Sentences with phrase «reading great children»

She enjoys kayaking and biking in the summer, cross-country skiing in the winter, and reading great children's literature at any time (on the sofa with her cats, of course)

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For instance, if you're running a Facebook page that features children's books and you run across a great list of 100 books every child should read, you may be tempted to just post a link to that list as a status update.

The gimmick where every «business lesson» goes back to something she experienced as a child did get slightly irritating at times, but overall, this is a great read.

All five options you have read about here are great but make sure you choose one that you know won't be tough for you or your child to enjoy.

Older adults who volunteered to help children with reading and writing tended to experience less memory loss and maintain greater physical mobility, one study suggested.

In her latest book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, she charges that the state reading and math tests mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act lower the bar, produce inconsistent results, lack content, promote cheating, and encourage teachers to waste time on test - taking strategies.

and reading to the children at night: C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, and other great novels.»

Another one of our presidents, John Quincy Adams, said, «So great is my veneration for the Bible that the earlier my children begin to read it the more confident will be my hope that they will prove useful citizens of their country and respectable members of society.

Much of the material he is already familiar with, for gifted children invariably do a great deal of reading.

Now a transient place full of hipsters, bond traders, and actors, as well as actors and hipsters who are the children of bond traders, all searching for an «authentic» place to replace the Midwestern suburbs and rural towns they came to Brooklyn to escape, Brooklyn for me will always be Flatbush Avenue and Rudy Giuliani, Bernie (Goetz, not Madoff), and Ed Koch, block parties, radios murmuring Yankees games on back porches (all of us too poor to afford air conditioning, which kept us outside in that great urbanist semi-public space), the blackout of 1977 and the blizzard of 1995, Mickey Rivers and Bucky Dent, not to mention the wild cast of characters appearing in the Daily News, a paper that practically taught me to read.

See these few, out of many, examples of such literature they read: Samuel M. Shoemaker, Confident Faith (NY: Fleming H. Revell, 1932), p. 46; Philip Marshall Brown, The Venture of Belief (NY: Fleming H. Revell, 1935), p. 49; Stephen Foot, Life Began Yesterday (NY: Harper & Brothers, 1935), p. 87; Olive M. Jones, Inspired Children (NY: Harper & Brothers, 1933), p. 50; Norma Smith Holm, The Runner «s Bible, p. 21; James Moore Hickson, Heal the Sick (London: Methuen & Co., 1925), p. 266; Oswald Chambers, Studies in the Sermon on the Mount (Great Britain: Oswald Chambers Publications, 1995), p. 1 02; many issues of The Upper Room; and the many highly studied titles of Glenn Clark, E. Stanley Jones, and Harry Emerson Fosdick.

Or there always the American Translation, ArtScroll Tanakh (Old Testament), An American Translation, Berkeley VersionAmerican Standard Version, American King James Version, Amplified Bible, An, Bible in English, The Bible in Living English, Bishops» Bible, Catholic Public Domain Version, Children's King James Version, Christian Community Bible, English version, Clear Word Bible, Complete Jewish Bible, Contemporary English Version, Concordant Literal Version, A Conservative Version, Coverdale Bible, Darby Bible, Douay - Rheims Bible, Douay - Rheims Bible (Challoner Revision), EasyEnglish Bible, Easy - to - Read Version, English Jubilee 2000 Bible, English Standard Version, Ferrar Fenton Bible, Geneva Bible, God's Word, Good News Bible, Great Bible, Holman Christian Standard Bible, The Inclusive Bible, International Standard Version, Jerusalem Bible, Jewish Publication Society of America Version Tanakh (Old Testament),

The second (18:4) reads, «Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.»

I read thousands of fantasy books as a child and young adult, and these actually hold no greater morality than many of them.

Furlong's The Old World and America as a read - aloud Marigold Hunt's A Life of Our Lord for Children, The First Christians, and Saint Patrick's Summer Ethel Pochoki: Once Upon a Time Saints Miquon Math Introducing the Periodic Kingdom to Its Heirs Minimus Latin (great fun!)

Please let us know which one is the best one, and why: American Standard Version American King James Version Amplified Bible An American Translation ArtScroll Tanakh (Old Testament) An American Translation Berkeley Version Bible in English The Bible in Living English Bishops» Bible Catholic Public Domain Version Children's King James Version Christian Community Bible, English version Clear Word Bible Complete Jewish Bible Contemporary English Version Concordant Literal Version A Conservative Version Coverdale Bible Darby Bible Douay - Rheims Bible Douay - Rheims Bible (Challoner Revision) EasyEnglish Bible Easy - to - Read Version English Jubilee 2000 Bible English Standard Version Ferrar Fenton Bible Geneva Bible God's Word Good News Bible Great Bible Holman Christian Standard Bible The Inclusive Bible International Standard Version Jerusalem Bible Jewish Publication Society of America Version Tanakh (Old Testament) Judaica Press Tanakh (Old Testament).

My children will have approximately 1 / 7th greater life experiences because they won't be wasting a day trying to commune with a non-existent all - powerful being with pathological tendencies, if you base his existence on what you read in the various religious texts some men (no women) wrote several thousand years ago.

As I read your story, I can picture you as a child weaving those great tales and enchanting all of your friends... Love it even more to find out that you DO have Irish in you!

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Among participating children, two fifths (42 %) made progress to a greater than expected extent in their reading (more than two sub-levels) compared to 11 % among those children who did not take part.

• Fathers» support can shield the infants of chronically depressed mothers from negative outcomes (Field, 1998), promoting greater maternal responsiveness to their infants (Jackson, 1999) and minimizing power - assertive maternal child - reading attitudes (Brunelli et al, 1995).

In fact, researchers found that children who took part in FRED were four times as likely as those who did not, to make greater - than - expected progress in reading!

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, a Save the Children campaign launching today, suggests the need has never been greater for dads to read regularly with their cChildren campaign launching today, suggests the need has never been greater for dads to read regularly with their childrenchildren.

The great part is you don't have to wake up a sleeping child to get the reading and it is totally non-invasive.

Why Helicopter Mom and Just Plane Dad is a Top Parenting Blog: This blog's practical and fun advice on raising children from baby to teen makes it a great read for parents of kids in all age groups.

Two great books to read are Jenny McCarthy's «Healing and preventing Autism» and «The Out of Sync Child» by Carol Stock Kranowitz.

Why From Dates to Diapers is a Top Parenting Blog: This blog is packed with advice on everything from marriage improvement to discipline to connecting with your children, making it a great read for parents, especially those with multiple kids.

This free emotions emergent reader is great for those children learning to read and identify letters and words.

If you're reading this email, that's a great step, but there are many more ways to equip yourself as a dad: read up about fathering issues and challenges; ask an older dad whom you respect to meet you for lunch, and ask him lots of questions; take the initiative to organize regular meetings with other men that include discussions about fatherhood — like this dad did before his first child was born.

Not only do daily read - aloud sessions stimulate brain development and foster a lifelong love of reading and learning, but they're a great way for a parent and child to spend time together — especially at the end of a hectic day.

I love to combine my two favorite things — reading and science, so I've partnered with some amazing bloggers to bring you a great series of science activities inspired by children's books all month long.

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Word games are a great way to help young children learn how to read and spell or to help older children really fall in love with words.

There are plenty of great children's books to read in September or make your own twist on the celebration by challenging your kids to read a new book a day during the month.

The Daily Mom is a quick and easy blog to read to get great advice on pregnancy fashion, quick kid wardrobe tutorials, guides for introducing your children to new foods, and giveaways.

We had read that, due to lots of steps, it wasn't a great place to visit once your little one is toddling around and also that there wasn't a great deal to do there for older children.

Violet comes with 5 little hardback books, that she reads to the child, stopping every now and then to ask questions, which is great for helping develop comprehension skills.

Studies have shown that children who are given this opportunity to be creative often will exhibit a greater ability to learn in other subjects such as math, reading and writing.

While reading books together is a great way to get your child laughing, don't be surprised if he hurls the book across the room.

Reading this excerpt of a wildly popular parenting book from 1928, as you breastfeed your baby or cosleep with your toddler or cuddle with your preschooler or hug your preteen or put your arm around your teen's shoulders, how do you feel it was like for your great - grandmother to be admonished for instinctively loving her child, only to be told that her instinct is exactly what would damage that child?

I'm sure you've read the tragic accounts on the internet of children suffering great harm or death from an unanchored dresser falling on them, from being turned forward - facing in their car seat too soon, from being left unattended around a pool or a gun or any number of other dangers.

For more information including lots of great references about why children should not consume sugar, read Zapping Sugar Cravings by Jean Allbritton, CN.

Children love to guess and this is a great way to get them interested in reading the book to see how the story plays out.

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Reading with your child is also a great way to grow their vocabulary and help them understand how to put sentences together.

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This is a great time to create a new comfort routine that could allow you and your child to remain close through the preschool years: for example, singing quiet songs together or reading a favorite book.

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