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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

The Power of Jokes



Little person Big personality - That's Me! 



If we couldn’t laugh our life would become gloomy and rigid. 
Life itself is challenging, 
so if we take a moment to stop and comprehend a joke, 
we can make our day easier and funnier.

 
Look at Me!

Knock – Knock.
Who's there?
Inpatient chicken.
Inpatient chick…
Ba Gaaaak!!!

Q: What do you say to the horse before a big race?
A: I’m not sure…because you can’t really say “Break your leg”, can’t you!
  
Q: What did the horse say when it fell?
A: "I've fallen and I can't giddyup!"

Knock – Knock.
Who's there?
Dragon.
Dragon who?
Stop dragon your feet and get to work.

Q: Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?
A: At the bottom of the page!

Q: What do you call doing 2,000 pounds of laundry?
A: Washing-ton!

Q: Why don't anteaters ever get sick?
A: Because they're full of ant-ibodies!

Q: Where do hamsters come from?
A: Hamsterdam!

Q: What room is useless for a ghost?
A: A living room!

Q: Where do you find a chicken with no legs?
Q: Exactly where you left it!

Q: How can you make a French horn sound like a trombone?
A: Take your hand out of the bell and miss all of the notes! 

Q: What do you call three trombones at the bottom of the ocean?
A: A good start. 

Q: How do you keep your jewelry from being stolen?
A: Leave it in a trombone case.

Jokes support emotional readiness, relationships, emotional expression, curiosity, and empathy.
Laughter increases blood flow, builds the immune system, and improves relaxation and sleep.
Jokes build up the happiness and health of all of us, so don't hesitate to giggle and laugh. 




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Sunday, January 29, 2017

Battery Park City 2017 Annual Art Exhibition our Family Tradition

Opening reception took place on Sunday, January 29th at 75 Battery Place the office headquarters of Battery Park City Parks, New York.
View pieces were made by participants from art programs instructed by great artists:

Marla Lipkin
&
Larry Dobens

 Art Painted and Presented by BP


 Painted and Presented by 

Urszula Glogowska


 Painted and Presented by 

Polish Artist, Iwona Glogowska-Gieszcz

Polish Artist, Iwona Glogowska-Gieszcz

Lekcje nie musza byc nudne – bo

Polska Artystka Iwona Glogowska-Gieszcz moze je rozweselic.

http://www.tydzien.co.uk/artykuly/kultura/edukacja-kultura/2012/07/26/lekcje-nie-musza-byc-nudne/
Iwona Glogowska-Gieszcz With the Family
Art by Polish Artist, Iwona Glogowska-Gieszcz

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Strengthen Your Community - Basia's Ideas



We can do little things to strengthen our community. Starting from a child.

Basia's ideas:
Smile more.
Say Hello!
Be more positive.
Be polite.
Thank more.
Be helpful.
Be a good friend.
Listen better.
Speak up.
See the other side.
Be understanding.
Respect your neighbor.
Make a friend. 
Try to remember names.
Volunteer.
Help a neighbor in need.
Recycle everything.
Pick up litter just because.
Save energy.
Take a walk.
Bike more.
Be street smart. 
Look both ways.
Honk less.
Try something new.
Learn about other cultures.
Shop local.
Eat healthier…

I will walk, bike or use public transportation rather than going by taxi.

Want to find more ideas? Check the links:
60 Ways to Better Your Community
Ideas for Helping Your Community

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Co to Stealth Dislexia czyli Dysleksja Ukryta?

Stealth z angielskiego znaczy tyle co ukryty, niewykrywalny, podstępny.

Niestety w literaturze polskiej nie znałazlam artykułów na ten temat, więc na początek zachęcałabym do zapoznania się z cechami dysleksji ukrytej (Sleath Dislexia) zaczerpniętymi z literatury amerykanskiej:
"Stealth Dyslexia” Edie, B. & Edie, F., Davidson Institute, październik, 2005
"Stealth Dyslexia: Jak niektórzy uczniowie z ukrytą dysleksją wymykają się spod diagnozy specjalistów" artykuł pochodzi z blogu „Inside Track” przedstawiony przez „Brock and Fernette Edie, Dyslexia Advantage, 4 marzec, 2015

Czy twoje dziecko:
  • Jest elokwentne, śmiałe i ładnie się wysławia.
  • Osiąga wysokie wyniki w czytaniu ze zrozumieniem.
  • Ma dobrą koncentrację i skupioną uwagę na studiowanym materiale, tak podczas pracy indywidualnej jak i grupowej...
Ale:
  • Często popełnia "głupie błędy", dając zupełnie inną odpowiedź niż tą, którą miał dać albo dałby gdyby chwilę dłużej się zastanowił.
  • Nie lubi głośnego czytania.
  • Ma problemy z głośnym czytaniem słowa po słowie.
  • Często pomija lub zastępuje słowa w czytanym tekście.
  • Nie koryguje popełnianych błędów/słów.
  • Wykazuje trudności z czytaniem nowych (zwłaszcza długch) słów.
  • Pomija dźwięki lub litery podczas czytania i pisania.
  • Osiąga gorsze wyniki w cichym czytaniu na czas ze zrozumieniem.
  • Popełnia te same błędy ortograficzne.
  • Wykazuje problemy z pisaniem (zarówno mechaniką jak i z prędkością).
Jeśli powyższe cechy opisują Twoje dziecko może to oznaczać, że ma ono dysleksję ukrytą.  
Badając temat głębiej dowiesz się, że dzieci z ukrytą dysleksją dzięki swej inteligencji są w stanie zrekompensować wystarczająco dobrze swoje braki, na tyle aby uniknąć rzeczywistych kłopotów w szkole, zwłaszcza podczas pierwszych lat edukacji, w konsekwencji czego nie mają szansy na prawidłową djagnozę jako te mające dysleksję lub jakiegokolwiek innego typu trudnosci w uczeniu się, w wyniku czego nie otrzymymują potrzebnej im interwencji.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

4th Grade Science Vocabulary - Review

Check and practice the vocabulary I found in NYS science test exam.
Living things – things that take in food, water, and gases, reproduce, grow, and respond to the environment.
Mammal - worm-blooded animal with fur that gives birth to live babies and fees them milk.
Bird – worm-blooded animal with feather that lays eggs.
Reptile – cold-blooded animal with dry, scaly, skin that lays eggs.
Fish - cold-blooded animal with scales and gills that lays eggs in the water.
Amphibian – cold-blooded animal with smooth skin that lives on both land and in the water.
Insect - invertebrate animal with 6 legs. They have segmented bodies and some have wings.
Vertebrate – animal with a backbone.
Invertebrate – animal with no backbone.
Exoskeleton – the hard outer shell of some invertebrates.
Metamorphosis – the change in body shape that insects and amphibians go through as they develop.
Insect metamorphosis – egg, larva, pupa, adult.
Larva – the caterpillar stage of a butterfly.
Pupa – the chrysalis, or cocoon, stage of butterfly.
Frog metamorphosis – egg, tadpole, young adult, adult.
Plant needs – sunlight, water, air, nutrients.
Animal needs – food, water, air, shelter.
Inherited trails – trails that are passed down from parents to their offspring. Examples are eye color and number of limbs in animals, and flower color in plants.
Learned trials – trails that are learned, like being able to ride a bike.
Producers – organisms that make their own food using sunlight. Includes all plants.
Consumers – organisms that eat other organism for food.
Decomposers – organisms that break down dead plants and animals. Includes worms and fungi.
Herbivores - consumers that eat only plants.
Carnivores – consumers that eat only animals.
Omnivores – consumers that eat both plants and animals.
Ecosystem – all of the living and nonliving things interacting together in an area.
Desert – a very hot, dry ecosystem.
Rainforest – a very warm, wet ecosystem with lots of trees.
Temperate forest – a forest ecosystem with different weather for each season.
Ocean – a salt water ecosystem.
Lake – a fresh water ecosystem.
Nocturnal – active at night.
Diurnal – active during the day.
Camouflage – an adaptation that helps an organism hide by blending in with their environment.
Adaptation – a special structure or skills that helps an organism survive in its environment.
Food chain – a diagram showing how energy is passed from one organism to the next.
Food web – a group of overlapping food chains.
Warm-blooded – body temperature stays the same all the time.
Cold-blooded - body temperature rises and falls with the temperature of the environment.
Hibernation – going into a deep sleep for the winter.
Migration – traveling to a different area in search of food or nice weather.
Pollution – harmful things in the water, air, or on land.
Natural resources –things from the earth that organisms use to survive, ex. air, water, space, sunlight, food, etc.
The 3 R’s – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – these are ways that people can protect the environment.
Solid – matter that does not change shape when put into a new container. Particles are packed tightly and move slowly.
Liquid - matter that changes shape and volume when put into a new container. Particles move very fast and slide around.
Gas – matter that changes shape and volume when put into a new container. Particles move very fast and are spread far apart.
Evaporation – the change from liquid to gas.
Condensation – the change form gas to liquid.
Freezing – the change from liquid to solid.
Melting – the change from solid to liquid.
Thermometer - a tool that measures temperature.
Mass – a measurement of the amount of matter in something.
Volume - a measurement of the amount of space something takes up.
Graduated cylinder – a tool used for measuring volume.
Balance – a tool used to measuring mass.
Ruler – a tool used to measuring length.
Expand – increase in volume because of heat.
Contract - decrease in volume because of cold temperature.
Density – a measurement of the amount of matter in a certain space.
Magnet – attracts iron, but not paper, plastic, aluminum, or copper.
Conductor – something that lets heat or electricity go through it.
Insulator - something that does not let heat or electricity go through it.
Static electricity – an electrical charge caused by rubbing certain object together, like a balloon on someone’s hair.
Attract – force pulling two objects together, such opposite charges (positive and negative), or opposite magnetics poles (north and south).
Repel - force pushing two objects apart. This happens to objects with “like” charges (opposite and positive or negative and negative) or the “like” magnetics poles (north and north or south and south).
Type of energy – electrical, heat, light, and mechanical.
Circuit – the path electricity travels from the battery, to the light bulb, and back to the battery.
Closed circuit – the circuit with now breaks in the path of the electricity – the bulb will light.
Open circuit – the circuit with one or more breaks in the path of the electricity – the bulb will not light.
White – the color seen when an object reflects all colors of light back to the eye.
Black – the color seen when an object absorbs all colors of light and reflect no light back to the eye.
Red – the color seen when an object absorbs all colors of light except the color red.
Reflection - when light bounces off an object.
Refraction – when light is bent by a lens.
Prism – breaks white light into all the colors of the rainbow.
Force – a push or a pull.
Balance forces – when the force are equal on all sides of an object so its motion does not change. Equilibrium.
Unbalance forces – when the force on an object are unequal, causing the object to start or stop moving.
Friction – the force created when the two surfaces rub against each other.
Gravity – the force that pulls objects towards each other. It is what causes objects to be pulled towards the Earth.
Lever – a simple machine that lifts objects by using a plank that is resting on a fulcrum.
Inclined plane – a ramp that is a type of simple machine. Used to raise objects up or down.
Pulley – a simple machine that consist of a rope that fits into a groove in a wheel. Used to raise objects up or down.
Screw - a simple machine that is an inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder – used to fasten objects together.
Wheel and axle - a simple machine that has a center rod attached to a wheel.
Renewable – resources that can be replaced.
Nonrenewable - resources that cannot be replaced.
Fossil fuels – coal, oil and natural gas.
Erosion – the slaw process of moving sediment from one place to another, usually by moving water.
Weathering – the slaw process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces.
Earthquake – the shaking that results from the movement of the plates that make up the Earth’s surface.
Volcano – mountain created as lava erupts from inside the earth.
Landslide – the sudden movement of rocks and soil down a slop.
Fossil – the remains of an organism that lived long ago, mot commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.
Igneous – rock formed from cooled magma or lava.
Sedimentary – rock formed when layers of sediments were pressed and cemented together.
Metamorphic – rock formed by heat and pressure deep inside the Earth.
Minerals – that makes up rocks. They have different colors, hardness, streak colors, and luster (shininess).
River delta – the place where a river deposits the sediments it picks up, forming a triangle shape.
Flooding – when water cannot be absorbed into the land and overflows rivers. Causes damage but also deposits new soil on plains making fertile farmland.
Cirrus – wispy, feathery clouds high in the sky.
Cumulus – clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton.
Stratus - clouds that are form in low, flat layers, blanketing all or most of sky.
Precipitation – water falling from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
Anemometer – tool used to measure wind speed.
Rain gauge – tool used to measure rainfall.
Barometer – tool used to measure air pressure.
Hygrometer – tool used to measure humidity.
Low pressure system – air pressure that comes with high wind, warm temperatures and storms.
High pressure system – air pressure that comes with clear skies and calm weather.
Continent – large land mass.
Mountain – land mass with high peaks.
Valley – the low land between hills and mountains.
Island – land surrounded on all sides by water.
Moon – the natural satellite of the Earth, which does not produce its own light.
Planets – the large round bodies that revolve around the Sun.
Solar eclipse – when the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun, blocking the sun’s light.
Lunar eclipse - when the Earth moves between the Sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the Moon.
Full moon – when no parts of the moon is lit by the Sun, making it dark.
Moon phases – the different shapes we see of the moon each night, caused by the moon’s changing position.
Planet Order – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
Revolve – Earth’s motion around the Sun. Takes 365 ¼ days.
Rotate – Earth’s spinning motion on its axis. Takes 24 hours.
Leap Day – every 4 years we add this to our calendar to account for the 365 ¼ days it takes Earth to revolve around the Sun.
Axis – the imaginary line around which the Earth spins. It is tilted.
Seasons – different weather patterns at different times of year, caused by the tilt of the Earth’s axis.
Constellation – a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky. Used for navigation, like a map.
Galaxy – a group of billions of stars clustered together.
Milky Way – our galaxy, which gets its name from the white streak of stars we see in the sky.
Weight – a measure of the force of gravity on an object. On Earth, mass and weight are the same. But in places with different gravity, weight will change.

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