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astrology reading

 I'd always thought it would be fun to sit for an astrology reading, but I'd never actually worked up the courage to do so before. I guess I was a bit afraid of what I might find out. I mean, what if it was bad news? What if I were destined to be a failure, would never meet my perfect match, and would live just a short, uneventful life? Those aren't exactly the kinds of things I wanted confirmed by a psychic! So I simply avoided them until recently, when I finally worked up enough courage to see what was written in the stars about me. Since I'd never had an astrology reading before, I didn't really know where to go to find a good psychic. Of course, I'd seen commercials and magazine ads for various 900-numbers that I could call in order to get an astrology reading, but I naturally couldn't find any of those numbers now that I was ready to use one. So I figured I'd go online instead and see what kind of information I could get from the Internet. First of ...

Reading activities

 Reading activities


In a world that is slowly but surely turning away from books and getting 

glued to monitors or television screens, the importance of developing a 

passion for reading cannot be overlooked. Reading is a habit and should be 

established when the child is relatively young. What can you do to foster 

this habit?


Enroll your child for reading classes:

There are many well structured after school reading classes that aim to 

draw the children to books. They help kids with diction, idioms and 

phrases. For young children, these classes can be fun with animated 

characters and pictures. Illustrated picture books, rhymes, silly songs 

and pretend stories all attract the young child. Use creativity to capture 

the child's vivid imagination. 


Pique your child's interest:

If your child has a favorite character, pick a series of books that 

features this character. For my son, it was Spiderman. Thanks to friendly 

neighborhood spidey, my son latched on to comics fairly early in his 

childhood. 


Build a home-library:

A skill like reading cannot be learnt in isolation. Do not leave all the 

hard work to the after school program. Pick up books that you think your 

child will like. The Internet is also a rich resource of reading games 

that will attract little children to the fine art of reading. 


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