Bath Letters

When your child reaches the toddler and preschool years, bath letters can be a great learning tool. By now your child may be able to speak hundreds of words and put together full sentences. Your child’s mind will develop while you sound out the letters of a word. Have him put the letters on the bath wall as you hand them to him. Have him repeat the sounds, and as he gets older you can ask him to think of words on his own and sound them out. It is critical to familiarize your child with letters to prepare him for reading whether you use phonics or not.

You can purchase these bath letters on my site or at Babies R Us. If your child likes to play in the bath, bath letters are lots of fun. Another fun way to learn letters is to print out two copies of the alphabet, cut out the front and back of a cereal box, paste the pages on the cereal box sides, cut up one into individual letters and have your child match the letters. You can color coordinate the letters too.

Tyler Homeschool

MARCH 19, 2008

BRISAN

Spelling Workbook: pp. 33-36
Handwriting: pp. 93 – 94
Drive Thru History: Greece
Athens


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Handwriting: pp. 79-80
Math: Subtraction Worksheet
Drive Thru History: Greece
Athens

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VA has 6 ways to max our your ed benefits

Great blog post over at VAntage Point which is the blog for the Department of Veteran Affairs on 6 ways to maximize your education benefits. Here is a brief run down:

1. Ask How, What and Where – these are critical questions and need lots of thought. I see too many students wandering around schools, majors and wasting a lot of time and money ‘finding’ themselves and they only find themselves without a degree
1. How do you want to study
2. What are you going to major in
3. Where will you study
2. The GI Bill as an Investment – you want it to last and eliminate out of pocket by managing that investment
3. Anticipate the Unpredictable Job Landscape – and be specific.  Healthcare is growing – but only certain professions.  Do your research and get a major that will help you transition out of the military
4. Trust but verify – schools can be aggressive – make sure it is Regional Accredited (not national) – look at ratings, BBB and others to make sure they are legit and going to help you with your goals
5. Beware of Questionable Research Aids – go to the legit GI Bill site and not all the marketing sites to get the real info
6. Reintegration is the key – college can be a great method of reintegration but is also a big challenge so make sure you are ready and you have the support you need to succeed

The final thought is to do what is best for you.  This is all great advice and you should be careful as you choose the education path that is right for you.

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Army Accelerates Associates Degree

The Army is working on retention and training and will ensure that soldiers will receive college credits for Army training and education.  This will allow soldiers to receive their associates degree in their first enlistment starting this year!

Following the very successful CCAF program for the Air Force, the Army training and education will be worth up to 45 credits towards an associates degree.   Most degree programs require 60 so soldiers will have to work on the final 5 classes – but they will get 75 points towards promotion when they do.

Great news for all soldiers entering the military today and a solid way to recruit and retain more great service members.

EduMilitary

Tuition Assistance – are the cuts coming?

With all the talk about budget cuts, it is not surprising that many at the CCME conference last week were concerned about what is going to happen to Tuition Assistance.  Carolyn Baker told us the facts:

• 2010 spending on TA: 2 million
• 2009 spending on TA: 8 million

Now that is only a 4.6% increase in Military Tuition Assistance spending – but in a time where the Congress is trying to cut 0 billion out of the budget, things are tense.  The only exception is the Coast Guard (not DoD which is a good thing here) which announced they will not cut TA next year.

There are so many other places that the military could cut and the current high tech military needs a highly educated work force to be effective.  Until the budgets are done, all in military education are worried.

EduMilitary

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MARCH 25, 2008

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~ Handwriting: 2 pages

~ Address and envelops

~ Watched Greece Lesson 3

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~ Handwriting: 2 pages

~ Math Worksheet: Subtraction

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First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. to Participate in Raymond James 32nd Annual Institutional Investors Conference

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. to Participate in Raymond James 32nd Annual Institutional Investors Conference

Mar. 2, 2011 (Marketwire) —

ITASCA, IL — (Marketwire) — 03/02/11 — First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (“First Midwest”) (NASDAQ: FMBI) today announced that it will be participating in the Raymond James 32nd Annual Institutional Investors Conference to be held in Orlando, Florida on March 6th – 9th, 2011. Michael L. Scudder, First Midwest’s President and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present at the conference on Tuesday, March 8th at 1:05 P.M. (ET). Interested individuals may listen to the live webcast by accessing http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rj62/fmbi/. For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay of the webcast will be available approximately 4 hours after the last presentation for 7 days.

First Midwest is the premier relationship-based banking franchise in the growing Chicagoland banking market. As one of the Chicago metropolitan area’s largest independent bank holding companies, First Midwest provides the full range of both business and retail banking and trust and investment management services through some 100 offices located in 65 communities, primarily in metropolitan Chicago. First Midwest was recently recognized by the Chicago Tribune as one of the top 20 best places to work in Chicago among large employers.

CONTACT:

Greg Gorbatenko

Investor Relations

(630) 875-7533

www.firstmidwest.com



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Itasca, Illinois 60143-9768

(630) 875-7450

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MARCH 26, 2008

BRISAN

~ Handwriting: Write a letter to Grandma and Grandpa and mail it. (done)

~ Math worksheet p: 9 Long Division

~ Spelling Workout Book: pp. 33 – 36

VINZE

~ Handwriting: 2 pages

~ Math Worksheet: subtraction

~ Language: Alphabetize words, correctly spell misspelled words, circle the words in the sentence that should be capitalized.

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