Take the lessons at home on your time !
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I have a 6 string electric guitar with no time, or money to go to a  place and sign up for guitar lessons. That's why I got this item, I did a research on it first before purchasing this (highly recommend doing the research before you buy).

I highly recommend this for people who seriously want to learn. Keith Wyatt is a great instructor, you immediately learn so much with the guitar that it's fun, and encouraging. The lessons are not confusing at all, it's simple and point blank. From my experience and point of view, this is probably the best idea I've made concerning my guitar. This dvd has helped me expand my personality on a musical level.

Overall, Highly recommended !
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As a full-time private tutor, I thoroughly endorse this product as a perfect way to encourage students to develop a study rhythm.
Regular, timed sessions of studying and relaxing lead to higher productivity and quicker completion of homework.  A timer is critical for this!

I recommend the white cube timer for high school students, and ask that they use the 60-minute setting for study time and the 15-minute setting for break time.
Flipping the cube is easy and fun, and students ACTUALLY DO IT!  I find that they don't stick to a timer that they have to keep resetting.

I have two yellows and two whites: one of each for home, and one of each for the road.  I use them myself!

**I recommend the yellow cube timers and a 45/20 rhythm for middle school students**
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These lessons are great! They are organized and easy to use with fun activities for parents and kids.  Thanks for putting these together!
3103774
I'm using this book to teach my third child how to read, so I think it's high time I wrote a review of it. Parents, this is the only book you need to get started on the most important skill they'll ever learn. And YOU can be the one to teach them!

There are lots of fancy-schmancy phonics programs with bells and whistles -- and games and prizes and treasure chests and eight million little stickers and tiny books to keep up with. If you like all that, and need all that, then more power to you. I can barely keep up with everything else I have going on, much less a complicated method of teaching my child to read.

Simplify your life, and just get started. For less than 20 bucks, you'll have your child well on his or her way to reading.

OK, the title is a little misleading. It's not EASY, by any means. Especially if you have an active four-year-old boy. Let him do his lessons standing up, lying on the floor, jumping up and down the stairs, out in the yard -- he's active, and let his gross motor skills be used while he's learning. It takes 10 minutes of super-focusing -- but in between the different parts of each lesson, let your child move around. You want him to love reading!

Also, don't feel like you have to do the writing task of each lesson. My girls love to write, so this was fun for them. But I skipped it with my son until he was more ready to hold a pencil. Actually, we did some lessons out in the driveway, with a fat piece of chalk. He had a great time and usually ended up drawing a whole train system or town after we finished his lesson.

It works. It really does. And it's amazing to be sitting next to your child the first time they learn to read the word, "see." Or "mom." ("Mom! I just read the word 'mom!'" they'll say.) It's something you'll always remember doing together.

You don't have to be a reading teacher. You don't need any special skills or experience. You read the script in red print. You stay on task. And you finish the lesson. Then you praise your child and tell her how smart and wonderful she is!

With each of my kids, we made a VERY SIMPLE chart that had 100 squares on it. I just used a ruler and made some lines and put numbers in them -- didn't even use the computer. It took 5 minutes. Then, after we did a lesson, I let the child put a sticker over the number. Any kind of sticker. All those hodge-podge sheets of stickers you end up with -- they work great for a reading chart.

I let each child pick a reward they wanted to receive when they finished all 100 of the lessons. That gave them great incentive to get through the whole book.

For extra practice, I recommend the Bob Books, which you can see listed on this site. Kids love these books -- they're adorable. Scholastic makes a good set of beginner readers as well. But you don't need anything else besides this one book -- the little Bob readers can just help reinforce.

As a busy parent, this is one of the most enjoyable things you'll ever do with your child. But don't feel like you have to rush -- do a few lessons, and if you need to take a break, then do. I highly recommend Raymond and Dorothy Moore's BETTER LATE THAN EARLY if you're the type to freak out that your three-year-old can't write his ABC's. Too many parents push their children and ruin their eyesite at a young age.

Have fun watching the light go on!

--Reviewed by Heather Lynn Ivester, Mom 2 Mom Connection
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I love this program -- I am on lesson 40 -- reading and listening I need both ! Trusting the Process - doing as Directed is the Key for me .
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I think very highly of this DVD and pop it in frequently for a guided home practice. There are many different practices to choose from, separated by level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and time (under 40 minutes or over 40 minutes). Each practice is titled after the goal or effect it is likened to which makes it easier to choose the practice you want to do that day. I would highly recommend this DVD to anyone looking for a wide variety of practices and learning in one package. :)
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As a woman who has worked from home for over eight years, the most important lesson that I have learned is to enjoy all of the expert information that is available for research about working from home.  Homemade Money:  Bringing In the Bucks is a perfect example of reading something that will enlighten you, help you in areas that you never imagined and give you the self-confidence to know that you are choosing your own path for your life instead of letting some employer rule your days!  I never imagined how much information author Barbara Brabec was cramming into this great read!  Even though I feel good about my work and my lifestyle, I learned even more about working from home and increasing my future income from Homemade Money:  Bringing In the Bucks.  I suggest you take the time to read this jam-packed book, filled with information, been-there-done-that advice and helpful tips.  It could possibly help YOU bring in the bucks!
3861605
Good guide to helping you live in the present. The short chapters make it easy to read and take time to put the lessons into practice.
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I'm always devouring books on time management and I wish I had this one from the start! It's a great book with incredible tips and ideas for time management. I love the concept of how he surveyed the most successful in many walks of life - business, athletics, and academics, then compiled their practices together for all of us. Some were not new to me and it was validating and motivating to know I'm on the right path and yet other ideas blew my mind! Time blocking taskers on my calendar was entirely new and needed in my life. Such an 'aha moment' and I'm already applying it to my life with positive results. This book also came along at a most perfect time in my life; I now have #1440 up and am now ready to become more productive and fully live life.

I also appreciate the structure of the book. Kevin Kruse provides all the great tips and yet most books stop with that main purpose; however, in addition to the methodology, he shares his research with us as the reader. We are able to read personal accounts from the successful and learn even more tidbits beyond the 15 secrets. Though the first part was a swift, informative read; I found myself meandering through the last section like a relaxed walk in the park. It was truly enjoyable to look up the entrepreneurial websites of the interviewees and learn more about their endeavors and ideas. In addition, many recommended various apps and web programs to streamline our lives even further. Kevin's book is definitely worth spending many of the #1440 minutes to enjoy all of the great knowledge he shares.

This book will be a resource I turn back to over and over again. My intent is to layer these concepts into my life. I'm aware of all that I can do and now I want to deliberately master each step. Though I already enjoy waking up early and working out, it will take diligent practice and trial and error in order to really get comfortable with my calendar/taskers. I also have a sneaking feeling - THIS time management book will be the one that helps me master my overfull email inbox. Stay tuned! Thank you Kevin for sharing these wonderful insights in such a concise and informative read.
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I found Laurie's book to be really enjoyable. The strategies Laurie describes are simple, yet powerful. The idea of buying stock when it goes on sale through the sale of cash secured puts and then turning around and selling the stock when is highly priced through the sale of covered calls is fascinating. Not many things are certain in the stock market, but it is true that you need to buy low and sell high, and Laurie explains how to do this through options. As a Stay at home mom, I would recommend this book to other mothers that left the corporate world to take care of their children. This book shows you how you can generate an income with your investing accounts. Granted, it would take a lot of capital to replace a full time income, but if you can bring home income on a consistent basis you would feel more empowered. Thank you Laurie! You are an inspiration to women, and I hope to be like you one day!
1678553
Just make your life the way you want to live it....it can be done!  now onto reading 168 hours in a week.
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I learned to type on one of these as a child 30+ years ago, and was so thrilled to find they still exist now that my daughter is learning to type! I have often received comments on my typing speed over the years and I give this device and the lesson book most of the credit. On the first night it arrived my daughter was so captivated she played for an hour and is having a blast watching her skills improve! I really wanted to find a way for her to learn to type without the distraction of so many of the games online. This is a bare bones game-style tutor but it is incredibly addictive in its simplicity. There are so many great features of this device... from the humorous and thoughtful lesson book that you have to follow to get ahead (my daughter is notorious for not reading instructions; it won't work here), to the simple display (letters and numbers/symbols) and basic feedback (speed and accuracy). All you get at the end of each lesson is a score, and the lesson tells you the score you need to achieve before going on to the next lesson. For example, lesson 1 works on the home row (asdfghjkl). It presents one letter and you have to press that letter on the keyboard using the appropriate finger. After 60 seconds or so it gives you a number (eg, 31), representing your typing speed. The more you practice, the faster you get and the higher the number goes (the goal of lesson 1 is to reach 60). Because you're not supposed to be looking at your fingers, beeps let you know when you hit the wrong key. Once you reach the goal you can move on to lesson 2. The keyboard is well sized for younger hands, making it a great tool for kids. If you (or your kid) are the type of person who loves to  challenge yourself, this lesson plan will keep you motivated. Users do need to be old enough to read the manual and follow instructions (probably a 5/6 grade reading level). If I could give this thing 10 stars, I would!!
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Perfect for summertime" home schooling"....for my 9 year old going to 5th grade in the fall. Love it! These books actually give lessons...they're not just a bunch of pages that a kid has to do....like other books out there. I can tell the kids to do certain pages, and the pages will instruct them. Great product.
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I love the 5000 year leap, but how do you teach these valuable principles to children? This book makes it fun and easy!! Games, crafts, activities and role plays put these principles to work in a fun engaging way. I helped teach a class with this book. Meaningful discussions came from these teaching tools and the parents thanked us for teaching them through their children. They often asked us if we would hold a class for adults with all the fun involved, so they could more easily learn these timeless principles that made our Country free.
This book makes it so easy to teach, even if you haven't read the 5000 year leap yourself yet (though I highly recommend reading it along side this manual!!)  This book lists everything you will need for each lesson and step by step instructions for running a successful club each week. Great for homeschool coops or a neighborhood after school club for kids age 8-12. You can learn right along side the kids and find greater love for our Country and the freedoms we were meant to have. You will gain an understanding of why we need them and a love for the great men who founded this Country.
I love what I learned while assisting in teaching this class and I loved seeing how bright and amazing the kids are that we taught! Anyone can teach this! Anyone can learn this. All will have fun in the process.
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Myers has developed a fantastic approach and methodology for learning with his "A Smarter Way..." series (do try the HTML/CSS book as well)!

The book itself is straight-forward, clear and efficiently presents the lesson detail and then moves on to the next without fluff or distraction.

At the end of each lesson, the web-exercises present the lesson in various interactive methods; thus providing a "brain-bridge" (if you will) which helps the knowledge in your short-term memory cross-over to your long-term memory for easier application in the future.
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learn a word a day, or cheat and get ahead, try 5 at a time.  Your year will pass faster.
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So far, my son and I are on lesson 24 and he's sounding out 3 and 4 letter words.  I was considering home-schooling my son and wanted to just give this book a try to see how things went.  We started at the end of July since he was to start kindergarten this fall.  It's really rewarding to know that you are teaching your child such an important skill!  He is doing really well, but I have realized that I don't personally have the patience to home-school, but am enjoying our little journey together.  The book makes it so easy, you're pretty much reading a skit, but it works!  I LOVE seeing his face light up when he reads words or accomplishes another section.  The book also teaches writing and makes learning fun.  I would absolutely recommend this book!  The authors really have it down to a science.