Praying for Your Child's Future Spouse
The past couple of years I have been contemplating the power of prayer. God seeks for us to be close to Him, and we primarily communicate with Him through our prayers.
When we pray, God wants us to be specific in our prayers. If we follow Him, he wishes to give us the desires of our hearts. What does your heart desire? One of the things I very much desire for my family is for my children to grow up and marry men and women who love and seek to follow after God with all their hearts.
Do you know that some mothers pray for their children's future spouses from the time they are born? Why would you want to do that? Think about it. Out there, somewhere, is the future wife or husband of your son or daughter. God knows who your child will marry. Will your prayers really affect who your child will marry?
Of course your child will ultimately decide who he or she will marry. What is important is that your children understand what an important decision it is to choose a life partner, so that they will not make this decision lightly. Tell your children you are praying for them. Pray with your children so that they know what it is that you wish for their lives. When your children are old enough to date, encourage them to pray about the people they spend time with. My teenage daughter and I also talk about what her future husband might be like, and we talk about good and not-so-good qualities in a future spouse. There are certain qualities about people she knows she could never live with, like men who have short tempers or are not good managers of their money. She knows she wants to marry someone who loves God, and who wants to raise a family as much as she does.
We all want what is best for our children, and the person they choose to be their spouse is perhaps the most important choice they will ever make. That decision should be theirs, but if you pray for them God will hear your prayers and will help to prepare your child's heart and the heart of their future wife or husband for the marriage that God has intended for them.
Sunday, December 25, 2005
What Do All Parents Need To Know Before Your Child Goes To School?
What Do All Parents Need To Know Before Your Child Goes To School?
Books for children do more than just entertain
The Importance of Reading to Children
Books for children are a great way to spend quality time and form a bond with your child. Reading to your children is not only fun and exciting but educational for the child; this has long been well known in the field of child development.
One of the best ways to help a child "learn how to learn" is to read to them. Not only is this a quality time activity, but it helps the child "read to learn", to listen, get actively involved in the story and increases their self-esteem. Notice I said, "read to learn", not “learn to read”.
If you follow the suggestions below, your child will know how to read, without being taught .
How can “learning to learn” be achieved?
Before I answer this question let me give you a few tips on reading to your child:
• read to your child every day
• read books with pictures, repetitive big words and short sentences
• when a child can say a word show them the written word
• start with naming words (nouns)
• then name verbs (action words) and act them out
• label the items in your house, write the names in big (at least 2 inch) letters
• always use large print text as a child's visual pathways are not fully formed in the early years
• play games with words, pictures and rhyming sounds
• stop and ask "what do you think will happen next?"
• run you finger under text - left to right, top to bottom, front to back
• start with alphabet recognition
• sound out the different sounds for each letter
• sound out words
What is the answer to help a child "learn how to learn"?: Do what child development experts suggest, and read to your child today. Reading is the bond between yourself and your child and an investment in their future! The main key to any storybook is that it should be a sensory, play-based activity and above all be fun.
Storybooks are an excellent resource for the parent that wants their child to excel and receive the sensory input that is necessary in the early years between birth and seven years of age.
The thing that all parents need to know, before your child goes to school, is to provide books for children, books which provide activities to feed the seven senses; Storybooks That Teach provide those activities.
Books for children do more than just entertain
The Importance of Reading to Children
Books for children are a great way to spend quality time and form a bond with your child. Reading to your children is not only fun and exciting but educational for the child; this has long been well known in the field of child development.
One of the best ways to help a child "learn how to learn" is to read to them. Not only is this a quality time activity, but it helps the child "read to learn", to listen, get actively involved in the story and increases their self-esteem. Notice I said, "read to learn", not “learn to read”.
If you follow the suggestions below, your child will know how to read, without being taught .
How can “learning to learn” be achieved?
Before I answer this question let me give you a few tips on reading to your child:
• read to your child every day
• read books with pictures, repetitive big words and short sentences
• when a child can say a word show them the written word
• start with naming words (nouns)
• then name verbs (action words) and act them out
• label the items in your house, write the names in big (at least 2 inch) letters
• always use large print text as a child's visual pathways are not fully formed in the early years
• play games with words, pictures and rhyming sounds
• stop and ask "what do you think will happen next?"
• run you finger under text - left to right, top to bottom, front to back
• start with alphabet recognition
• sound out the different sounds for each letter
• sound out words
What is the answer to help a child "learn how to learn"?: Do what child development experts suggest, and read to your child today. Reading is the bond between yourself and your child and an investment in their future! The main key to any storybook is that it should be a sensory, play-based activity and above all be fun.
Storybooks are an excellent resource for the parent that wants their child to excel and receive the sensory input that is necessary in the early years between birth and seven years of age.
The thing that all parents need to know, before your child goes to school, is to provide books for children, books which provide activities to feed the seven senses; Storybooks That Teach provide those activities.
How to Get Baby to Sleep Through the Night
How to Get Baby to Sleep Through the Night
Much as we love them, babies can bring parents to their knees when they wake frequently during the night.
Tired from a hard day at work, it’s hard to get up in the wee hours of the morning to soothe a crying baby who probably doesn’t realize he’s supposed to be nice and quiet so the rest of the family can get some rest!
So how do we cope with this situation? The first thing to realize is that babies do wake frequently during the night as their sleep cycles are shorter than ours. Most times we are unaware of this as they often just close their eyes and go back to sleep again.
However if your family’s sleep is being disturbed all the time, helping baby sleep through the night is priority number one! Here’s some things to try.
Make sure he goes to bed at the same time every night - In other words establish a baby sleep schedule. Babies & young children find routines comforting, it makes them feel secure. Whether it’s a bath, a cuddle or a bedtime story, try to do the same things every night.
Don’t put him down too late - It’s a fact that sleep deprived babies wake more frequently. Let him have naps during the day when he seems tired, this will help him sleep better at night.
Don’t stimulate your baby in the evenings or close to bedtime. He will find it harder to go to sleep and may wake up more often. Make the hours before bed soothing and relaxing.
Give him a chance to go back to sleep on his own. Babies will often do this if left for a few minutes. Falling back to sleep by themselves establishes good sleeping habits. Of course if he becomes really distressed you need to attend to him.
Is he too hot or too cold? Make sure the room is at a comfortable temperature. A baby’s room should also be dark and quiet for him to sleep properly.
Make sure he’s not sick. Babies can fall sick quite quickly. If he has a cold, a stuffy nose could be making him restless.
Is he thirsty? Sometimes a drink of water will settle him. Don’t offer sugary drinks or milk if it’s not his normal feed time.
Separation anxiety - Sometimes babies can wake up and not realize you’re in the room next door. In this case just calling out to him may suffice.
Night terrors and nightmares - They sound similar but are actually quite different. Babies will wake up frightened after a nightmare. They may act frightened when they are experiencing night terrors but are not awake. In any case they need to be comforted.
Music soothes everyone, even animals! If you have a tape or CD of lullabyes, this can work really well.
So try what works for you and your baby. Take a nap during the day yourself if time permits. Don’t worry if you get grumpy sometimes, you’re not supposed to be perfect.
Just remember these trying times won’t last for ever. If you have a happy baby during the day, you’re doing OK!
Much as we love them, babies can bring parents to their knees when they wake frequently during the night.
Tired from a hard day at work, it’s hard to get up in the wee hours of the morning to soothe a crying baby who probably doesn’t realize he’s supposed to be nice and quiet so the rest of the family can get some rest!
So how do we cope with this situation? The first thing to realize is that babies do wake frequently during the night as their sleep cycles are shorter than ours. Most times we are unaware of this as they often just close their eyes and go back to sleep again.
However if your family’s sleep is being disturbed all the time, helping baby sleep through the night is priority number one! Here’s some things to try.
Make sure he goes to bed at the same time every night - In other words establish a baby sleep schedule. Babies & young children find routines comforting, it makes them feel secure. Whether it’s a bath, a cuddle or a bedtime story, try to do the same things every night.
Don’t put him down too late - It’s a fact that sleep deprived babies wake more frequently. Let him have naps during the day when he seems tired, this will help him sleep better at night.
Don’t stimulate your baby in the evenings or close to bedtime. He will find it harder to go to sleep and may wake up more often. Make the hours before bed soothing and relaxing.
Give him a chance to go back to sleep on his own. Babies will often do this if left for a few minutes. Falling back to sleep by themselves establishes good sleeping habits. Of course if he becomes really distressed you need to attend to him.
Is he too hot or too cold? Make sure the room is at a comfortable temperature. A baby’s room should also be dark and quiet for him to sleep properly.
Make sure he’s not sick. Babies can fall sick quite quickly. If he has a cold, a stuffy nose could be making him restless.
Is he thirsty? Sometimes a drink of water will settle him. Don’t offer sugary drinks or milk if it’s not his normal feed time.
Separation anxiety - Sometimes babies can wake up and not realize you’re in the room next door. In this case just calling out to him may suffice.
Night terrors and nightmares - They sound similar but are actually quite different. Babies will wake up frightened after a nightmare. They may act frightened when they are experiencing night terrors but are not awake. In any case they need to be comforted.
Music soothes everyone, even animals! If you have a tape or CD of lullabyes, this can work really well.
So try what works for you and your baby. Take a nap during the day yourself if time permits. Don’t worry if you get grumpy sometimes, you’re not supposed to be perfect.
Just remember these trying times won’t last for ever. If you have a happy baby during the day, you’re doing OK!
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Grisaille Paintings
Grisaille is not a paintings type by its own but an initial step in oil painting. It is the step representing lighter shades of the image to be painted. This type grisaille grey is basically a painting in lighter grey shade (followed as per the rules of oil painting the darker painting section follows the lighter colors to be implemented in oil painting) before the whole painting is all done. This painting is executed entirely on monochrome in various shades of grey which can also be used for decorative purposes such as representing an object in relief.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Water -Filters:
Filters are the devices that help to remove impurities from water by means of a physical separators or chemical instruments. Filters cleanse water for irrigation, drinking water, aquariums and swimming pools. They can also be bought in the shops for domestic purpose. Two major brands are PUR and Brita. These filters take away the impure contents from the water. The presence of such impure contents may cause diseases like cancer, jaundice etc and things that taste or smell bad. The composition of filters is based solely on sieving, ion exchanges and other processes.
Types of Water Filters
UV Filters:
UV Filters have the ability of killing the majority of bacteria and viruses present in the water and one, which passes through them. Chemical pollutants will not be removed from the water with UV filters. The treatment is not efficient beyond the area of treatment, so water should be used as immediate as possible after it is treated.
Sand Filters:
Sand based water filters are generally used for more than hundred years for wastewater treatment. These filters are used on a larger scale to treat a water supply for a whole community, and they are custom made. Normally any apparatus needs a constant flow of water to work properly, and hence they cannot be used for well water treatment. Recently a Canadian scientist, David Manz developed an intermittent unit. You can buy pre-built units for domestic use, which are generally used in swimming pool pumps.
Charcoal Water Filters
These are generally from coconut husk as a filter medium. This generally takes in impurities as the water passes through. This form of filter comprises possibly 95% of those in use domestically, because they are very easy to install, they are comparatively cheaper, and filter out the dreadful contaminants, Cryptosporidium and Giardia. An average charcoal filter will last a family 6-9 months. They are also enhanced by the use of activated silver, which provides extra antibacterial power of filtering. Minerals in solution can still enrich a charcoal filter. Such Minerals improvise health.
Reverse Osmosis Water Filters
They make use of a semi-permeable membrane to filter through osmotic process. They take all the impurities out of the water, leaving it pure that is stated in http://www.water-filters-purifiers-softeners.com/. Usually installed under-sink, it needs a person to come every few months to install a new membrane.
Types of Water Filters
UV Filters:
UV Filters have the ability of killing the majority of bacteria and viruses present in the water and one, which passes through them. Chemical pollutants will not be removed from the water with UV filters. The treatment is not efficient beyond the area of treatment, so water should be used as immediate as possible after it is treated.
Sand Filters:
Sand based water filters are generally used for more than hundred years for wastewater treatment. These filters are used on a larger scale to treat a water supply for a whole community, and they are custom made. Normally any apparatus needs a constant flow of water to work properly, and hence they cannot be used for well water treatment. Recently a Canadian scientist, David Manz developed an intermittent unit. You can buy pre-built units for domestic use, which are generally used in swimming pool pumps.
Charcoal Water Filters
These are generally from coconut husk as a filter medium. This generally takes in impurities as the water passes through. This form of filter comprises possibly 95% of those in use domestically, because they are very easy to install, they are comparatively cheaper, and filter out the dreadful contaminants, Cryptosporidium and Giardia. An average charcoal filter will last a family 6-9 months. They are also enhanced by the use of activated silver, which provides extra antibacterial power of filtering. Minerals in solution can still enrich a charcoal filter. Such Minerals improvise health.
Reverse Osmosis Water Filters
They make use of a semi-permeable membrane to filter through osmotic process. They take all the impurities out of the water, leaving it pure that is stated in http://www.water-filters-purifiers-softeners.com/. Usually installed under-sink, it needs a person to come every few months to install a new membrane.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)