Sunday, 24 October 2010
not winning red coat
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)Tuesday, 12 October 2010
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Key-Stage-2.html
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Key-Stage-2.html
go to here for wawa to do lots of fun....
http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/2009/02/smartboards-and-the-crickweb-flash-resources.html
I was searching through my past blog posts and I'm quite surprised that I have not written a post about the amazing flash-based resources found on Crickweb. This site contains hundreds of quality interactive resources for
children aged 4 to 11.
http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/2009/02/smartboards-and-the-crickweb-flash-resources.html
go to here for wawa to do lots of fun....
http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/2009/02/smartboards-and-the-crickweb-flash-resources.html
I was searching through my past blog posts and I'm quite surprised that I have not written a post about the amazing flash-based resources found on Crickweb. This site contains hundreds of quality interactive resources for
For my U.S. readers, the activities are organized into three age groups: The Early Years (age 4 to 5), Key Stage 1 (age 6 to 7), and Key Stage 2 (age 8 to 11). Within each age group the activities are organized by subject area.
The basic subject areas include Math, Science, History, and Literacy. However, there are also activites for Geography, Religion Education, French, Spanish, and even Design & Technology. (Please note that since this site is from the UK, the money activities use British Currency. However, teachers from other areas should still explore these activities.)
The resources contained on this site are all interactive and very few of them require keyboard input. Best of all, all of the activities work great on the SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard since most of the activities only require students to touch or drag objects. (If you would like to download and use the Promethean Flipchart files that are available, you can import these using Notebook. Just open Notebook, select "import" from the file menu, change the file type to "All Promethean Files.")
I've included a few screen shots but the best way to find what your looking for is to browse around and play with the activities. I can promise you that you'll find something fun and exciting for your classroom!
http://www.teacherslovesmartboards.com/2009/02/smartboards-and-the-crickweb-flash-resources.html
Monday, 11 October 2010
SATS key stage one past question papers?
Letts KS1 National Tests Practice Papers - Reading 1-3
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Letts-KS1-National-Tests-Practice-Papers-Reading-1-3-/290485848326?pt=School_Textbooks_Study_Guides&hash=item43a24e4906
KS1 Reading Practice Papers National Tests
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KS1-Reading-Practice-Papers-National-Tests-brand-new-/360309124309?pt=School_Textbooks_Study_Guides&hash=item53e418ecd5
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Looking for SATS key stage one past question papers?
Get them from:
St Joseph's school, Pickering
They are free to download.
http://www.st-josephs-pickering.n-yorks.sch.uk/past_test_papers.htm
http://www.st-josephs-pickering.n-yorks.sch.uk/SATs%20papers/English%20SATs%20papers/2009%20English/2009%20English%20Reading%20Booklet%201.pdf
http://www.st-josephs-pickering.n-yorks.sch.uk/
http://www.st-josephs-pickering.n-yorks.sch.uk/past_test_papers.htm
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http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/index.html
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2009
2009 Level thresholds
Key stage 2
English
Reading
Level Mark range
N 0-11
3 12-18
4 19-30
5 31-50
Writing
Level Mark range
N 0-10
3 11-24
4 25-35
5 36-50
English overall
Level Mark range
N 0-19
2 20-22
3 23-43
4 44-66
5 67-100
Mathematics
Level Mark range
N 0-14
2 15-17
3 18-45
4 46-76
5 77-100
Science
Level Mark range
N 0-17
2 18-20
3 21-39
4 40-62
5 63-80
how to test reading level
how to test reading level
Reading Comprehension
Note these are American sites and so spellings may be different to our way of spelling.
Reading Comprehension Test Level 2
Reading Comprehension Test Level 3
Reading Comprehension Test Level 4
Reading Comprehension Test Level 5
Reading Comprehension Test Level 6
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/engindex.html
a good breakfast = products with a very low content of fat or, better yet, be fat-free
a good breakfast should consist of products with a very low content of fat or, better yet, be fat-free.
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Breakfast
Too many people have gotten used to eating breakfast food containing carbohydrates, such as sweet rolls or donuts. Starch and sugar contained in these types of foods lead to a serotonin secretion increase in our brain. Serotonin is a soothing neurotransmitter. As a result of eating sweets in the morning, we limit our peak condition for the day and find ourselves lagging because the activity of our organs decreases.
Sausage, eggs, and ham contain high amounts of cholesterol and fat. These substances are digested slowly and cause blood to flow from our brain to our stomach, which delays our cogitative processes. When I eat a sandwich with sausage for breakfast, I instantly feel that my morning activity starts to dissipate with each piece of swallowed food.
Nutrition experts (Shelton, Bragg) recommend that a good breakfast should consist of products with a very low content of fat or, better yet, be fat-free. Here are some examples of such products: low-fat cottage cheese, fresh fruits and freshly squeezed juice, lean ham, low-fat cream cheese. The fructose contained in fruits is digested slowly and, unlike processed sugar, is not harmful to our organs.
Do you like to drink coffee in the mornings? Scientists do not discourage you from drinking coffee; yet, they recommend it in small amounts - 1 cup a day- and made out of ground coffee beans. Several cups of coffee will result in an overabundance of caffeine which can prevent a person from having good responses/reactions and clear thinking as well as prove harmful to the heart.
Lunch
Old cook books often recommend a glass of wine or even one or two small shots of hard liqueur after lunch. Many people who are now in their 50s and 60s are used to doing this. However, the use of alcohol of any kind can be rather dangerous. In one of his works, Korsakov described a famous writer who became accustomed to drinking vodka during his travels through northern Russia. No, he was not an alcoholic. No one ever saw him drunk. Yet, he developed a habit of drinking vodka in small doses which led to a structural and functional disorder in his brain. After being examined at Korsakovs' clinic, the writer was diagnosed with multiple neuritis – extensive lesions of the nerves of the brain. At first glance, the author appeared normal, but upon closer examination, one noticed the disorder of his short-term memory - the ability to retain just-occurred events. Within one or two minutes, he would forget a conversation he’d just had with the doctor - and would even greet him again, as though he was seeing the doctor for the first time that day. Such a disease, discovered by Korsakov, is called "Korsakov’s syndrome." Its symptoms are very similar to those of Alzheimers disease.
Many people realize the harm the alcohol can do to our brain, but only a few know the danger of a lunch that consists of three or more dishes containing carbohydrates: bread, potatoes or pasta, sweet desserts. A group of psychologists discovered that similar combinations of products make women sleepy and men weak. After such a lunch, it takes about four hours to fully restore persons' ability to concentrate. You’ve probably heard the joke: "Up until lunch, a person at work fights hunger and after lunch, sleep." Sleepiness may not be the result of a bad night of sleep. Sleepiness is often caused by an incorrectly chosen combination of food that reduces the activity of the brain.
What should you eat for lunch then? Lunch should contain products with a high amount of protein. Poultry or fish rich in protein fill the blood of a person with amino acids, including tyrosine.
Let me also share a few words about the protective barrier of nervous cells of the brain. Each cell of the organism has an external membrane - a protective cover which not only separates the cell from other parts of the organism, but also serves as the transmitter of various substances. Through the membrane, the active withdrawal of harmful by-products of vital cellular activity is carried out. Many cells of the brain possess a double membrane; not every chemical substance can penetrate into the nervous system. Physicians, who are well-informed about these processes, invented a special way for the introduction of medicinal substances directly into the nervous system – the subarachnoid way. Some substances enter into the brain only by means of their direct injection into nervous cells. What is it that prevents those substances from reaching the nervous system? It is the double protective membrane that does it. The mechanism that protects the brain from chemical substances is called a "blood-brain barrier."
Tyrosine easily flows through this protective filter in the brain and turns into chemical elements which help to increase brain activity - dopamine and norepinephrine.
When you suddenly feel confused, helpless, or depressed, it should serve as an indicator of deficiency of these elements in your brain.
Meat, fish, an egg yolk, porridge, peanuts, and soy products contain a nutritious element called choline, which also freely penetrates through the blood-brain barrier. Choline is the chemical predecessor of the neurotransmitter of the brain, acetylcholine, which plays an important role in the development of memory.
Dinner
It is obvious that before we go to sleep, there is no need to stimulate our brain. If you include food with brain stimulating elements in your dinner, it will definitely affect the quality of your sleep. If you do so often enough, you may eventually develop a sleep disorder. Try not to eat foods like tender steak or fish for dinner but, rather, replace those with carbohydrates. Carbohydrates help your brain release serotonin, which calms your brain and is required for proper rest.
Is it good for you to eat dairy products before sleep? The answer is no. A small glass of weak tea with oat cookies or a roll with jam would be good. Pasteurized dairy products contain Welch's bacilli and various putrefactive microorganisms that may cause diarrhea for those who are lactose intolerant.
According to some scientists, the influence of carbohydrates on the brain is much stronger than we think. Tryptophan acts not only as a somnolent, but also as a painkiller. (Tryptophan is able to flow through the blood-brain barrier and turn into serotonin.).
Many of us eat sweets, unconsciously trying to improve the state of our health. Especially in the fall, when it is not unusual to have a seasonal depression, often characterized by the need for more sleep.
The hormone melatonin, secreted by the pineal gland, regulates the cyclical rhythm of sleep and wakefulness. When days are shorter in the fall and the winter, the pineal gland secretes more of this hormone - which leads to the increased secretion of serotonin. As you can see, nature itself regulates the amount of calming elements in the brain; therefore, you do not need to eat sweets to calm down.
What is the recommended amount of sweets per day? Only about 1.8 grams of carbohydrates are enough to help produce enough of the tranquilizing effect of serotonin in the brain. A larger amount will cause an increase in your weight rather than calmness.
Is it necessary to observe a strict diet, or is it necessary to always eat at a certain time? These questions may seem strange to most of us - we who have been trained to eat at a certain time since we were children. Even at work, we normally lunch at the same time every day. What is the result of the often repeated action? It becomes a habit. The gastric juice starts to secrete at a certain time causing a false feeling of hunger. Then, what if you are not able to eat at your regular time? The gastric juice will secrete anyway, causing erosion of the paries of your stomach. This is one of the main reasons for gastritis and gastric ulcers. What memorizing can you accomplish when you have a stomachache? If you are used to eating at a certain time, then try not to miss it.
It is known that the speed of movement of nervous impulses along the axon (a nervous fiber) depends on the thickness of the myelin cover - the white substance of the brain covering the cell from the outside. Fresh fish contains an amino acid which is a part of neurospecific protein S-100. This protein is found in membranes, cytoplasm, and cell nucleus. It is proven that, in intensive training of laboratory rats, the amount of this protein sharply increases in the hippocampus. This results in blocking the synthesis of protein S-100 and leads to the shutdown of the mechanism of synaptic plasticity. It means that new connections are formed extremely slowly and that the animal is poorly trained. This protein is a part of the myelin cover. The thicker it is, the better the impulse "flies" along the nervous fiber - resulting in quicker reaction time and speed of thinking.
In recent years, a lot of literature regarding proper nourishment has appeared. We already know what food is harmful to the heart and what we should not eat for the prevention of cancer. Now, sitting down at the table, you should also think about the influence of food on the activity of the brain, especially if you have decided to take the Phenomenal Memory Course.
Note for Smokers
Smokers are known to want to sleep in the afternoon. In fact, they do not want to sleep but, rather, to lie down as their muscles are lacking adequate oxygen and, thus, have a hard time keeping the body in a vertical position… let alone move it somewhere. If a person sleeps in the afternoon, he will have a harder time falling asleep at night. This disorder in the cycle of sleep/wakefulness is one of the most dangerous to your body and can develop into the disease called dissynchronism. We will discuss that later in more detail.
If you smoke, you deprive yourself of ENERGY - not some abstract energy, but real energy needed every minute of your life: OXYGEN. Oxygen is the most important thing to our body. Without food, one can live for about 40 days, without water - 2 weeks, without sleep - 13 days, and without oxygen - around 2 minutes.
The organ that is most sensitive to a lack of oxygen is the brain. If the brain is deprived of blood for only a few seconds, a person loses consciousness. Thus, a smoker constantly deprives himself of oxygen and remains in what we could call a semi-conscious condition. Beware of drivers that smoke; there are a lot of them out there on the road. We all know that drinking and driving is a serious crime, but has anyone ever considered the number of accidents caused by smoking and driving?
Okay, this site is about memory and memorizing. Is it possible to memorize and be a smoker at the same time? Of course it is. Yet, with insufficient oxygen, how much does the smoker REALLY WANT to memorize or read.
Smoking excites our brain; the paralytic muscle reaction is often confused with the calming effect of tobacco. Curare (a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles) calms even better: it will completely paralyze all muscles in the body. Cigarettes do not calm; they excite our brain and, at the same time, reduce its motional activity. Due to this paradoxical effect of tobacco, many creative people tend to smoke. On one hand, the brain gets excited; one the other hand, one’s muscles are partially paralyzed so you have less desire to get off your chair. I guess that may be an ideal combination for a creative person who decided to write a new book!
However, what does this over-excitement of the brain do? It leads to the increased instability of attention… and instability of attention is the main enemy of reading and memorizing. The increased activation of the brain can also lead to heart failure, high or low blood pressure, as well as shortness of breath. I am not referring to the ischemic illness of the heart related to oxygen starvation of the cardiac muscle which works without interruption and requires plenty of oxygen. For a smoker, the frequency of heartbeat increases - meaning that the heart will develop the pattern of beating one and a half to two times more quickly than is necessary.
If you do not want to read a book or if you are down and don't feel like memorizing anything, blame your smoking habit which affects the stability of your attention. World champions in mnemonics not only do not smoke, but also use certain plants which contain elements to calm the brain - improving its blood supply and, thus, increasing attention stability.
Just follow the surgeons' warning found on every cigarette pack. Quit this destructive habit.
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Breakfast
Too many people have gotten used to eating breakfast food containing carbohydrates, such as sweet rolls or donuts. Starch and sugar contained in these types of foods lead to a serotonin secretion increase in our brain. Serotonin is a soothing neurotransmitter. As a result of eating sweets in the morning, we limit our peak condition for the day and find ourselves lagging because the activity of our organs decreases.
Sausage, eggs, and ham contain high amounts of cholesterol and fat. These substances are digested slowly and cause blood to flow from our brain to our stomach, which delays our cogitative processes. When I eat a sandwich with sausage for breakfast, I instantly feel that my morning activity starts to dissipate with each piece of swallowed food.
Nutrition experts (Shelton, Bragg) recommend that a good breakfast should consist of products with a very low content of fat or, better yet, be fat-free. Here are some examples of such products: low-fat cottage cheese, fresh fruits and freshly squeezed juice, lean ham, low-fat cream cheese. The fructose contained in fruits is digested slowly and, unlike processed sugar, is not harmful to our organs.
Do you like to drink coffee in the mornings? Scientists do not discourage you from drinking coffee; yet, they recommend it in small amounts - 1 cup a day- and made out of ground coffee beans. Several cups of coffee will result in an overabundance of caffeine which can prevent a person from having good responses/reactions and clear thinking as well as prove harmful to the heart.
Lunch
Old cook books often recommend a glass of wine or even one or two small shots of hard liqueur after lunch. Many people who are now in their 50s and 60s are used to doing this. However, the use of alcohol of any kind can be rather dangerous. In one of his works, Korsakov described a famous writer who became accustomed to drinking vodka during his travels through northern Russia. No, he was not an alcoholic. No one ever saw him drunk. Yet, he developed a habit of drinking vodka in small doses which led to a structural and functional disorder in his brain. After being examined at Korsakovs' clinic, the writer was diagnosed with multiple neuritis – extensive lesions of the nerves of the brain. At first glance, the author appeared normal, but upon closer examination, one noticed the disorder of his short-term memory - the ability to retain just-occurred events. Within one or two minutes, he would forget a conversation he’d just had with the doctor - and would even greet him again, as though he was seeing the doctor for the first time that day. Such a disease, discovered by Korsakov, is called "Korsakov’s syndrome." Its symptoms are very similar to those of Alzheimers disease.
Many people realize the harm the alcohol can do to our brain, but only a few know the danger of a lunch that consists of three or more dishes containing carbohydrates: bread, potatoes or pasta, sweet desserts. A group of psychologists discovered that similar combinations of products make women sleepy and men weak. After such a lunch, it takes about four hours to fully restore persons' ability to concentrate. You’ve probably heard the joke: "Up until lunch, a person at work fights hunger and after lunch, sleep." Sleepiness may not be the result of a bad night of sleep. Sleepiness is often caused by an incorrectly chosen combination of food that reduces the activity of the brain.
What should you eat for lunch then? Lunch should contain products with a high amount of protein. Poultry or fish rich in protein fill the blood of a person with amino acids, including tyrosine.
Let me also share a few words about the protective barrier of nervous cells of the brain. Each cell of the organism has an external membrane - a protective cover which not only separates the cell from other parts of the organism, but also serves as the transmitter of various substances. Through the membrane, the active withdrawal of harmful by-products of vital cellular activity is carried out. Many cells of the brain possess a double membrane; not every chemical substance can penetrate into the nervous system. Physicians, who are well-informed about these processes, invented a special way for the introduction of medicinal substances directly into the nervous system – the subarachnoid way. Some substances enter into the brain only by means of their direct injection into nervous cells. What is it that prevents those substances from reaching the nervous system? It is the double protective membrane that does it. The mechanism that protects the brain from chemical substances is called a "blood-brain barrier."
Tyrosine easily flows through this protective filter in the brain and turns into chemical elements which help to increase brain activity - dopamine and norepinephrine.
When you suddenly feel confused, helpless, or depressed, it should serve as an indicator of deficiency of these elements in your brain.
Meat, fish, an egg yolk, porridge, peanuts, and soy products contain a nutritious element called choline, which also freely penetrates through the blood-brain barrier. Choline is the chemical predecessor of the neurotransmitter of the brain, acetylcholine, which plays an important role in the development of memory.
Dinner
It is obvious that before we go to sleep, there is no need to stimulate our brain. If you include food with brain stimulating elements in your dinner, it will definitely affect the quality of your sleep. If you do so often enough, you may eventually develop a sleep disorder. Try not to eat foods like tender steak or fish for dinner but, rather, replace those with carbohydrates. Carbohydrates help your brain release serotonin, which calms your brain and is required for proper rest.
Is it good for you to eat dairy products before sleep? The answer is no. A small glass of weak tea with oat cookies or a roll with jam would be good. Pasteurized dairy products contain Welch's bacilli and various putrefactive microorganisms that may cause diarrhea for those who are lactose intolerant.
According to some scientists, the influence of carbohydrates on the brain is much stronger than we think. Tryptophan acts not only as a somnolent, but also as a painkiller. (Tryptophan is able to flow through the blood-brain barrier and turn into serotonin.).
Many of us eat sweets, unconsciously trying to improve the state of our health. Especially in the fall, when it is not unusual to have a seasonal depression, often characterized by the need for more sleep.
The hormone melatonin, secreted by the pineal gland, regulates the cyclical rhythm of sleep and wakefulness. When days are shorter in the fall and the winter, the pineal gland secretes more of this hormone - which leads to the increased secretion of serotonin. As you can see, nature itself regulates the amount of calming elements in the brain; therefore, you do not need to eat sweets to calm down.
What is the recommended amount of sweets per day? Only about 1.8 grams of carbohydrates are enough to help produce enough of the tranquilizing effect of serotonin in the brain. A larger amount will cause an increase in your weight rather than calmness.
Is it necessary to observe a strict diet, or is it necessary to always eat at a certain time? These questions may seem strange to most of us - we who have been trained to eat at a certain time since we were children. Even at work, we normally lunch at the same time every day. What is the result of the often repeated action? It becomes a habit. The gastric juice starts to secrete at a certain time causing a false feeling of hunger. Then, what if you are not able to eat at your regular time? The gastric juice will secrete anyway, causing erosion of the paries of your stomach. This is one of the main reasons for gastritis and gastric ulcers. What memorizing can you accomplish when you have a stomachache? If you are used to eating at a certain time, then try not to miss it.
It is known that the speed of movement of nervous impulses along the axon (a nervous fiber) depends on the thickness of the myelin cover - the white substance of the brain covering the cell from the outside. Fresh fish contains an amino acid which is a part of neurospecific protein S-100. This protein is found in membranes, cytoplasm, and cell nucleus. It is proven that, in intensive training of laboratory rats, the amount of this protein sharply increases in the hippocampus. This results in blocking the synthesis of protein S-100 and leads to the shutdown of the mechanism of synaptic plasticity. It means that new connections are formed extremely slowly and that the animal is poorly trained. This protein is a part of the myelin cover. The thicker it is, the better the impulse "flies" along the nervous fiber - resulting in quicker reaction time and speed of thinking.
In recent years, a lot of literature regarding proper nourishment has appeared. We already know what food is harmful to the heart and what we should not eat for the prevention of cancer. Now, sitting down at the table, you should also think about the influence of food on the activity of the brain, especially if you have decided to take the Phenomenal Memory Course.
Note for Smokers
Smokers are known to want to sleep in the afternoon. In fact, they do not want to sleep but, rather, to lie down as their muscles are lacking adequate oxygen and, thus, have a hard time keeping the body in a vertical position… let alone move it somewhere. If a person sleeps in the afternoon, he will have a harder time falling asleep at night. This disorder in the cycle of sleep/wakefulness is one of the most dangerous to your body and can develop into the disease called dissynchronism. We will discuss that later in more detail.
If you smoke, you deprive yourself of ENERGY - not some abstract energy, but real energy needed every minute of your life: OXYGEN. Oxygen is the most important thing to our body. Without food, one can live for about 40 days, without water - 2 weeks, without sleep - 13 days, and without oxygen - around 2 minutes.
The organ that is most sensitive to a lack of oxygen is the brain. If the brain is deprived of blood for only a few seconds, a person loses consciousness. Thus, a smoker constantly deprives himself of oxygen and remains in what we could call a semi-conscious condition. Beware of drivers that smoke; there are a lot of them out there on the road. We all know that drinking and driving is a serious crime, but has anyone ever considered the number of accidents caused by smoking and driving?
Okay, this site is about memory and memorizing. Is it possible to memorize and be a smoker at the same time? Of course it is. Yet, with insufficient oxygen, how much does the smoker REALLY WANT to memorize or read.
Smoking excites our brain; the paralytic muscle reaction is often confused with the calming effect of tobacco. Curare (a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles) calms even better: it will completely paralyze all muscles in the body. Cigarettes do not calm; they excite our brain and, at the same time, reduce its motional activity. Due to this paradoxical effect of tobacco, many creative people tend to smoke. On one hand, the brain gets excited; one the other hand, one’s muscles are partially paralyzed so you have less desire to get off your chair. I guess that may be an ideal combination for a creative person who decided to write a new book!
However, what does this over-excitement of the brain do? It leads to the increased instability of attention… and instability of attention is the main enemy of reading and memorizing. The increased activation of the brain can also lead to heart failure, high or low blood pressure, as well as shortness of breath. I am not referring to the ischemic illness of the heart related to oxygen starvation of the cardiac muscle which works without interruption and requires plenty of oxygen. For a smoker, the frequency of heartbeat increases - meaning that the heart will develop the pattern of beating one and a half to two times more quickly than is necessary.
If you do not want to read a book or if you are down and don't feel like memorizing anything, blame your smoking habit which affects the stability of your attention. World champions in mnemonics not only do not smoke, but also use certain plants which contain elements to calm the brain - improving its blood supply and, thus, increasing attention stability.
Just follow the surgeons' warning found on every cigarette pack. Quit this destructive habit.
Tired of poor memory and weak attention? Phenomenal Memory ?
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http://www.pmemory.com/
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Phenomenal Memory and the ability to memorize everything, including entire books, is considered to be impossible outside of our school. But it is a normal and guaranteed result for every single person we accept for our training.
Watch this short video Testimonial from one of our Students, to learn what is possible when you incorporate the latest breakthroughs and technology in the memory improvement field. The final result, amazingly effective and effortless memorization – Phenomenal Memory.
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For years I personally have had real problems with attention and memory. I could hardly keep up with the load of information in college and learning was always a torture. I was easily distracted and it was clear that I had to do something about it.
It took me a while to realize that there was no real help out there. Repetition never worked - I would forget information I had memorized extremely fast and the memorization process itself was a frustrating never ending work without a result.
All the books, CDs and courses on memory improvement were filled with gimmicks and party tricks which could not improve my life or learning abilities in any way. Literally all of them turned out to be a waste of time and money.
After years of research and work with the best in this field I have created something that one of my students called – “The Next Step In Human Evolution” and I fully agree with that.
Now I and all my students who completed the 60 lessons course can memorize any type of information, including entire books. (Yes, I am talking about REAL books, after completing just 60 lessons.)
Ability to memorize entire books is something that is considered to be impossible in our society. Because books consist of ALL possible types of information, - new terms, words, languages, formulas, numbers, dates, illustrations, texts of different types and complexity, i.e. medical texts, law, physics, chemistry, etc. Books are also considered to be impossible to memorize because of the extremely complex structure of information and enormous volume.
Yet, this result is guaranteed for every single person and as solid as getting in shape at a gym.
How is it possible?
Let’s start with:
Simple Memory Improvement facts you need to know!
1. You cannot improve your memory:
a. By reading a book on memory improvement.
b. By listening to memory improvement CDs or audio tapes.
c. By watching memory improvement videos.
d. By attending a seminar on memory improvement.
e. By taking memory improvement pills or medication.
The whole idea that you can improve your memory by using the above methods is as ridiculous as using them to get in physical shape and build muscles.
Can you lose weight and become a bodybuilder just by reading a book about bodybuilders? Or by watching some videos about them? Or maybe you can become a great dancer by reading a book on dancing?
The only way to lo lose weight and get in physical shape is going to the gym and working out.
The only way to form any practical skill is going though the practical training.
It’s as simple as that; there are no other ways. There are no magic pills; no shortcuts. If you have been told otherwise, you should know that it’s just marketing and lies.
Memory Improvement is no different. It should be based on practical training and mental workout.
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2. Powerful Memory requires a healthy brain and right nutrition.
The brain uses tremendous amounts of energy and is the most metabolically active organ in the body; it never completely rests. As a result, it has one of the highest rates of free radical production. These free radicals begin to destroy the structure of the brain, its connections and the cells. Unless you replace those damaged parts with nutrients, the brain function starts to fall off more and more.
For example Omega-3 fatty acids are replaced extremely rapidly. If you are deficient in this nutrient your brain begins to change its structure very quickly and soon loses its ability to properly function because one of its vital components is missing. It takes only two weeks of deficiency to produce that.
Americans consume an average of 129 pounds of sugar a year. 57% of it comes from processed foods. For example, teenagers are drinking an equivalent of 54 teaspoons of sugar a day just from soda.
Sugar consumption dramatically increases free radical generation in the brain. It produces cross linking of the proteins in all cells which dramatically increases the damaging effect of these free radicals, making every cell in your body age much, much faster, particularly brain cells. In some extreme cases, it can even result in permanent brain damage.
Research at the University of Connecticut in 1986 by Dr. Jane Goldman showed that sugar, equal to one Coke, produces a significant decline in mental performance. (Students were making twice as many mistakes on tests.)
Lack of Vitamin B-1 in the diet causes memory failure and depression. Consumption of a lot of carbohydrates depletes Vitamin B-1.
Vitamins C, D, E, K, A, B and carotenoids are all associated with brain function.
A study of 260 adults over the age of 60 found links between vitamins C, B-2, B-12, B-9 and concept learning.
Studies found that animal fat impairs ability to learn and remember, but healthy fats, such as Omega-3, improve depression, memory retention and thinking. This is because the brain uses an enormous amount of fatty acids for its membranes.
Aspartame, MSG, pesticides, and herbicides in food; aluminum in deodorants; fluoride in the water; and mercury in vaccines play a major role in brain toxicity and brain function decline. Excessive toxicity destroys brain cells.
What I am trying to show you is that it is almost impossible to get any significant and serious memory improvement when you don’t know what fundamental nutrients your memory and brain need and how these nutrients are related to overall health and foods. Memory Training without this knowledge is pretty much useless.
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3. What is memory? How memory works?
If you cut open your brain, you won’t be able to find phone numbers there.
- So what is memory and how it works?
- What is happening in the brain when you memorize a phone number?
- Why do we forget or can’t recall something?
- What are the main factors of the memorization speed and quality of recall?
- How long can we store information in the brain and what does it depend on?
Significant memory improvement is virtually impossible if memory mechanisms are not known. We need to know EXACTLY what is happening in the brain on the cell level when we memorize in order to develop an effective and optimal training program.
Unfortunately, memory mechanisms are not known anywhere in the world outside of our school. You cannot find information on how memory really works in medical institutions, universities, psychology and any other fields, or websites. That’s the bottom line.
The only existing memory model that can explain and prove memory mechanisms is the GMS Memory Model created by a Russian scientist. His name is Vladimir Kozarenko. After more than 10 years of scientific research, he managed to fully understand and, for the first time, explain, how memory really works. Now his model is the core of our Phenomenal Memory Course and training.
“Secrets of Phenomenal Memory” E-book, explaining all the memory mechanisms, used to be available to students of the School of Phenomenal Memory only, but now I have decided to make it completely public and free to everyone interested.
If you are interested in real memory improvement you won’t find information more valuable anywhere else. The book consists of 163 pages of real information. This is not a cheap marketing report or short ebook full of BS and nonsense.
Get it while you can because I cannot guarantee that it will be available here tomorrow.
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4. Mnemonics and other memorization techniques do not work!
Memory is not just a process in the brain. It’s a result of the entire brain’s work. So to dramatically develop our memory we have to dramatically develop the entire brain. We need to have a super powerful attention, dramatically improved thinking speed, and a strong ability to visualize. You cannot memorize huge volumes of information if you can hardly focus for 15 seconds or have ADHD -- even if you know exactly how to do it.
You can learn some dancing moves, but, if you are out of shape, you won’t be able to use them. Dancing is not about isolated techniques or moves. It is about being in great physical shape; it is about feeling the music and dance WITHOUT thinking about moves and techniques. Memorization should be based on the same principles.
Let’s imagine for a second that you have the necessary mental shape to use specific techniques, but there is more to it than that – mnemonics, memorization techniques, and other tricks are useless for real life memorization!
Most of them are out-of-date tricks that require enormous amounts of time and effort to learn, and they still cannot be applied to real life information.
We don’t need to memorize random digits, random words, or playing cards!
- What we need is to have the ability to memorize entire books, new languages, and other massive volumes of complicated types of information.
- We need to have a powerful memory to enhance dramatically our ability to learn, retain, and understand information. Then we can enjoy learning and not suffer every time we open a book!
- We need to have ability to keep information we have memorized for as long as we want, so we never experience the frustration of reading something and forgetting it in just a few days or even hours.
- Memorization should happen as natural as breathing WITHOUT thinking about techniques or process itself. When we read something we don’t think about techniques; we just receive information into our head. When we memorize, we should just save information into our brain and enjoy the process.
- In any way, shape or form, it should not be a struggle, enormous work, frustration or pain!
Obviously memorization tricks and gimmicks fundamentally cannot provide that.
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Now you have a basic understanding about memory improvement and you will never be fooled and mislead ever again with magic pills and products that will never work.
Welcome to the School of Phenomenal Memory!
Sunday, 10 October 2010
how to teach clock to kids
how to teach clock to kids
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/java/telling-time/
Directions:
- Drag the hands of the clock to show the correct time.
- When you think you have the right time, press OK.
- If you answer incorrectly, click the clock face afterwards to see the correct answer.
- Try and score a perfect game(10 out of 10).
Press OK to begin.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/java/telling-time/
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/java/telling-time/
Friday, 1 October 2010
doing math work or exercise NUMBER BOND 1 -20
NUMBER BOND 1 -10
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/powerpoint/numberbonds_to10.swf
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/powerpoint/pairs_that_make_10.swf
NUMBER BOND 1 -20
doing math work
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