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Encouraging children to read has been a challenge as long as there have been kids and books. Reading is essential not only in education, but in the modern business world where so much communication takes place digitally, over email and text-based messaging systems. Because of this, the ability to read for comprehension and to communicate effectively is vital, and needs to be taught at a young age. Beyond that, reading for pleasure provides a wealth of benefits for kids as they go through school and into adulthood. A study of more than 17,000 people, recording their reading habits and academic success as children, found that those students who read for pleasure not only did better with their vocabulary and spelling, but also in math. The connection was four times as strong as that of students whose parents had graduate level degrees.

Here are some tips for parents to encourage their kids to read and turn a young reader’s reluctance into enthusiasm.

1. Develop children’s oral language

Depending on the child’s language skill level, give him a story to read or have a story read to them. When the story is finished, ask your child to pinpoint favorite parts of the story. This can enable children to have fun picking out words and develop an interest to move to the next page.

2. Read several stories every day

The more children are exposed to literature, the more reading will become part of their daily life. A child is introduced to new information, concepts, and phonemic awareness with every story.

3. Surround your children with reading material

Children with a large collection of reading resources in their homes score higher and perform better on standardized tests. Provoke a reading habit in your child by having a large array of interesting books and magazines at her reading level.

4. Encourage a wide variety of reading activities

Make reading an essential part of your children’s lives. Let them read menus, movie name, roadside signs, game guides, weather reports, and other practical everyday information. Always try to make sure your children have something to read in their spare time.

5. Use technology to increase self-esteem

Technology is changing the way we all learn, and it can have a positive impact on kids and their reading. By adding technology like tablet e-readers to the classroom, students’ self-esteem and confidence rises. Technology also gives students who have grown up in an age of smartphones and ubiquitous computers another outlet with which they are familiar to grow and learn. Building self-esteem through applied technology and increased reading skills can have a positive ripple-effect on every other area of a student’s life.

6. Let them use e-readers

E-readers can be adapted to each person’s specific needs. If you have a kid who needs larger font or less lines per page in order to improve their reading ability, e-readers are perfectly suited to this kind of tailoring. E-readers are adaptive for students with learning disabilities as well, and can help level the playing field for children who learn differently.

7. Let them choose what they read

Reading for pleasure is one of the best ways for a child to improve his performance at school, but teaching a child to love reading involves a lot more than simply handing him a book. Letting children have choices in their reading material goes a long way in raising life-long readers. Kids who choose what they read, regardless of whether it’s a novel, a comic book, or a magazine, are more engaged with what they are reading and more likely to retain the information.

8. Help them choose age-appropriate books

Help your kids choose age-appropriate books on topics that interest them to spark a passion for reading. Take them to the library or even show them e-readers that provide entire libraries of options at the touch of the screen. Access to a wide-variety of options helps make it easier for parents to help their children find the stories that give them that toehold into the world of reading.

9. Make use of gadgets and creative apps

Your smartphone or tablets can be used to install useful reading apps where kids can have safe spaces for reading without parents worrying about what they might come across online. Parents are able to choose what their children can access, as well as how long they can do different activities with timer features.

10. Show interest in your child’s reading

Your response or feedback has a strong effect on how hard they will try to become good readers. Always remember to give them genuine praise for their efforts.

Reading for pleasure seems to give kids an advantage in school because they are used to be introduced to new ideas and can process them more quickly and effectively than their non-reading peers. E-readers have opened the doors to getting the next generation back into reading. Easy access to an array of topics and stories is sure to spark an interest in even a reluctant reader, and increasing technology provides better tailored learning opportunities while increasing self-esteem and confidence in the classroom.

Featured photo credit: Madeline ~ Magical Pages/CT Pham via flickr.com

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Smiling — the purest expression of happiness — has the ability to regulate our blood pressure, strengthen our immune system, lower the risk of cancer, increase our life by seven years, and provide inner peace and satisfaction. The good news is that it doesn’t cost a thing, yet unfortunately, an average adult smiles only 20 times a day (in comparison, an infant or toddler smiles up to 400 times a day).

This infographic by Portman Healthcare  showcases the benefits of smiling in an intriguing manner with some eye-opening facts. It doesn’t just discuss the benefits of smiling, but also urges you to smile more often. Go ahead, open the door to happiness, so that you can smile more and lead a happy and cheerful life.

Featured photo credit: Janaína Castelo Branco | Flickr via flickr.com

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A primeira caixa de giz de cera surgiu 101 anos atrás.

Hoje a empresa Easton, na Pennsylvania, fábrica cerca de 12 milhões deles por dia. “Nós mantemosa qualidade dp processo como se estivéssemos fazendo comida”, diz Dave Farkas, gerente de garantia de qualidade na fábrica. O que faz sentido, já que seus consumidores tem uma certa tendência à colocar o produto em suas bocas.

Assista o vídeo abaixo para ver como são feitos

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In the context of giving advice to first-time chief executive officers, seven current CEOs give their answers to this question in this article: What surprised you most about the CEO role when you began your first CEO job?

Prepare to have your heart warmed with these 13 super sweet proposal stories.

“Bentley the mini dachshund from the UK. This is his happy face!” -Hannah M.

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This one can’t wait until Caturday. Make sure the speakers are up to get all of the KITTEH CHATTERING GOODNESS. Here we goooooooo:

As seen by Pooterfish.

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 Google Forms, the service in Google’s online office suite that helps users collaboratively create web-based forms which can be shared with others, is finally getting a professional makeover thanks to the addition of themes. The company announced the new, custom themes today, which users are able to further edit by selecting their own fonts and colors, choosing a background, as well as… Read More

Marca de chocolate modifica seu logotipo ao completar 120 anos. Intenção é modernizar marca mundialmente conhecida com novo desenho com traços simplificados

[What about you. Whadya' wanna do tonight- get some takeout bamboo?]

From Arbroath.

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Nikita & Bobo’s hoomin has taken this and made it into a true art form. YOUR results may vary.

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To stay relevant in today’s business world requires a fierce desire to learn, to improve, and to adapt. To do so, it’s important—vital—to question everything (just be tactful if it’s your boss that you’re questioning).

Aline houde-Diebolt é uma designer freelancer de Paris que tem uma forte paixão por tecidos, materiais, cores e padrões, assim como ilustração e cenografia. Foi então que ela utilizou brinquedos do Kinder Ovo para criar essa série divertida e colorida.

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A agência Tata & Friends, da Espanha, criou uma série de ilustrações minimalistas sobre o nome de algumas bandas clássicas de rock. Confiram o projeto chamado Rock Band Icons:

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O amor é cego. Talvez você concorde com essa afirmação. Camões poetizou que o amor é fogo que arde sem se ver (pensou na música do Legião Urbana, né?)

Seja qual for a definição, você provavelmente concorda que descrever o amor não seja uma das tarefas mais fáceis. Então, que tal ilustrá-lo?

Foi o que fez o ilustrador Ale Giorgini, cujo estilo já nos chamou atenção anteriormente, em um post dedicado a ele, lembra-se?

Em seu trabalho intitulado “That’s Amore!“, o ilustrador nos mostra o amor em diversas formas, que vai do romântico ao inusitado.

Confira:

O post O amor ilustrado de Ale Giorgini apareceu primeiro em Designerd.

Cuteporter KB took her camera to the Cat House On The Kings Adoption Room, and look what she found! Furballs! Lots of ‘em!

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“This is Sumo Adamo. I’ve been reading your website daily for the past 3 years, it’s a part of my life now,” says Sabrina S. “Thanks for everything you do!”

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“Hi! I visited the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Saturday the 9th. It was about 90 degrees out, so these lions were relaxing in the shade. Major Lion Toebean action here!” -Photo by Allison C.

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Colosseum, Rome, Italy

London, England

Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

Tongariki Easter Island Sunset

Birds Nest, Beijing, China

Time Slice is an ongoing series of photographs by Richard Silver that explores how iconic buildings and monuments change in appearance from day into night. Silver shoots some 36 photos at intervals over several hours and then layers them into a final composition. We’ve seen a similar approach by Fong Qi Wei (and in motion), but the focus on a single structure tells an interesting story about each place, and conveys more than just a single shot. You can see more from the series here. All images courtesy the artist. (via Vacilando)

[I'll take any extra if you got it. Just sayin.'] (Imgur.)

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Dicas de tutoriais para você criar suas nuvens de diversos jeitos!

Nuvem! Tão longe, mas tão perto, e tão adoráveis. Quem nunca ficou deitado na grama tentando descobrir as mais divertidas formas que as nuvens têm? :)

Nesse post selecionamos alguns adoráveis tutoriais DIY (Do it yourself). Desde almofadas fofinhas até prateleiras e outras utilidades. Divirta-se!

Obs.: Os tutoriais estão em inglês, mas dá pra ter uma noção pelas imagens.

Tutorial Nuvem: Prateleira de livros

 

Tutorial Nuvem: Painel de fotos

 

Tutorial Nuvem: Pintura de parede

 

Tutorial Nuvem: Almofadas

 

Tutorial Nuvem: Tapete

 

Tutorial Nuvem: Painel / quadro

 

Tutorial Nuvem: Guirlanda

 

Tutorial Nuvem: Raindrops

 

Tutorial Nuvem: Guirlanda porta-fotos

 

 

 
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Through thick and thin, these guys are always there for each other. They might not always share at the dinner table, though.

From BuzzFeed.

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