The world is speeding up. Weeks are flying by, information flooding us, technology submerging our lives-fast and increasingly visual. Dyslexics are picture thinkers, perfectly suited for the fast time we are living in. Given the right tools to harness the power of their right-brain thinking, dyslexics can use creativity to focus and tap into the universal mind to re-define themselves. This book provides thought provoking insights into dyslexia for parents, teachers, therapists and many adult dyslexics. Filled with practical advice, exercises and stories, the book will give the reader the confidence to support and empower their children, clients or themselves. It will help them to reach their potential and to fully participate at school and in life. The author shines a light on the positive aspects of dyslexia and shows how these talents can be used to conquer the challenges. The reader will gain deeper understanding of dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADD, ADHD and many other related learning difficulties. It may help a frustrated mother or teacher to better understand those they love and care for, but often cannot reach or help. It will reassure a dyslexic adult that it is never too late to learn and process new information-to be and to become anything they set their mind to.
The charming story of 'the Secret Garden' is a tale of transformation - as much as the ability to read can fundamentally transform a person's life. Gaining fluency and enjoyment of reading can be like establishing a beautiful garden in your backyard. When working with dyslexic students or anyone who struggles with literacy, accurate focus and the mastery of words are our tools to master reading. Abstract words that visual learners find hard to picture get planted like seeds. It is then up to the apprentice gardener to continue planting, weeding and pruning once all the knowledge has been passed on. The daily exercises and reading this book are watering the new garden to full maturity and bloom. No wonder 'the Secret Garden' by Frances Hodgson Burnett seems like a perfect choice to create the road map to our own stunning garden of knowledge.
Most people spend the majority of their thoughts either experiencing anxiety of a future event or responding to one from the past. We are not taught to live differently. Intuition is not valued, and neither are decisions made from our heart space. Yet, we need both – our heart and our head - to change our world.By writing a gratitude journal, you tend to materialise what you visualise by pulling the visualised preferable future into the present moment. Experiencing a future in the now and then letting go of it – not even thinking about the experience any more – very often draws an event towards you that comes very close to our “fantasy”. We have heard sayings, such as, “what you think about and thank about, you bring about” or the “attitude of gratitude”. After the vibration of love, gratitude is one of the highest vibrational states we can feel and utilise in order to change anything in our lives.Combining meditation and gratitude into one easy-to-use gratitude journal gives you access to both of these transformational tools. Many people think that they can change their lives by being in control - instead of being thankful for its gifts in advance and giving up control of the outcome
These writings have evolved properly over living many years on the planet and enjoying observations of my fellow man. It's about learning how to flow within the rhythm of all “LIFE FORMS” and laughing about silly things incredulous human beings do. It’s about loving the human race, and living everywhere on the planet at one time; it’s about you! Note: There is no intention on my part to be cogent as these writings have come about from a knowing heart! Upon using the words man and he, I am referring to the Homo Sapien species which include both male/female gender as we know it at the time of these writings.
This book is the first monograph in English that comprehensively examines the ways in which Italian historical crime novels, TV series, and films have become a means to intervene in the social and political changes of the country. This study explores the ways in which fictional representations of the past mirror contemporaneous anxieties within Italian society in the work of writers such as Leonardo Sciascia, Andrea Camilleri, Carlo Lucarelli, Francesco Guccini, Loriano Macchiavelli, Marcello Fois, Maurizio De Giovanni, and Giancarlo De Cataldo; film directors such as Elio Petri, Pietro Germi, Michele Placido, and Damiano Damiani; and TV series such as the “Commissario De Luca” series, the “Commissario Nardone” series, and “Romanzo criminale–The series.” Providing the most wide-ranging examination of this sub-genre in Italy, Barbara Pezzotti places works set in the Risorgimento, WWII, and the Years of Lead in the larger social and political context of contemporary Italy.
I know, I know. You’ve heard the story a million times before. Mean stepmother. Lots of sweeping. Fancy ball. You remember. Or do you? Did you remember that Cinderella was such a nice girl—so smart and funny? You probably would’ve liked her. Did you know that “Cinderella” was just a nickname? And that her handsome prince loved Jell-o and was a wonderful dancer? Readers will delight in following Cinderella through all the usual happenings, presented in a most unusual way. And they’ll finally see what becomes of her after she marries the prince. So maybe you should hear the story one last time. Because it’s actually way different than you might have thought. . . . Kids who have outgrown picture books and are ready for something longer—but still love illustrated texts—will gravitate toward this Cinderella, which was an IRA-CBC Children's Choice selection. Black-and-white silhouettes of everything from the ugly stepsisters to Cinderella’s slipper (actual size) are intermingled with Cinderella’s letters to her recently deceased mother in this totally original package. And don't miss the companion book to this fairy-tale reboot: Thumbelina, Tiny Runaway Bride.
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