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For the Avid DVD Collector
If you are still undecided as to what to give someone who has a collection of DVDs and CDs, what about standsandmounts dvd racks?
This is easier to do than trying to second guess if he/she already has that rare copy original DVD you are currently holding, priced ridiculously steep than normal.
I’m sure this collector would love to see the CDs all arranged according to genre so that watching is more fun.
Posted in Money Watch, TV, Visualizations
Tagged DVD collection, practical gifting
Graphic Organizers
Yesterday, a student and I made a graphic organizer identifying the similarities and characteristics of rocks and minerals. We had to summarize the concepts in the lesson as well as compare and contrast these concepts. I discussed a lot of things using simple terms. Good thing we had internet connection and we were able to look at different rocks and minerals in images. We even came across a tool from www.diamond-blades.com used for cutting diamonds.
It was a difficult task because of the condition of this particular student: she is in 3rd grade and has learning disabilities.
If you are curious what a graphic organizer is, this is an example.
Graphic organizers can help make studying concepts, writing prompts, decision-making, problem solving and brainstorming easier to understand.
Posted in For Information, Visualizations
Tagged graphic organizers
Nutrition and Family Economics
I have always believed that a healthy family has more chances of having a better quality of life than a not-so-healthy family.
Why?
- a healthy family do not get sick often and are not prone to having absences at work and from school
- a healthy family that do not regularly get sick save up on hospital bills, medications and loss of income
- a healthy family can engage in activities that will even make them stronger and healthier
Perhaps you have heard of the saying: “An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure”. Now why would you want to “waste” your money on medication and doctor’s fees when you can use less than that amount you have to shell out in getting healthier choices, having a better lifestyle and getting the right nutrition from the right kinds of food that will not give you the chance to make you obese?
Would you rather spend your hard-earned money on medicating your physical symptoms (which by the way, if you are sick, you won’t be able to do the work you are supposed to do) or would you rather spend your hard-earned money with things that will make you healthier?
The choice is yours.
More reading materials here on Family Economic and Nutrition.
Music and Math
Perhaps people do not know how music and math go together?
The composition of music has the elements of counting, measuring, rhythm, metering, ordering and repetition among other things. The tuning systems and details like frequency, consonances, set theories, timing and a host of other things that make music pleasurable to listen to are all connected to numbers and yes, math.
My son is the only one in the family who has the gift of understanding numbers. But that because I know he has that gift, this won’t have me rushing to buy musical instruments, getting a Bbe at musicians friends and enrolling him in music lessons. Why? He is not that interested in learning how to play musical instruments. I know if he puts his heart in it, understanding music and its complications would be easy for him.
Posted in family
Tagged family, music, music and math, musical composition
