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Orthodoxy in America
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- All-American Sobor
- Bibliography of Orthodoxy in America
- Byzantine response to OCA autocephaly
- Ligonier Meeting
- ROCOR and OCA
- Timeline of Orthodoxy in America
- Alexander Hotovitzky
- Alexis of Wilkes-Barre
- Basil Martysz
- Brendan the Navigator
- Herman of Alaska
- Innocent of Alaska
- Jacob Netsvetov
- John Kochurov
- John Maximovitch
- Juvenaly of Alaska
- Nikolai Velimirovic
- Peter the Aleut
- Raphael of Brooklyn
- Seraphim (Samuilovich) of Uglich
- Tikhon of Moscow
- Varnava (Nastic)
- Anatole (Kamensky)
- Under consideration for glorification
Other major figures
- Alexander Schmemann
- Frank Schaeffer
- Georges Florovsky
- Jaroslav Pelikan
- John Meyendorff
- Seraphim Rose
- Thomas Hopko
- Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America
- American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
- Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
- Belarusian Council of Orthodox Churches in North America
- Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia
- Ecumenical Patriarchate in America
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- Orthodox Church in America
- Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America and Canada
- Russian Orthodox Church in the USA
- Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
- Serbian Orthodox Church in the USA and Canada
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA
- Vicariate for Palestinian/Jordanian Communities in the USA
- Holy Orthodox Church in North America (HOCNA)
- Russian Orthodox Church in Exile (ROCE)
- Universal Orthodox diocese of Georgia (UOC)
- Alexandrian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church in the United States
- American Orthodox Catholic Church
- Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Toledo and Dependencies
- Autocephalous Greek Orthodox Metropolis of America and Canada
- Bulgarian Diocese in Exile
- Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in North and South America
- Russian Exarchate of North America
- Syrian Holy Orthodox Greek Catholic Mission in North America
Seminaries and other education
- Christ the Saviour Seminary (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)
- Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (Brookline, Massachusetts)
- Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York)
- St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)
- St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)
- St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary (Libertyville, Illinois)
- St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Bound Brook, New Jersey)
- St. Stephen's Course in Orthodox Theology
- St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)
- Evangelical Orthodox Church
- Holy Order of MANS (later, Christ the Savior Brotherhood)
- Society of Clerks Secular of St. Basil
- Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America
- Eastern Orthodox Committee on Scouting (EOCS)
- International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)
- Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF)
- Orthodox Christian Laity (OCL)
- Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC)
- Orthodox Christians for Life (OCLife)
- Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement (OISM)
- Orthodox Theological Society in America (OTSA)
- Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA)
- Council of Eastern Orthodox Churches of Central Massachusetts (CEOC)
- Fellowship of Orthodox Churches of Connecticut (FORCC)
- Rocky Mountain Orthodox Christian Charities and Missions (RMOCCM)
External links
- Orthodoxy in America: An Online Directory of the Orthodox Church in North America
- Orthodoxy in America Lecture Series, sponsored by Fordham University
- Iconic History of Orthodoxy in America
- American Orthodox History The story of Orthodoxy in the Americas - Ancient Faith Raido podcast
- Orthodoxy in America, by Archbishop Chrysostomos of Etna
- The Dynamics of the Orthodox Faith in America, by Abp. Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America
- A Spiritual Springtime for American Orthodoxy: Reflections on the last 40 Years, by Fr. Thomas Hopko, Sept. 27, 2008
- The Dangers of Multiple Orthodox Jurisdictions in the United States, by Metr. Isaiah (Chronopoulos) of Denver
- Where Do We Go From Here?, by Abbot Jonah (Paffhausen) (requires free registration)
- Orthodoxy in America: Diaspora or Church?, by Fr. Leonid Kishkovsky
- The Project for Orthodox Renewal of the Orthodox Christian Laity: Seven Studies of Key Issues Facing Orthodox Christians in America, Steven J. Sfekas and George E. Matsoukas, eds. (1993)
- An Orthodox Christian Church in the United States: Unified and Self-Governed, a pamphlet by Orthodox Christian Laity
- The Face of American Orthodoxy: A Forgotten Perspective, by Fr. Aris P. Metrakos
- The Next Triumph of Orthodoxy, by Fr. Aris P. Metrakos
- The Liturgical Path of Orthodoxy in America, by Paul Meyendorff
- Orthodoxy in America, from OrthodoxPhotos.com
- Reflecting on the Future of Orthodoxy in America, by Archbishop Peter (L'Huillier) of New York
- Orthodoxy in America: Its Historical Past and Present, by Fr. Seraphim Rose
- Orthodoxy and America, by Fr. Alexander Schmemann- (this is the last part of III: The Spiritual Problem below)
- Problems of Orthodoxy in America series, by Fr. Alexander Schmemann
- The American Orthodox Church, by Dr. George Strickland
- TIME: An American Orthodoxy?, March 16, 1970 (full article here)


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Muslim Extremists Suspected in Death of Christian Worker in India
Christian in Jharkhand state may have been slain during Islamic festival.
09/28/2010 India (CDN)-Family members of a Christian worker who was found dead in a Muslim area in Jharkhand state a day after the Islamic Eid festival said they suspect he may have been murdered by local residents.
The body of Shravan Kumar, who had worked with the Gospel Echoing Missionary Society, was found lying in a well near the Idgah Mosque in Garhwa town in the wee hours of Sept. 13, a close relative of the deceased told Compass by phone.
Kumar, 31, lived in Pratapgarh district in neighboring Uttar Pradesh state. He left for Garhwa, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from his house, saying he wanted to see a colleague there on Sept 10.
"But neither did he visit the colleague, nor did he get back home," said the relative.
On Sept. 15, a family member went to Garhwa looking for him. He found his picture in an advertisement police had placed in a local newspaper in an effort to identify the body.
"When Kumar's body was handed over to the family, it was beyond recognition; it had swollen," said the relative.
Later, the family member went to the well in Garhwa where the body was found. Local youths who pulled Kumar's body from the well the morning of Sept. 13 informed the family member that they noticed injuries on his face and around his neck. Police were immediately informed, but officers did not arrive until 10 p.m.
"Kumar had lived in a rented house in Garhwa a few years ago, and on the morning of Sept. 12 he visited his old landlord and mentioned that he planned to preach in the Idgah Mosque area," said the source, adding that Kumar's family suspected "that he preached to the Muslims on the Eid festival, and as a result he was killed and thrown in the well."
A police spokesman, however, said he refused to believe that Kumar was murdered. Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Singh told Compass that "as of now" police were not exploring any possibility of a crime.
"The post-mortem report says there was no injury mark on his body, and he died by drowning," Singh said.
In 1998, Kumar had received a head injury after suspected Hindu nationalist extremists hit him with a rod in Sitamani in neighbouring Bihar, the relative said.
"Since then, he had been suffering from a mild psychological ailment," he added. "If he did not take his daily medicine, he would get a little disturbed and begin to preach to non-Christians aggressively. This is what may have happened on Sept. 12 when he preached in the Muslim area."
Kumar, who became a Christian from a Hindu background in 1997, held prayer meetings in his house shortly after his conversion against the wishes of local Hindu nationalists, the relative added.
The religious atmosphere in India was tense at the time of his death. On Sept. 13, Muslim mobs burned a Christian school and a church, both belonging to the Church of North India (CNI), in the Muslim-majority Kashmir region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. No students or staff members of the school were hurt, but at least five Muslims died and more than 50 were injured as security officers opened fire at the mob to prevent the burning of the school.
Also, on Aug. 13 Muslims attempted to burn a CNI hospital in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, but security forces managed to prevent it. In a separate incident the same day and in the same state, a mob vandalized the Catholic-run Good Shepherd High School in Pulwama district.
In a similar incident the same day, Muslims in Malerkotla town in northern Punjab state burned the furniture of a CNI church.
These incidents took place after the Quran was allegedly desecrated in the United States. Although Florida Pastor Terry Jones had withdrawn the threat to burn the Quran to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Iranian government-run news channel Press TV showed dubious clips of the Quran being torn in the US.
Kumar's family fears that the police will overlook the available clues indicating the role of local Muslims and instead claim that he committed suicide.
"No one who knew Kumar can believe that he could have committed suicide," said the relative. "Although he was psychologically unwell, he always faced life's problems boldly."
Kumar, the sole bread winner in the family, is survived by a 25-year-old wife and a 5-year-old daughter.
According to the 2001 Census, Jharkhand has a population of around 27 million, out of which 4.06 percent are Christian. Muslims account for close to 14 percent of the state's population.


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Recipients of the Cross of Saint George, Awarded with the Highest Military Honor. For the Capture of the City of Turkestan on June 11, 1864: Lieutenant P.E. Sadyrev
This photograph is from the historical part of the Turkestan Album, a comprehensive visual survey of Central Asia undertaken after imperial Russia assumed control of the region in the 1860s. Commissioned by General Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufman (1818–82), the first governor-general of Russian Turkestan, the album is in four parts spanning six volumes: "Archaeological Part" (two volumes); "Ethnographic Part" (two volumes); "Trades Part" (one volume); and "Historical Part" (one volume). The compiler of the first three parts was Russian Orientalist Aleksandr L. Kun, who was assisted by Nikolai V. Bogaevskii. Production of the album was completed in 1871–72. The fourth part was compiled by Mikhail Afrikanovich Terentʹev (born 1837), a Russian military officer, Orientalist, linguist, and author who participated in the Russian expedition to Samarkand of 1867−68. The "Historical Part" documents Russian military activities between 1853 and 1871 with photographs and watercolor maps of major battles and sieges. The photographs include individual and group portraits of officials and military personnel. Most of the men portrayed were recipients of the Cross of Saint George, an honor conferred upon soldiers and sailors for bravery in battle. A few photographs at the beginning of the album depict officers awarded the Order of Saint George, an honor granted to senior Russian officers for superior merit in conducting military operations. Also shown are views of citadels, fortifications, cities and villages, churches, ruins, and monuments commemorating soldiers killed in battle. The album contains 211 images on 79 plates.
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Jul 16, 2010
DIY spinny spellers and repurposing Duplo bricks
It worked a treat and I agreed with my older daughter's kindergarten teacher that it would be a good tool for the classroom, so I've got a box of wooden blocks that her husband kindly cut and drill pressed holes in, plus a bunch of dowelling and all the left over wooden beads from a thrift store find, to make over 40 of these things. I'm hoping I can get my act together and find some appropriate letraset cheaply to put letters on all the blocks and varnish them. I was going to try this method (which is very cool), but with nearly 500 surfaces altogether, that would take my until the kids were in college!
Anyway, as well as the spinny speller hackathon, I've ended up making a set of creative spelling/reading/story making blocks from our Duplo bricks. I wanted something with a bit more freedom than just the three blocks of the spinny speller. Something that could grow with the kids ability. We are lucky enough to have a good amount of Duplo because my mum saved all mine and my sisters, and we scored a couple of cool garage sale sets too, plus uncle Chris gave the kids a zoo set. Their dad stole a few of the bricks to make traffic lights for them a while back, but we still have lots we can use.
The kids are now preferring more and more to build with the smallest scale Lego, but the Duplo still has so many possibilities for them as they get older.
All I did was sit down one evening with a bunch of white stickers and write out a load of easy words. Sight words and words that my kids can already read or sound out. It took a while to write and cut them all, but it was very cheap, and we were lucky enough to have a mate we'd not seen in years staying with us that night, so we all sat around and chatted until about 3am while I stuck all these words on the blocks. For some of them I put the opposites on the other side of the block, like "love" and "hate" or "big" and "small" and for others I put complimentary words like "his" and "her", so that the kids could change sentances they made easily by switching around a block. I had a couple of long blocks, so used them for entertaining long words.
The kids have enjoyed them a lot. We started out making story walls together, and then when left to their own devices they started making funny sentances stacked up vertically.
For my younger daughter, who is four, I made another set that were in a different orientation, that would work a bit more like an extension to the spinny speller. They just had vowel bricks with a different vowel on each of the four sides, and consonant bricks with four consonants on each side. I also made a few bricks that had combinations like "ch", "sh", "th" etc, because she's learning those sounds in words too.
I drew a load of pictures in black sharpie that the kids wanted to colour, then they sat with the letter bricks making the words that went with each picture.
They also made words to go with pictures in books and little toys they have.
Of course the Duplo bricks can still be used in regular building play, but this adds an extra learning possibility to the play. The really seem to like the idea of "building" a word or a sentance. I really think that Lego should just make sets like this. The kids were so into building with the words and it would be great to be able to buy grade level appropriate sets or character story telling sets. Limitless!
We're still having fun with all the card and hole punching Lego crafts from a while ago too. I should get my act together to post you some new vehicle kit print outs of something else interesting from our experimenting.
125 comments:
- Fiona said...
This is frankly a totally awesome idea!
My kids would love it.
It is one of those things that is so simple I know I should have thought of it myself, but didn't.
So thanks.
Yet anoterh inspiring project to attempt. - July 16, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Melissa said...
Wow. How absolutely wonderful. I will be looking for some duplo blocks the next time I'm on a charity shop spree.
- July 16, 2010 at 1:43 PM
- Debbie said...
Your word/letter duplo blocks are just brilliant! I am going to use this idea with my kids. Thanks for sharing!
- July 16, 2010 at 1:54 PM
- Phyllis said...
And I have been throwing those Duplos away by the bucketful! Yikes! If only I had a fraction of your genius! I am holding on to them from now on and playing games with my 6 year old!
- July 16, 2010 at 1:59 PM
- Care said...
GENIUS!! (as usual!)
I definitely want to give this a try! Now to find some duplo blocks at a yard sale....... - July 16, 2010 at 2:07 PM
- Teacher Tom said...
What's particularly cool about the Duplos is that it does nothing to diminish their play value as intended. Every set of Duplos should be like these!
- July 16, 2010 at 2:36 PM
- Emma said...
Wow, brilliant! I have been looking for a lower case block set! Now, shall just have to convince someone to stay up until 3am to help me make one with our duplo set! Love it, thank you got such a wonderful idea!
- July 16, 2010 at 3:00 PM
- Crystal said...
I totally just scored a huge bag of mega blocks from the goodwill for $5. I think I am going to make some of these, and be on the lookout for the smaller duplos. What a great idea!
- July 16, 2010 at 3:16 PM
- berrypatch said...
Now I'm thrilled I still have these kicking around! My youngest (6) is an emerging reader. This will be so much fun!
- July 16, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- Kendra said...
You just blew my mind :). I mean, really... who DOESN'T have some blocks like this that they could easily convert. This is the best idea I've seen in awhile!
- July 16, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- K E Fleck said...
oh, my goodness how I love this idea for duplos! Fabulous!
thanks for the inspiration :-) - July 16, 2010 at 5:59 PM
- pink and green mama MaryLea said...
So Completely AWESOME!! I would stay up right now and do it to ours but the house is dark and everyone has gone to bed without me -- probably means I should get off the computer!
I'll be sharing this with my favorite kindergarten teacher -- she's going to love it.
xoxo pink and green mama
MaryLea - July 16, 2010 at 8:04 PM
- Amy A @ Child Central Station said...
Love. Love. Love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
- July 16, 2010 at 9:13 PM
- Jenny Lou Who said...
As an elementary teacher, this is AWESOME. I am definitely going to borrow this idea! Where do you come up with so much awesomeness?
- July 17, 2010 at 12:43 AM
- tracey (aka rainbowmummy) said...
AWESOME! I don't have any duplo but I'll have to get some for this. I love it, love it, LOVE IT!!!!
Lego do have a wall mountable thing that has letters but I never really liked the look of it. (see here, it's a school catalogue hence the extortion http://www.hope-education.co.uk/pre-school-supplies/early-years/construction/lego/duplo-playwalls-and-letters/ )
Couldn't you write directly onto the wood with a sharpie? If I ever write on craft sticks or wooden pegs I have a little bleeding, but it's usually ok. I bet the school LOVES you :) - July 17, 2010 at 3:35 AM
- Michele @ The Hills are Alive said...
Fantastically awesome! I think you should contact Duplo and do some sort of deal with them where you get trailing commission for every set of SILLY SENTENCE Duplo that they sell from here to eternity. Wow! I am getting out the Duplo and white stickers and black permanent marker now (just have to tiptoe into the kids room to get the boxes out of their shhhhhhhhhhh)
- July 17, 2010 at 3:57 AM
- Scott said...
May I just say - genius! I love this idea and can't wait to find ways to use it. Thank you for a great repurposing idea.
- July 17, 2010 at 9:15 AM
- Jeana said...
Love, love, love the word building! What about burning the letters into the spinning blocks? Those wood burning pens aren't too expensive, I don't think.
- July 17, 2010 at 7:55 PM
- MustangShelby said...
As always, my friend, you are brilliant! I love your ingenuity.
- July 17, 2010 at 9:49 PM
- Sarah Craftylocks said...
That is such a great idea! My kids had some shop bought game with words and they had heaps of fun making silly sentences - I thought it was really good, but this is so much better as they join so well and you can include some of your own special words. Love it!
- July 18, 2010 at 2:50 AM
- luckeyfrog said...
These are wonderful! :) Thanks for sharing your ideas!
- July 18, 2010 at 7:26 AM
- Zoe @ Playing by the book said...
Yet another genius idea! Your posts always make me excited :-) And I've linked here today:
http://www.playingbythebook.net/2010/07/18/fishing-for-words/ - July 18, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- MaryAnne said...
This is a fabulous idea - and just write for my words-obsessed Emma and letters-obsessed Johnny. Thanks! =)
- July 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM
this is so awesome! what a great idea! do you have any ideas for empty dvd cases? i put mine in a big folder with sleeves. thanks!
- July 18, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- xo, Joan said...
You are so amazing! What a terrific idea...was just going through my g'daughter's old duplos and feeling kinda sad she's outgrown them...Well, now they will be re-purposed thanks to your great idea! xoxo
- July 18, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- xo, Joan said...
Do you have a list of words to share for those of us who would love to make a set of these wonderful reading Duplos? And would be nice to have a list of letters and combinations you chose for your blocks. Thanks so much! Look forward to your next adventure!
- July 18, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- The girl who painted trees said...
That is BRILLIANT. My LOs still play with ours in the traditional way, but my oldest is beginning to read. I'll be working on this in the next little while!
- July 18, 2010 at 7:21 PM
- Mommy Moment said...
This is such a great idea!
Thanks so much for taking the time to share all the photos too!
Jody - July 18, 2010 at 7:46 PM
I've said it before. You are a genius.
- July 18, 2010 at 8:33 PM
- GianneCurry said...
Another AMAZINGLY simple, sweet, and brilliant idea! In the short time I have been following your blog, you have inspired me numerous times. I wanted to tell you how thankful I am for your creativity and for sharing your ideas with me, so that my little ones can experience the fun and love that inspired your activities. I am giving out 15 blogger awards and you are on my list. Visit my site to see it and to give out awards yourself.
http://cowsgomooandducksgoquack.blogspot.com/ - July 18, 2010 at 8:43 PM
- Erin @ Letter Soup said...
I love this! I did something similar and posted about it here: http://lettersoupblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/legos-make-poetry-fun.html
I like your idea for doing the individual letters!
This is a great blog, btw! - July 18, 2010 at 8:45 PM
- Lindsey said...
Thanks for the kind words y'all! It's great to hear that people are keen to give this one a go.
Thanks for the ideas for getting the wooden spinny spellers sorted too. I've gone off the letraset idea after pricing it out, but I have got some indian ink and a set of rubber alphabet stamps in lower case, so I'm going to do a test out with that.
Joan, I didn't have a list of words really. I just wrote them out as I thought of them. I think if you google "sight words" for various grade levels then you should get a few lists to work from though. The kids love having their names in the mix!
Gianne, thank you for the award. I'll go check out your site :)
and Erin, hello! So cool to find you're on the same wavelength! I love the idea of using this for rhyming poetry! - July 18, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- Counting Coconuts said...
You are a genius! This is a brilliant idea - so creative! I made some spinny spellers a few months ago using wooden blocks (see my blog if you're interested in how I made them). I can't wait to give your version a try! Thanks for sharing this idea.
Counting Coconuts
www.countingcoconuts.blogspot.com - July 19, 2010 at 3:53 AM
- Unknown said...
Love this! I just may have to do this!
- July 19, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Oh, how I ADORE your blog. I am so glad I found it and am amazed by your creativity every time I read it.
I am jumping on the bandwagon and I left you a little award on my blog today too. I know you don't usually post on stuff like this, but I wanted to link to you so more people find out how awesome you are!
By the way, how's that bug hat these days? I hope the girls still love it! - July 19, 2010 at 7:29 PM
- Unknown said...
COMPLETELY awesome, and perfectly in time for the mid-break brain melt. This will be fun! Thank you!
- July 19, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Brilliant, as usual! I think I've said that every single time I've ever commented on your blog :).
- July 19, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- alljoinin said...
As usual fabulous ideas, I have added your blog to my tip five blogs. http://alljoinin.blogspot.com/ Thanks Bea
- July 20, 2010 at 12:49 PM
- Lindsey said...
Hi Elizabeth! The bug hat is still top dog of the dress up box :) Thank you!!! The kids drew some pictures to send back your way, but I am totally lame and have a large pile of long overdue things to post out to people. I'll get them to you, but just don't hold your breath, because you'll go purple and pass out ;) Oooh and thanks for the awardy doodad too :)
and thank you Bea too!
Mari Ann, I love the colours you did your spinny spellers in. Very cute! - July 20, 2010 at 10:17 PM
- Play for Life said...
This really is an irresistible idea. So much fun, and learning here. Well done!
Donna :) :) - July 21, 2010 at 5:26 AM
- Jen said...
This is awesome! I love the idea of using legos. I was thinking about using an old scrabble game for word building (the tiles), but I like how you can connect the letters or words. Thanks. Thinking about schooling at home in the fall and this would be awesome for spelling!
- July 21, 2010 at 7:16 PM
- Charlotte said...
- July 22, 2010 at 2:08 PM
Where did you get the white stickers? Are they just cut up mailing labels? What a fabulous idea!
- July 22, 2010 at 10:40 PM
OMG! You are brilliant!!!!!
We have the Duplos, we have the time...
I was wondering what I would do with the Duplos when my 4 year old demands to graduate to the smaller Legos.
I love your blog! - July 23, 2010 at 5:17 AM
- Secret Mom Thoughts said...
Very cool idea.
- July 23, 2010 at 6:09 AM
- Cara said...
Such an awesome idea! My daughter is loving Duplo now...what a great extension.
- July 23, 2010 at 1:16 PM
- millie said...
This is a fabulous idea! I love your blog, mama
- July 24, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Wow, I don't normally leave comments on blog sites, but this is fantastic and I wanted to say so! Thanks for the wonderful ideas.
- August 1, 2010 at 5:04 AM
- Andrea said...
Brilliant! Thanks for the idea. :0)
Andrea - August 1, 2010 at 9:20 AM
- US said...
so cool! I have a ton of alphabet stickers from my scrapbooking days. I am going to put them to use on the duplos/legos that my kids aren't playing with anyhow.
- August 1, 2010 at 9:19 PM
stolen! I love this! can't wait to sticker up our duplos! Thank you!
- August 3, 2010 at 9:27 PM
- Unknown said...
Thanks for the wonderful ideas!! I have some Large lacing beads that I think we will make a spinny speller out of... and Duplos are something we have tons of... this is going to be fun...
- August 4, 2010 at 2:38 PM
Okay I was just complaining that nobody was buying my duplo blocks from craigslist. I am hereby deleting my ad and creating these cool word blocks you made. Thank you so much for this idea!!!!
- August 4, 2010 at 7:45 PM
- Mom Guide said...
Brilliant! My son would have love these when he was younger. I think I am going to work these into spelling this year.
- August 6, 2010 at 5:21 AM
- Kami said...
This is awesome! Definitely need to try this out for my lego loving boys!
- August 6, 2010 at 11:04 AM
- Jenny said...
What a genius idea!
- August 6, 2010 at 3:31 PM
- Jen Barnes said...
I love everything you do. You really inspire me so much! As a stay at home mom I feel such a responsibility to teach my kids creativity, independence, etc. I love this and think that you should sell your idea to legos. You need to earn big bucks with this idea! Or maybe you could patten it yourself?
- August 7, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- Aimee Larsen said...
I love this! I'm linking up on http://onthelap.blogspot.com
It's a reading blog dedicated to early literacy and these ideas are perfect.
Aimee - August 10, 2010 at 7:28 AM
- Rebecca said...
Brilliant! I featured it on my blog
http://rebecca-youcandoit.blogspot.com/2010/08/leggo-letters-and-spinny-spellers.html - August 20, 2010 at 5:54 PM
- greetingarts said...
You know that's really quite genius, right? Have you thought of writing to Lego? It's brilliant, and highly marketable. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
- August 21, 2010 at 12:09 PM
- Rebecca said...
Great idea! I hope you don't mind, but I featured you :)
http://rebecca-youcandoit.blogspot.com/2010/08/leggo-letters-and-spinny-spellers.html - August 21, 2010 at 1:37 PM
Earlier today I seen this project on another blog, but with just the bigger blocks and whole words. I think the individual letters is even more genius because, a child can really dig in to the components of a words instead of being thrust upon the entire word.
- August 21, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- Halfmoon Girl said...
Love the duplo block idea!
- August 21, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- N from the Learning Ark said...
These are great. Thanks for sharing.
- August 22, 2010 at 4:36 AM
These are wonderful ideas for words - but don't forget math. You could put numbers and pictures or dots for children to match for number recognition. You could do numbers and plus or minus and equal signs for them to begin basic math. Match up the numbers into an equation and pair it with dots in an equation. For older students, it's a great manipulative for learning their times tables. Thanks - I'll be looking for duplo and lego blocks now.
- August 22, 2010 at 12:32 PM
Great idea! Reminds me of "Magnetic Poetry" only in 3D.
- August 22, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- Becka said...
Genius. Pure and utter geniosity! I don't have any duplos and have no access to them (I live in Ecuador where ten legos cost something like 20.00), but I could not help but stop by an express my appreciation for this project.
- August 23, 2010 at 5:54 AM
I love this idea and will be using it with my children! Thank you for sharing!
- August 25, 2010 at 5:03 AM
My daughter (your daughter's teacher) sent me a link to your blog...I am a preschool teacher and just love all of your ideas...especially the scaffolding with Legos (alphabet and hole punch). Thank you. I will be following your creative ideas.
- August 27, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- Sippy Cup Central said...
Just a perfect idea! Thanks, Karen
Sippy Cup Central Mom - August 27, 2010 at 7:05 PM
- ♥.Trish.♥ Drumboys said...
This is the best and most awesome idea ever!
My boys will love it.
Yes it's one of those things that is so simple anyone could have thought of but didn't LOL .
Thank you I am keeping my duplo now ... my boys are just 4 but what a super project to start them reading. - August 27, 2010 at 9:49 PM
- Vanessa (Housewives Inc) said...
This is one of the most genius ideas I have ever seen! Thank you for sharing it. I'm going to have to bookmark this page so I can do this wthl Little Moo's mega blocks when she's ready to start learning to read!!
- August 30, 2010 at 3:01 PM
- Melissa N. said...
WOW. thanks for sharing...awesome idea!
- September 14, 2010 at 3:42 AM
- Mick said...
WOWOWOWOWOW! What an ingenious idea. Thank you so much for being willing to share such an awesome idea. Guess what I will be doing. :)
Homeschooler of three - September 19, 2010 at 11:15 PM
- Kristi Stephens said...
I. LOVE. THIS. Thank you for this amazing idea!!
- October 6, 2010 at 4:27 PM
- Carol said...
That is just clever! Thank you for sharing. I'm gonna need some duplo bricks now. Thanks again!
- October 6, 2010 at 9:52 PM
Quick! Patent your excellent idea!
- October 7, 2010 at 6:39 AM
I stubbled on to you and OMG what a wonderful idea!!!! I was just wondering what to do with all of our Duplo now that legos are moving in and now I know!!! THANK YOU!!!
- October 21, 2010 at 11:23 PM
- Zoe @ Playing by the book said...
We've finally tried this and had so much fun:
Thanks ever so much for the inspiration! - November 1, 2010 at 1:50 AM
Do you have instructions for making the spinny spellers? I couldn't seem to find them. I would like to make them to put in my daughters' Christmas stockings this year. I especially need what letters to put on them. Thank you so much for this and all of your ideas! Susan from NJ
- November 22, 2010 at 6:02 PM
- Lucas Quinn said...
Oh I absolutely love this idea! I'm so glad you put it in your 'Best posts of the year' recap because I would have otherwise missed it. My son is also four and is starting to outgrow his Duplos and I'm definitely going to convert them your way! :)
- January 11, 2011 at 6:01 PM
- ElectricMomma said...
I thought this was such a great idea I sent a link to the post to mu son's speech therapist. What a great way to help kids practice troubling sounds and letter blends while they relax and build. Not only will our blocks get a makeover but I bet this goes to class soon! I love your ideas!
- January 23, 2011 at 7:36 AM
Thank you for this simple yet powerful idea along with the time you have taken to write about it and uploading the pictures, you have helped a lot of people and positively encouraged language acquisition for an even larger number of people.
- February 8, 2011 at 1:20 AM
- rocknrolla said...
another FABULOUS idea!!! why did i give all of those blocks away! truly and awesome idea. i've emailed it to my son's teacher and will post it on my blog she's crafty....
http://crafty.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2011/02/19/duplo-block-spellers/ - February 13, 2011 at 8:51 PM
- Danina said...
This is a great idea!
Both fun and educational. Exactly what i need for my 5 years old. - February 20, 2011 at 5:44 AM
- Unknown said...
Also featured this post here:
Thanks for such a fun idea!!
:)rachel from SunScholars.blogspot.com - March 8, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Retrogirl said...
pure genius.
.....now I've got to dig some duplo blocks out the bottom of the toybox!
Thank you for sharing this INCREDIBLE idea!! - March 17, 2011 at 1:46 PM
What an absolutely fantastic idea - I cant wait to do this with my duplo bricks.
It will be so useful for the reception children I care for plus the under fives.
Christine - April 6, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- Cindy said...
WHAT A GREAT IDEA!!!!!!! Thank you!!! I'll be pulling out the Duplo I had ready to give away!! I'm so excited!
- April 14, 2011 at 5:19 PM
- Earth Caring Rainbow Angel said...
Most impressive, thanks so much for this amazing idea. Totally cool. Our pre-k kids will love these.
- April 25, 2011 at 10:18 PM
- Amy said...
Love, love, LOVE the duplo idea! I think it's even worth buying MORE duplo blocks at thrift stores or garage sales just for this project!
- June 13, 2011 at 1:32 PM
- Jeni said...
Brilliant! I had to pin this; hopefully I can find some bricks that my kids won't mind me using for this!
- June 13, 2011 at 2:02 PM
- Michelle said...
This is a wonderful idea! I have a whole box of those upstairs. I found you via Money Saving Mom and would LOVE it if you linked up at DIY Thrifty Thursday @ www.thrifty101.blogspot.com
www.thrifty101.blogspot.com - June 13, 2011 at 5:41 PM
- Michelle said...
What a great idea! I have a ton of those upstairs! I found you via Money Saving Mom and would LOVE for you to link up at DIY Thrifty Thursday @ www.thrifty101.blogspot.com
~Michelle - June 13, 2011 at 5:43 PM
- Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy said...
YOU are so smart! I love it. I have a bunch of those just sitting in a toy box, and I think I'll give this a try. Thank you.
Kathy M. - June 13, 2011 at 8:55 PM
- Susanne said...
what an awesome idea!
- June 14, 2011 at 5:00 AM
- Karla said...
This is GREAT! I would love to share a link to your post on my blog, but would like your permission. Thank you.
http://chasingchalk.blogspot.com/ - June 14, 2011 at 7:55 AM
Cannot wait to do this. Thanks for sharing!! Do you mind me asking where you found the blank stickers?
- June 15, 2011 at 9:16 AM
What a wonderful idea. Thank you so much. I am working on ours tonight. I know my children will be beyond excited. Finally a project that I can put hours into that will last longer than it took me to put together :)
- June 15, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- Angela said...
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing! I've pinned this!
- July 29, 2011 at 2:57 AM
- Marnie @ Carrots are Orange said...
I think I already commented on this post but what the heck! I was reviewing some bookmarked stuff I want to do with my preschooler. I love, love, love this idea. Thank you for being so resourceful and creative...
- September 2, 2011 at 2:04 PM
- Robyn Stewardson -- Focus on Art said...
Brilliant! Wish I had more duplo!!!
- September 4, 2011 at 7:22 PM
- Readers 'R' Leaders said...
I was reading all the posts and thought how cool this would be for early elementary classroom and then it hit me .. this would be great for ELL students. We have an ever increasing population! It could also be used for subjects and predicates if I use the long legos! :) One more thing to add to my ever growing list of great ideas from the blog world!
- September 10, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- Michael said...
Pretty cool idea especially for kids that need that learn more via handling things than purely visual
- October 18, 2011 at 5:04 AM
I thought I would share with you the blocks that I made after being inspired by your post.... http://the-pre-school-room.blogspot.com/2011/11/building-literacy-literally-building-it.html
I've made sight word blocks, letter blocks and am in the process of making Italian Vocabulary Blocks now too. Thankyou for the inspiration!! :) - November 4, 2011 at 3:51 PM
I found this via Pinterst and it is AMAZING!!!! I hope to become an Educational Assistant after colledge, and this is something that I am keeping in mind!!!! :) Thanks so much for sharing!!!!
- November 17, 2011 at 7:15 AM
This is so creative. Learning should be this fun!
Thanks so much. - December 8, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- Nisha said...
LOVE these ideas! We're putting words on our blocks today.
- December 22, 2011 at 1:41 PM
I never post comments on blogs, but I had to tell you how amazing this idea is! I teach special education and will be creating these for my students to help them learn to spell. Thank you for the great idea!
- December 30, 2011 at 9:30 PM
Thanks for such a great idea. I'm doing it right now. My husband said to me why don't you just use the labeller. Sometimes he has a good idea or two. It worked great.
- January 8, 2012 at 4:04 PM
- sweetieincinci said...
Thanks for the great idea! I'm a teacher of special needs students and some of them don't know their basic sight words. What a cooler way than to have them build with them!
- February 14, 2012 at 3:45 PM
- María said...
En español...
¡Me gustó mucho!
Em portuguê!!
Adorei o seu blog.
Thanks. - February 15, 2012 at 8:10 AM
- K. Innes said...
I found this pin via pinterest!! Thank you so very much! I would like link this post on my blog page as part of my first ever Friday inspiration post. I have given credit you and even linked to your blog. I hope you will check it out. Thank you again. --Kate (http://familyinnes.blogspot.com)
- March 1, 2012 at 2:32 PM
- the classroom creative said...
This is a brilliant idea and all you need is duplos, white stickers and a sharpie. We had to include it @ theclassroomcreative in our summer reading sight words post. It fits perfectly! Enjoy your summer, Karen & Nicolette
- June 14, 2012 at 4:45 PM
I would love to use your idea and put our high frequency words on them for my literacy group. They would love it! What a fabulous idea. I love your creativity and practicality!
Smileyshirt:) - July 24, 2012 at 2:58 PM
I would love to use your idea and put our high frequency words on them for my literacy group. They would love it! What a fabulous idea. I love your creativity and practicality!
Smileyshirt:) - July 24, 2012 at 2:59 PM
- Unknown said...
I absolutely LOVE what you have done with the duplo blocks! Do you mind if I post your photos with credit to share ideas on pinterest? Thank you!
- July 26, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Didn't have any Duplo, but my DH found a large tub of Mega Blocks that work just as well. I also added punctuation to the single orange ones to make complete sentences. Also made some words with a capital first letter for the start of sentences. I'm a special ed teacher and love your idea! So do my students. Thank you!!
Julie - October 18, 2012 at 10:06 PM
- Savannah @ HammockTracks said...
This post is such a super smart idea! I've had four kids and gotten rid of many duplos...this would have been a perfect way to extend their life. Please consider adding this to Look What We Did. -Savannah http://lookwhatwedid-homeschool.blogspot.com
- December 5, 2012 at 3:31 AM
- Leslie said...
Just saw this on Pinterest. GENIUS! Now I'll be saving all of our duplos. I have a 2YO who loves them, but I know she'll eventually move on to the LEGO bricks, which we have literally tons of. This gives me an idea, wondering if I can do anything with some of those. Hmmm?
Anyway, thanks for these wonderful ideas!!! Hope it is OK to repin! - January 10, 2013 at 12:28 PM
I know this is quite an old post but I found this page about 8-9 months ago. I made some re-purposed blocks at the time and have found them to be very helpful and fun these past few months. Thank you for the inspiration, a wonderful idea!
http://suzyhomeschooler.wordpress.com/ - March 1, 2013 at 9:38 AM
- Fedor Mukhametshin said...
Need to make a note for my children.
- March 16, 2013 at 1:23 PM
- Unknown said...
Fab post
Would love for you to link it up at my new Empty Your Archive link party which is a chance to dust off great posts from your archive - there is a focus this week on reading - would really love to see you there, Alice @ Mums Make Lists x - March 27, 2013 at 7:41 AM
- PK @ Knee Deep In Grace said...
Love this, love this, love this! Thank you for sharing your idea. I will definitely be copying it for my young ones!
Sweet Blessings to You and Yours,
PK - May 26, 2013 at 6:36 PM
Thankx for the idea i'm going to use it in my class! Greets from Belgium!
- September 25, 2013 at 7:19 AM


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Nigel Gault, chief U.S. economist at IHS Global Insight, said the student loan crisis may not torpedo the financial sector as the mortgage meltdown nearly did in 2008, but it could slam taxpayers and the still-ailing housing market.
"When student loans don't get repaid, debts are going to be transferred from the borrower to the taxpayer," further raising federal deficits, he said. And overburdened student-loan borrowers may fail to qualify for mortgages and "stay much longer in their parents' homes," Gault said. Young adults forming households have historically been the bulk of first-time home buyers — and their scarcity could dampen any housing recovery.
"When kids do graduate, the most daunting challenge can be the cost of college," Obama said in his State of the Union address, asking Congress to extend a temporary cut — due to expire in July — in federal student-loan rates. The reduced federal rate is now 3.4 percent. It the cuts aren't extended, it will rise to 6.8 percent.
Still, Obama said: "We can't just keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition. We'll run out of money."
Obama also asked Congress to extend the current tuition tax credit, double work-study jobs over five years and let borrowers consolidate multiple student loans at reduced interest rates.
But in this intensely partisan year, any congressional action seems dubious.
"I wish I could tell you that there's a place to find really cheap money or free money and pay for everyone's education, but that's just not going to happen," Romney says. "Now the government is taking over the student loan business. I think you'll get less competition."
The government has not taken over the student loan business. The private loan industry is still writing student loans, usually at interest rates far above the government ones.
What the Republicans are zeroing in on is a section in Obama's health care overhaul that eliminated big banks as middlemen in managing federal school-loan programs. Also, the new federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is clamping down on the lightly regulated private student loan industry.
Santorum, who now says calling Obama a "snob" for promoting higher education was "probably not the smartest" choice of words, has been seeking to rally blue-collar support by emphasizing that many jobs do not require college degrees — and suggesting many colleges are liberal bastions.
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The first time I used blueberry filling for the layers and covering..This time I used raspberry jam for the filling..Which one I preferred if you were to asked?..Well I would preferred the blueberry one..Both got their own taste definitely..the choice is yours..I used my own ganache recipe for this, so still up to you which u preferred,..Oh yes, I just slice to make 2 layers for the cake as I have only just one jar of jam in stock..
Yesterday was my 19th wedding anniversay... No celebrations as Mr Hubby is away for a working trip on the land of the rising sun..Too bad I cant join him, the plan was to follow up after his conference there..but since Hasif is still having his lessons,(Polytechnic) we or rather me called off the idea as I cant leave without him..tak sampai hati pulak nak tinggalkan dia..ada exam pulak tu..takut kalau kita pergi dia tak boleh concentrate(yalah mama & his siblings pergi then dia tinggal)..cause Tokyo is the place that he wanted to go for the longest time..hehehe..tak ada rezeki nak kesana..maybe next time..
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Cake Ingredients:-
60g raspberry jam
200g castor sugar-(Ayu used 100g)
125g butter + more for greasing tin
125g plain (all purpose flour) flour
+ 60g cocoa powder + 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda, sifted
4 eggs, yolks & whites separated
160g raspberry jam, heated until warm
4 tbsp milk
41/2 tbsp whipping cream
125g dark cooking chocolate, melted
Ayu used this ganache
Preheat oven to 170c. Prepare a 20cm(8 inch) diameter round tin.
Grease tin with butter and line with baking paper, then grease again. set aside.
Combine jam, sugar and butter in a saucepan and cook over low heat until sugar dissolved.
Remove and leave to cool. Transfer jam mixture to a large mixing bowl. Gradually add flour mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until combined(Ayu used a mixer for this). Add egg yolks, one at a time, stirring continuously until well combined.
With an electric mixer, whisk egg whites until stiff peaks form. Using a rubber spatula, gradually and gently fold whipped egg whites into cake mixture until mixture is well combined. Pour mixture into prepared tin.
Place tin in preheated oven and bake for about 50 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre of cake comes out clean. Remove cake from tin and leave to cool on a wire rack.
Prepare ganache. Heat milk and whipping cream over low heat until warm. Stir in melted chocolate until well mixed. set aside.
To assemble cake, slice cake horizontally into 3 equal layers. Spread raspberry jam over bottom and middle layers. Stack all 3 layers together and spread jam over surface of entire cake. Pour ganache onto cake and spread evenly. Leave to set, then decorate as desired.


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Pro Acryl: Yellow Ochre (22ml)
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All Monument paints are a premium high-density pigment in superior acrylic mediums. They provide great coverage right out of the bottle, thin evenly to achieve any level of transparency, and dry to a beautiful matte finish. Whether brush or airbrush, they are formulated to provide the same consistency in color and coverage. Pro Acryl paints come with an innovative, no-clog cap that provides the benefits of a dropper bottle and twist cap all in one! All paints come loaded with our signature glass agitators and are sealed for freshness! 22ml of paint per bottle.


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There are many changes that a young woman's body experiences during puberty - one change being the development of breasts. Listed in the directory below you will find additional information regarding breast health, for which we have provided a brief overview.
Anatomy of the Breasts
Normal Breast Development
Breast Conditions
Breast Self-Examination


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