Tim’s Comments (group member since Oct 26, 2012)

Tim’s comments from the Passionate 4 learning group.

I just released my fourth dual-language children's book yesterday and it has been getting great reviews all over the web.

Bosley Builds a Tree House encourages themes of teamwork, friendship and accomplishment as Bosley and his friends cooperate to build an incredible tree house.

There will be TONS of giveaways for the paperback version of this book this month (winner's choice of language in all cases).  Below are links to the review / giveaways that have begun so far.  The best way to hear about them is through Bosley's facebook page.

Baby M Makes Three Blog

Katy Stuff Blog

Cooking from a Stay at Home Mom

Our Havenhill

Two Cats and a Cradle

Grey Haired Mom Blog

4th Street Payphone Blog

Fashionista Momma Blog

Sweet Caroline's Corner

The Audacity of Motherhood

 

All of the giveaways are ending at different times, and some have more contestants than others, so if you miss one, try the next one.

Feel free to enter all of them!

Good luck!

Check out this slide of 4 different covers for my new dual-language children's book and let me know which one you like the best!

Thanks in advance for your feedback!

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/21807280...

Teach your child Italian words and phrases while enjoying a beautifully illustrated, wholesome bedtime story.

Bosley Bear gathers his toys and goes to the beach to make new friends and learn new words. Discovering that other animals at the beach have interesting capabilities like flying or swimming, Bosley realizes that he has something that makes him special in his own way.

The teaching methods used in this book allow children to learn at their own pace and enjoy the learning process.

These methods include:

Repeat words
Simple phrases
Labelled illustrations
Highlighted vocab words
Contextual learning
Corresponding imagery
For children, learning a new language in the context of a story is such a powerful learning tool, because they can use the images, characters and plot to help them remember words and phrases. Even simple foreign words and phrases can give a child a completely new perspective and open their eyes to new ways of seeing the world.

Enter to win your copy on Goodreads here:
http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

My new dual language children's book "Bosley Goes to the Beach" is coming out in May. It will be available in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese and Russian!

This is a beautifully illustrated, wholesome bedtime story that also teaches your children new words and phrases in a foreign language.

You can enter to win an autographed copy before the publication date! The giveaway is open now!

http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Wow, I'm the first one to post? Not sure of the true intentions of this group, but it seems like a group of people who would be interested in this.

For several years now I have been working on learning the skill of echolocation. It's used by many blind people as a method of "orientation and mobility" but when I discovered it, I knew it was something that I had to learn more about.

What is it? Echolocation is basically the skill of making a certain click sound that resonates off of surrounding objects and being able to interpret the shapes, sizes and positions of objects based on the sound that reflects off of them. It's not magic, or hocus pocus or new-age, it's ACTUAL human potential that remains largely untapped.

The implications of it are far reaching and profound. With a little practice I was able to hear walls and furniture, after a little more practice and understanding, I could navigate my house and office building. With even more practice I can begin to see smaller details like poles, trees, and even curbstones.

This skill is certainly useful for the blind and can offer them a level of confidence and independence never before possible. But for sighted people this is something that can offer a new level of understanding of the world around us and bring us one step closer to our true human potential.

I've written a blog during my journey of learning echolocation and you can keep up with my progress there: http://learnecholocation.blogspot.com

You can also find more information about my book, which is the first book of its kind on this subject:

The Beginner's Guide to Echolocation
http://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide...