tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52627084348965842652024-02-07T00:20:34.838-08:00A EscolaTeach me so I can become.Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-88716736884225328282010-01-08T19:46:00.000-08:002010-01-08T19:46:55.379-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Public Education Keeps the American Dream Alive</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Go visit <a href="http://www.arizonaeducationnetwork.com/">AEN's</a> outstanding website.</span><br />
</div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-49441077694827147302009-10-16T08:36:00.000-07:002009-10-16T08:49:19.657-07:00VolunteerismHere's an article recently published in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">WSJ</span>.<br /><br />OCTOBER 7, 2009, 4:47 P.M. ET<br /><br />The School Volunteer Jobs That Most Help Your Kids<br />· By SUE <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">SHELLENBARGER</span><br /><br />Rosa Rivera receives so many invitations to volunteer at her children's school and other activities that the dozens of daily emails and calls about various projects can be "just overwhelming," says the mother of two.<br /><br />At her children's stage, ages 7 and 9, her top priority is to take the projects that will help them most in school and life, says Ms. Rivera, Austin, Texas. But it can be hard to figure out which projects those are. "You're pulled and stretched in so many directions, now more than ever," she says.<br />Cash-strapped schools are leaning hard on parents for help this fall. Some 53% of parents plan to volunteer at their children's schools, up from 44% last year, says a poll of 1,086 parents by Harris Interactive and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">GreatSchools</span>, a nonprofit parent-involvement group. The re-opening of schools this fall has triggered a 50% increase in volunteer <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">signups</span> at <a href="http://volunteerspot.com/" target="_blank"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">VolunteerSpot</span>.com</a>, a Web site for organizing volunteers, to 75,000 from 50,000 last summer, says Karen <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Bantuveris</span>, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">VolunteerSpot</span> founder.<br /><br />Rosa Rivera prepares snacks for her daughter's Girl Scout troop, one of her many volunteer duties.<br /><br />To help your child in school, pick volunteer stints that enable you to:<br /><br />· Learn about classes and curriculum.<br />· Build relationships with teachers and staff.<br />· Show the value you place on education.<br />· Learn how problems at school are resolved.<br />Source: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">WSJ</span> reporting<br /><br />Sometimes, of course, it is best to volunteer where a school needs you most. And most school volunteer projects have worthy goals. Fundraisers keep alive arts, sports or music programs. Helping out in the school office fills staffing gaps. Painting classrooms improves kids' environment. Serving on the school board helps shape schools' strategy and direction.<br />But for parents with limited time and energy, which roles deliver the biggest benefit for your kids? And how does the answer to that question change as a student grows up? Here's what research and experts say:<br />Elementary School: Volunteer where your child can see you.<br />Small children usually love seeing their parents in the classroom. "The idea that 'My parent is at school, my parent cares about me,' is so valuable," says Kathy Hoover-Dempsey, associate professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University. Parent volunteers can get to know teachers, share information, see what happens in the classroom and reinforce those lessons at home.<br />Volunteering one step removed from the classroom, in the library or office, holds less direct benefits. But that kind of volunteering does still have an upside: From a child's perspective, Dr. Hoover-Dempsey says, "the parent is affirming that a) you're really important to me; b) that what goes on in school is important; and c) I get to see things we can talk about later."<br />Volunteering on the school board or as a PTO or PTA officer, while helpful to the school, also has more indirect benefits. For small children, Dr. Hoover-Dempsey says, such activities are "going to be out-of-sight and out-of-mind." But being seen helping around school helps a parent get to know teachers and staff, share information and see how problems are solved.<br />School volunteer work of all kinds has been linked to small improvements in kids' grades and test scores, based on a 2005 survey of 41 studies of 20,000 kindergarten through sixth-grade students by William <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jeynes</span>, an education professor at California State University, Long Beach. Scholarly studies generally don't distinguish among specific types of volunteer roles.<br />If you lack time to volunteer, or if you find yourself at the bottom of a long waiting list of wannabe school helpers, don't despair: How you coach your child at home matters far more.<br />Throughout school, the most important parental role of all is to shape your child's attitude toward learning and school, communicate high expectations, and help him or her set goals and solve learning problems.<br /><br />And setting expectations doesn't mean telling kids, "We are bound and determined that you are going to get into Harvard," Dr. Hoover-Dempsey says; it means sending a message that "doing the best you can is important for all the things you're going to be able to do in life." In elementary school, such coaching has roughly twice as big an impact on children's grades and test scores as volunteering.<br /><br />Middle School: Volunteer where you can learn the most about the school's curriculum and classes.<br />The landscape tilts for volunteers at this stage. Classrooms close to parents. Volunteer tasks become more remote from the learning process, often relegating parents to running fundraisers. And although teens and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">pre</span>-teens still want their parents involved, they may be horrified if Mom or Dad appears in the school hallway. Many parent volunteers drop out at this stage.<br />A 2009 survey of 50 studies found volunteering by parents is linked to modest gains in middle <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">schoolers</span>' academic achievement. But research also suggests that volunteering in middle school helps parents fill the all-important coaching role. A 2001 study of 13,580 parents and their children found that children of parents who volunteered in eighth grade and helped with fund raising and parent-teacher groups were more likely to tackle a tough academic program in high school. Middle-school volunteers probably pick up information that helps them guide their children, says the study by Sophia <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Catsambis</span>, an associate professor of sociology at City University of New York.<br />This is the kind of help kids want at this stage—in picking the right classes and managing big projects, based on focus-group research by Nancy E. Hill, an education professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and co-author of the 50-study survey. It is at this stage that students are often tracked into ability-level classes, especially in science and math, which has a big impact on classes they can later take in high school, Dr. Hill says; thus "having parental advocacy and input is essential." This role—communicating high expectations, encouraging students to set academic goals and make plans, and talking with them about learning strategies—emerges in Dr. Hill's research as the most powerful tool for helping middle-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">schoolers</span> achieve.<br />High School: Volunteer where your student can see and learn from your example.<br />By this stage, "kids see school as their territory, not parents' territory, and schools reinforce it," Dr. Hoover-Dempsey says. Research shows parent volunteering has little direct impact on high-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">schoolers</span>' grades. The coaching role is nearly five times more powerful at this stage, based on a 2007 survey of 52 studies.<br />But staying involved fortifies the all-important parent-teen relationship. Running the refreshment stand at the football game shows a student that "what you're doing is worth spending my time on," Dr. Hoover-Dempsey says. It's a way of showing a teen, "I care about you."<br />Parents' example of being engaged in the community also holds great power for teens. Adolescents whose parents are active volunteers are more likely to become volunteers as adults, says <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Jacquelynne</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Eccles</span>, a professor of psychology and education at the University of Michigan.<br />This is one of Ms. Rivera's hopes for her children. While they enjoy seeing her in the classroom now, she plans as they get older to tutor needy children in other schools. "The best way of teaching is by example," she says. "I hope that one day they will be inspired to volunteer themselves."<br />Write to Sue <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">Shellenbarger</span> at <a href="mailto:sue.shellenbarger@wsj.com.">sue.shellenbarger@wsj.com.</a>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-29399587948675731462009-09-19T09:08:00.000-07:002009-09-19T09:30:45.911-07:00When children awaken to a sense of their rights<div align="center">Mr. F is a teacher, an avid reader, fond of conversation, and a believer that all children must be empowered to set a course of success in life.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/SrUCZnEUajI/AAAAAAAAEso/UM2m4DsqTWg/s1600-h/September+19+2009+031.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383211568598379058" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/SrUCZnEUajI/AAAAAAAAEso/UM2m4DsqTWg/s400/September+19+2009+031.JPG" /></a> He described one of his summer reads, and I, having lacked such conversation with my own parents, listened attentively. You see, inside I am a young person wanting to learn, and always appreciative of opportunities to do so.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Frederick, a slave, was barely taught to read by one of his mistresses/owner. Her husband stopped such efforts because he feared a slave who could read would be empowered to revolt against his life of servitude. Frederick understood then that he must do exactly what his master did not want him to do. His biggest early feat was to teach himself to read. His life was changed.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">Stories of brutality, mistreatment of humans, and the failure of those who can to allow the less powerful to be all they can be always cause pain and revolt in me. I think I will remember Frederick's story and use it as affirmation that all I have taught myself will serve me right.<br /></div><div align="center"></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-46831257115408962322009-09-04T08:53:00.000-07:002009-09-04T08:54:50.325-07:00Talk to your children<object width="425" height="260"><param name="movie" value="http://www.whitehouse.gov/flash/MediaPlayer.swf"><param name="flashvars" value="datasrc=http://www.whitehouse.gov/flash/streaming_video_playlist.aspx?VideoId=556&autostart=true&link=http://www.whitehouse.gov/flash/MediaPlayer.swf"><embed src="http://www.whitehouse.gov/flash/MediaPlayer.swf?datasrc=http://www.whitehouse.gov/flash/streaming_video_playlist.aspx?VideoId=556&autostart=true&link=http://www.whitehouse.gov/flash/MediaPlayer.swf" width="425" height="260"></embed></object>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-87052883438318705932009-08-09T14:11:00.000-07:002009-08-09T14:20:13.450-07:00Demolition derby<div align="center">At a local school. Portables were removed and classrooms added to the main building.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLePMNo8792LCQUGkpiRff-4tFQwS3WbP08cvyFdYzwUy2eTn9q3aO5bL6XgYgWV4hM35b_Raqgh0tGGzOLMCYDnl9UeAgpNKlPDPTSWZFiAEWGb6kFuk74Lyg0acfDD40ypy255565eA/s1600-h/August+8+2009+013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368075555446454754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLePMNo8792LCQUGkpiRff-4tFQwS3WbP08cvyFdYzwUy2eTn9q3aO5bL6XgYgWV4hM35b_Raqgh0tGGzOLMCYDnl9UeAgpNKlPDPTSWZFiAEWGb6kFuk74Lyg0acfDD40ypy255565eA/s400/August+8+2009+013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/Sn88Rc350BI/AAAAAAAAEkE/lh9VvLMQOIM/s1600-h/August+8+2009+010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368075551355031570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/Sn88Rc350BI/AAAAAAAAEkE/lh9VvLMQOIM/s400/August+8+2009+010.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZt-Q-4fXiNc1sB9Nz3f9bazsnBIxHHwg1U3ufJfh6NA1kTw9p_psxmZraIbgqF6uOQdya4PcS_Pq-AeSeghi_pshs4huMUDxVgHrpUu8ArfyqTkSQrkGdifNvI0HB3YB86-8wWNSZI4/s1600-h/August+8+2009+008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368075540678170962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZt-Q-4fXiNc1sB9Nz3f9bazsnBIxHHwg1U3ufJfh6NA1kTw9p_psxmZraIbgqF6uOQdya4PcS_Pq-AeSeghi_pshs4huMUDxVgHrpUu8ArfyqTkSQrkGdifNvI0HB3YB86-8wWNSZI4/s400/August+8+2009+008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheo7ZyuH4Ec1EolZ7NDiWp0RzLkMEctwte9UlgP8uCokRigbLdMWCc7-dxNkI7fI7xxf8Si-aLC8N5zLbc4ohfxYt8LX6wwYJUYB_8xblAPl7RDSkvDCABGtFaBu8A_cc2Rn1oO8yftm8/s1600-h/August+8+2009+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368075533535830034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheo7ZyuH4Ec1EolZ7NDiWp0RzLkMEctwte9UlgP8uCokRigbLdMWCc7-dxNkI7fI7xxf8Si-aLC8N5zLbc4ohfxYt8LX6wwYJUYB_8xblAPl7RDSkvDCABGtFaBu8A_cc2Rn1oO8yftm8/s400/August+8+2009+003.JPG" border="0" /></a> I could not resist taking pictures of the classrooms I knew so well .<br /><div></div></div></div></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-26770209521091613662009-07-02T19:59:00.000-07:002009-07-02T20:01:52.243-07:00All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten<div align="center"><br />(a guide for Global Leadership)</div><div align="center"><br />All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">kindergarten</span>. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.These are the things I learned:<br />Share everything.<br />Play fair.<br />Don't hit people.<br />Put things back where you found them.<br />Clean up your own mess.<br />Don't take things that aren't yours.<br />Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.<br />Wash your hands before you eat.<br />Flush.<br />Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.<br />Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.<br />Take a nap every afternoon.<br />When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together.<br />Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.<br />Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.<br />And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.<br />Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.<br />Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">sophisticated</span> adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">blankies</span> for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.<br />And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">[Source: "ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">KINDERGARTEN</span>" by Robert <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Fulghum</span>. See his web site at <a href="http://www.robertfulghum.com/">http://www.robertfulghum.com/</a> ] </div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-21880051908314619372009-06-29T23:05:00.000-07:002009-06-29T23:10:56.445-07:00Education in Arizona<div align="center">At the Capitol on Saturday morning waiting for an Appropriation Committee meeting.</div><div align="center"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHETFAbRmo9AWNg0i76uv4e3RunIKQncSpTYy2UFRcfEnulkpGfER9dmHam2zM2omj3bqaRojMc_2gTviFIsq7q1M0DLxsC8MNiBjwl_bYRDrJDZA0hVGWzE1hRTNbrCLbLKqZkMk_HA/s1600-h/June+27+2009+005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352998439795440786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFHETFAbRmo9AWNg0i76uv4e3RunIKQncSpTYy2UFRcfEnulkpGfER9dmHam2zM2omj3bqaRojMc_2gTviFIsq7q1M0DLxsC8MNiBjwl_bYRDrJDZA0hVGWzE1hRTNbrCLbLKqZkMk_HA/s400/June+27+2009+005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhMKDoMAmu_tAEs17eHV3Nmfrsvf43FDBhlkOGs6ZtvIX0fUL43_qedHAbJ2-LOrIXpOIE_Q4GSu733pIYbfm04t8Og-eXNWhgUIHdq78Pzzhhb6EZ9pM8ZEvwWZU5r1iCe0P8zUDxpg/s1600-h/June+27+2009+006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352998437416156306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRhMKDoMAmu_tAEs17eHV3Nmfrsvf43FDBhlkOGs6ZtvIX0fUL43_qedHAbJ2-LOrIXpOIE_Q4GSu733pIYbfm04t8Og-eXNWhgUIHdq78Pzzhhb6EZ9pM8ZEvwWZU5r1iCe0P8zUDxpg/s400/June+27+2009+006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8mxRqeGcZBdCGcA4w1bJaiEB65XEZ5Hkchj_IE5ubFXoidEy4qKW1Vx1L2XW6CVmVKIJbDfWZ4FYDheFKf9-fGgpO2f8pY1M2scoQyWRagEhZF5yQBwmCxcBCjo7d1qRa5wfxVxJAhM/s1600-h/June+27+2009+007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352998425968996450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8mxRqeGcZBdCGcA4w1bJaiEB65XEZ5Hkchj_IE5ubFXoidEy4qKW1Vx1L2XW6CVmVKIJbDfWZ4FYDheFKf9-fGgpO2f8pY1M2scoQyWRagEhZF5yQBwmCxcBCjo7d1qRa5wfxVxJAhM/s400/June+27+2009+007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />There have been <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">rallies</span> every week in opposition of the partisan budget that cuts education funding.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-43122393934759735962009-03-08T17:38:00.000-07:002009-03-08T17:47:32.706-07:00Touched by nature<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmtaoBChjEzATddewVAcdnsLqyJQnXJcybmjToQFYeIwvejE7fcGEIJpezwzqhMsTgrNNKs9t78RjMw34Tm16cea4Nz3xv5r7MVuDUbajB7zm3kTwc4gijcwEYk3UK7-TYSh-M59JjP0/s1600-h/March+8,+2009+046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310981527095888578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigmtaoBChjEzATddewVAcdnsLqyJQnXJcybmjToQFYeIwvejE7fcGEIJpezwzqhMsTgrNNKs9t78RjMw34Tm16cea4Nz3xv5r7MVuDUbajB7zm3kTwc4gijcwEYk3UK7-TYSh-M59JjP0/s400/March+8,+2009+046.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Literally</span> and figuratively. I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">rejoice</span> when my daughters go on nature quests.<br /><br /></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-47181639332025241902009-02-24T19:16:00.000-08:002009-02-24T19:24:03.521-08:00Meeting the author<div align="center">Changing Hands bookstore hosted <a href="http://www.fablehaven.com/">Brandon Mull </a>today. </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/SaS4om1SdhI/AAAAAAAADu4/Tcm7bwhvPRw/s1600-h/2-24-09+218.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306569268707620370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/SaS4om1SdhI/AAAAAAAADu4/Tcm7bwhvPRw/s400/2-24-09+218.JPG" border="0" /></a> I love taking the girls to see an author in real life, and have their books signed.</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCWEhvPg6NnPr3ShA4yxOWMOhEzGwEMw0s-RG3eDoZ0F94R9g8VPgRu9wcb6rVYSQbmwM_lialSvzcOgHHSf2Oq3UGAd99sNtYVJWvSaiuHc_Jpayq8UpqXVwTLGRC0hSRNudvZiuHFA/s1600-h/2-24-09+215.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306569265162811330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCWEhvPg6NnPr3ShA4yxOWMOhEzGwEMw0s-RG3eDoZ0F94R9g8VPgRu9wcb6rVYSQbmwM_lialSvzcOgHHSf2Oq3UGAd99sNtYVJWvSaiuHc_Jpayq8UpqXVwTLGRC0hSRNudvZiuHFA/s400/2-24-09+215.JPG" border="0" /></a>Brandon was extremely kind with his time and was very interested in what his readers do for fun. Saw lots youngsters there today.<br /><br /><div></div><br /></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-65565139793030000352009-02-15T22:30:00.000-08:002009-02-15T22:35:48.842-08:00Other kinds of learning<div align="center">Sewing has become a totally enriching experience. I love it, and when the stars (time, creative energy, and inspiration) align, I stretch myself and pick a project that is challenging.</div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCcavcX1e12xKVwE4TcPLAXPBViU3ISL_OZ-_WuQXTFut8JhzMYcZFwqHFGawY1axeilIJJMhhUoBAl9E_w7S17MdwEvHXW9nI14EOJoyVHJ385KKrfX3IPT7JFL9G_sFFRkw5zHydOI/s1600-h/Sewing+2-15-09+003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303279162773456498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdCcavcX1e12xKVwE4TcPLAXPBViU3ISL_OZ-_WuQXTFut8JhzMYcZFwqHFGawY1axeilIJJMhhUoBAl9E_w7S17MdwEvHXW9nI14EOJoyVHJ385KKrfX3IPT7JFL9G_sFFRkw5zHydOI/s400/Sewing+2-15-09+003.JPG" border="0" /></a> These are most of my sewing books.<br /><br /></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-74494347326055655722008-10-05T08:57:00.000-07:002008-10-05T09:00:33.654-07:00Creative writing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1EFZOcRfnxQm49Uz6wi0aUNAy6QqgFHzWCGMlL2vUr58SZxM90lVx9YecM-CmotDniDLSYwmZkrF26MEsmbXuaUMVe56aUuwVujpQNiotZh5pLO6KtEteWs9KjTeXsA09-vOxMgHmEI/s1600-h/DSC_0079.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253699784699793362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy1EFZOcRfnxQm49Uz6wi0aUNAy6QqgFHzWCGMlL2vUr58SZxM90lVx9YecM-CmotDniDLSYwmZkrF26MEsmbXuaUMVe56aUuwVujpQNiotZh5pLO6KtEteWs9KjTeXsA09-vOxMgHmEI/s400/DSC_0079.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">It's inspiring! I'm giving it a try.</div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-46961912691970883352008-09-29T08:54:00.000-07:002008-09-29T08:55:47.215-07:00digigirlz<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">How cool would </span><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/about/diversity/programs/camps.mspx"><span style="font-size:180%;">this</span></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> be?</span></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-76113989908748829182008-06-20T09:05:00.000-07:002008-06-20T10:06:29.758-07:00Daily Biological Rhythms affect Teaching and Learning<div align="center">One of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circadian_rhythm">circadian rhythms </a>regulates our ability to focus on incoming information with intent to learn. It can be referred to as he psychological-cognitive cycle. This cycle shows a low point in our ability to learn, right around lunch. There are implications in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">education</span> such as are the school schedules such that we are teaching children during time when they best learn?</div><div align="center">More in this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/How-Brain-Learns-Learning-Manual/dp/0803967608">book.</a> Look <a href="http://www.brainconnection.com/">here</a>, <a href="http://www.readwritetype.com/how_it_works/how_the_brain_learns.html">here</a>, and <a href="http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2006/02/19/how_the_brain_learns_to_become_addicted.html">here</a> too.</div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-23362503777317020282008-04-13T19:11:00.000-07:002008-04-13T19:17:23.244-07:00Harry Potter Revisited<div align="center">We did it. We heard the last part of the last book on Friday. The CD is still in the player and we are playing it again. It's hard to let go after a 9 month daily dose of Harry and his friends. I confess that I would benefit for a do over of the entire series. There are so many tidbits that one misses in a story. It was a wonderful experience for the girls and I. We may have started an audio book tradition.</div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-73876054932779144882008-04-10T19:55:00.000-07:002008-04-10T19:58:43.710-07:00Discussion Guides<div align="center">Managing Media Influence on Kids.</div><div align="center">Visit <a href="http://www.commonsensemedia.org/parent_tips/index.php#discussion_guides">Commonsense Media</a></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-72061807303297065242008-02-16T17:53:00.000-08:002008-02-16T18:01:54.570-08:00Inspired by an elementary drum group<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_oAt5nMaH0r-i2MdVWY3kmEQ1CVAhGGZ31KuJcDlu-__Ei30Gz4wYKDYly5rXjUx7PAi6PXa8hD45D7DsQlgVZ_Tcs0vKdswcay-3X9Je0YabieeTLgPiolFUlfrk3l1iGymNUe6UB0/s1600-h/DSC_0054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167762803426380274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_oAt5nMaH0r-i2MdVWY3kmEQ1CVAhGGZ31KuJcDlu-__Ei30Gz4wYKDYly5rXjUx7PAi6PXa8hD45D7DsQlgVZ_Tcs0vKdswcay-3X9Je0YabieeTLgPiolFUlfrk3l1iGymNUe6UB0/s320/DSC_0054.JPG" border="0" /></a> Two girls listen attentively to a local elementary school drum group.<br /><br /></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-69965349054129787772008-01-21T19:39:00.000-08:002008-01-21T19:46:58.374-08:00Frida<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUMJKq4USqv4zBRo3KvZjlU0u2ERIWnubmlsR5s7nhDCqGRVWrh9_6CRwRoUwMIiABdO2syE0xLvJ8tdDGFJP9Zfr45euB7e5NyUyxcQ2IftqzZG3W3k6uT2qiGVeajG93jI0Rv94E2Y/s1600-h/51h5zVwggQL__BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158141659571056626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUMJKq4USqv4zBRo3KvZjlU0u2ERIWnubmlsR5s7nhDCqGRVWrh9_6CRwRoUwMIiABdO2syE0xLvJ8tdDGFJP9Zfr45euB7e5NyUyxcQ2IftqzZG3W3k6uT2qiGVeajG93jI0Rv94E2Y/s320/51h5zVwggQL__BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg" border="0" /></a> "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Frida</span> imitates no one in her style. Her paintings are like nothing else."</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">This is a beautiful <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Frida-English-Language-Jonah-Winter/dp/0590203207">book</a> about an inspiring woman, <a href="http://www.fridakahlofans.com/mainmenu.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Frida</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kahlo</span></a>. </div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-55161943163191143412008-01-06T19:32:00.000-08:002008-01-06T19:46:27.352-08:00A trip through history<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm">NYPL Digital Gallery</a></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Search History</span></strong></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-32420350788793983972007-10-28T16:15:00.000-07:002007-10-28T16:17:43.894-07:00How to pay for college<div align="center">Who doesn't like college scholarships. <a href="http://www.dfstempe.org/">Visit here</a>.</div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-64480504750709246872007-09-30T15:49:00.000-07:002007-09-30T16:04:42.478-07:00Harry PotterThe Harry Potter wave didn't hit us when it hit everyone else. We started listening to the first book recently. Can't be done before bedtime, so we listen as we drive to and from school, and any other time the 3 of us are driving together. The girls kept better track of the chapters and when the cds needed to be changed. I seems like everyone is now hooked.<br /><br />We just spent another $40 plus for the second audio book.<br /><br />I will be exploring many things Potter.<br /><br />Here's some to start with:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=1815&srcid=819">*What Christians think</a> about Harry Potter.Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-22395298656104094732007-06-30T17:19:00.000-07:002007-06-30T17:21:33.477-07:00What do you know ....<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#009900;">"The future isn't something hidden in a corner. The future is something we build in the present." </span> <span style="color:#33cc00;">--Paulo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Freire</span></span></span></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-82002470991805777082007-06-15T18:07:00.000-07:002007-06-15T18:12:39.197-07:00Being different"I think the biggest thing I would make all School Psychs do is to be forced to take a class for an *entire* semester with students of a 65 IQ or to actually live in a house for Down's Syndrome Adults for the entire semester.<br />I would make it a requirement that they attend the house activities and that they eat their meals and do the food shopping with the house "family", everything would have to be that they were assimilated into the group. I would require this so that they could experience *first hand* what a PG person goes thru in living their everyday lives. Yes, people with 50 points less IQ are kind and considerate and have worth and can be fun to play ball with and run races and watch tv. But there cannot be a deep conversation most likely. The 115 IQ person or 105 or whatever, WILL feel like an outsider, WILL feel bored when made to sit in the class day after day after day while the other students are learning to carry decimal places for checkbook balancing or whathaveyou. This is the best way to have someone of average intelligence understand what it is like to be a person of much higher IQ. It can be fine and fun some days, but some days it can be excruciating and not worth getting up for. Then, I would have that same person be allowed for 2 hours, once a week, to be with same IQ peers, but ONLY for 2 hours (to mimic a pullout class). I think this would be the best experience for anyone going into gifted education or psychological counselling for the gt and especially anyone who will be responsible for the educational decisions of a gifted population." - ALEduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-5629651569624431222007-05-11T20:49:00.000-07:002007-05-11T20:54:58.194-07:00Science<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPH3oXGRcgfXTp8CN7yTV4CvfrJCv-poB05wN6de3JYgx3uvGjRazfX7UwRqNnnfs8XH6myPHtQM0ptbz6l4-668iTQZ-GEy0dj85YFp26OH6yNK1ceujALIYVGnYZREL6duPqeGds9M/s1600-h/IMG_0037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5063517472956240386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixPH3oXGRcgfXTp8CN7yTV4CvfrJCv-poB05wN6de3JYgx3uvGjRazfX7UwRqNnnfs8XH6myPHtQM0ptbz6l4-668iTQZ-GEy0dj85YFp26OH6yNK1ceujALIYVGnYZREL6duPqeGds9M/s320/IMG_0037.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#003300;">I was so going to pursue science if I had stayed in Mozambique. Experiments we did in 5th and 6th grades made me salivate. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#003300;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#003300;">So, I will be exploring science na escola. I'll post all I find and my puzzle will come together in a year. Sciencias Naturais, here I come.</span></div><br /><span style="color:#003300;"></span><br /><br /><br /></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-25921916603458412202007-05-05T18:00:00.000-07:002007-05-05T18:09:27.297-07:00Sound making<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBG58j7D6UyYZaIB7KuxmgyaeDTfPRbQYALeYjrndOAFDRTwySQS6zdAnamDdbF_SZOhQ_g07Up0RkXh_0UyDG3U1U94-WHiQ3QU9ueVT6rDj9ESqrgYTrYN0_6D65umV16UgWADVjS7I/s1600-h/IMG_0006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061247664344682850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBG58j7D6UyYZaIB7KuxmgyaeDTfPRbQYALeYjrndOAFDRTwySQS6zdAnamDdbF_SZOhQ_g07Up0RkXh_0UyDG3U1U94-WHiQ3QU9ueVT6rDj9ESqrgYTrYN0_6D65umV16UgWADVjS7I/s320/IMG_0006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/Rj0p8GGKUXI/AAAAAAAAAkM/xemrCnLqttg/s1600-h/IMG_0054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061247668639650162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/Rj0p8GGKUXI/AAAAAAAAAkM/xemrCnLqttg/s320/IMG_0054.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/Rj0p8WGKUYI/AAAAAAAAAkU/vGkRwf-QvAE/s1600-h/IMG_0060.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061247672934617474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/Rj0p8WGKUYI/AAAAAAAAAkU/vGkRwf-QvAE/s320/IMG_0060.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcAuBKk1gHofipGsPrCacF8jScZk7mNtSi36zZg6uprZgfiHHUAfUEdlanjvmUTWJADYWwQmsr_QOky_XCJJECeJ83RmfvKFvSuaIOoQnc6axTTFDscOgsy7nqnY8wFa8AssdWLhMTjQ/s1600-h/IMG_0080.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061247681524552082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcAuBKk1gHofipGsPrCacF8jScZk7mNtSi36zZg6uprZgfiHHUAfUEdlanjvmUTWJADYWwQmsr_QOky_XCJJECeJ83RmfvKFvSuaIOoQnc6axTTFDscOgsy7nqnY8wFa8AssdWLhMTjQ/s320/IMG_0080.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/Rj0p9GGKUaI/AAAAAAAAAkk/lsNzDdcV8yA/s1600-h/IMG_0094.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061247685819519394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_RoaSANt2Nhw/Rj0p9GGKUaI/AAAAAAAAAkk/lsNzDdcV8yA/s320/IMG_0094.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">Our Arts Jam where sound making was the order of the day.</div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5262708434896584265.post-35763849784213800102007-05-05T17:51:00.000-07:002007-05-05T17:56:12.846-07:00Shakespeare and video games<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbfPOJi2H7foubKiPWcAw3qnVuBZSY1rzAe51Cf12bQW88snOS-hjWrawlLX4wsWklDqjOqQrODGzENXj4I7Z1UpidlcxBShdcoxbiCOuVKKiDNcrVQ-3nk8f6FgnwgbKxm5v0aOVy4M/s1600-h/2007_04_30t084101_450x300_us_videogame_shakespeare_odd.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061244911270646098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtbfPOJi2H7foubKiPWcAw3qnVuBZSY1rzAe51Cf12bQW88snOS-hjWrawlLX4wsWklDqjOqQrODGzENXj4I7Z1UpidlcxBShdcoxbiCOuVKKiDNcrVQ-3nk8f6FgnwgbKxm5v0aOVy4M/s320/2007_04_30t084101_450x300_us_videogame_shakespeare_odd.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">When children spend hours in front of a computer, let them learn about <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070430/od_nm/videogame_shakespeare_odd_dc">Shakespeare.</a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div>Eduardahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03098680340426700868noreply@blogger.com0