womb. Some of the benefits of reading to children include:

a. Instilling a love of children to read books. With an avid reader of course will add to knowledge of children.

b. Make children become more calm and comfortable. Because parents’ voices are heard in the womb usual, then when you hear the child feel more comfortable.

c. Helping children recognize words and sentences. When parents read a story, children will hear the words you speak. This will add to its vocabulary, help her to know the meaning of words and sentences.

d. Convey a moral message to children. The books are devoted to children, usually contains a moral message about to be delivered so that it can be a medium to tell the children what good and bad things.

 e. Improving parent-child emotional relationship. Reading stories can make children feel cared for. You can also read a story with a hug or physical contact so that children feel loved.

You may wonder how I have been publishing, and the answer is hotel internet connections, and now I am at my brother-in-law’s writing to you. I am also recovering from an illness healthwise, so the outcome of that will determine when I’ll be back.

I hate to leave you all hanging, I love writing and art completely, but I hope you all understand.

I may come back with some music to post  as well, at least that’s the plan.

I Love you all very much, you are counted as friends.

God bless and Merry Christmas. 

It: The third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object.

Irony: A statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, notably as a form of humor.

In: Contained by something.

Interesting: An intellectual curiosity.

Incest: Sexual relations between close relatives.

Infinity:Limitlessness, something which is growing without limits or bounds.

Incarnation: Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.

Insanity: Exhibiting unsoundness and disorder of the mind.

Implode: To collapse or burst inward violently.

Idea: A conception in the mind of something to be done.

Random fact about the letter “I”: The small dot on top of a lowercase “i” is called a tittle. The tittle first appeared in Latin manuscripts in the 11th century, to distinguish the letter i from strokes of nearby letters. Although originally a larger mark, it was reduced to a dot when Roman-style typefaces were introduced.

BONUS:

I: First person singular pronoun, referring to the speaker

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The Zodiac: astrological, a set of codes, watch brand

or a serial killer?

The Zodiac a serial killer who obtained this killer identity from a watch and astrological aspects, but also was able to elude police for many years by sending letters in code that was actually part of a zodiac code. None of the aspects were his original ideas, but the killer was able to cleverly weave those aspects into his own particular identity. Zodiac became the most famous serial killer throughout history due to his ability to elude police. With no solid evidence against the Zodiac police were not able to make any official arrests. The Zodiac continued to covering his tracks through each murder by making sure there were no finger prints, solid foot prints, as well as keeping his identity hidden by his elaborate disguise.

The Zodiac was able to kill and stay on the run from the mid 1960s till he decided to quit sending letters in 1974.  He earned a reputation that seemed to fascinate everyone. The San Francisco Police Department received letters from the Zodiac which did not match any hand writing samples obtained from over “2500 suspects”. With that many suspects the SFPD had so many people to investigate it was difficult for them to keep up with each one. Not only was that an issue but the SFPD had so many people claiming that they were the Zodiac that it added to the confusion of eliminating suspects. The SFPD also feared that some would become ‘copy cat killers’ simply because of the Zodiac’s ability to elude police. With so many suspects and people claiming they were the Zodiac, he decided he needed to prove his was legit by including in letters and cards portions of clothing that was torn from his victims that contained blood.

The Zodiac wrote many letters to police stating the murders that he had committed and then further, listing further his intentions. In the Zodiac’s first letter he had killed at least five people that the police knew of, “but claimed responsibility for as many as 17 murders” (9). However, the Zodiac was an obviously knowledgeable man because he would write introducing himself at the beginning of his letters “This is the Zodiac speaking” which suggested that he wanted and craved attention. While he always introduced himself some portions of his letters in code that would have to be deciphered. The code itself was taken from a Zodiac code. Through the coded messages, Zodiac sent scares upon San Francisco, one of the letters stated that he would “shoot the tires off of a school bus and pick the kiddies off one by one as they came bouncing off the bus.” With letters such as this and being from one page to six pages long, often times they contained words misspelled that was only common with the Zodiac. This was one way to tell which ones true Zodiac letters and which were fake letters were sent to police. The Zodiac also enjoyed sending letters mostly to The Chronicle a local newspaper in order to obtain his fame through the headlines. With this letters he portrayed a strong hatred toward police that were often was portrayed toward individual staff of the newspaper. As things progressed he sent threats to these individual people. This portrayed the evident game that the Zodiac enjoyed playing with individuals as well as how he viewed killing. The killings were viewed as a large game. In Graysmith’s novel the author goes into depth on how the Zodiac discussed and possibly used “The Most Dangerous Game” as a motive to killing. This was a movie that came out around the time that the Zodiac began his killings and discussed how the most dangerous game for a hunter was to hunt humans not animals. The Zodiac even included in his letters that he was having fun and that “killing is fun.”

Murders of the Zodiac

·         Cheri Jo Bates, 18, Riverside City College October 30, 1966

·         Betty Lou Jensen 16, and David Faraday 17, Vallejo CA, December 20, 1968

·         Zodiac sent a letter where 5 killings were known to be committed by him, but admitted to 17+ that were unknown.

·         Darlene Ferrin, 22, Vallejo CA, near Blue Rock Springs July 4th, 1969

·         Cecelia Ann Shepard, 22 a lake near Napa Ca, September 29, 1969

·         Paul Stine 29, cab driver in Presidio Heights San Francisco, October 11, 1969. (The last known killing)

·         The Zodiac letters continued till 1974.

With the mysterious Zodiac killer investigators believe him to be a hater of women, but also someone who worked or dealt closely with children. Also it was determined from partial foot prints that the Zodiac was a member of the military due to the type of boots that were worn and the only access to them were to the military. With a part of the investigation done by a staff member at The Chronicle was the code books from the zodiac code.  After finding out that the Zodiac was military personnel Graysmith checked into the libraries at military bases. He discovered that “all of the Zodiac code books had been stole from numerous libraries” (245); therefore, there was no record what so ever left behind to find who had checked these books out.

After discovering a military connection, the Zodiac sent a letter informing police that aviation glue had been placed on his fingertips to prevent identification based upon fingerprints; therefore, providing another link to the military. However a surviving male victim also described the Zodiacs costume and the intricate sewing work done of the executioner style hood. The one suspect that was determined to be the best match to the Zodiac was an avid skin diver, had military connections, was a pilot and was also known to sew his own sails for his boats. To further lead investigators to Author Leigh Allen was his connection to children through local schools where he worked as a janitor. Allen had all the connections and had also worked through several schools within several counties in California. Each time there were reports of him inappropriately touching students therefore he did not maintain a school related job for long periods of time.

With Allen having so many connections related to numerous counties in which the Zodiac killed, a broken job relationship at school systems police began interviewing him.  By this time in the investigation, the Zodiac had become such a well known killer throughout California that the county police stations were competing against each other to catch the Zodiac; therefore, they would not cooperate with other investigators in order to solve the case. They began withholding information from each other and therefore delaying and preventing the actual capture of the Zodiac killer. Graysmith however, was able to realize that Allen while he had been arrested and in rehabilitation was the time frames in which the Zodiac seemed to go into hibernation and there were no letters, nor killings during that time period, which further implicated that he was the Zodiac killer.

The Zodiac killed for many years and continued to elude police, something that has blown the minds of people and investigators for decades.  From the time the Zodiac began killing and sending messages police believed that they could quickly solve the murder, but he continued to stay one step ahead. However, according to Robert Graysmith he saw into the eyes of the killer when “he viewed Author Leigh Allen working at a small store” near the site where he killed a cab driver.

Since, the sting of killings by the Zodiac killer; several televised and print media about the Zodiac became well known throughout America. As of today there has been at least one killer who followed in the exact copy cat routine of the Zodiac. The Zodiac ‘copy cat killer’ (Heriberto “Eddie” Seda) murdered from 1990 to 1994 in New York; however, he is currently serving out 236 year term in prison. Seda was not as meticulous as the original Zodiac. The location of the Zodiac is unknown and it is uncertain as to if he is still alive or not; however I question, if the true Zodiac killed in 2010 would he be able to elude police like in the 1960s and 70s?

Works Cited

Graysmith, Robert. Zodiac Unmasked. Berkley Books, New York, 2002. 

For months I had a paper frenzy. I would get something around five letters a week, send off another five and make who knows how many decos and FB’s along the way. Then I hit a point of exhaustion. The thing that stopped my pen palling was probably the fact I moved to the other side of the world and there was a lot of new and exciting things to see again so pen palling lost some of it’s lustre. But there was another reason, too.

Sadly, I found that a lot of my penpals had emotional issues. Some of the stereotypes that you would imagine to be true about people who do penpalling around the age of 30 are true. I never even thought about it at first, but when the vast majority of my pals were in their 30s and still single living at home… You begin to wonder. The worst pal I had used to spend the entire letter describing the latest medical conditions she and her mother had suffered through since the latest letter. For a while I tried to ask her about other stuff, but the medical reports just kept coming. It sounded like what you would imagine getting visiting your grand mother, and I wasn’t old enough for that.

What I also found to be off putting was requests to send the senders stamps back so they could reuse them. To me that felt horribly rude – I understand that the cost builds up, but not only is the practise illegal, it’s still just few cents a letter.

I did make some excellent friends, too. Some dynamic, extremely creative people – one of them used to paint an A4-sized (approx what is called a letter size page in US) envelope every time before mailing it. And by painting I mean she painted a picture on the envelope, often a woman’s face in a different setting. They were breath taking. 

I tell you all this so in case you are interested in starting up pen palling, you know to be a little cautious and state some wishes in your pen palling profile. Using a post box address is not a bad idea. Then, there’s another issue. If you want to use an online website to find pen pals, such as InterPals.net or Penpalworld.com, be aware that not everyone knows the difference between a pen pal site and a dating site. This can be super annoying, so be prepared. Also, if the idea of decos and fb’s tickle your fancy, you might consider looking for people who do specifically that, because it’s a lot of fun mixing up your deco -receivers rather than always using the same route. There are Yahoo groups for deco-loving people that you might want to check out. (If you want to send me a deco, contact me and we’ll sort it out. I haven’t decoed one for a long time, but… I miss them!)

Do you think you’ll be picking up a pen and deco some paper? If you’re creative and into scrap booking, you might enjoy the extension of your creative outlets.

One of the most renowned sites dedicated to “debunking email hoaxes (and) thwarting Internet Scammers” is Hoax-Slayer. This site analyses evidence in regards to different chain emails, potential scams and bogus claims, deals and vouchers. It is not surprising that many people visit this website for help, but also for entertainment and to observe how others think and react to such messages.

An example of a chain letter which has riddled us in the past is the Good Luck Chain Letter. This particular piece of nonsense claims that after sending this to so many people within five minutes of receiving it, you will receive some phone call with extremely good news. There are many, many silly emails similar to these ones, of which are quite obviously not factual. 

The interesting part of why these chain letters remain in play on our tech systems refers to the background reasons why people pass these emails on. There are three types of categories:

• Those who shut out these messages completely
• Those who know it will not be true, but do it anyway ‘in case’
• Those who believe it

More often than not, the second reason is what keeps these messages bothering us. 
Chain letters are a common issue of which some people by such means find entertainment, and of which others find an absolute pain. Messages of this kind appear everywhere – Facebook, YouTube, E-mail and in nearly any form of online communication.

Also see:
 - Looking into Teenage Relationships
 - Professional Gaming – An Insight

Erection: The action of putting up or putting together something, also the penis or even the clitoris that has become rigid.

Ersatz: Made in imitation; artificial, especially of an inferior quality.

Epic: Momentously heroic witch is extending beyond the usual, also means a long poem about demigods and other heroic stuff.

Energy: A quantity that denotes the ability to do work and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance²/time² (ML²/T²) or the equivalent.

Empire: A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority; i.e. an emperor.

Electricity: Energy caused by the behavior of electrons and protons.

Ectoplasm: The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.

Echo: A reflexion of sound.

Earth: The 3rd planet from the sun, also means soil

Bonus:

El Dorado: A legendary lost city of gold thus, any place with massive wealth.

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Language is what separates man from beasts. This is explained by Bertrand Russell: “No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.”

To understand humanity, we must know the functions or uses of language, the language that makes us human. Among the various functions of language are the referential, conative, emotive, and poetic functions. 

The referential function establishes the relationship between language and the world (as in science and history). Here, one has to verify whether the statements are  true or false , a distinction between fact and fancy.

The conative function aims to find out the effect/s of the language upon the reader or listener (as in political conviction or persuasion). Conation means endeavor to affect someone with the power of language.

The emotive function establishes the relationship between language and the speaker (as in autobiography, diary, confession). The statements have to be verified to find out if the speaker or writer is sincere or not.

The poetic function is interested in the artistic  nature of the language (beauty of expression and truth). How does language work as verbal art? The chief orientation of  the poetic function of language is “toward the message” , and so one has to focus on the message for its own sake. Poetic function thus makes verbal art meaningful without reducing it to a referential representation of the real world. 

There is no justification for attempts to confine such poetic conventions as meter, alliteration, or rhyme to the sound level alone. Sound and meaning should prevail. The poetic function should form as foreground to the material nature of words rather as windows into the world. 

1. Have fun with it! If you cannot have fun teaching it to them they won’t want to learn it.

2. Make it a game Make it something fun for them to WANT to do.

3. Make it a song if you can make it into a silly song then go for it. Kids love to sing why not use that!

4. Know your childs difficult parts of learning Okay so if your pre-schooler has a difficult area on learning like counting and spelling or rhyming and such focus on this a little bit more than the other areas but don’t forget to focus on those areas too.

5. Take breaks You have to understand that for little Children you cannot jam their head full of information all at once so give them a little at a time and then come back and review it later on that day.

6. Repeat This is going to be the difficult part you have to keep repeating the material at a minimum of 16 times in order for the child to have it down in their heads. Once all of the material is down then you can move on.

7.REWARD THEM You should give them a reward for learning something that they hadn’t known the day before. This will encourage them to keep wanting to learn more things in order to keep getting these rewards and your praises.

THese are just a few methods that I have found useful with my pre-schoolers. There knowledge of numbers is growing everyday, my oldest(3year old) can now count to 17 without help from me,and my youngest(2 year old) can count to 7. When we started these basic learning skills on 09/12/2011 and today they know more numbers than they did previously(09/14/2011).

I am not saying that these tips will work for every child but they can help if your pre-schoolers don’t like to stay still for hours on end as you try and teach them number

In other news, I recently got an offer from my friend RS Wing to sell the AGFP, forgive me brother but I will have to decline.

You may still post there however if you like.

I have nothing personally against you, FTR (for the record)

Thanks for reading, and talk to every1 later. 

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