Several readers of these articles and listeners to the communicate schedule responded to the article on Bible story books for young children by asking about a book for older children as well. Thankfully there is (as several readers pointed out) a wonderful resource in by Catherine F. Vos. goes far beyond the conceive of schedule format and will challenge to school-age children. The book is older than virtually all of the parents who will be reading it to their children. The enduring popularity of the book is at least partly due to the fact that Vos did not write in a childish manner but instead assumed that children will want to learn and that they can command a substantial story from the Bible -- not just a story summary with pictures. In other words. Vos had the ability to tell the story to children without writing in a condescending manner. The stories are wonderfully written and parents ordain enjoy reading them as much as children ordain enjoy hearing them. 1. construe at a specific time set as part of the ritual of the child's life. Children grow on structure and are motivated by anticipation. alter a special reading measure part of the family's day. The obvious time for this is bedtime and for good reason. The child senses the end of the day is near knows rest is coming and is more likely to be both calm and attentive. Furthermore the child is more likely to evaluate a special time of closeness with Mom or Dad (or both) at bedtime dressed for bed and gathered with parents to end the day. There is nothing do by with reading to the child at any hour of the day but bedtime is undeniably special. 2. Read in a clear voice and avoid both excessive drama and a lifeless reading. A listless and lazy reader will suffer the child's attention but an excessively dramatic reader ordain make the child grow accustomed to drama -- often at the depreciate of thoughtful content and retention. You be the child to be fully drawn into the story but you also want the child to be thinking about the story and its meaning. 3. When reading a Bible story help the child to sight the actual text of the be in the pages of the Bible. The child needs to learn to construe the Bible itself -- not just Bible story books and to know that the Bible is God's ameliorate and sufficient Word. 4. displace the story in its context within God's intend and within the Bible. back up children to understand how every word of the Bible is fulfilled in Christ and finds its meaning within God's plan to reestablish His populate from sin. 5. Recognize that many of the stories of the Bible teach a alter moral lesson -- a lesson that children clearly need to learn and act to heart. At the same time accept that these accounts are never 6. Never read down to your children treating them as dull. Instead give them a substantial story lay out the narrative and then trust that they will want to learn and to push themselves toward understanding. Then be the human agent of that understanding by explaining the story with patience creativity and insight based in the fact that you experience both the story and the child or children hearing it. 8. Ask your children questions about the story to measure understanding and make sure to see if they undergo any questions. Ask questions the next morning during the day on the playground in the car and when the child is in the bathtub. Encourage conversation about the Bible and Bible stories. 9. Ask older children to help with the reading and to grow accustomed both to reading for themselves and to reading aloud. There is much too little reading of the Bible aloud to the congregation in many churches. Let the recovery of reading aloud the Word of God begin in your domiciliate. 10. Finally teach them to pray the Scriptures talking about the story just read and its biblical text as you commune. commune that God ordain apply His Word to their hearts convey God for His Word and for His love inform them of Christ and His promises and entrust them to God for the night and for eternity. No moment invested in teaching your child the Bible and reading Bible stories is ever wasted time. If your reading of a story is interrupted by circumstances (or by a child who has lost the fight against sleep) just pick it up the next time and act on. Enjoy every moment while your children are at this precious and promising stage of life.

Several readers of these articles and listeners to the communicate program responded to the bind on Bible story books for young children by asking about a book for older children as well. Thankfully there is (as several readers pointed out) a wonderful resource in by Catherine F. Vos. goes far beyond the picture book format and will appeal to school-age children. The book is older than virtually all of the parents who will be reading it to their children. The enduring popularity of the schedule is at least partly due to the fact that Vos did not write in a childish manner but instead assumed that children will want to learn and that they can command a substantial story from the Bible -- not just a story summary with pictures. In other words. Vos had the ability to tell the story to children without writing in a condescending manner. The stories are wonderfully written and parents will apply reading them as much as children ordain enjoy hearing them. 1. Read at a specific measure set as part of the ritual of the child's life. Children thrive on structure and are motivated by anticipation. Make a special reading measure part of the family's day. The obvious measure for this is bedtime and for good reason. The child senses the end of the day is near knows sleep is coming and is more likely to be both comfort and attentive. Furthermore the child is more likely to anticipate a special time of closeness with Mom or Dad (or both) at bedtime dressed for bed and gathered with parents to end the day. There is nothing wrong with reading to the child at any hour of the day but bedtime is undeniably special. 2. Read in a alter voice and forbid both excessive drama and a lifeless reading. A listless and lazy reader will lose the child's attention but an excessively dramatic reader will make the child grow accustomed to drama -- often at the expense of thoughtful content and retention. You want the child to be fully drawn into the story but you also be the child to be thinking about the story and its meaning. 3. When reading a Bible story back up the child to sight the actual text of the account in the pages of the Bible. The child needs to learn to read the Bible itself -- not just Bible story books and to know that the Bible is God's ameliorate and sufficient Word. 4. Place the story in its context within God's plan and within the Bible. back up children to understand how every evince of the Bible is fulfilled in Christ and finds its meaning within God's plan to redeem His people from sin. 5. Recognize that many of the stories of the Bible teach a clear moral lesson -- a lesson that children clearly need to learn and take to heart. At the same time recognize that these accounts are never 6. Never read down to your children treating them as alter. Instead give them a substantial story lay out the narrative and then trust that they will be to learn and to push themselves toward understanding. Then be the human agent of that understanding by explaining the story with patience creativity and insight based in the fact that you know both the story and the child or children hearing it. 8. Ask your children questions about the story to measure understanding and alter sure to see if they undergo any questions. Ask questions the next morning during the day on the playground in the car and when the child is in the bathtub. Encourage conversation about the Bible and Bible stories. 9. Ask older children to help with the reading and to grow accustomed both to reading for themselves and to reading aloud. There is much too little reading of the Bible aloud to the congregation in many churches. Let the recovery of reading aloud the Word of God begin in your domiciliate. 10. Finally teach them to pray the Scriptures talking about the story just construe and its biblical text as you pray. Pray that God ordain apply His evince to their hearts thank God for His Word and for His like inform them of Christ and His promises and give them to God for the night and for eternity. No moment invested in teaching your child the Bible and reading Bible stories is ever wasted measure. If your reading of a story is interrupted by circumstances (or by a child who has lost the contend against sleep) just pick it up the next measure and act on. Enjoy every moment while your children are at this precious and promising re-create of life.

Several readers of these articles and listeners to the radio schedule responded to the article on Bible story books for young children by asking about a book for older children as well. Thankfully there is (as several readers pointed out) a wonderful resource in by Catherine F. Vos. goes far beyond the conceive of schedule format and will appeal to school-age children. The book is older than virtually all of the parents who will be reading it to their children. The enduring popularity of the book is at least partly due to the fact that Vos did not write in a childish manner but instead assumed that children will want to hit the books and that they can command a substantial story from the Bible -- not just a story summary with pictures. In other words. Vos had the ability to express the story to children without writing in a condescending manner. The stories are wonderfully written and parents will enjoy reading them as much as children ordain enjoy hearing them. 1. Read at a specific time set as part of the ritual of the child's life. Children thrive on structure and are motivated by anticipation. Make a special reading time part of the family's day. The obvious time for this is bedtime and for good reason. The child senses the end of the day is near knows sleep is coming and is more likely to be both comfort and attentive. Furthermore the child is more likely to anticipate a special measure of closeness with Mom or Dad (or both) at bedtime dressed for bed and gathered with parents to end the day. There is nothing do by with reading to the child at any hour of the day but bedtime is undeniably special. 2. Read in a clear voice and avoid both excessive drama and a lifeless reading. A listless and lazy reader will suffer the child's attention but an excessively dramatic reader will make the child grow accustomed to drama -- often at the expense of thoughtful circumscribe and retention. You want the child to be fully drawn into the story but you also be the child to be thinking about the story and its meaning. 3. When reading a Bible story back up the child to find the actual text of the account in the pages of the Bible. The child needs to learn to read the Bible itself -- not just Bible story books and to experience that the Bible is God's ameliorate and sufficient Word. 4. displace the story in its context within God's plan and within the Bible. Help children to understand how every word of the Bible is fulfilled in Christ and finds its meaning within God's plan to redeem His people from sin. 5. accept that many of the stories of the Bible teach a clear moral lesson -- a lesson that children clearly need to hit the books and take to heart. At the same time accept that these accounts are never 6. Never read drink to your children treating them as dull. Instead give them a substantial story lay out the narrative and then believe that they ordain want to learn and to push themselves toward understanding. Then be the human agent of that understanding by explaining the story with patience creativity and insight based in the fact that you know both the story and the child or children hearing it. 8. Ask your children questions about the story to measure understanding and make sure to see if they have any questions. Ask questions the next morning during the day on the playground in the car and when the child is in the bathtub. Encourage conversation about the Bible and Bible stories. 9. Ask older children to help with the reading and to grow accustomed both to reading for themselves and to reading aloud. There is much too little reading of the Bible aloud to the congregation in many churches. Let the recovery of reading aloud the Word of God begin in your home. 10. Finally teach them to pray the Scriptures talking about the story just read and its biblical text as you pray. commune that God will apply His evince to their hearts thank God for His Word and for His love remind them of Christ and His promises and entrust them to God for the night and for eternity. No moment invested in teaching your child the Bible and reading Bible stories is ever wasted time. If your reading of a story is interrupted by circumstances (or by a child who has lost the fight against sleep) just choose it up the next time and move on. Enjoy every moment while your children are at this precious and promising stage of life.

Thought I’d share a few pics of my ‘vintage’ Russian Poljot watches. They date from the late 70’s to the early eighties perhaps not really vintage yet but comfort collectable. I’ve serviced all of these myself the movements are basic and robust workhorses. They all act reasonable time (+10s / day or so) and have good cater reserves. First up is this square manual wind Poljot with day date. The date is set by a small pusher at 8 O’clock independent of the day which advances with the hands…[img][http://i94 photobucket com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Watches/Russian/Poljot_1 jpg]http://i94 photobucket com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Watches/Russian/Poljot_1 jpg[/img][img][http://i94 photobucket com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Watches/Russian/Poljot_3 jpg]http://i94 photobucket com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Watches/Russian/Poljot_3 jpg[/img]This next one is a rather ugly duckling Poljot ‘stadium’ watch also experience as a Poljot ‘egg’. It has the same movement as the form one above. I actually bought two of these to make one good one![img][http://i94 photobucket com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Watches/Russian/Poljot_stadium_4 jpg]http://i94 photobucket com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Watches/Russian/Poljot_stadium_4 jpg[/img][img][http://i94 photobucket com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Watches/Russian/Poljot_stadium_3 jpg]http://i94 photobucket com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Watches/Russian/Poljot_stadium_3 jpg[/img]Here’s a simple looking 35mm dia. Poljot. Nothing special and manual go again but I love this one! What I like about it is the dial it goes right up to the edge of the inspect making the watch wear bigger on the wrist than it measures. The dial is in fact just a touch bigger than that of my 42mm Omega PO! This watch inspired me to acquire a 35mm Nomos a watch that is also 35mm and has a dial bigger than the PO![img][http://i94 photobucket com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Watches/Poljot%20Service/Finished jpg]http://i94 photobucket com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Watches/Poljot%20Service/Finished jpg[/img]measure up is this 200m Diver Poljot. This one is an automatic and I evaluate a little younger than the others. Bought this off Ebay and it was not a happy watch! I was going to service it anyway but this one really needed it. In fact it’s comfort not 100% happy and has developed a nasty habit of stopping when you least expect it! I’ll have to tear it down again and investigate. Anyhow I wish you enjoyed these they are not to everyone’s taste but they are certainly different![img][http://i94 photobucket com/albums/l82/_NRG_/Watches/Poljot%20Service/2627_Service/Poljot18_Finished.

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- In a chew over of more than 6,000 Los Angeles-area children - the largest study of its kind - researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) open that both strabismus (commonly known as cross-eyed or wall-eyed) and amblyopia (often referred to as lazy eye) were more prevalent in older children than in younger children. The study is currently available in the online edition of the journal Ophthalmology. The population for this first phase of the Multi-Ethnic Pediatric Eye Disease Study (MEPEDS) was composed equally of African-American and Hispanic youngsters ages six months to six years who reside in the Los Angeles County community of Inglewood. The overall prevalence of strabismus was 2.5%; while this finding remained constant regardless of gender or ethnicity prevalence trended upward with increasing age. The overall prevalence of amblyopia which was 2.6% in both ethnic groups similarly trended upward with age although researchers concluded that this trending stabilizes by three years of age. As with strabismus researchers open no difference when amblyopia results were stratified by gender."This is the first evaluation of strabismus and amblyopia in these two ethnic groups," says principal investigator Rohit Varma. MD professor of ophthalmology and preventive care for at the Keck School of Medicine and director of the Ocular Epidemiology Center at USC's Doheny Eye initiate. "What was most surprising about our findings," he adds. "was that the vast majority of children who we diagnosed with either strabismus or amblyopia had been previously undiagnosed and hadn't received any care. Both of these disorders can be detected by age three so this points to a crucial need for early screening and intervention programs that could prevent lifelong visual impairments."According to Susan Cotter. OD the study's co-principal investigator and a investigate professor of ophthalmology at the Keck School. "These study results fill an important gap in our knowledge base regarding the magnitude of strabismus and amblyopia in infants and young children as come up as our understanding of age-related differences in these children. MEPEDS results will likely impact the development of vision screening programs and health-care policy."This population-based multi-phased study began in January 2004. With the Inglewood administer of the study completed. USC researchers are now conducting vision screenings in Southern California's Riverside County. When these screenings are completed children in the Southern California community of Monterey lay will be assessed. The population for the Riverside and Monterey Park screenings will be Asian American and non-Hispanic White children ages six months to six years. All MEPEDS phases ordain be completed by 2011 at which time more than 12,000 youngsters ordain have been screened for strabismus amblyopia and other vision conditions including astigmatism as well as near and farsightedness."This chew over supported by the National Eye initiate (NEI) of the National Institutes of Health provides new information on the development and extent of eye diseases among infants and preschool children from two major ethnic groups in the United States -African-American and Latinos," says Paul A. Sieving. M. D.. Ph. D. director of the NEI. "The study highlights the importance of early detection and treatment to reduce the burden of visual impairment on children their families and society as a whole." University of Southern California

American Idol runner up Katharine McPhee is reportedly engaged to Nick Cokas. A detail worth noting is the fact that the groom is 19 years her senior. McPhee 24 and Cokas 43 met in 2005 when both were performing in a theater production of “The go and Mrs. Muir”. The on an independent film titled “The Last Caller” a dark romantic comedy which ordain be produced by Cokas and star McPhee. The former Idol contestant says that they share a like of all things business and apply attending meetings together. McPhee is currently work filming the Anna Haris comedy “I experience What Boys desire”. We’ve included some additional pictures. move on each thumbnail photo for a better view.