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- Where Did That Idiom Come From?
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- Color Me Book
- Building on Patterns: Primary Braille Literacy Program: Kindergarten Level
- Patterns Prebraille Program
| Consumer Guides to Toxic Chemicals in Toys and Beauty Products Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:39 AM PDT From the websites: We launched HealthyToys.org because children's products should not contain toxic chemicals! No government agency is adequately assuring that children's products do not contain harmful chemicals. Nor does any agency require labeling or disclosure to inform consumers about the chemical components of children's products. HealthyToys.org was launched to address the failures of our current system to regulate chemicals in products. HealthyToys.org is a first step in providing parents, grandparents, and others who care about children with the information they need to make better choices when purchasing toys and other children's products. Our tests, and previous independent tests, have verified that some toys contain chemicals of concern including heavy metals such as lead and cadmium. In nearly all cases, the presence of these toxic chemicals in consumer products is perfectly legal in the United States. The only U.S. law restricting lead in toys applies only to paint. And, other than that lead paint standard, currently the only standard for a small group of toxic chemicals in children's toys is a voluntary industry standard that cannot be enforced. Children's jewelry is ineffectively regulated, and jewelry with high levels of dangerous chemicals are commonly found on store shelves. Campaign For Safe CosmeticsThe Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is a coalition of women's, public health, labor, environmental health and consumer-rights groups. The goal is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring the health and beauty industry to phase out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other health problems, and replace them with safer alternatives. Personal care products like shampoo, conditioner, after shave, lotion and makeup are not regulated by the FDA or any other government agency. It is perfectly legal and very common for companies to use ingredients that are known or suspected to be carcinogens, mutagens or reproductive toxins in their products. Consumers buy these products at drug stores, grocery stores, online or in salons, usually without questioning the product's safety. They are asking cosmetics and personal care products companies to sign the Compact for Safe Cosmetics (also known as the Compact for the Global Production of Safer Health and Beauty Products), a pledge to remove toxic chemicals and replace them with safer alternatives in every market they serve. As of August 2007, 600 companies have signed the Compact -- and that number increases every day. SkinDeep: Cosmetic Safety DatabaseSkinDeep is a cosmetic safety database that lists safety information for over 41,000 cosmetics and personal care products. You can look up particular products and find out if they are toxic or safe to use. The database is created and maintained by researchers at the Environmental Working Group. You can search the database by keyword or browse products by categories such as makeup, skin care, hair care, nail care, baby care, oral care and fragrance. Each listed product has a clear safety score and detailed overview.  |
| Fastest Currency Converter, It's Curculator! Posted: 15 Jun 2009 12:45 PM PDT Curculator is an easy to use currency converter and calculator. Select the input and the output currency, and enter the amount and it will give you the result in no time. It cuts down the lengthy process of getting rates from the bank and then calculating the amounts. The rates of Curculator are mid-market, i.e. average of the buy and sell rates and are extracted from various trusted sources. No registration required. Premium(paid) service lets you choose any bank (or other financial institution) in the world as the source of rates.  |
| Where Did That Idiom Come From? Posted: 15 Jun 2009 12:27 PM PDT Idioms are common sayings like "Picture paints a thousand words" or "Back to square one" and are used quite often in the English language. If you don't always understand some of these idioms, you should check out IdiomSite. It contains definitions and meanings of these common sayings. You can browse idioms alphabetically or search for a particular saying on the site by using your browser's search function.  |
| Patterns: The Primary Braille Reading Program Posted: 15 Jun 2009 11:08 AM PDT Program designed for young beginning braille readers, preprimer through third reader level. Word recognition is taught through tactual memory, phonological skills, and syntactical skills. Contains a variety of materials for each level, including: textbooks, posttests, worksheets, and teacher's editions. Recommended ages: 5 years and up. Note: Some braille versions of Patterns teacher's editions available from APH are vacuum form books that were transcribed by the Braille Services Guild of California. Complete kits include only the print versions of the teacher's editions; braille teacher's editions must be ordered separately. Patterns: The Primary Braille Reading Program: Scope and Sequence Chart (overview) This is an overview of Patterns: The Primary Braille Reading Program, a complete program designed specifically for young beginning braille readers, preprimer through third reader level. Note: Patterns Readiness Level (Red) has been replaced by Building on Patterns: Kindergarten Patterns: Reading: Preprimer Level (Blue) Work and Play, Little and Big, Words and Games: Complete Print KitPatterns: Reading: Preprimer: Complete Print Kit Includes: Pupil's Texts, Worksheets, Print Teacher's Edition for Pupil's Texts and Worksheets, Review Worksheets, Print Teacher's Edition for Review Worksheets, Posttest, Print Teacher's Edition for Posttest. Patterns: Reading: Primer Level (Green): City and Farm: Complete Print KitPatterns: Reading: Primer: Complete Print Kit Includes: Pupil's Text, Worksheets, Print Teacher's Edition for Pupil's Text and Worksheet, Review Worksheets, Print Teacher's Edition for Review Worksheets, Posttest, Print Teacher's Edition for Posttest. Patterns: Reading: 1st Reader Level (Yellow): New Friends: Complete Print KitPatterns: Reading: First Reader: Complete Print Kit Includes: Pupil's Text, Worksheets, Print Teacher's Edition for Pupil's Text and Worksheets, Review Worksheets, Print Teacher's Edition for Review Worksheets, Posttest, Print Teacher's Edition for Posttest. Patterns: Reading: 2nd Reader Level (Brown): Old and New: Complete Print KitPatterns: Reading: Second Reader: Complete Kit Includes: Pupil's Text, Worksheets, Print Teacher's Edition for Pupil's Text and Worksheets, Review Worksheets, Print Teacher's Edition for Review Worksheets, Posttest, Print Teacher's Edition for Posttest. Patterns: Reading: 3rd Reader Level (Gray): Far Away and Long Ago: Complete Print KitPatterns: Reading: Third Reader: Complete Print Kit Includes: Pupil's Text, Worksheets, Print Teacher's Edition for Pupil's Text and Worksheets, Review Worksheets, Print Teacher's Edition for Review Worksheets, Posttest, Print Teacher's Edition for Posttest.  |
| Posted: 15 Jun 2009 07:24 AM PDT Color Me is an 11 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch soft covered book containing 40 raised-line pictures to be colored. Each page contains one or two raised-line drawings of an item that is usually the same color as the braille/print color word at the top of the page. The name of the item(s) to be colored is included under the picture in braille and print. Recommended ages: 4 years and up.  |
| Building on Patterns: Primary Braille Literacy Program: Kindergarten Level Posted: 15 Jun 2009 07:12 AM PDT  Building on the success of Patterns: Primary Braille Reading Program, Building on Patterns (BOP) is a complete primary literacy program designed to teach beginning braille users to read, write, and spell in braille. The Building on Patterns series addresses vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, phonemic awareness (ability to hear and interpret sounds in speech), and phonics (the association of written symbols with the sounds they represent). BOP also addresses specific skill areas needed by the child who is blind, such as language development, sound discrimination, tactual discrimination, and concept development. Braille contractions are introduced from the beginning along with sound and letter associations.
Kindergarten lessons include a selection to be read to the student, questions to discuss, and an activity for the child to complete. Textbooks are consumable. Recommended ages: 4 to 5 years and up. Note: Building on Patterns: Kindergarten replaces Patterns Reading Program Readiness Level. Other levels of Building on Patterns will be available in the future.  |
| Posted: 15 Jun 2009 06:38 AM PDT  Designed to prepare children before they begin braille reading. Helps build a child's auditory, tactual, conceptual, and language skills. Emphasis in this program is on exposure to a variety of common childhood experiences.  |
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