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Tuesday 22 December 2009

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Listening , Reading , Reading , Vocabulary

Listening is a communication skill that needs a lot of practice. There are many different English accents in the world, and a good listener can understand them all.


ability to read for purpose.

grammar is the skeleton of the English language. It holds up everything else.


Remember… if you self- correct a grammar mistake 3 times, you generally will not make it again!

Like grammar, vocabulary builds the English language. The Oxford English dictionary has approximately 600,000 definitions! We will never say that English is easy.



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Speaking
Pronunciation
Listening
Reading
Grammar
Vocabulary

Does Brain Age actually make you smarter? We have no idea, but it's still an interesting puzzle game available at a budget price.

Does Brain Age actually make you smarter? We have no idea, but it's still an interesting puzzle game available at a budget price.





* Great sudoku
* Interesting use of the DS dual screens.



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Since the heady days of arcade favorites such as Asteroids, Pac-Man, and Missile Command, people have claimed that video games can help sharpen your reflexes and keep you thinking fast. But there never seemed to be any hard science to back it up. Over 20 years later, Nintendo's releasing a product for the Nintendo DS that is squarely aimed at that hard science, making the claim that playing Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day can "make your brain feel fresh and sharp." Well, we're not scientists, so we can't necessarily prove or disprove that claim, but as a budget-priced game, Brain Age is strangely compelling, even though its very nature is brutally repetitive.

Brain Age is mostly about flexing your math skills.

The focus of the game's educational aspect is that the activities on display are designed to activate your prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls how you apply what you know. The theory is that by flexing this part of your dome with basic math problems and memorization, you can sharpen your intelligence. The game presents you with a series of different simple tasks that you are to perform daily. Your performance is stored in a profile and displayed via a series of graphs that quickly tell you how well you've been doing. Additionally, there's an overall test that determines your "brain age" based on a sampling of the brains of various people of various ages. The best score you can get is 20, signifying that your brain is as nimble as a 20-year-old. Well, a smart 20-year-old, anyway.

You play the game solely with the touch screen, and on top of that, you hold the DS sideways. Info appears on the main screen, and you answer questions with the touch screen. The tasks you're given are basic math and reading comprehension, with some memorization thrown in. You start out with calculations x20, which gives you 20 simple math problems to complete. From there, you get the harder version, which gives you 100 problems. You eventually get one that measures how quickly you can read, one that asks you to memorize the placement of numbers on a grid, one that asks you to quickly count how many syllables are in a phrase, and so on. There aren't a ton of different tests, but the game unlocks them over time, so you aren't given the opportunity to burn out on all of them right away. For the most part, they're interesting, and if you get into attempting to beat your own score (or the scores of another player that's using the same copy of the game), they can get sort of addictive.

Aside from the brain-training aspect of Brain Age, there's also a multiplayer mode that lets you get into a calculation battle against up to 15 other players using a single copy of the game. But the other additional draw is a lot more compelling than that. Brain Age comes with a substantial amount of sudoku puzzles. The addictive numbers-and-logic game is done very well here, putting the touch screen to use in an effective manner.

Brain Age has a good amount of well-implemented sudoku puzzles.

The touch screen and DS microphone make the whole game possible. It's a really slick way to play the game, but it's also reliant on your handwriting and ability to speak clearly. When you're rushing through math problems, it's easy to squiggle down something that the game will misinterpret. This is extremely frustrating, as you're penalized for mistakes. The voice recognition doesn't come into play very often, and you can bypass it entirely if you like, but we had trouble getting it to recognize certain words. Over time, you figure out exactly how the game wants you to write and speak and then adapt to it. For the most part, though, the recognition is pretty impressive, especially considering there's no calibration process involved.

All in all, Brain Age is a quirky and unique product that's worth taking a look at, largely thanks to its budget price. Whether or not it's improving your mind or just improving your ability to perform its specific tasks is ultimately unclear, but there's currently nothing else quite like it on the market, and fans of logic puzzles and other basic puzzle games should enjoy it quite a bit.




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By Jeff Gerstmann, GameSpotPosted Apr 15, 2006 1:50 am GMT

How to Build a Snowman






How to Build a Snowman



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Building a snowman provides an entertaining, creative way to get some fresh air on a lazy winter day. You'll need a few inches of snow on the ground; wear gloves or mittens.






1.
Step 1

Test to see if you have 'packing snow,' which clumps together easily and isn't too wet. The snow must pack to make a snowman.
2.
Step 2

Shape a handful of snow into a ball. Continue adding more snow and packing the ball until it's too large to hold.
3.
Step 3

Place the ball on the snow in front of you and slowly roll it away from you. As more snow accumulates on the outside of your ball, pack the snow by pressing on it with your gloved hands.
4.
Step 4

Roll and pack the ball over and over until it is the size you want for the bottom of the snowman's body.
5.
Step 5

Repeat for the midsection and head. The bottom should be the biggest ball, and the top should be the smallest.
6.
Step 6

Pack some extra snow between the layers to make them stick together. Place sticks down the center where the sections meet if your snowman is having trouble standing erect.
7.
Step 7

Give the snowman a face. Use coal, rocks, buttons or anything dark and round for the eyes. A horizontal stick or twig will make a good mouth, and a carrot is fine for the pointy nose. If you don't have a carrot, a banana or a candy cane will do the job.
8.
Step 8

Cover the top of his head with an old plant for hair, or give him a knit hat to wear. Top hats will blow away unless secured.
9.
Step 9

Add arms, legs and other accessories. Push sticks into the sides of the middle section and hang old mittens on the ends, then place boots at the bottom for legs. Also consider adding items such as a shirt, a scarf or sunglasses.

How to Play Chess


How to Play Chess



go to this site

For Beginners and Parents




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Chess is fun and learning how to play chess is very easy. Read the Rules of Chess and then watch the Flash movies on chess basics, or jump around and learn about one chess piece or the other.







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http://www.chessdryad.com/education/magictheater/






The Rules of Chess

(Print and Images)

The Chess Board

The Pawn

The Knight

The Bishop

The Rook

The King

The Queen

How to Castle

En Passant

Check!

Checkmate!

Stalemate?!

How to be Strong

How to be Strong




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When faced with difficult circumstances, why do some people falter and spiral towards self-destruction while others survive and even thrive once the storm has passed? No one is immune to adversity, but some people seem to be better able to cope with and recover from even the most strenuous conditions. At the core of their strength is a mindset that allows them to carry on through thick and thin. Fortunately, this mindset is no secret. Emotional resiliency has been written about, studied and even measured, revealing some insights as to how anyone can be strong. Here are some ways to build your own inner strength.


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STEPS...


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# Remember that you are in control. Strength implies having power and being able to affect one's own life, while weakness implies being powerless and helpless. No matter what your circumstances, there are things you can control, and things you can't. The key is to focus on the things you can control. Make a list of all the things that are troubling you, then make a list of all the things you can do to make each situation better. Accept the items on the first list (they are what they are) and focus your energy on the second list.

* In studies of people with a high Adversity Quotient (AQ) it's observed that resilient people always find some aspect of any situation that they can control, and they also feel responsible for taking action to fix the situation, even if their hardship was caused by someone else. Those with a low AQ, however, ignore opportunities to take action and deflect accountability, presuming that because they didn't create the situation, they should not be the ones to remedy it.[1]

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2
Choose your attitude. Sometimes (hopefully rarely) we encounter situations in which we really are helpless to enact change, but you are still in control because no matter what, you can always control your attitude towards life. As Victor Frankl put it: "We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." Regardless of what is happening, be positive.

* If somebody is making your life miserable, don't let them crush your spirit. Continue to be proud and have hope and remember that these are the things that no one can take away from you. "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."[2]
* Try not to let a crisis or hardship in one area of your life "spill over" into other areas of your life. If you're facing great difficulty with work, for instance, don't behave irritably towards your significant other when they've done nothing but try to help. Eliminate the "side effects" of your hardship by controlling your own attitude. Resilient people do not "catastrophize" every setback, nor do they let negative events follow a domino effect through their lives.[3]

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3
Have faith in yourself. You've made it this far. You can make it through just one more day. And if you take it just one day at a time, or even one moment at a time, you can survive whatever you're going through. It won't be easy, and you're not invincible, so take baby steps. When you feel like you're about to fall apart, close your eyes and take a deep breath. Meditate or pray. Tell yourself "I can handle this." Once you've centered yourself, open your eyes and take one more step forward.
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4
Pick your battles wisely. You're going through a lot right now; don't cling to ideals and concerns that will break you rather than make you. This is as good a time as ever to avoid sweating the small stuff. Whittle your life down to a few core values that mean the world to you, and don't worry about anything else. "Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong- sometimes it's letting go."[4]
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5
Reach out. Spend time with friends and family who are supportive and positive. If no one is available, make new friends. And if there are no friends to be found, help others who are in greater need than you are. Sometimes when we feel like we can't better our own situations, we can find strength in bettering someone else's, and we can also gain perspective on our own lives. "I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet."[5]
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Be thankful. Life is tough, but if you look closely enough, you'll find and infinite number of things to be grateful for. Even if the things that made you happy in the past are gone, there's so much more to appreciate still. The joy you derive from the world around you is the fuel that'll push you through the hardest of times, so pay attention to what you have and enjoy it for what it's worth. Sure, you might not have that new shirt, or whatever it is you want, but at least you have this computer, with the internet, or you wouldn't be seeing this. You know how to read, you probably have a house, and the Internet you are using is obviously paid for. Some people can't read, have no computer, no home. Think about that.



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Saturday 19 December 2009

Getting to know Jennifer ESL

Getting to know Jennifer ESL


ABOUT ME
Jennifer Recio Lebedev

Originally certified to teach Russian as a foreign language by the state of Pennsylvania, I later discovered my true calling as an English language teacher while living and studying in Moscow, Russia. My undergraduate degree from Bryn Mawr College and graduate degree from Middlebury College are in Russian Studies, and I joke with my husband today that I did not major in Russian Studies, but simply took an intensive preparation course for marriage to a native Russian.

I began teaching English in 1996, first as a private instructor and later in the classroom. My teaching experience broadened when I returned to the U.S. in 2001, and subsequently I moved from the EFL classroom to the ESL classroom. At a private IEP in Boston, I joined the teaching staff and earned my TESL certificate. The small size of the school afforded many opportunities for professional growth. In time I coordinated and taught the teacher training program, established a literary magazine, and even wrote a 4-level series for the school’s writing curriculum. The many responsibilities I took on greatly aided my growth as a teacher, but by the end of 2005 I opted to leave my position as a classroom teacher and ESL program coordinator and move in another direction.

It was Pearson Longman that built a bridge for me between my work in an IEP and my work as a materials writer. Vocabulary Power was a labor of love, completed after two years, and it was my debut on the international scene. Prior to this textbook series, I had written only small works for EFL students and teachers in Russia.

Not ready to return to traditional classroom teaching (two reasons: two children!), I experimented with online instruction in the late summer of 2007. I made a tentative entrance on the YouTube scene as “JenniferESL”, but soon became bolder and more committed as the response among viewers grew.

Here I am today, with vodcasts, podcasts, books, and plenty of ideas I am eager to share with the international community of English language learners and teachers. I hope you will continue to welcome my contributions.



GO HERE TO LEARN ENGLISH

YouTube - JenniferESL's Channel




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i like her humbly and sincere remarks in her blog.



http://englishwithjennifer.wordpress.com/about-me/

Hello!
By all means, please feel free to use my videos in your classroom. I’m pleased they can be of use to you and your students. I’ve given my permission for this kind of use on my YouTube channel. As long as it’s not for profit, I’m happy to share my work through others like yourself. I thank you for helping me to reach more language learners. Best of luck in your teaching!
Regards,
Jennifer

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Animals Video for Kids

Animals Video for Kids











Dance Like an Animal -Cool Tunes for Kids by Eric Herman






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We got the neat Flip Boom animation program for my daughter, Becca (5), and she loves it. She wanted to make a "movie" for Daddy, so we gave her a list of things to draw and animate and she went right to work. She did get a little burned out after a while, so Mommy finished a couple of the animations (and Mommy did the backgrounds and video panning stuff), but by and large, this is Becca's work.

Flip Boom is available at http://www.toonboom.com/kids/

The song is from my album, Snow Day!, available at the following locations:

My website (CDs and MP3 albums):
http://www.EricHermanMusic.com/cds.html

CDBaby (CDs and MP3 albums):
http://www.cdbaby.com/all/ericherman

Alphabet Song

Alphabet Song from WWW.ThatsMEonTV.com








Thomas el tren

Nursery Rhymes - Clap Your Hands

Nursery Rhymes - Clap Your Hands








ABC Song


little bo peep - animation nursery rhyme

Little Bo Peep story

Little Bo peep has lost her sheep
And doesn't know where to find them.
Leave them alone and they'll come home,
Bringing their tails behind them.
Little Bo peep fell fast asleep
And dreamt she heard them bleating,
But when she awoke, she found it a joke,
For they were all still fleeting.
Then up she took her little crook
Determined for to find them.
She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
For they left their tails behind them.
It happened one day, as Bo peep did stray
Into a meadow hard by,
There she espied their tails side by side
All hung on a tree to dry.
She heaved a sigh, and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks went rambling,
And tried what she could,
As a shepherdess should,
To tack again each to its lambkin.

Little Bo Peep story





Little Bo Peep - A nursery rhyme read by Hill Harper








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Rhythm through Rhymes - Hey diddle diddle rhyme

Rhythm and Rhyme Can Help Your Child Learn To Read


Lesson 3a - Rhythm through Rhymes - English Pronunciation








Hey diddle diddle rhyme

Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed to see such fun
And the dish ran away with the spoon!

Hey diddle diddle rhyme




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Lesson 3b - Rhythm through Rhymes - English Pronunciation





Little Boy Blue poem

Little Boy Blue come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow the cow's in the corn.
But where's the boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under a haystack fast asleep.
Will you wake him? No, not I - for if I do, he's sure to cry

Little Boy Blue poem



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Little Bo Peep story

Little Bo peep has lost her sheep
And doesn't know where to find them.
Leave them alone and they'll come home,
Bringing their tails behind them.
Little Bo peep fell fast asleep
And dreamt she heard them bleating,
But when she awoke, she found it a joke,
For they were all still fleeting.
Then up she took her little crook
Determined for to find them.
She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
For they left their tails behind them.
It happened one day, as Bo peep did stray
Into a meadow hard by,
There she espied their tails side by side
All hung on a tree to dry.
She heaved a sigh, and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks went rambling,
And tried what she could,
As a shepherdess should,
To tack again each to its lambkin.

Little Bo Peep story





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Summer Rhythm & Rhyme Storytime with Ms. Kim 6/25/09

Teach Your Child : Rhythm and Rhyme Can Help Your Child Learn To Read

Rhythm and Rhyme Can Help Your Child Learn To Read




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http://najwasoffiyah.blogspot.com/2009/07/rhythm-and-rhyme-can-help-your-child.html


Do you want to learn how making music with your child can increase school and life success?

Would you like to improve your child’s brain function, cognitive abilities, social skills and emotional competence through music? Do you want to find out how rhyme can help your child learn to read?

Experts agree that music can strengthen children’s minds and serve as a fundamental skill of learning. As parents we all know that our children enjoy music and most of us have heard of the positive effects of music. If nothing else we have a vague awareness of the Mozart effect. We know that music is beneficial but we don’t always know why.

In recent years there has been a large body of research to support a number of positive effects that music enjoyment and training can have on a young child’s brain function and ability to learn.
The benefits of music include:

* Extending the neural networks in the brain
* Sound discrimination which leads to spelling success
* Increased vocabulary
* Abstract and spatial reasoning which leads to math success
* Improved coordination
* Better concentration skills
* Sharper memory
* More focused listening skills


Both scientists and educators are realizing that early, positive musical experience is uniquely effective in helping children achieve their full potential intellectually, artistically and emotionally.Simply using music on a regular basis with your child, including singing, listening to music, and playing instruments, can reap tremendous benefits. It is important to note that simply listening to music is not enough. Making music is more powerful for children than just listening. It is important for you to provide your child with a solid early childhood education experience that you won’t have to trust to chance but it is even more important to foster a love of learning!

Remember, today’s preschoolers and kindergarteners are expected to know far more than their parents (that’s US!) were at that same age. Start your child out right.While success in the early grades does not guarantee success throughout the school years and beyond, failure in the early grades does virtually guarantee failure in later schooling. Don’t let your child fail and don’t fail your child!

Death on football (Miklos Feher) and Last Breath - Ahmed Bukhatir

Death on football








Last Breath - Ahmed Bukhatir





LAST BREATH

From those around I hear a Cry,
A muffled sob, a Hopeless sigh,
I hear their footsteps leaving slow,
And then I know my soul must Fly!
A chilly wind begins to blow,
within my soul, from Head to Toe,
And then, Last Breath escapes my lips,
It's Time to leave. And I must Go!
So, it is True (But it's too Late)
They said: Each soul has its Given Date,
When it must leave its body's core,
And meet with its Eternal Fate.

Oh mark the words that I do say,
Who knows? Tomorrow could be your Day,
At last, it comes to Heaven or Hell
Decide which now, Do NOT delay !
Come on my brothers let's pray
Decide which now, Do NOT delay !


Oh God! Oh God! I cannot see !
My eyes are Blind! Am I still Me
Or has my soul been led astray,
And forced to pay a Priceless Fee
Alas to Dust we all return,
Some shall rejoice, while others burn,
If only I knew that before
The line grew short, and came my Turn!
And now, as beneath the soil
They lay me (with my record flawed),
They cry, not knowing I cry worse,
For, they go home, I face my God!

Oh mark the words that I do say,
Who knows, Tomorrow could be your Day,
At last, it comes to Heaven or Hell
Decide which now, Do NOT delay !
Come on my brothers let's pray
Decide which now, do not delay ....





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Miklos Feher




Last Breath by Ahmed Bukhatir

me and my ds

Thursday 17 December 2009

Upsy Daisy - I Look, I See 2 Yusuf Islam, Friends & Children

Upsy Daisy - I Look, I See 2 Yusuf Islam, Friends & Children


First cartoon video from I Look, I See 2 performed by Rashid A. Bhikha who sung on the original I Look, I See too.






Yusuf Islam I look, I look, I look, I see







I Look I See

I Look I See
I look, I look, I look, I see
I see a world of beauty
I touch, I touch, I touch, I feel
I feel a world around so real
And everything I do
I dedicate to You
Cause You made me
I am for You

I listen, listen, listen, I hear
I hear the words of God so clear
I read, I read, I read, I know
It helps my knowledge grow
And everything we do
We dedicate to You
Cause You made us
We are for You
I listen, listen, listen, I hear

He sent the Prophet to show us the way
He made Religion perfect that Day
Peace be upon him, upon him we pray
Salatullah, wa salamu alyhi

I sleep I sleep, I sleep, I dream
I dream Im in a garden green
I wish, I wish, I wish I pray
I pray to be here everyday
And everything I do
I dedicate to You
Cause You made me
I am for You

I work, I work, I work, I strive
To make something of my life
I seek, I seek, I seek, I find
I find another hill to climb
And everything we do
We dedicate to You
Cause You made us
We are for You
I look, I look, I look, I see

He sent the Prophet to show us the way
He made Religion perfect that Day
Peace be upon him, upon him we pray
Salatullah, wa salamu alyhi (x2)



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Yusuf Islam - Sing children of the world


Rabbani - Pergi Tak Kembali

Rabbani - Pergi Tak Kembali












Tanggal 13 Ogos 2009, Mohamad Asri Ibrahim, 40, meninggal dunia dalam perjalanan ke Pusat Perubatan Pantai (PMC), Kuala Lumpur kira-kira jam 11 pagi kerana sakit jantung. Beliau pengsan kira-kira 10.30 pagi setelah 20 minit menyertai program Syahadah musim kelima di Angkasapuri. Semoga roh allahyarham dicucuri rahmat.. Al-Fatihah










Allahu - Raihan and Allahu Allah- by Sami Yusuf and Mesut Kurtis

Allahu - Raihan






Allahu Allah- by Sami Yusuf and Mesut Kurtis







MA'AL HIJRAH GREETINGS!

MA'AL HIJRAH GREETINGS!




Saturday 12 December 2009

Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!,


Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!,

http://hannanconan.blogspot.com/2009/12/cool-way-to-know-your-brain-age-in.html



Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!, also known as Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? in PAL regions, is an entertainment video game that employs puzzles. It was developed and published by the video gaming company Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. Nintendo has been careful not to claim the game has been scientifically validated, however stating that it is an 'entertainment product "inspired" by Dr. Kawashima's work' in the neurosciences.[1][2]

It was first released in Japan, and was later released in North America, Europe, Australia, and South Korea. It was followed by a sequel titled Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!, and was later followed by two redesigns and Brain Age 2 for the Nintendo DSi's DSiWare service which uses popular puzzles from these titles as well as several new puzzles.

Brain Age features a variety of puzzles, including stroop tests, mathematical questions, and Sudoku puzzles, all designed to help keep certain parts of the brain active. It was included in the Touch! Generations series of video games, a series which features games for a more casual gaming audience. Brain Age uses the touch screen and microphone for many puzzles. There has been controversy over the game's scientific effectiveness.

Best Educational Websites and Tools for Kids

Best Educational Websites and Tools for Kids


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http://freemathworksheet.blogspot.com/2009/12/tools-for-kids-and-best-educational.html




We’ve filtered and collected 23 best education websites and tools for kids on this week and they’re all FREE. Details next!

1. Coolmath-Games
Coolmath was designed for the frustrated, the confused, the bored students of the world who hate math. Coolmath was designed for the students who just need to get through this stuff so they can reach their other academic goals.

2. FunBrain
FunBrain is the Internet’s premier location for interactive, educational games (math, grammar, science) for children and kids of all ages.

3. Apples 4 The Teacher
Apples 4 The Teacher includes interactive learning games, quizzes, and worksheet generator tools by subject (creative arts, foreign languages, language arts, math, science, social studies), articles, literacy coloring pages and more.

4. Kid Sites
Your guide to the best kid sites on the web.

5. BBC Learning School
The BBC is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. Its mission is to enrich people’s lives with programmes that inform, educate and entertain.

6. Natural History Museum
Make a volcanic explosion, collect evidence against a cunning thief or find out whether you are more like a Diplodocus or a Tyrannosaurus. There’s much more in the fun and games below and you can download wallpapers and screensavers for your computer too.

7. Tate Kids



8. PBS KIDS
A safe place for kids to explore and play hundreds of fun educational games with their favorite PBS KIDS characters.

9. SFS Kids
This website, in conjunction with SFS Kids live performances, provides a great way for people of all ages to hear, learn, and have fun with music.



10. National Geographic Kids



11. Adrian Bruce
Free Educational Resources of Adrian Bruce – Reading Games-Educational Software,Math Games-Motivational Posters & much, much more.


12. The Color
You can save your interactive online coloring pages that you have created in your gallery, print the coloring pages to your printer, or email them to friends and family. These coloring pages are fun and they also help children develop important skills.

Free resources : Brain Games - engaging learners with skills practice

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Free resources > Brain Games - engaging learners with skills practice



Brain Games
Brain Games aims to build the core Foundation skills in Literacy and Numeracy though quick fire drill and practice questions set to the backdrop of a large ...
www.braingames.org.uk/ - Cached



Brain Games is a new software engine, developed by LSIS, which gives learners a quick and easy way to practise their literacy and numeracy skills.
Brain Games is fun! It aims to engage and motivate learners to succeed by building their skills and confidence as they progress through the game, and tackle incrementally harder challenges. The resource is built round the backdrop of a competitive sporting event, and takes the addictive gameplay of ‘Brain Training’ and applies this to literacy and numeracy, using sound pedagogic principles.
In the Words section, learners can choose from: Getting it? – Understanding; Spell it – Spelling; Scribe – Writing; What’s the use? – Grammar; Full stop – Punctuation; and Word! – Vocabulary.
In Numbers, they can choose from Work it out … Numbers, Bits and pieces – Fractions; How big? – Measures; and More than likely – Statistics. All categories are available at three levels – easy, medium and hard.
In the Stats Centre, learners can view their performance charts, high scores and medals tables, and issue challenges to their training buddies. As they practise core technical skills of literacy and numeracy through the game learners are signposted towards more context-rich learning challenges at www.move-on.org.uk as well as the mini tests supporting the National Literacy and Numeracy tests.
Brain Games is an ideal resource that practitioners can use to help reinforce specific skills taught and the game can also be used by learners to practise their skills independently. LSIS is currently developing further functionality in Brain Games which will enable practitioners to set up and manage learner groups, and track learner progress by subject, category and level. This will be available from early summer 2010.
Brain Games is currently available free of charge to play online and, as Brain Games Lite, it can be installed on a range of mobile phones. In early 2010 a downloadable version of Brain Games will be available to run from a hard disc, or memory stick .




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Minimum technical requirements:
• PC: Intel Pentium 4 2.33GHz processor (or equivalent), 128MB of available RAM, 64MB of VRAM
• Mac: PowerPC G5 1.8GHz or faster processor, Intel Core Duo 1.33GHz or faster processor, 256MB of RAM, 64MB of VRAM
• Windows Vista, Windows XP, Mac OS X v10.1 or later (Power PC), Mac OS X v10.4.x or later (Intel)
• A stand-alone executable, using the Flash 9 Player engine. Flash will not need to be pre-installed on the machine.

Tuesday 8 December 2009

BoBoiBoy Sneak Peek HD

BoBoiBoy Sneak Peek HD



Sneak Peek Video for BoBoiBoy, a 3D Animated Television Series from Animonsta Studios.


Upin dan Ipin Angkasa The Movie (Akan Datang 2011)

Pengembaraan Bermula Upin dan Ipin 2

Pengembaraan Bermula Upin dan Ipin



Upin dan Ipin Angkasa The Movie (Akan Datang 2011)


Upin dan Ipin - Geng - Pengembaraan Bermula Upin dan Ipin meneruskan kemajuan kehadapan dengan mencipta 1 lagi filem baru upin & ipin angkasa the movie akan datang 2011.




Upin Dan Ipin Episode 10 Kisah Dua Malam Bhg 01







Trailer upin dan ipin the movie





http://najwasoffiyah.blogspot.com/2009/12/pengembaraan-bermula-upin-dan-ipin-2.html



siapa di sebalik Pengembaraan Bermula Upin dan Ipin ?

Sunday 6 December 2009

Alvin And The Chipmunks - I'll Be There For You

Alvin And The Chipmunks - I'll Be There For You



Alvin And The Chipmunks 2 The Squeakuel ( TRAILER)

Alvin And The Chipmunks 2 The Squeakuel (TRAILER)



Merry Madagascar 2009

Merry Madagascar 2009 Trailer



Merry Madagascar [part 1] HQ





Merry Madagascar [part 2] HQ





Merry Madagascar [part 3] HQ



Planet 51 Movie Trailer

Planet 51 Movie Trailer








Coming to theatres this November is a close encounter of the kind that we generally don't see--the reverse kind.

Featuring both Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Seann William Scott in a pairing we haven't seen since The Rundown, Planet 51 features a race of aliens who live in nigh-perpetual fear of an alien invasion. Their fears, however, aren't so unfounded as a human astronaut crash-lands on Planet 51. Can the stranded astronaut get back to his ship and return home safely, with the help of a few of the planet's denizens? Or wil he be captured and dissected? Check out the trailer!

There's nothing quite like a few good subverted tropes, and Planet 51 seems to have a few of them. Will it help this one rise up to the top of the box office? Or will it burn out on entry? Hit the comments section below and file your report! Thanks for watching.

Planet 51 Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese

Planet 51 movie trailer provided by TriStar Pictures. Planet 51 opens in US theaters on November 20th, 2009. Planet 51 is directed by Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad and Marcos Martinez.

Upin & Ipin New Movie - Geng

Upin & Ipin New Movie - Geng










Les' Copaque Production proudly presents to everyone, Geng: The Adventure Begins new trailer! This trailer is extended with more action flicks revealing more of the plot and mystery surrounding our main characters.

Strange footprints and eerie voices are only some of the things that frighten the villagers of Kampong Durian Runtuh. Stories tell of a beast lurking in the forest at night. Nobody dares to find out what it is, until Badrol and Lim who are on a vacation trip to the same village, stumble into the very heart of the mystery itself. Now it's up to the two boys together with their new found friends Rajoo the animal whispering boy, Ros the village beauty, and the mischievous twins to embark on a journey of action, adventure and mystery.







The Making of Geng: Part 1




Upin & Ipin Angkasawan Teaser trailer

Upin & Ipin Angkasawan Teaser trailer



Tuesday 1 December 2009

A cool way to know how old is your brain




A cool way to know your brain age in brain training

If you go on the brain training in the brain training Nintendo DS,you would find out that your brain is much more older your actual age!




source

http://www.smh.com.au/news/games/brainwave-booster/2006/04/04/1143916529653.html



Brainwave booster



April 6, 2006
Jason Hill reports on a new game plan designed for oldies.


Use it or lose it - a new Nintendo game is designed to keep the mind sharp.





BEST known for frivolous family fun, Nintendo now wants us to use games to keep our minds sharp and even combat senility.

Nintendo's Brain Training for the hand-held DS console presents users with a series of maths and language challenges created by acclaimed scientist and author Professor Ryuta Kawashima. The game then calculates your "brain age" based on accuracy and speed.

By monitoring blood flow, Professor Kawashima discovered reading, writing and arithmetic were some of the brain's most taxing activities.

"(The professor) feels that the brain is a muscle like anything else," Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto says. "If you don't use it, it's going to get flabby and out of shape, so he created brain exercises so people can stay nimble."

Brain Training uses the DS touch panel and voice recognition. Play is restricted to only 10 minutes per day, but Mr Miyamoto says regular use can help "train your brain so it can become younger".

Already a multimillion seller in Japan, Brain Training is being used in Japanese hospitals to assist patient rehabilitation.

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata says "the primary objective of Nintendo right now is how we can expand the gaming population itself". He was pleased Brain Training was the first game he could give his elderly parents.

Mr Iwata says Nintendo may be regarded as "weird" for making brain puzzles while most developers "concentrated on murder, war, excessive violence or car racing", but is determined to attract new users.

"We really do not want to limit the potential customers for Nintendo to the existing market," he says. "We want to include so many current non-gamers, like female and senior audiences."

In contrast to most of today's multimillion-dollar blockbusters developed by huge teams over several years, Brain Training was developed in three months by a small team of eight. It will be released in Australia mid-year.


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