Want to have a few laughs during your summer holiday? Don't leave home without these reading "gems" from business columnist Lisa Nirell.
A Little Summer Reading
One of the toughest things I have to do as an executive mentor is to convince my clients--most of whom are tough-as-nails, driven workaholics--that ...
There are many tricks out there to improve reading skills, but none of them will work for some of the most serious reading problems. If your son or daughter has a learning disability, all of the hooked on phonics in the world will not save them. What they will need is a good, professional tutor who ...
It would seem that even though there are many people who are still reading fiction, nonfiction books are some of the best sellers. Most of these books are self-help books, though there are other great topics out there. Cookbooks seem to be good sellers, even though it seems that no one wants to cook ...
Can Androids Read The News?
by Oleg
Research into AI, otherwise known as Artificial Intelligence, has proceed at an incredible pace in the last century or so. However, we are still nearly as far as we ever were from creating the first truly functional android. I have no doubt that, had he lived to ...
Horror at Temple House - Part 1
by A Kasady
Through a local ghost hunting team that I have had regular correspondence with, I had heard about Temple House. The team had previously investigated the house and had found some interesting results. They had decided to go back in a few months time and asked ...
5 Techniques to Accelerate Your Child's Literacy
by David Morgan
Just learning to read is not enough if your child is going to compete in the modern information society. Becoming a good or excellent reader is the key to your child's future.
A child that enjoys reading will consume 2-3 books a week. ...
The Spirit at Temple House - Part 2
by A Kasady
Not much was going on when we first started the investigation. There were a few sounds that had the team members jumping a little, but other than that, nothing was happening.
It was only when Annabel commented that she could feel the spirit of Alice ...
The Child-Like Ghost - Part 2
by A Kasady
Annabel immediately told us that the ghost, who had now told her his name was 'George', was with us. We asked George to start playing in the room for us, and what we got back was a little bit creepy. Emma, one of the team, claimed that she had just heard ...
Strange Ghost Stories at the Old Sheep's Inn - Part 1
by A Kasady
If the research about this old building, situated on the outskirts of London, was to be believed then not all was well with this public house.
The inn has always been a public house since it was first built in the late 18th century. ...
An Introduction to Synthetic Phonics
by David Morgan
The current trend in literacy education is to move towards Synthetic Phonics. This is a quick overview of what that means.
Within each word are individual sounds called phonemes. For instance, the word plough has 6 letters, 3 phonemes and 1 syllable.
In ...
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