Creative Tutors of Wake County, North Carolina
Archives for: July 2009
Special interest groups are lobbying different states' board of education in order to affect what words will be read by our children in their textbooks. This effort to control or indoctrinate our children by controlling the language that is used in textbooks is an effort to change the social fabric of our country.
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History can be fun and exciting. Finding great historical fiction can encourage a love of reading and a love of history. Biographies are a great way to make history come alive through the life and experiences of historical figures. Another important source for learning history, especially for high school students, is through reading primary resource material or the original documents. The University of Oklahoma College of Law website has an excellent list of historical documents vital to learning U.S. History.
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Both the Wake Co school board and new Wake Co PTA Council praise the new early release policy that will be implemented as of today. Children will be released 1 hour early on Wed. afternoons with a 2 1/2 hour early release every sixth Wed. In an attempt at maintaining the required number of instructional hours and days during the year, 10 minutes will be added to each school day during the rest of the week.
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On our quest to help make learning fun, here are some true, but funny (and sometimes yucky)facts to help you amaze your friends.
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
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Timmy's Tutor is a new cartoon series that has been created for Creative Tutors. What a fun way to explore education. Check out the website and follow Timmy and his wonderful tutor Miss Rita on their educational journey.
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I will be a guest on the Co-Creator Radio Network "What We're Thinking About" show hosted by Ken Ludwig on July 2nd from 12:00-1:00 pm (CST.) Please, join me @ http://www.co-creatornetwork.com We will discuss home education, special needs children, Creative Tutors and much more!
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This website helps your high school kids explore the different aspects of patriotism. It also offers a diverse selection of reading materials. Summer reading is an excellent opportunity to practice reading and comprehension skills while encouraging them to learn to love reading and explore a variety of reading genre. Your Creative Tutors tutor will also be able to make excellent reading suggestions!
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Meet Kim Ashby | Owner
Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.
Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." Mark Twain