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Video – Introverted Children

Instructions: Watch video. Then read text below it. Listen and read at the same time. Repeat. Watch video again without text. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSgICtniTL0&feature=youtu.be In today’s Mommy Matters, raising an introverted child. Some children are shy, but that’s not the same thing as a child who really would prefer spending time alone. So, Blanca Cobb is hereContinueContinue reading “Video – Introverted Children”

Video – What is AI

Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Instructions: Watch video. Then read text below it. Listen and read at the same time. Repeat. Watch video again without text. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jmsHaJ7xEA&feature=youtu.be Artificial intelligence (AI), the next big thing. But why do we need AI? Here is Allen lying in his grave. Let’s go back into time and see what happened.ContinueContinue reading “Video – What is AI”

Video – Ballerina Phenom

Instructions: Watch video. Then read text below it. Listen and read at the same time. Repeat. Watch video again without text. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4dL78-sezw&feature=youtu.be A dancing phenom is living among us right here among us in the valley*.  One that will very likely go on to make history in the world of ballet, and she is onlyContinueContinue reading “Video – Ballerina Phenom”

Instead

Instead means “as an alternative”. “Instead” can be used as an adverb: He didn’t buy a cake. Instead, he bought some cookies. She didn’t go to Greece. Instead, she went to Italy. Don’t marry John. Marry me instead. “Instead of” is a preposition. It is followed by a noun or noun phrase: May I haveContinueContinue reading “Instead”

Video – Secrets of Success

Secrets of Success in Eight Words Instructions: Watch video. Then read text below it. Listen and read at the same time. Repeat. Watch video again without text. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6bbMQXQ180&t=2s This is really a two-hour presentation I give to high school students cut down to three minutes. And it all started one day on a play onContinueContinue reading “Video – Secrets of Success”