Grow Your Own Business Challenge Competition for Ages 7-14

Grow Your Own Business Challenge for Kids - Secret Millionares Club

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‘Grow Your Own Business Challenge’

The “Grow Your Own Business Challenge,” a national online competition open to kids 7-14, invites competitors to create a new business idea.  The competition, sponsored by the Fairholme Foundation to further its mission of improving financial education, ends on January 31, 2014. Last year, almost 4,000 kids from across the country entered the “Grow Your Own Business Challenge.”

First Graduates in ELM Nursing Program that Gives College Credit for Military Experience

ELM Program A&MELM Program Gives College Credit for Military Experience

 

The first Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi eLine Military (ELM) students will graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing on August 10.  This one-of-a-kind program gives college credit to members of the military and veterans for their medical experience in the service.  These students can then finish their degrees online, from anywhere in the world.

How to Minimize or Possibly Prevent the Effects of Dyslexia in Your Child

How to Minimize Effects of Dyslexia in Your Child

Tips on How to Minimize the Effects of Dyslexia in Your Child

In his newest book, The Marvelous Learning Animal, Arthur W. Staats shares his findings on what can parents do to minimize their chances of having a dyslexic child.

  • Generate first language development. Continue to develop the language development of the child by constantly naming the activities and experiences that are being experienced.
  • Create a relationship of doing things together. In play and other activities, such as coloring in books, using toys, and having the child help in such things as simple chores.
  • When the child has developed good language for a two or three year old, introduce what Staats calls the “reading game” as directed below.

Reading Game: A Preventative Measure to Dyslexia