Joy Smith also known as The Insane Writer, is the author of the Sci-Fi novel, The Generation. You can email her at silent_beautie@yahoo.com She can also be found on Twitter @theinsanewriter.
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June 30, 2011
I'm Listening
At the beginning of this month I created a poll asking my readers whether they wanted me to change my design, keep it or they just didn't care and wanted to read more stories. The vote I received the most for was Yes they wanted to see a change. So, in the next month I plan to update my blog's layout. Stay Tuned!
Joy Smith also known as The Insane Writer, is the author of the Sci-Fi novel, The Generation. You can email her at silent_beautie@yahoo.com She can also be found on Twitter @theinsanewriter.
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Joy Smith also known as The Insane Writer, is the author of the Sci-Fi novel, The Generation. You can email her at silent_beautie@yahoo.com She can also be found on Twitter @theinsanewriter.January 28, 2011
A Special Guest Post on Children and Music
The following is a special guest post written by Emily Patterson and Kathleen Thomas that I am honored to share with everyone here. Please feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think.
Singing Before Talking
A child’s senses are stimulated to the fullest when he or she grows up listening to music, singing songs, or dancing to music. A child’s early development is positively impacted through exposure to music, as it works to strength the neurological pathways between brain cells. An early introduction to music is crucial for jump-starting childhood learning processes whether it be in day care, at home, or homeschool. Incorporating music into early childhood education strengthens cognitive abilities like memory and spatial reasoning skills. More over, research has proven that creating an educational environment that engages the five senses, with particular attention to hearing can positively affect a child’s mind and physical development. The Nemours Foundation, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to the health of children, produced a report concluding that children who actively listen to, play, or perform music related activities excel in math and reading, have higher self-esteem, are more focused, and are more likely to play and explore with their peers.
Music makes the greatest educational and neurological impact on children when they actively experience it. Active listening can be defined as clapping, singing, tapping, or keeping the beat to music. Further more allowing a child to create his or her own music will prove to be priceless. Passive music participation (listening to music) is also beneficial to a child but does not work to engage and develop neurological pathways as deeply. If you would like your child to experience the benefits of music on early childhood education and development, begin simply.
The benefits of playing music and encouraging participation in making music can be huge. The developmental, emotional, and educational affects yielded from exposing your child to and encouraging your child toward a musical life are invaluable.
Co-written by Emily Patterson and Kathleen Thomas
Emily and Kathleen are Communications Coordinators for the Austin day care facility, a member of the AdvancED® accredited family of Primrose Schools (located in 16 states throughout the U.S.) and part of the network of day care preschools delivering progressive, early childhood, Balanced Learning® curriculum.
Joy Smith also known as The Insane Writer, is the author of the Sci-Fi novel, The Generation. You can email her at silent_beautie@yahoo.com She can also be found on Twitter @theinsanewriter.
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Singing Before Talking
A child’s senses are stimulated to the fullest when he or she grows up listening to music, singing songs, or dancing to music. A child’s early development is positively impacted through exposure to music, as it works to strength the neurological pathways between brain cells. An early introduction to music is crucial for jump-starting childhood learning processes whether it be in day care, at home, or homeschool. Incorporating music into early childhood education strengthens cognitive abilities like memory and spatial reasoning skills. More over, research has proven that creating an educational environment that engages the five senses, with particular attention to hearing can positively affect a child’s mind and physical development. The Nemours Foundation, a nongovernmental organization dedicated to the health of children, produced a report concluding that children who actively listen to, play, or perform music related activities excel in math and reading, have higher self-esteem, are more focused, and are more likely to play and explore with their peers.
Music makes the greatest educational and neurological impact on children when they actively experience it. Active listening can be defined as clapping, singing, tapping, or keeping the beat to music. Further more allowing a child to create his or her own music will prove to be priceless. Passive music participation (listening to music) is also beneficial to a child but does not work to engage and develop neurological pathways as deeply. If you would like your child to experience the benefits of music on early childhood education and development, begin simply.
- Use any available opportunity to share music with your child. Play music when riding in the car or before bedtime! Researchers say that tones and notes characteristic of jazz and classical music work best to stimulate neurological pathways.
- Teach your child basic nursery rhymes and songs. The Itsy Bitsy Spider, This Little Piggy Went to Market, and The Wheels on The Bus are nursery rhymes that have accompanying hand motions. The synthesis of music and movement enhances a child’s memory by linking the memorization of words with hand motions. This method also works to strengthen a child’s ability to do more than one thing at a time.
- An upset child can be comforted by music. Playing certain types of music for a sad or angry child provides stability and repetition as the child learns to cope with new feelings and emotions.
- Play music for your child then ask he or she to distinguish the different instruments present in the music. This game works to sharpen your child’s divided, shifted, focused, and sustained attention. Each type of attention is crucial to the healthy development and functioning of your child. Divided attention can be defined as performing two or more tasks at once. Shifted attention is moving back and forth between multiple tasks without forgetting the rules and instructions particular to each task. Focused attention is concentrating on one task. Sustained attention is concentrating on one specific task for a long period of time.
The benefits of playing music and encouraging participation in making music can be huge. The developmental, emotional, and educational affects yielded from exposing your child to and encouraging your child toward a musical life are invaluable.
Co-written by Emily Patterson and Kathleen Thomas
Emily and Kathleen are Communications Coordinators for the Austin day care facility, a member of the AdvancED® accredited family of Primrose Schools (located in 16 states throughout the U.S.) and part of the network of day care preschools delivering progressive, early childhood, Balanced Learning® curriculum.
Joy Smith also known as The Insane Writer, is the author of the Sci-Fi novel, The Generation. You can email her at silent_beautie@yahoo.com She can also be found on Twitter @theinsanewriter.January 18, 2011
What's Up With That?
I was trying out blogger mobile today, just to see if it's something I'm able to use for future road trips away from home or quick posts, while I'm on break at work, when I got a text saying my blog is not registered, after I posted a new post straight from my laptop.
Hmm, I posted an earlier post from my mobile just fine, prior to the new blogpost, so I wonder what gives? Guess it's a one of those wait and see kind of things that I'll have to figure out when I have more free time. Right now it's back to a few more posts, then off to make grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner.
Joy Smith also known as The Insane Writer, is the author of the Sci-Fi novel, The Generation. You can email her at silent_beautie@yahoo.com She can also be found on Twitter @theinsanewriter and you visit her official website at www.theinsanewriter.com.
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Hmm, I posted an earlier post from my mobile just fine, prior to the new blogpost, so I wonder what gives? Guess it's a one of those wait and see kind of things that I'll have to figure out when I have more free time. Right now it's back to a few more posts, then off to make grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner.
Joy Smith also known as The Insane Writer, is the author of the Sci-Fi novel, The Generation. You can email her at silent_beautie@yahoo.com She can also be found on Twitter @theinsanewriter and you visit her official website at www.theinsanewriter.com.August 22, 2008
Blogging for a Company Without Guidelines
Sending opportunities to potential bloggers is great. What's not great is when complete guidelines are not including with those opportunities, and the bloggers are the ones who are blamed once an opportunity is submitted.Bloggers enjoy what they do and when we're offered an opportunity to get paid for blogging, we enjoy it even more. However, when bloggers are treated with disrespect it becomes a problem. We don't want to blog for someone who sends us an invite to an opportunity, doesn't include the right information in the opportunity, expects bloggers to guess at it and then gives negative feedback for not being the right kind of blog.
If we're not the right kind of blog, don't send us an invite to the opportunity asking us to participate and then give negative because you didn't include the full guidelines for the opportunity in the first place. If you continue to run a company this way, you'll find that bloggers won't be interested in working for you, or listen to what you have to offer or say.
June 19, 2007
Ranting and Raving
First off, I would like to thank Bokjae for my first award!
The award is about the only thing I'll probably be able to enjoy today.
This morning started out decently, but after checking my email it turned sour. My boss paid me today. It's generally a great thing, but not when you're shortened on pay. I'm not sure why she shortened me, but I will soon found out. I don't know if she did it accidentally or she can only afford to pay me the amount she did. She only shortened me by $40 and that might not seem like a lot, but it is here. That $40 is what will go for the gas tank to get my kids here. So yes, I am in a sour mood. I am just hoping she has a good explanation of why I was not paid the full amount she owes me or I may be moving on.
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The award is about the only thing I'll probably be able to enjoy today.
This morning started out decently, but after checking my email it turned sour. My boss paid me today. It's generally a great thing, but not when you're shortened on pay. I'm not sure why she shortened me, but I will soon found out. I don't know if she did it accidentally or she can only afford to pay me the amount she did. She only shortened me by $40 and that might not seem like a lot, but it is here. That $40 is what will go for the gas tank to get my kids here. So yes, I am in a sour mood. I am just hoping she has a good explanation of why I was not paid the full amount she owes me or I may be moving on.
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