Happy new year!!

Date: 2010.12.22 | Category: Happy, New, Start, Year | Response: 10

In the New Year,
we wish you the best year you’ve ever had,
and that each New Year
will be better than the last.
May you realize your fondest dreams
and take time to recognize and enjoy
each and every blessing.Happy New Year,
And many more!

Past perfect simple and continuous

Date: 2010.11.03 | Category: Education, English acquisition, Language, Language study, Summary, Tenses | Response: 10

Uses:

Are used to refer to events in the past which happened before other events in the past. (past perfect happens before the past simple)

Past perfect simple refers to finished events.

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Past Continuous

Date: 2010.11.03 | Category: Summary, Tenses | Response: 9

Uses:

To describe a continuing unfinished action in the past. (whenever I visited him, he was working in his garden)

For a continuing unfinished action interrupted by a sudden past action (while I was washing the dishes)

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TENSES: Past Simple

Date: 2010.11.03 | Category: Summary, Tenses | Response: 12

Uses:

For finished events in the past which have a definite time.

In narrative.

For past habits and routines, usually with a time expression

Recent events, without a time expression: What happened to you?, Someone hit me!

Present simple and present continuous summary

Date: 2010.10.29 | Category: Present continuous summary, Present simple summary | Response: 0

Present  simple

Facts or things that always happen.

Routines

Habits

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Musical Rhymes

Date: 2010.10.24 | Category: Adapt language, Babies, Hickory Dickory Dock, Nursery rhymes | Response: 0

The Farmer in the Dell

Date: 2010.10.24 | Category: Farmer, Nursery rhymes | Response: 6

The farmer in the dell,
The farmer in the dell,
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,
The farmer in the dell.

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Musical Nursery Rhymes for babies

Date: 2010.10.24 | Category: Baby, Music, Nursery rhymes, Song | Response: 1

ABC SONG

A B C D E F G

H I J K LMNOP

Q R S and T U V

W X and Y and Z.

Now I know my ABCs;

Next time won’t you sing with me.

A Few Famous Dyslexics

Date: 2010.10.13 | Category: Agatha Christie, John Lennon, Thomas Edison, Tom Cruise, Walt Disney, Whoopi Goldberg | Response: 6

Thomas Edison
Agatha Christie
Tom Cruise
Whoopi Goldberg
John Lennon
Walt Disney

Helping Dyslexic Students Succeed

Date: 2010.10.13 | Category: Adaptations, Classroom, Difficulties, dyslexia, Goals, Guidelines, Multi-sensory, Strategies, Strengths, Students, Teaching | Response: 11

Teachers have an enormous impact on the life of a dyslexic.

Understanding how to support the dyslexic student is the key to making that impact a positive one.

Effective teachers recognize the characteristics, difficulties, and strengths of dyslexic students. Challenged, yet equipped with knowledge and compassion, these teachers utilize a variety of teaching strategies to provide opportunities for dyslexic students to succeed.

What is Dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a neurological disorder that affects language processing functions. It manifests

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