Copii au nevoie de joaca, articol scris de psiholog, Anca Popa

Pentru ca un copil sa fie fericit si sa se dezvolte armonios, el are nevoie sa i se ofere oportunitatea de a se juca, ori de unul singur, ori cu alti copii. Mesajul pe care il receptioneaza un copil cand i se ofera prilejul sa se joace este ca poate incepe sa se destinda, sa se simta liber si sa se exprime asa cum simte si stie el.

Activitatile placute contribuie in mod activ la elevarea starii de bine si a diminuarii sentimentelor negative; timpul in care un copil este prins in mrejele jocului este un timp plin de magie, un timp care-i permite copilului sa se relaxeze, sa fie fericit, sa invete si sa se dezvolte atat pe plan personal, cat si pe plan social.

Prin observarea comportamentelor afisate in timpul jocului, se pot identifica o serie de procese cognitive, afective si interpersonale; de fapt, acesta este si motivul pentru care jocul este cea mai importanta unealta folosita in programele de dezvoltare personala pentru copii. O data descoperite aceste procese, se poate interveni fie prin incurajarea si stimularea abilitatilor si comportamentelor pozitive, fie prin corectarea proceselor problematice.

Haideti sa vedem cateva dintre beneficiile clare pe care le poate obtine copilul dvs. prin joc:

-          copiii care se joaca sunt mai putin predispusi iritabilitatii si plictiselii

-          invata cum sa isi exprime in mod sanatos atat sentimentele negative, cat si pe cele pozitive

-          le este mai usor sa se simta confortabil in grupuri

-          invata cum sa isi exprime emotiile, sa le proceseze si sa le modifice, pentru ca apoi sa le foloseasca intr-un mod constructiv

-          dezvoltarea empatiei, adica a abilitatii de a intelege ce simt altii, de a e pune in pielea lor

-          dezvoltarea increderii in cei din jurul lor

-          comunicarea ideilor, a nevoilor si a sentimentelor fata de alte persoane

-          cautarea solutiilor pentru problemele/dificultatilor care se ivesc, stimularea capacitatii de a genera solutii precum si a abilitatii de a calcula consecintele

-          invata cum sa devina mai organizati si mai rabdatori

-          imbunatatirea atentiei

-          emotiile pozitive sporesc eficienta sistemului imutitar, endocrin si cardiovascular

-          jocul incurajeaza spiritul de echipa

Funny quotes

I see that all of you like, share and discuss quotes. It seems to me that this can be 1 step ahead to actually become more accurate, using more common sense and be more tender. As you all know we use in our program lessons for developing communication and manners. As hope lasts the longest and funny stuff always gain more territory than any other kind of activity, serious talking or method of teaching people "how to..." I've searched some of the nicest quotes that can make your day better, think more and actually do more!
Here it is:
No employee makes the same mistake twice. He is fired the first time. Isaac Asimov (and a lot more to come here on this site that is absolutely awesome!)
 Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln
I don’t suffer from insanity; I enjoy every minute of it...

Children: You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 telling them to sit down and shut-up!!!


Many more to come here on this site
Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you. Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

                      

Most common and the funniest jokes of Great Britain

Postman: Is this letter for you? The name is smudged.
mother, “Mummy, today in school I was punished for something that
I didn’t do.”
to have a talk with your teacher about this! By the way, what was
it that you didn’t do?”
indicating that “Johnny seems to be having some difficulty with
the differences between boys and girls,” and would his mother
“…please sit down and have a talk with Johnny about this.”
bedroom, and closes the door.
unbuttons her blouse and takes it off.

Man: No, it can't be for me, my name is Smith.


Old Lady: Do you always play by ear?
Street Musician: Yes, lady, 'ere or 'ereabouts.

One day little Jenny came home from school, and said to her

The mother exclaimed, “But that’s terrible Jenny dear! I’m going

Little Jenny replied, “My homework.

Little Johnny comes home from school with a note from his teacher,
So, Johnny’s mother takes him quietly by the hand upstairs to her
“First Johnny, I want you to take off my blouse…” So he
“OK, now take off my skirt…” And he takes off her skirt.
“Now, take off my bra…” Which he does.
“And now, Johnny, please take off my panties…”
And when Johnny finishes removing these, she says,
“Johnny, PLEASE don’t wear any of my clothes to school any more!


English Captain: Did you came here today???


American Soldier: No I came here yesterday!


I told the ambulance men the wrong blood type for my ex, so he knows what rejection feels like" – Pippa Evans


"I like Jesus, but he loves me, so it's awkward" – Tom Stade


The Scots invented hypnosis, chloroform and the hypodermic syringe. Wouldn't it just be easier to talk to a woman?" – Stephen Brown


"The anti-aging advert that I would like to see is a baby covered in cream saying, 'Aah, I've used too much'" – Andrew Bird
How do you get rid ofcockroaches?Tell them you want along-term relationship

Collective nouns

Today’s topic is collective nouns, nouns that describe a group, such as “family,” “orchestra,” and “board.”

Guest-writer Bonnie Trenga writes.

There are around 200 collective nouns in the English language (1). Sometimes they take a singular verb, but other times they take a plural verb. The most important thing to realize is that there are no hard and fast rules here, only trends. Usually, which verb you use depends on two things: whether you consider the collective noun to be a single unit or to be made up of individuals, and whether you’re American or British.

Singular or Plural Verbs?

Let’s use the collective noun “couple” as an example. When you are thinking of the couple as two separate people doing separate things, you would probably use a plural verb. For example, you would say, "The couple are vacationing separately this year," because they are two different people doing two different things. On the other hand, if you're thinking of the couple as a single unit, you would probably use a singular verb. For example, you would say, "Each couple is going to Bermuda on a different day." You just have to use your best judgment, and even though this seems tricky, the good news is that you can never really get it wrong because 1) there is no real rule, and 2) you can always just assert that you were thinking of the couple as individuals (or a unit) if someone questions your verb choice (2).

Here’s another example. A listener, Jody, asks how to use the word “family.” She wants to know which is correct—“Tim’s family is ranchers” or “Tim’s family are ranchers.” Jody points out that she prefers “are” but that Word’s grammar checker prefers “is.” She wants to know whether having something plural, such as ranchers, after the verb makes a difference. In this case, it doesn’t matter what comes after the verb; it just matters what idea you’re trying to get across. In Jody’s “ranchers” example, I too would prefer “are” because it seems that you’re referring to a bunch of separate individuals. What would happen if we changed “ranchers,” a noun, to “wealthy,” an adjective? Would we prefer “Tim’s family is wealthy” or “Tim’s family are wealthy”? In this case, I would prefer “is” because it seems we’re talking about one family, one unit.

American vs. British Usage

Adding to the complexity of this issue is that Americans and Britons handle it differently.

Americans tend to treat collective nouns as single units, so it’s more common to use the singular verb unless you’re definitely talking about individuals (3). So in America you would be more likely to hear “The faculty is meeting today” than “The faculty are meeting today.”

In British usage, however, it’s the opposite; it’s more common to use the plural verb (4). In fact, some sentences that are perfectly correct in Britain would be considered incorrect in America (3). Take “Cambridge are winning the boat race.” Although I spent my elementary-school years in London, I have been fully Americanized, so this sentence doesn’t sound right to me. As an American, I would say, “Cambridge is winning.”

A Couple of Rules: Institutions and Animate vs. Inanimate Nouns

Although no rule states you must use a singular verb or a plural verb after a collective noun, style guides do offer two guidelines.

First, institution names, such as the United States, the House of Lords, and Congress, tend to use singular verbs (1). This is probably because we see these institutions as units; we don’t think of the members as individuals. So you would most likely say, “Congress is meeting today.” If you wanted to emphasize the individuals in Congress, on the other hand, you could say, “The members of Congress are meeting today.”

The second guideline involves nouns that are animate (alive) versus inanimate (not alive). Collective nouns are always animate (4), and they can use a plural or a singular verb, as we’ve seen. Inanimate objects, such as “sugar” or “furniture,” are called mass nouns or uncountable nouns, and are always singular. So you would say, “This sugar is very sweet” or “My furniture is too old.” You can’t say, “This sugar are” or “My furniture are.” If you want to talk about individual grains of sugar or individual pieces of furniture, then you have to say something like “Eight grains of sugar were found” or “These pieces of furniture are new.”

Prepositional Phrases

Some people get tripped up when a prepositional phrase comes after a collective noun that is the subject of a sentence. For example, if you're talking about “a large group of students,” “group” is the collective noun and the subject of the sentence; however, it's easy to get distracted by the prepositional phrase “of students” because it sounds plural. The thing to remember is that the verb takes its cue from the subject of the sentence--“a large group”--and not from the prepositional phrase that modifies the subject. In cases like this, just ignore the prepositional phrase “of students” and take your cue from the real subject: “a large group.”

So take your cues from the suggestions I talked about a minute ago. If you're in the United States and you're thinking of the group as a single unit, you'd generally use a singular verb: “A large group of students is arriving at noon.” If you're in Britain or are thinking of the students as individuals, you'd generally use a plural verb: “A large group of students were listening.”

Consistency

The last thing to consider with collective nouns is to make sure you’re being consistent. If you’re talking about the faculty and you choose to use a plural verb, then you need to be consistent. It would not be good to say, “The faculty is meeting today, but they are not happy to be meeting at 5am.” Here you’ve mixed a singular verb (“is”) with a plural pronoun (“they”) and a plural verb (“are”). It would be better to stick with all singular or all plural.

Administrative

This show was written by Bonnie Trenga, author of The Curious Case of the Misplaced Modifier, who blogs at http://sentencesleuth.blogspot.com.

This article is taken from Quick and Dirty Tips, The Grammar Girl and I strongly recommend for you to take a good look at what it is written there. I am putting a second kind of help, some helpful links that can make you understand what is this all about: animal groups, some that might be :), a better typed list of collective nouns, and never the least Wikipedia!

A great help

O zi frumoasa, spor la lucru!

Acest site ajuta intr-un mod placut, corect si detaliat cam tot ce se poate stii despre gramatica limbii engleze. Un lucru vreau sa adaug: in general tot ce gasiti pe blog este verificat si ar fi sfatuibil sa nu iesiti prea  mult din aria link-urilor pentru ca nu toate site-urile sau blogurile sunt eficace si sunt structurate pentru ajutor. Unele incurca sau nu expun realitatea, altele nu respecta lectia inceputa iar altii nu explica destul de corect si din toate "unghiurile" problemei, Am gasit multe greseli si de scriere si de confuzie intre timpuri verbale, am gasit destul de multe erori... ideal ar fi sa va folositi de ce va pun la indemana.

Learning English easily

This will be the first article ment to brake my rules and actually make a stand! I said I wouldn't write bad words for those who are my colleagues but I cannot help it! I have something very important to say and I will say it. This article is not a commercial for ppbuilder.ro and will not sustain what I actually do. This article wants to stop the horrible business regarding teaching English with little people and little money. Some other day I was invited to "make a lesson" out of nowhere to impress some wannabe teachers and have a future collaboration for a price that is less than a pack of cigarettes. Yes, you heard me, less or almost a pack of cigarettes. They asked me about ppbuilder.ro and about my prices, they asked me if I have CELTA or DELTA, they asked me what is my experience in the field they are "moving" and "they own cutting- edge tech".

I want to ask all of the frauds and hoaxes: what do they think when they put so little price on other people investments and efforts over the years????? I am learning English ever since I was 3, I am still learning this language and I constantly improve my method, pay to get certificates, learn day and night to understand and collect information to be sure what I know can be transmitted in an accurate way. This costs a lot of money and a lot of time... They, the people that think teaching and learning is so easy and they have the most important and great skills, ask us, the teachers, to come and collaborate with them over a peace of cake, or a glass of water. Guys, what about transportation, what about a meal, what about my needs, what about my insurance, what about my signature, my deal??? They do this to everybody, not only me, they ask so much and they try to catch the biggest deals with workaholic people, dedicated and passionate teachers, they manipulate in such a disgusting manner and they impose their non existing rules and in the end of course money matter most. Shame on you! It is a part of the market without strict rules that can actually give the possibility to make the difference between bad and worse. Yes, that is right! people learn English when they want, when they have the talent, can and need! It doesn't matter the method, it doesn't matter the whole circus and show they all try to do! It matters when a (wo)man wants to leran, to understand! Anyone can be a great teacher, anybody can make the difference between good and bad, it is simple. They actually expect that people that invested a lifetime in learning to teach others for free! I want to ask: why do they collect money? is it like a church? If so where is the mercy box???? Such a pity that we, the society, don't really pay attention to these details that actually can change the whole manner of studying, and can direct us on a different better path.

I would like to see the blog with pieces of advice and sharing the method, the site with free books and dictionaries, the non stop connection to the learners and other teachers and the programs or projects (or whatever they think they are) working for nothing, giving everybody a chance to become better... All you need to know darlings is that you make the difference, stop letting yourself or your children be used!!!!!!!!! Make a change! You are not subjects, you are not money making machines, you are hearts and souls and spirits and you, all of you deserve the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Manierele, o cale spre mai bine

Am mai scris un articol despre maniere si probabil voi mai atinge acest subiect pe viitor. Consider ca manierele, deja stabilite de ceva secole, sunt demonstratia  perfectei imbinari dintre "showing respect", "fair play" si "low aggression". Canalizarea energiei negative spre un sport (fie el scrima, taiatul lemnelor sau arte martiale, brake dance sau dans de strada) este mai mult decat necesara. In ultimele decenii manierele au luat locul agresiunii iar energia negativa am ajuns sa o varsam unii pe altii (cu sau fara vina). Maniera PPBuilder de a introduce acest aspect atat in cursurile de engleza cat si in jocuri doreste sa traga un semnal de alarma atat maturilor cat si copiilor care pot gandi, care pot face diferenta. Manierele ne fac mai buni, ne conduc spre un stil de viata cu mult mai putin stres si dezamagire si angoasa. I hope you never forget to salute and be nice to people around you and most of all I hope you never forget to smile!

P.S. If you forgot to respect yourself try to begin by being nice to the others...