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Ashworth College - PCDI - Professional Career Development Institute Credits Non-Transferrable to other Colleges Universities ripoff Norcross Georgia
*Consumer Comment: Ignore Colleges who only accept Regional Accreditations
*Author of original report: Universities I've Contacted WILL NOT ACCEPT Ashworth College Credits
*Consumer Comment: ashworth credits do transfer
*Consumer Comment: In response to Ashworth College comments from consumer/student...
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Regardless, I am nearing the half-way point in my studies, and because Ashworth doesn't offer a Bachelor's degree program in Psychology, I'm having to transfer my credits to another institution in order to continue. As it turns out however, none of the traditional campus colleges nor even the majority of on-line colleges I've thusfar contacted will even look at credits from Ashworth.
All have assured me that they are virtually worthless and that I will need to re-take with them, everything I've already taken at Ashworth. According to Ashworth College there are some colleges around the country which accept their credits, but I have yet to find one which colleges actually accept them. I called last week to request placement assistance from Ashworth, and was told I would be contacted the next day; I've yet to hear back from them.
The bottom line is: Ashworth College, a.k.a. PCDI/Professional Career Development Institute is NOT regionally accredited, nor does it carry the SACS accreditation, which is required for acceptance of credit transfers at major and even less well-known institutions around the country. I've had to learn this the hard way.
Additionally, I have had numerous problems attempting to contact ANYONE for any reason. Attempting to contact an instructor is laughable. Trying to get through the 'guard-dogs' at the 'gate' when dialing their main number is ludicrous. One is generally on hold for an hour or more. Most of the call-center operators seem to have very limited knowledge of any question that's asked of them, and in fact stonewall as often as possible, and usually refuse to transfer the call to an actual qualified representative of the school. I've come to the conclusion, however, that the term 'qualified' is not only relative, but a misnomer!).
While there seem to be many well-meaning individuals here who either work for or are students of Ashworth College, the fact is that there are many who are having problems with the college.
Further, it would seem to me that, if Ashworth's credits are NOT acceptable elsewhere, what's the point of attending this college at all?
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#1 Consumer Comment
Ignore Colleges who only accept Regional Accreditations
AUTHOR: Melvin - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, February 06, 2008POSTED: Wednesday, February 06, 2008
The main thing is that this college is recognized by the Board of Education and that's all that matters. I know a lot of people who have Ashworth and PCDI diploma's and degrees and they are just as accepted as any other degree.
If the colleges you applied to are saying that, they are most likely trying to get a lot of money out of you for no reason as it doesn't make any sense.
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Universities I've Contacted WILL NOT ACCEPT Ashworth College Credits
AUTHOR: Karen - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, June 14, 2007POSTED: Thursday, June 14, 2007
I have also attempted NUMEROUS times to contact Ashworth about this situation, but either I am given the run around when I call and transferred to individuals who claim that I've been transferred to the wrong department, or my letters are never answered. I spoke with one call center representative several months ago who said that he had recently 'placed' several recent graduates of Ashworth with other colleges, and that he would check into my situation and call me back. I STILL have yet to hear from him, or anyone else at Ashworth regarding this issue.
So, if anyone has any suggestions, I would be more than happy to see if there is some other avenue I can follow to obtain resolution for this situation.
At this point, I'm damned if I do, and damned if I don't.
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#3 Consumer Comment
ashworth credits do transfer
AUTHOR: Bonnie - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, June 14, 2007POSTED: Thursday, June 14, 2007
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AUTHOR: Gloria - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, May 31, 2007POSTED: Thursday, May 31, 2007
However, I expected to see my diploma arriving any day, and a month and a half later, I still do not have it. I've been given conflicting information regarding the diploma, and why it has been delayed. First I was told there was a new company preparing them and sending them out, and they would be delayed. I understood.
After another month, I called to see what happened. "James" told me that I should have gotten it by now, and that he would send one right out. Now this makes no sense to me. I thought another company was doing it! So I still don't have the diploma, and I still have no class ring, though that is handled separately and they stated that it would be 8 weeks until delivery.
I am very pleased with the course work from Ashworth, and the credits do, indeed, transfer to other online schools. I am now enrolled at AshFORD in Iowa, a school with a rich campus tradition since 1918. I am working on my Bachelor's degree in Psychology there. They and many other schools must accept PCDI credits now, because so many students are using the career development schools. It is a very recent development. A year ago, I wouldn't have imagined I would be able to transfer the Ashworth credits. Overall, though, I was satisfied with the level of education at Ashworth and felt it was challenging enough, but am generally disappointed with their handling of matters that should be addressed promptly.
I might add that I am 60 years old, and going forward with my education was not a consideration when I enrolled with Ashworth. It was only when I got close to graduation that I decided to go forward. Ashworth's delays in sending out my transcript to my new school has also delayed my degree audit with the new school, making it difficult to get everything squared away. I am distracted from my studies by the problems with Ashworth's administrative quality.
I also might add that I graduated from Ashworth with a 4.0 GPA, and sincerely believe that I got a good basic education with them.
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The Saratoga Independent School Board of Trustees has overall responsibility for the care and well being of the school. Composed of individuals with diverse experience and backgrounds, trustees include parents of students and leaders from the community.
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Steven Boxley; Board of Trustees member
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Lisa Brown; Board of Trustees member
Desiree Drindak; Board of Trustees member and Secretary
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Michelle Ducrot; Board of Trustees member
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Allison is a parent of one current student and lives in Saratoga with her husband and two daughters. She earned her B.A. in Education from the University of Vermont, an M.A. in Education Administration from Santa Clara University, and is a current Doctoral Candidate in Curriculum and Teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University. Allison is a passionate and dedicated educator, teaching a variety of levels from Elementary school students to Graduate students at Columbia University.
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Beth Wurtmann, Board of Trustees member
Darlene Zeh, Board of Trustees member
Felice Karlitz; Director of School – ex officio
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 21 — In a reception room at a Taliban ministry of defense building in Kabul, a brightly colored map depicting the American military presence in the Arabian peninsula was painted on a wall. An identical map appears in a book written by Osama bin Laden declaring a holy war on the United States.
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Poverty-stricken Afghans watched in envy as the government gave foreigners the biggest homes in upper- class neighborhoods. The Arabs drove new Japanese-made pickup trucks and ate out at restaurants nightly.
Muhammad Sadiq, a shopkeeper in the Wasir Akbar Khan section of Kabul, the wealthy former diplomatic quarter where Al Qaeda members occupied several houses, said Arabs and other foreign volunteers in the area were good customers. But he added: "In my heart I was angry at them. They were invaders."
As the power of Mr. bin Laden and his network grew, so did the rumors. Commanders of the rebel Northern Alliance said Mullah Omar had turned into a puppet of the terrorist leader. One tool used by alliance commanders to motivate their troops in recent weeks has been the argument that their country had been taken over by foreigners.
Prince Turki bin Faisal, who recently stepped down as chief of intelligence for Saudi Arabia, said he saw the change in Mullah Omar over the course of a few months in 1998, when he twice visited Kandahar, the mullah's southern stronghold, to try to persuade the Taliban to extradite Mr. bin Laden to Saudi Arabia for trial on charges of advocating the overthrow of the royal family.
In June of that year, Mullah Omar promised to give Mr. bin Laden to the Saudis. By the time the intelligence chief returned in September, the Taliban leader had reversed his decision. He had also adopted Mr. bin Laden's position on many issues, including Saudi Arabia.
"Mullah Omar started using harsh language against the kingdom," the prince said in an interview today. "He used the same words that bin Laden uses, about the presence of infidel troops despoiling the land of the two holy mosques and people have a right to declare a jihad to liberate the holy land from these infidel operators."


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Remember about a week ago, when I was all, "OMG, Shane Black might direct 'Iron Man 3'!" and you were all "No way, dude," and I was all "Yuh-huh!" and you were all "He's not gonna get that job." and I was all "Yuh-huh he totally should"?
Well, guess what? HitFix can now confirm that Shane Black is in final negotiations to direct "Iron Man 3" Although Marvel Studios will not confirm the negotiations at this time, sources have confirmed to HitFix that the deal is moving forward and should be finished soon.
Exciting, no?
I'm still seeing some indifference or even outright dismissal of Black as a director as I watch reactions stream by this afternoon, but the first thing that you have to keep in mind is that Marvel needed to find a filmmaker who would make Robert Downey Jr. happy for this third film, and if he brings nothing else to the table, Black's got that covered. "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" was a crucial movie in Downey's filmography, the right film at the right time to prove to studios that he was still able to turn up the charm. You could argue that everything Downey has today started with "KKBB," and that he owes Black a return of that sort of career boost.
It's weird to think that Black needs any sort of boost these days. After all, he practically defined '80s action with the films he wrote or re-wrote. But these days, as a director, he's been attached to a few big films that haven't moved forward, and while I'm desperate for a good "Doc Savage" movie, I think it might be a great move to make "Iron Man 3," where you know he'll be surrounded by great department heads who will support him as he builds set pieces and FX sequences, so that he can get a hit under his belt as well as some hands-on experience with filmmaking of this scale so that if he does make "Death Note" or "Doc Savage" next, he'll be that much better at the job.
The Marvel movies are a bit of an assembly line, but they still need directors who come in with a voice, people who can work well inside that system while also finding a way to give each of these films something special or personal. Black has been part of the studio system for almost 30 years at this point, and he's the sort of guy who has a strong voice but who can also keep everyone in the process happy and satisfied. You have to be a politician as well as a storyteller when you make films like this, and Black's got that side of things nailed down.
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My children and I are very happy! I have sole full physical custody of both my children with absolutely no interference from their maternal egg doner.
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I didn't have an attorney at first and Michael J. Shew, Ltd Attorney At Law really took advantage of that by showing false documents, along with court papers that I had not seen until that day (basic snake in the grass attorney move), and made false accusations toward me and my family to get us riled up. He will wait until the last minute to submit anything to you to gain any kind of advantage that he can. I don't know why the courts allow him to do this?
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In order for a Wind for Schools project to succeed, many people in the school community must support the concept, including the science teacher, the school principal and administration, the district superintendent and administration, and the school board. The school provides land for the project, support for the wind turbine interconnection to the school electrical system, facilities support, financial support, and support for the project in community meetings, site permitting, and other organizational events. After the installation, the science teacher uses the wind turbine as a teaching aid in energy-related curricula. The program supplies curricula, educational kits, and training to teachers to support wind curricula implementation in the classroom. Although project financial structures vary from state to state, the schools own and are responsible for the wind turbine systems. The schools save a minimal amount of money by offsetting power generation and agree to make the turbine data public.
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The Wind Application Center is implemented at a state university or college under the leadership of an interested university professor. The Wind Application Centers provide technical assistance to rural schools (wind resource and energy usage analysis, siting, permitting, land use, financials, overseeing the installation of the power and the data acquisition system, and performance data analysis). Typically students from the Wind Application Center conduct analysis and system permitting during the fall academic semester. The turbines are usually installed in the spring, often as a junior or senior academic project. This project implementation experience, combined with wind curricula offered through the Wind Application Center, helps to produce graduate engineers and systems analysts knowledgeable in the wind application process and interested in pursuing wind energy as a career.
After the 3-year implementation period, the Wind Application Center assumes the responsibilities of the state facilitator (described below) and becomes the primary repository of wind energy applications knowledge and expertise. Schools, small business owners, residential users, state policymakers, regulators, and other stakeholders use the Wind Application Center as a source of information for wind energy applications. Although the Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory provide technical and financial support to develop the Wind Application Center, after the implementation period the Wind Application Center has to identify independent funding sources.
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It is important to understand the causes of shy bladder. This syndrome can only be overcome with understanding.
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The Self Fulfilling Prophecy
A negative experience in a public toilet in the past plants the idea in your mind that you cannot urinate in public toilets. So when you go to urinate in public you expect that you will not be able to do so. Naturally in that case you cannot go and this reinforces the belief even further.
After many many cycles like this the idea that you cannot urinate in public becomes so strong that unless you actively take steps to break the cycle the self fulfilling prophecy goes on forever.
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Often this self fulfilling prophecy starts with an early negative experience. i have been trying to rack my brains to work out where my shy bladder started. I remember being able to urinate in public as a child. But I also remember a situation where I was at the urinal and a kid who was circumcised looked at my penis (not circumcised) and says, "yours is different to mine!"
I must have been about nine or ten years old. I can't remember it affecting me at the time but after suffering mild shy bladder in my teens and early adulthood I figure that it must have been this event that triggered it.
But what you need to understand is that the fear is entirely irrational. Of course circumcised and uncircumcised are going to look different. There is no logical reason why that should make one afraid to urinate in public. But that's what irrational fears do. I became afraid to do private business in public in case anybody told me I was different.
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Kyneton police in central Victoria say they will be keeping a close eye on motorists on the new Carlsruhe section of the Calder Freeway during Easter.
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The Victorian Police Minister, Andre Haermeyer, defends plans to use police to enforce Easter trading laws this weekend.
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The Federal Government has challenged accusations that some detainees from South Australia's Baxter detention centre have been strip-searched, ahead of this weekend's Easter protests.
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An Asian cruise liner, visiting Broome, Bunbury and Exmouth during the next month, says it is going to considerable lengths to ensure its staff are free of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
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The Oasis project at Liverpool in New South Wales will go ahead after the Liverpool Council struck a deal with Macquarie Bank.
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Police in the Kimberley, in north-west Western Australia, are urging motorists to take care on the roads during the Easter period after revealing 80 per cent of road fatalities in the region this year involved pedestrians or cyclists.
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A man caught up in a long-running feud between two Hermannsburg families has been sentenced in the Alice Springs Supreme Court to five years jail for an axe attack on two people.
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The Tasmanian division of the CSIRO will head a new scientific drive concentrating on Australia's oceans.
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The Ord Mango Growers Association in the Kimberley, in Western Australia's north-west, hopes a code of practice will clearly outline obligations between groups involved in the mango industry.
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Bulldogs halfback Brent Sherwin could leave the NRL club due to a dispute about a new contract.
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The only dentist in Walgett has been retrenched because of a lack of funds.
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NSW Local Government Minister Tony Kelly says councils do not have to go through costly by-elections due to the postponement of the council elections to March next year.
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Dubbo City Council's disaster recovery coordinator, Grahame Marchant, says council will collect insurance from Tuesday's council chamber fire despite the fact that the building has no alarms.
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A leak in a major water pipe near Burnie will mean a large number of Burnie residents will not have water tomorrow.
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Bathurst city councillor Gordon Crisp says there is no evidence to show amalgamating rural councils would benefit local ratepayers.
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Wollongong resident Basil Lewis has been appointed as chief executive officer (CEO) of Special Olympics Australia, an organisation providing sports training and competition for intellectually disabled athletes.
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The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) is calling for tenders from organisations to provide maintenance work for more than 400 defence homes in Nowra and Wollongong.
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The biggest ever sedan racing state titles will be held in Geraldton this weekend.
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US General Tommy Franks, who commands US-led forces in the war on Iraq, has paid his first visit to Baghdad.
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A lawyer representing 1,200 shareholders involved in a class action against HIH says his next move will be to get financial compenstation for his clients.
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The final section of the Great Northern Highway to be upgraded at Bindoon Hill, in mid-west Western Australia, has been opened ahead of schedule.
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Federal Treasurer Peter Costello says the key people involved in the collapse of insurer HIH should go to jail if convicted of a criminal offence.
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Teddy Bears are so cute, and cuddly, and a great theme for preschool! There are so many games and activities you can do!
This preschool theme page is filled with preschool activities and ideas for all areas of your classroom to help you draw your children into learning!
Let the Theme planning begin!
You can either scroll down through this page to see all of the preschool activities for this theme.
You can also choose the specific preschool activity type you are looking for below to go directly to that section of this preschool themed page!
Fuzzy Bears
Materials Needed: Precut teddy bear shapes onto different colors of construction paper; provide glue, paint brushes, sawdust and googly eyes.
The children brush glue all over their teddy bears. They attach eyes and then sprinkle with sawdust!
VARIATION: Instead of sawdust, you could use fabric scraps.
Puffy Bears
flour, salt, water, paint (tempera), small squeeze bottles (old glue bottles work great!), construction paper cut into teddy bear shapes.
Mix equal amounts of flour, salt and water together. Separate into the bottles. Mix liquid tempera paint to each for color.
The children paint their bears by squeezing the paint out of the bottles. As they dry, the mixture will puff up a bit and harden.
Bear Collage
Materials Needed: wildlife magazines, toy magazines, scissors, glue, paper
The children find pictures of different types of bears in the magazines and cut them out.
They glue them onto the paper to make a bear collage.
Discuss the types of bears they find (grizzly, polar, teddy, etc.).
Encourage the children to make caves and homes for the animals.
Circle Time is such a great time for children to learn the social skills of being together as a large group AND to learn more about your theme!
Goldilocks and The Three Bears
Read your favorite version of this story. Assign children to be Papa Bear, Mama Bear, Baby Bear and Goldilocks. Reread the story having the children act it out. Read it several times to give each child a turn to act and encourage the other children to be the audience and applaud.
EXTENSION: Have masks for each part available for the children.
VARIATION: Have felt board pieces available for the children. Include the bowls, chairs and beds and have each child place their piece on the board as you read the story.
Bears Are Walking!
ITALIC Sung to The Ants are Marching One by One
The bears are walking through the woods
Hoorah! Today!
The bears are walking through the woods
To eat. and play.
They catch some fish. They eat them, too.
They munch on berries, quite a few!
Then they run around and climb
Up a tree!
There goes one!
There goes two!
Teddy Bear Compare
In advance, send a note home for teddy bear day! (Be sure to have extra for those who either do not have a one or forget theirs).
Have the children bring their bear to circle.
Have some discussions about them!
Give each child a minute to tell their friends something about their bear (great chance to teach the others about patience and waiting their turn!)
Set up three bins (laundry baskets or simply pieces of paper) and ask kids to sort their bears. "If you think your bear is large, place it here". etc.
Place all the brown bears here. Blue bears here. (Some children may have multi-colored bears. Let them decide which color pile they want to put it in).
Turn Around
This is a traditional song to sing while the children pretend to be bears or to do WITH their bears!
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, turn around.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, touch the ground
Continue with verses and make some up, too!
...wiggle your shoes...that will do.
...climb the stairs, say your prayers
...turn off the light...say good-night!
Story Time!
Let your children lay down at circle while you read some favorite bear stories!
Cooking with children helps develop their math skills and helps them to learn how to follow directions. It also allows for some great conversation!
Ask many questions while cooking with your children to encourage conversation! Be sure to ask specific themed questions while making these fun snacks!
Berry Fun!
Bears eat berries and so do we! Provide different types of berries (check for allergies first!) in different bowls.
Have the children scoop a couple of spoonfuls of each into a bowl.
As they eat, do some math and science with them! Such as:
What colors are they? Are they large, small, medium? Which are larger, smaller?
How many of each type do you have? How many all together? Do you have more red or blue?
Honey Bites
Ingredients: 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup honey; 1 egg; 2 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; pinch of salt; powdered sugar.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and grease a cookie sheet.
Have children help place the sugar, egg and honey into a mixing bowl. Mix well.
Have children add the rest of the ingredients excpet for the powdered sugar. Mix well.
Give each child a teaspoon of the mixture for them to roll into a ball and then place on the cookie sheet.
Bake for about 8 minutes (bottoms should be light brown).
Remove from heat and take off of the cookie sheet right away (so it does not continue to cook).
Have children sprinkle some powdered sugar on thiers and enjoy!
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Provide bear masks and have bowls, chairs and beds (use blankets or carpet squares or other items you have available for the beds) and let the children not only act out this story but add to it or change it as they play!
In the Cave
Transform your dramatic play area into a cave by adding a box or a table (covered with a blanket). Provide some items to go on a bear hunt such as binoculars, a picnic basket, etc.
(Although that is always THE favorite in our classroom!)
Painting With Fur
Cover some sponge paint brushes with faux fur to paint with today!
The Easel in the preschool classroom can be one of the most popular interest learning centers in your classroom! I highly recommend and encourage you to have painting and/or other activities in this center. I also suggest having the Art Easel available to the children every day and allow two children at the Easel each day.
Your preschoolers will create, communicate, develop motor skills here--furthering their preschool growth and development skills in so many ways!
that help build their muscles while they have fun together
Where Bear?
Have a bear game to help your children learn spatial awareness and directionality!
Hold your bear UP to the sky.
Hold your bear DOWN near the ground.
Place your bear UNDER something in the room.
Place your bear ON something in the room.
Place your bear NEXT TO something in the room.
(You can choose the place in the room or let the children find a space!)
Let's Fish!
Bears LOVE fish, not just berries! For this game, precut some colored fish shapes. Place some streamers or jumpropes or tape on the floor in the shape of a very long river.
Place the fish in the river.
The children catch the fish.
You can add instructions to this to encourage some math such as counting and patterning. Encourage them to catch 2 fish of the same color. Or encourage them to catch a red fish then a blue one then a red one then a blue one...which color would come next!
You can add letter recognition as well by printing letters on each fish.
VARIATION: Use dowel rods (or I have used paintbrushes from the classroom rather than purchasing dowel rods). Tie 8 inch pieces of yarn onto the end of the rod or brush. Tie a magnet (the kind with the holes in the middle--they look like black life saver candies).
Place metal paper clips on all the fish.
The children use the rods or brushes to fish in the river! Great eye/hand coordination activity!
Going On a Bear Hunt?? OF COURSE YOU ARE!
There are so many versions of this song! I love Dr. Jean's version on CD but you could also use your favorite version of the book!
Set up the areas you will need (river, tree, bridge). Walk with the children and name the areas for them.
Now go to the beginning, where you will start and end...the "house".
Read the story or play the CD and have the children act it out!
Book Suggestions for the Library
The following books might be found in your local library or you can click on each title to see what Amazon has available.
Bear Loves Opposites (Bear in the Big Blue House (Board Books Simon & Shuster)) by Kiki Thorpe
and develop the small muscles in their hands!
Provide the colored bear counters and have the children sort and classify in different ways.
Big, medium, small (compare to the Goldilocks story) or by color.
count them: How many big? Medium? Small? Red? Blue? etc.
VARIATION: Provide muffin tins with numbers written in each one (or use bowls) for the children to place the appropriate number in each section.
In advance, cover some shapes with faux fur. Hole punch.
Have the children lace these shapes for a great sensory/texture change in lacing!
The reading of the book Corduroy just screams button sorting! Provide a variety of colors, types and sizes of buttons and let the children explore them and sort in the different ways they can think of.
Of course, add some suggestions of how to sort them.
to get your Preschoolers Movin' and Groovin'!
Let's Rap!
sung to Mary Had A Little Lamb
Let's all clap our hands to the beat; hands to the beat; hands to the beat.
Let's all clap our hands to the beat. To the beat of the Teddy Bear Rap!
Use other movements such as stomping your feet, marching in place, waving your paws, etc.
You can do this with bears or without!
The Bear Hokey-Pokey
You put your bear in, you put your bear out.
You put your bear in, and you shake it all about.
You do the Teddy Bear Hokey and you turn yourself around.
And that's what it's all about!
Where Are You Bear? Or, a REAL bear hunt!
Ok, well, not with REAL bears! Hide some bears (small, plastic ones and stuffed animals) either in your playground before you go outside or in a large room.
Tell the children they are going on a bear hunt! It's like hide and seek only with the toys!
Bear Freeze
Play different tempos of music and encourage the children to make their bears dance or move in a way that matches the beat.
When the music stops, they and their bears need to freeze until the music plays again.
Fish in the River
Add water, toy fish and bears!
Bears in the Forest
Add sand, twigs, plants (real or artificial), twigs, leaves, and bears.
Poor Bear!
Sometimes bears get boo-boos, too! Provide a table with different types of bears and doctor kits complete with bandaids, bandages, etc. Let your vets get to work! Discuss how bears really do get hurt in the wild (traps, bee stings going after honey, falling from a tree, fighting with other animals or other bears, etc.)
Thank you Angie M. for this awesome activity idea!
In my preschool class we write a group letter to the 3 Bears. In the letter we introduce ourselves and ask them different questions about their lives. I let the children decide the questions to ask. Then the next day I have the director come in with a letter that just came in the mail for our classroom. This letter is a response from The Bears. They answer our question and tell us they have set up a little game for us. It is a scavenger hunt around the school with The Bears favorite snack in the end (porridge and honey or honey comb cereal) The children love this 2 day activity
Teddy Bear Picnic
Have your snack or lunch outside (or inside!) on a blanket!
Take your bears on a parade through your school! Use instruments as well while visiting other classrooms!
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To many Americans, a car is more than a machine. It can be a lifeline to food and medical care or your only access to opportunity like a job or school. For many of us, our cars are very personal extensions of our lives, filled with reminders of our families, remnants of past trips, and accessories that reflect who we are.
But, by the time you've finished reading these few paragraphs, somewhere in America, another car thief will have taken away another vehicle. In fact, in the U.S. a motor vehicle is stolen every 44 seconds.
Would you be prepared if it happened to you? Well, the best preparation is to prevent that theft in the first place, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has some tips to help you do just that...
As we celebrate Independence Day this week, here at DOT we've been thinking a lot about the military veterans who have defended --since Lexington and Concord-- the independence we hold so dear.
So we're happy to announce that, since 2011, a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) program has helped more than 10,000 veterans and active duty personnel obtain a Commercial Driver's License more easily...
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has the utmost faith in America's newest mariners, in large part because graduates from our nation's maritime academies have already tested and proven their skills on training cruises. Often, they are presented with the opportunity to help others in need or in peril on the sea, and this year has been no exception.
Last month, Cadets from California Maritime Academy were onboard the T/S GOLDEN BEAR, completing a training cruise off the coast of Spain. Upon receiving a distress call from a small group of Algerian men, the Cadets immediately came to the ailing group's rescue providing food, water, supplies and support until Spanish authorities arrived on site.
And also last month, Cadets from Maine Maritime Academy were in the final stage of their training cruise aboard the T/S STATE OF MAINE. The ship was in the North Atlantic, near Nova Scotia, when the U.S. Coast Guard sent word of an imperiled sailboat that had been battered by storms and was taking on water. The Cadets were roughly 30 nautical miles away from the damaged vessel and they quickly altered their course to intercept the stricken vessel, safely rescuing its sole passenger...
Cal Maritime assist (left) and Maine maritime rescue (right)
Yesterday, the Obama Administration invited communities to participate in the second round of Local Foods, Local Places, an initiative to build strong local food systems as part of strong local economies in rural communities.
Local Foods, Local Places provides direct technical support --agricultural, transportation, public health, environmental, and economic-- to local communities to help spur economic growth and improve the quality of life for all residents.
At DOT, we support this initiative by working to ensure that local roads and transit services connect farmers, food businesses, markets, and residents...
In Buffalo, New York, a community health clinic is testing the idea of placing a personal "travel navigator" in the obstetrician's office to help pregnant women develop individualized travel plans to ensure they don't miss pre-natal appointments.
In Worcester, Massachusetts, healthcare providers plan to experiment with a web-based app that searches for the quickest available public transportation when they schedule patient appointments, hoping to reduce no-shows.
And in southern Illinois, healthcare providers designed an experimental system to identify patients at risk for readmission to the hospital and connect them with a mobility manager to schedule transportation to medical appointments. It's part of a strategy to keep them healthy and out of the hospital...
U.S. Mayors call on Congress to act on a long-term transportation bill with increased investment
U.S. metropolitan areas generate 90 percent of the nation's GDP, house nearly 85 percent of the population, and move 70 percent of freight value traded across the country. And, our cities are only expected to grow even more, absorbing an estimated 66 million more people in the next 30 years. That projected population growth means even more pressure on our aging transportation infrastructure. And that challenge keeps more than a few of America's mayors awake at night.
As Secretary Foxx has said before, mayors work at the ground level, where the rubber literally meets the road.
When the residents of our cities can't get where they need to go without crossing a structurally deficient bridge, that's a problem mayors need to solve. When businesses can't get access to the deliveries, markets, customers, or employees they need to grow, that's a problem mayors need to solve.
But, when city planners and departments of transportation work to solve those problems and can't see beyond the next 2-month extension of federal transportation funding, that's a problem Congress needs to solve. And when federal funding has remained essentially stagnant since 2009, struggling to keep up with minimal maintenance requirements, that is a problem Congress needs to solve.
Independence Day is certainly an occasion for celebration in the United States. However, as you prepare to travel by air this Fourth of July holiday, keep safety in mind and leave your fireworks at home.
DOT's top priority for the flying public is for them to arrive at their destinations safely. You can help us by leaving dangerous items, such as fireworks, out of your luggage...
Can one of the nation's newest, fastest-moving industries help to solve one of transportation's oldest problems? At the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), we think the answer is yes. That is why today, we are proud to announce that Google has agreed to partner with us to make rail crossings safer for drivers and their passengers.
Google has agreed to integrate FRA's GIS data, which pinpoints the location of the nation's approximately 250,000 public and private railroad crossings, into its mapping services. Adding railroad crossing data to smartphone mapping applications just makes sense - it means supplying drivers and passengers with additional cues that they are approaching a crossing. For drivers and passengers who are driving an unfamiliar route, traveling at night, or who lose situational awareness at any given moment, receiving an additional alert about an upcoming crossing could save lives.
At the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), we embrace good ideas that translate into safety improvements. We are always striving to protect the motoring public by removing unsafe commercial vehicles and drivers from our highways and roads.
Last year, Secretary Foxx tasked the Department's Safety Council to oversee an independent review of FMCSA's large truck and bus safety programs following a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation into four commercial vehicle crashes.
That work resulted in a number of recommendations that will further strengthen FMCSA's safety programs, and I am pleased to announce that we have implemented a number of them.
As a mom, I live for long summer weekends packed with soccer tournaments, family cookouts, and road trips to the shore. But, as president of the National Safety Council, I'm all too aware that those fun times –moments we all live for– take place within the 100 deadliest days on our nation's roadways.
It's no coincidence that National Safety Month falls in June each year. Combine the high-exposure period when teen drivers are out of school and families log many miles to vacation spots with several holiday weekends where alcohol consumption is the norm, and it's no surprise that summertime sees the highest number of roadway fatalities of any season.
Most troubling this particular summer is that we're heading into the driving season with an already-elevated uptick in traffic fatality rates. According to National Safety Council estimates, every month for the past 6 months, the number of traffic fatalities per month has increased compared to the previous year by between 8 and 11 percent. This trend is alarming.


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Leena Maria Paul was never part of Madras Cafe: Bali
Thiruvananthapuram: Malayalam actress Leena Maria Paul, who was arrested from a farmhouse in Delhi for her involvement in a number of cheating cases, is not debuting in Bollywood with upcoming Hindi movie Madras Cafe. The executive producers of the film claim that the arrested actor was never part of this big-budget project.
Soon after Leena Maria Paul was caught along with her friend Balaji by the police, it was reported that the Malayalam actress, who has starred in Husbands in Goa, Red Chillies, Cobra and Nandalala, is foraying into Bollywood with Madras Cafe. This news came as big shock to the film unit members who denied her association with their upcoming movie.
Talking to Times of India, Tharun Bali, one of the executive producers of Madras Cafe, slammed the reports stating, "Leena was never part of Madras Cafe. We're indeed surprised to hear this." A couple of other members from the film unit say that they have neither seen her during the shoot of the film nor heard about her role in it. They do not know whether she is a part of the project.
Directed by Vicky Donor fame Shoojit Sircar, Madras Cafe is a political thriller, which deals with the subject of terrorism and will be shot in Sri Lanka, South India and Delhi. B-Town's hottest hunk John Abraham is playing lead role - an Indian intelligence agent, while Nargis Fakhri appears as an international reporter. The film is set to release on August 30.


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