Make everyday a Literacy Day- Across the board: read lyrics to a song, add and mulitply the number of cars you pass, let your child purchase an object and count the change, cut coupons together and do the math on the savings, share a silly story- Listen to each other. National Literacy Day in Canada, January 27, 2012 - Pass it on... blogspace:http://mytutoringspace.wordpress.com for more ideas ... As always best regards, from Alison, (Ali ) your English Tutor
Preparing for the New school Year September 2011 - June 2012
I love September and the challenges a new year brings. Join me as we learn together –Did you know? – Nothing takes place in a vacuum- learning by doing is the key to achieving your ideals and Practice – the means to improve.Ali – approach learning intelligently-achieve learning idealsApply Learning = Make it Matter(-dedicated to my science students who are beginning to enjoy English!) with thanks to all for making this past year- 2010-2011 such a positive experience. Alison
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Regardless of one's personal religious or ethnic background there is an awareness when getting used to writing the new numeric year, 2010, that a brand new decade is starting. As an educator I am all about growth, change and embracing new ideas while maintaining a groundedness in the past and having a respect for history. So I am welcoming 2010, even if only as a symbol of change. For me the fall, and September with the beginning of formal school coursework, continues to suggest one type of new year, with the December 31st challenge reminiscent of all the years spent wondering at the magnitude of public celebrations and the novelty attending these very public affairs does bring. So whether you spent the evening curled up on a couch watching the ball drop in Manhattan, or braved the cold and joined revelers at Nathan Phillips Square or attended a private get- together, I hope you found the evening to be a chance to plan on participating in what you enjoy this year. May 2010 be a year of active involvement and a time for you to challenge yourself and make yourself visible. Wishing everyone what ever each of you is truly wishing for...
All the best,
as always, Alison