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How To Enjoy A Family Bedtime Story With Audio Books
Do you sometimes feel guilty because you have too much to do and can?t get to share a bedtime story with the kids?
Well, stop feeling guilty because it happens too many. You are not Robinson Crusoe. But imagine if you could hear the story of Robinson Crusoe or some other magnificent character with your kids while you did the washing up, vacuuming, ironing or any of the other multitudes of tasks a parent has to do when they work outside the home everyday?
This is where audio books become invaluable. The whole family can listen and the jobs still get done. The kids are simply happy when they get to share time and activities with their parents.
And what nicer activity is there than sharing special stories with your kids? Seeing their eye?s dance as their imagination is fired.
The other good thing about audio books is they not only improve listening skills, they improve vocabulary and grammar. The listener is forced to form the picture in their mind from their understanding of the spoken words.
If a child sits and watches TV, videos or DVD?s, all the visual work is done for them by someone else. You deprive the person of forming their own ?picture? story in their heads. Once you start listening to the stories, if you are anything like me who does a lot of reading, you will find out for yourself that you have not used that part of your brain much lately.
This came as a real ?eye-opener? to me! I read a lot, watch a lot of training videos with my work and relax with a DVD of my choosing. But I haven?t had to actually form my own pictures in my head myself for a long, long time.
So I came to the conclusion I have been depriving myself of something that I once treasured greatly. I had let it slip past me without a whinge or whimper only because I hadn?t realised it was missing.
So, are you depriving your kids of a joy that you aren?t realising is missing too?
This is no fairytale but it is my story. So, I?m asking you to share a family bedtime story while you still get everything done that has to be done. Now you get to do it all~ and better still ~ you do it as a family.
? 2006 J Smith
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Blue's Clues - Blue's Discoveries
Blue's Clues - Blue's Discoveries
Blue's Clues features Steve and his friend, the sweet, long-eared, curious dog Blue. Each segment explores problem-solving, something that the show's young audience will deal with, in various levels, on a daily basis. Blue's Clues slowly offers up three clues to uncover what's missing, what Blue wants, and other examples that are easy for preschoolers to relate to. Blue's Discoveries contains two science-oriented stories that feature an experiment Blue wants to try and what Blue would like to do with recycled items. These experiments can easily be replicated at home by kids and parents. --N.F. Mendoza
Customer Review: one of the more educational episodes
I acknowledge the flaw pointed out by another reviewer that going around with a magnifying glass looking at things does not exactly constitute an experiment, but it's easy to forgive that since there are so many other good things in this video. This is my personal favorite, and my three and a half son loves it too. As a result, we've had to reenact the cyclone experiment and traipse around with a magnifying glass. The planets song is the highlight of the whole tape: a fun, catchy way to remember them all.
Customer Review: Teaches the wrong lessons
Please see my review of "Blue's Big Pajama Party" for my rationale in reviewing these Blue's Clues tapes. Briefly, I'm reviewing only those tapes that seem to me to present some problem, and my lowest rating of any of them will be 3 stars. It's an otherwise excellent series.
I understand well that the material that's presented here needs to be given at a preschooler's level. There's bound to be a great deal of simplification, or even over-simplification. But it should be *correct* as far as it goes. Scientific illiteracy is a growing problem in our increasingly technological society, and it would be best to start things off on the right foot, so to speak, in a child's science education. Unfortunately, neither of the episodes in this tape satisfactorily conveys the lessons they're intended to because the information they give is either misleading or flat-out wrong.
In the first episode, we're looking for clues about what "science experiment" Blue wants to perform today. Some of the experiments we see in the beginning are excellent examples. They run along the lines of, "What happens if...?" "Let's find out!" This is actually the essence of a good science experiment. But the "science experiment" Blue is pointing to with the clues -- and therefore the one thing about the episode preschoolers are most likely to remember -- isn't an experiment at all. It's just a demonstration of an interesting phenomenon. It's also something that's just as readily observable in the bathtub, although that isn't pointed out. No question is asked, and no answer is found. That's not an experiment.
Not even the otherwise helpful "Planet Song" is without problems. Blue and Steve "skiddoo" into a picture on the wall for this segment. Steve's attention is first drawn to the picture when a fireball, sporting a firey tail, swooshes past the inside of the frame. "A meteor!" says Steve. "In space!" WRONG. Meteors of that appearance are strictly *atmospheric* phenomena; they are NEVER encountered in space. And they make no sound, not even in the atmosphere. (For some obervers, there's an impression of sound associated with some meteors, but this is actually caused by electromagnetic interference that they're probably picking up on their fillings.)
The second episode is little better. It's ostensibly about recycling. "Recycle, recycle, recycle!" is chanted repeatedly, like a mantra. It seems the viewer is expected to take this as an article of religious faith, since it's never explained why recycling is a good idea, other than Steve's dislike of wasting packaging materials. They needn't have delved into complex environmental issues; a simple "So we don't run out!" or "Where will we put so much garbage?" would have been enough. (An old Sesame Street episode from my youth had a segment showing what happened at a garbage dump. It was fascinating, and would not have been out of place here.) But just as the "science experiment" turned out not to be one, the closest we get to actual recycling here is when Steve chucks some recyclables into the appropriate bin. Everything else is actually *reuse*. A child is likely to get an entirely wrong impression of what recycled goods are like. This is especially true of the "Recycle Town" to which Blue and Steve "skiddoo", as well as the recycled thing Blue clues she wants to make (a guitar from a paper towel tube, empty tissue box, and rubber bands.) How about a complicated looking machine that takes in waste paper at one end and spits out clean, new paper at the other? That sounds silly, but it actually would have provided a truer picture both of the recycling process and of recycled products.
Children will no doubt enjoy this tape. I know mine do. But it would be nice if they were being given lessons that weren't so misleading at the same time.
Curious George Goes Camping
Curious George Goes Camping
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Customer Review: Curious George
I love all the curious George books. Who Doesn't?
author of "Hobo Finds A Home"
Customer Review: Curious George Rules
I read this as a child and think it is a classic. My own children have loved these books. Newer books aren't always better.
Halo 2, Vol. 1
Halo 2, Vol. 1
Further proof that the 15-year-old male is the nexus of contemporary popular entertainment, this anthology of music from and "inspired by" the sequel to the earth-conquering Halo saga also showcases how capably the video game industry can trump even Hollywood's vaunted production values. The original synth-heavy underscore by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori is filled with enough brooding, mock-Goth atmospherics, and pulsing exotica of indeterminate ethnicity to give the Hans Zimmer stable a run for their money, while a slate of (mostly) worthy rock star guest turns give it a welcome edge. Legendary axe-slinger Steve Vai's sinewy riffing punches up the reworked main theme and "Never Surrender," while alt.metal contenders Breaking Benjamin serve up the suitably dramatic inspired-by cut "Blow Me Away." But it's Incubus' four-part "Odyssey" suite that's the centerpiece, bridging 1970s prog and modern rock with its moody aura and evocative musical dramatics. --Jerry McCulley
Customer Review: Awesome. Fast
The Cd is Great. It arrived very fast, and faster than I what I expected
Customer Review: Great Soundtrack!
Playing the game is sweet, but being able to listen to the actual soundtrack is just as awesome. The score is arranged very well and really gets you into the game without playing it. Great CD!
3" H Brushed Silver Monogram Letters - Letter "Q"
3" H Brushed Silver Monogram Letters - Letter "Q"
All 26 English Letters (capitals only) and "&" symbol available. Monograms can be created using different letter sizes if desired. These Brushed Silver Monogram Letters can also be used to personalize other decorations. Add to centerpieces, buffet tables, guest book tables, wherever... a perfect way to create a "signature" look.
Incredible Hulk the Complete Comic Collection Win/Mac
Incredible Hulk the Complete Comic Collection Win/Mac
Incredible Hulk: The Complete Collection DVD brings together more than four decades of adventures that star a classic superhero. Nuclear physicist Bruce Banner created a new kind of nuclear explosive, the Gamma Bomb. On its first test, he was caught in the blast - but instead of being killed he was turned into a dark, distorted version of himself. He was transformed from a skinny, brilliant weakling to a brutish mountain of super-strong muscle. For 40 years, the Hulk's adventures thrilled audiences around the world. This DVD collects every issue of the first volume, from 1962 to 2005. That's over 530 issues in all!
Customer Review: Awesome!
This is a must have for any hulk fan! Yeah, some of the reviewers might complain about the quality of the scans, but it is a very minor issue, and overall an incredible (no pun intended) compilation of the comics. Also, I really like the fact that they scanned the entire book, advertisements and all. It gives you a sense of the times in which they were published. Pick this up, you won't be disappointed!
Customer Review: Comics on DVD are a great idea
I've got several of the Marvel collections of comics on DVD, and I've been very pleased with my purchases. It nearly impossible for the average person to get access to this much comic history in a printed format, even by buying collections and trade paperbacks. I enjoy being able to go back and read the comics from the 1970's when I was growing up one night, and then the next jump ahead to more recent House of M / Civil War arcs.
I do recommend a good monitor, however. A wide-screen would be ideal.
High Sierra Boxer Backpack
High Sierra Boxer Backpack
Sling bag also holds 17 laptop computer
Customer Review: great bag
I use this bag as my traveling office and it's great. A place for my laptop, thermos of coffee, folders and personal stuff. Lots of little places to put things, too. Great bag.
Customer Review: Stylish not practical
Not pleased because I paid extra to have it delivered two days after I ordered it and that did not happen. I was never given an opportunity to rate the seller- and leave feedback. The backpack itself is not very practical-which is what I was looking for, but it is stylish and I teach in a middle school and the kids love my work bag- but that was not what I was going for.
Yellow Submarine Logo Women's Babydoll tee Shirt in 6 Colors Small thru XL
Yellow Submarine Logo Women's Babydoll tee Shirt in 6 Colors Small thru XL
Brand new item.
How to Rebuild Small-Block Chevy Lt1/Lt4 Engines Hp1393
How to Rebuild Small-Block Chevy Lt1/Lt4 Engines Hp1393
A complete and comprehensive look at the Chevy small block LT-1/LT-4. Gives tips and tricks from disassembly through reconditioning of the cylinder heads, block, fuel injection system and exhaust.
Customer Review: Engine Rebuild
Very Well Written. Images are very helpful. Step by step rebuild with pictures and every single piece showing what you need to do with what's also of the most importance to seals and etc. I would highly recommend this book to any LT1 or LT4 enthusiast rebuilding a motor.
Customer Review: Rebuilding Lt1/Lt4 Engines
A good how on the LT1 and LT4 motors. There are a few differences then the standard SBC. plenty of images of the whole rebuild process. Would been better if they were in color.
Headlines on audio books online
Digital textbooks new word in schools
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:35:18 GMT
An emerging alternative to the traditional college textbook may lighten students' backpacks and lessen the strain on their pocketbooks.
Internet offerings keep libraries booked up
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT
Just when folks thought the Internet would send libraries the way of eight-track tapes, it has made them busier than ever.
PR Newswire - 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Are Unique Party Planning Opportunity
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT
July 8, 2008 -- REDDING, Conn., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Gigmasters.com, Inc. announced today that thousands of professional party planners across North America have...
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audio books online For Your Reading Pleasure
How To Enjoy A Family Bedtime Story With Audio Books
Do you sometimes feel guilty because you have too much to do and can?t get to share a bedtime story with the kids?
Well, stop feeling guilty because it happens too many. You are not Robinson Crusoe. But imagine if you could hear the story of Robinson Crusoe or some other magnificent character with your kids while you did the washing up, vacuuming, ironing or any of the other multitudes of tasks a parent has to do when they work outside the home everyday?
This is where audio books become invaluable. The whole family can listen and the jobs still get done. The kids are simply happy when they get to share time and activities with their parents.
And what nicer activity is there than sharing special stories with your kids? Seeing their eye?s dance as their imagination is fired.
The other good thing about audio books is they not only improve listening skills, they improve vocabulary and grammar. The listener is forced to form the picture in their mind from their understanding of the spoken words.
If a child sits and watches TV, videos or DVD?s, all the visual work is done for them by someone else. You deprive the person of forming their own ?picture? story in their heads. Once you start listening to the stories, if you are anything like me who does a lot of reading, you will find out for yourself that you have not used that part of your brain much lately.
This came as a real ?eye-opener? to me! I read a lot, watch a lot of training videos with my work and relax with a DVD of my choosing. But I haven?t had to actually form my own pictures in my head myself for a long, long time.
So I came to the conclusion I have been depriving myself of something that I once treasured greatly. I had let it slip past me without a whinge or whimper only because I hadn?t realised it was missing.
So, are you depriving your kids of a joy that you aren?t realising is missing too?
This is no fairytale but it is my story. So, I?m asking you to share a family bedtime story while you still get everything done that has to be done. Now you get to do it all~ and better still ~ you do it as a family.
? 2006 J Smith
|
audio books online Products we recommend
Blue's Clues - Blue's Discoveries
Blue's Clues - Blue's Discoveries
Blue's Clues features Steve and his friend, the sweet, long-eared, curious dog Blue. Each segment explores problem-solving, something that the show's young audience will deal with, in various levels, on a daily basis. Blue's Clues slowly offers up three clues to uncover what's missing, what Blue wants, and other examples that are easy for preschoolers to relate to. Blue's Discoveries contains two science-oriented stories that feature an experiment Blue wants to try and what Blue would like to do with recycled items. These experiments can easily be replicated at home by kids and parents. --N.F. Mendoza
Customer Review: one of the more educational episodes
I acknowledge the flaw pointed out by another reviewer that going around with a magnifying glass looking at things does not exactly constitute an experiment, but it's easy to forgive that since there are so many other good things in this video. This is my personal favorite, and my three and a half son loves it too. As a result, we've had to reenact the cyclone experiment and traipse around with a magnifying glass. The planets song is the highlight of the whole tape: a fun, catchy way to remember them all.
Customer Review: Teaches the wrong lessons
Please see my review of "Blue's Big Pajama Party" for my rationale in reviewing these Blue's Clues tapes. Briefly, I'm reviewing only those tapes that seem to me to present some problem, and my lowest rating of any of them will be 3 stars. It's an otherwise excellent series.
I understand well that the material that's presented here needs to be given at a preschooler's level. There's bound to be a great deal of simplification, or even over-simplification. But it should be *correct* as far as it goes. Scientific illiteracy is a growing problem in our increasingly technological society, and it would be best to start things off on the right foot, so to speak, in a child's science education. Unfortunately, neither of the episodes in this tape satisfactorily conveys the lessons they're intended to because the information they give is either misleading or flat-out wrong.
In the first episode, we're looking for clues about what "science experiment" Blue wants to perform today. Some of the experiments we see in the beginning are excellent examples. They run along the lines of, "What happens if...?" "Let's find out!" This is actually the essence of a good science experiment. But the "science experiment" Blue is pointing to with the clues -- and therefore the one thing about the episode preschoolers are most likely to remember -- isn't an experiment at all. It's just a demonstration of an interesting phenomenon. It's also something that's just as readily observable in the bathtub, although that isn't pointed out. No question is asked, and no answer is found. That's not an experiment.
Not even the otherwise helpful "Planet Song" is without problems. Blue and Steve "skiddoo" into a picture on the wall for this segment. Steve's attention is first drawn to the picture when a fireball, sporting a firey tail, swooshes past the inside of the frame. "A meteor!" says Steve. "In space!" WRONG. Meteors of that appearance are strictly *atmospheric* phenomena; they are NEVER encountered in space. And they make no sound, not even in the atmosphere. (For some obervers, there's an impression of sound associated with some meteors, but this is actually caused by electromagnetic interference that they're probably picking up on their fillings.)
The second episode is little better. It's ostensibly about recycling. "Recycle, recycle, recycle!" is chanted repeatedly, like a mantra. It seems the viewer is expected to take this as an article of religious faith, since it's never explained why recycling is a good idea, other than Steve's dislike of wasting packaging materials. They needn't have delved into complex environmental issues; a simple "So we don't run out!" or "Where will we put so much garbage?" would have been enough. (An old Sesame Street episode from my youth had a segment showing what happened at a garbage dump. It was fascinating, and would not have been out of place here.) But just as the "science experiment" turned out not to be one, the closest we get to actual recycling here is when Steve chucks some recyclables into the appropriate bin. Everything else is actually *reuse*. A child is likely to get an entirely wrong impression of what recycled goods are like. This is especially true of the "Recycle Town" to which Blue and Steve "skiddoo", as well as the recycled thing Blue clues she wants to make (a guitar from a paper towel tube, empty tissue box, and rubber bands.) How about a complicated looking machine that takes in waste paper at one end and spits out clean, new paper at the other? That sounds silly, but it actually would have provided a truer picture both of the recycling process and of recycled products.
Children will no doubt enjoy this tape. I know mine do. But it would be nice if they were being given lessons that weren't so misleading at the same time.
Curious George Goes Camping
Curious George Goes Camping
MODEL- SUNCD05610WMAE VENDOR- SUNBURST FEATURES- Sunburst Hot Dog Stand Sunburst Hot Dog Stand: Top Dog Lab Pack Lab Pack (10) Direct Ship to either Reseller or End-User only. Non-returnable. MANUFACTURER WARRANTY:andnbsp;andnbsp;90 DAYS
Customer Review: Curious George
I love all the curious George books. Who Doesn't?
author of "Hobo Finds A Home"
Customer Review: Curious George Rules
I read this as a child and think it is a classic. My own children have loved these books. Newer books aren't always better.
Halo 2, Vol. 1
Halo 2, Vol. 1
Further proof that the 15-year-old male is the nexus of contemporary popular entertainment, this anthology of music from and "inspired by" the sequel to the earth-conquering Halo saga also showcases how capably the video game industry can trump even Hollywood's vaunted production values. The original synth-heavy underscore by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori is filled with enough brooding, mock-Goth atmospherics, and pulsing exotica of indeterminate ethnicity to give the Hans Zimmer stable a run for their money, while a slate of (mostly) worthy rock star guest turns give it a welcome edge. Legendary axe-slinger Steve Vai's sinewy riffing punches up the reworked main theme and "Never Surrender," while alt.metal contenders Breaking Benjamin serve up the suitably dramatic inspired-by cut "Blow Me Away." But it's Incubus' four-part "Odyssey" suite that's the centerpiece, bridging 1970s prog and modern rock with its moody aura and evocative musical dramatics. --Jerry McCulley
Customer Review: Awesome. Fast
The Cd is Great. It arrived very fast, and faster than I what I expected
Customer Review: Great Soundtrack!
Playing the game is sweet, but being able to listen to the actual soundtrack is just as awesome. The score is arranged very well and really gets you into the game without playing it. Great CD!
3" H Brushed Silver Monogram Letters - Letter "Q"
3" H Brushed Silver Monogram Letters - Letter "Q"
All 26 English Letters (capitals only) and "&" symbol available. Monograms can be created using different letter sizes if desired. These Brushed Silver Monogram Letters can also be used to personalize other decorations. Add to centerpieces, buffet tables, guest book tables, wherever... a perfect way to create a "signature" look.
Incredible Hulk the Complete Comic Collection Win/Mac
Incredible Hulk the Complete Comic Collection Win/Mac
Incredible Hulk: The Complete Collection DVD brings together more than four decades of adventures that star a classic superhero. Nuclear physicist Bruce Banner created a new kind of nuclear explosive, the Gamma Bomb. On its first test, he was caught in the blast - but instead of being killed he was turned into a dark, distorted version of himself. He was transformed from a skinny, brilliant weakling to a brutish mountain of super-strong muscle. For 40 years, the Hulk's adventures thrilled audiences around the world. This DVD collects every issue of the first volume, from 1962 to 2005. That's over 530 issues in all!
Customer Review: Awesome!
This is a must have for any hulk fan! Yeah, some of the reviewers might complain about the quality of the scans, but it is a very minor issue, and overall an incredible (no pun intended) compilation of the comics. Also, I really like the fact that they scanned the entire book, advertisements and all. It gives you a sense of the times in which they were published. Pick this up, you won't be disappointed!
Customer Review: Comics on DVD are a great idea
I've got several of the Marvel collections of comics on DVD, and I've been very pleased with my purchases. It nearly impossible for the average person to get access to this much comic history in a printed format, even by buying collections and trade paperbacks. I enjoy being able to go back and read the comics from the 1970's when I was growing up one night, and then the next jump ahead to more recent House of M / Civil War arcs.
I do recommend a good monitor, however. A wide-screen would be ideal.
High Sierra Boxer Backpack
High Sierra Boxer Backpack
Sling bag also holds 17 laptop computer
Customer Review: great bag
I use this bag as my traveling office and it's great. A place for my laptop, thermos of coffee, folders and personal stuff. Lots of little places to put things, too. Great bag.
Customer Review: Stylish not practical
Not pleased because I paid extra to have it delivered two days after I ordered it and that did not happen. I was never given an opportunity to rate the seller- and leave feedback. The backpack itself is not very practical-which is what I was looking for, but it is stylish and I teach in a middle school and the kids love my work bag- but that was not what I was going for.
Yellow Submarine Logo Women's Babydoll tee Shirt in 6 Colors Small thru XL
Yellow Submarine Logo Women's Babydoll tee Shirt in 6 Colors Small thru XL
Brand new item.
How to Rebuild Small-Block Chevy Lt1/Lt4 Engines Hp1393
How to Rebuild Small-Block Chevy Lt1/Lt4 Engines Hp1393
A complete and comprehensive look at the Chevy small block LT-1/LT-4. Gives tips and tricks from disassembly through reconditioning of the cylinder heads, block, fuel injection system and exhaust.
Customer Review: Engine Rebuild
Very Well Written. Images are very helpful. Step by step rebuild with pictures and every single piece showing what you need to do with what's also of the most importance to seals and etc. I would highly recommend this book to any LT1 or LT4 enthusiast rebuilding a motor.
Customer Review: Rebuilding Lt1/Lt4 Engines
A good how on the LT1 and LT4 motors. There are a few differences then the standard SBC. plenty of images of the whole rebuild process. Would been better if they were in color.
Headlines on audio books online
Digital textbooks new word in schools
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:35:18 GMT
An emerging alternative to the traditional college textbook may lighten students' backpacks and lessen the strain on their pocketbooks.
Internet offerings keep libraries booked up
Sun, 03 Aug 2008 07:00:00 GMT
Just when folks thought the Internet would send libraries the way of eight-track tapes, it has made them busier than ever.
PR Newswire - 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics Are Unique Party Planning Opportunity
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT
July 8, 2008 -- REDDING, Conn., July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Gigmasters.com, Inc. announced today that thousands of professional party planners across North America have...
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