Archive for January 9th, 2009
Jan
09
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January 9, 2009
Price : $5.28
Features
- 24 Piece Magnetic Dress-up Set
- Increadably low-priced
- Designed to bring endless hours of fun
- Magnetic dress-up dolls include stand and loads of colorful, magnetic outfits and accessories for pretend play
- Recommended Age Rating is 3 year and up
Product Description
An innovative combination of magnets and wood, this dress-up set is sure to provide hours of imaginative play. Magnetic dress-up doll includes stand and loads of colorful, magnetic outfits and accessories for pretend play. 24 pieces. Measures 8.5 x 11.5 x 1.5.
Customer Reviews
Review date : 2008-09-23
Dress up is always fun. This is easy to pick up the pieces and keep them in the box.
Review date : 2008-09-16
My daughter is 3 and has had this toy for about 6 weeks. She plays with it almost every day and it is great for her to make believe with. We did have to get a different box for the pieces so they wouldn’t fall out and get lost so easy. The box is very cute and is wooden so it would be really nice if it could be used as the permanent holder. This toy is a great value….very sturdy and better than putting on a video!
Review date : 2008-08-28 
My just turned 4 year grand=daughter loves this doll and many others like it. Wish it came with a closed lid since the pieces will end up everywhere. Nice large pieces that are pretty much interchangable in spite of what adults may consider color clash. Like to see more magnetic dolls this size. Easy for small hands.
Review date : 2008-07-29
Rec’d this today, and it is a beautiful set. The colors are so vibrant, and the wood makes this a toy that seems like it’ll last. We are very pleased and look forward to purchasing more of these for friends.
Review date : 2008-07-28
My four year old daughter loves this toy. She can honestly spend hours playing with this and the other two similar dolls by Melissa and Doug. My only beef is that the shades and depth of the colours of the tops and bottoms of some of the outfits don’t match - I assume this is just a problem with our set, but I am a bit disappointed. My daughter doesn’t care at all about the mismatch so it really doesn’t matter.
Jan
09
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January 9, 2009
Bringing music to life is a musician?s job and their joy. Children taking piano lessons can also learn to bring life and artistry into the pieces they are playing once they understand this concept. But how is this communicated to a child who plays mechanically and doesn?t know how to make their pieces sound, well, human?
Here some ways to do this which I do not recommend.
1. Tell the student who has no idea what you are talking about that they play like a machine.
2. Tell the student who has no idea what you are talking about that their playing sounds so terrible they should quit because playing piano just isn?t their forte.
3. Tell the student who has no idea what you are talking about that they are incapable of playing beautiful music on the piano because they just don?t have the personality for it.
I don?t recommend any of these approaches, because only someone who doesn’t have any idea what the problem is would do this. Too bad for them, but this doesn?t have to be you.
Here?s the real issue and what you can do about it. The reason students sometimes don?t understand how to bring their music to life is because they don?t know that they can. Try having this conversation with your child or piano student.
?Sally, do you see this page of music? Do you know what it is??
Here are the answers that 95 percent of students give.
?Uuuhhmmm?.notes?? ?Uuuhhmmmm???music?? ?Uuuhhmmmmm?????my lesson??
Before I tell you my answer to this question, think about how you would answer it if you were the piano student? Do you have a better one? Here?s mine.
?No Sally, what you are looking at are just ink blots on paper. That?s it. That?s all you see here. There is no life in those ink blots or the paper they are printed on. There is no life in the piano you are playing on. It is just a mechanical device to make sounds. But music has life!!! When you hear a jazzy beat and start to tap your foot or swing to the music, that?s life! When you hear a lullaby and it makes to want to rest, that?s life. Music has power to affect us, but where does that energy come from??
?Uuuhhmmm?.I don?t know??
?Well, let?s think about this for a moment. The ink blots on the paper aren?t alive, and the piano you?re playing isn?t alive, so what else could bring the music to life??
?Uuuhhmmm?.I don?t know??
?Are you alive, Sally??
?Yes!?
?Sure you are alive, and you have the power to bring this music to life.? That?s what learning to play the piano is all about.
You can do that by putting a little Sally into your playing. You have a great personality, Sally. Let it shine through in your music. Communicate each note like you would tell a personal story of interest to your best friend. It takes hard work and planning to learn to play the piano, Sally, but it also takes a little magic. And you have the magic it takes to bring ink blots on paper to life!?
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Jan
09
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January 9, 2009
Bullying is endemic among schoolchildren, and the effects can be devastating and long lasting. The persistently bullied kid shows a definite psychological type, with poorly developed social skills and a submissive nature. Physical appearance acts a major role in bullying. Teasing related to dental appearance is hurtful. Fortunately, there is evidence of a marked increase in self-confidence following early orthodontic treatment in youngsters.
During 1989-90, a research aimed to examine the motives why parents and third-grade schoolchildren seek early orthodontic treatment. These researchers inquired the parents of 473 kids in the study to complete the self-report forms. The form had questions about their children’s dental and facial appearance. It also asked the parents about their reasons for seeking orthodontic care early for their children. Almost all parents asserted deep concern about their children’s deficient dental appearance. About half of the parents informed their children had been cruelly taunted. Fourteen percent of the parents also reported that it was their children who had first sensed the need for orthodontic treatment.
The main reason for parents’ seeking early orthodontic treatment is the unpleasant appearance of teeth. Other reasons comprise of dentists’ recommendation and the poor facial profile. Of these, dental “overjet” (protrusive maxillary incisors) malalignment has been the most significant predictor of whether a kid might be ridiculed in school. Therefore, modern orthodontic intervention increasingly focuses on the overjet problem for these youngsters.
While the parents seek early orthodontic treatment mainly for improving their children’s dental aesthetics, dentists and orthodontists recommend braces for the young children on the basis of clinical dental status. Their objectives for advising early orthodontic treatment are:
to reduce the total treatment time;
to prevent relapse (reverse to the original condition;
to receive better result;
to support in speech therapy; and
to avoid future surgical intervention.
The dental specialists would most likely advise early orthodontic treatment (phase 1) for the youngsters for the following conditions:
Crossbite: This malocclusion happens when the narcotic teeth is trapped inside lower teeth. Dentists start management about this condition on young patients of between the ages of 8 and 10. These young patients still have most of the baby teeth (early mixed dentition).
Deepbite and mandibular inadequacy: Deepbite occurs when the upper front teeth covers almost all the lower front teeth. Also known as class II malocclusion or retrusion, mandibular inadequacy is characterized by early loss of mandibular canines by severe crowding. Dentists typically begin treatment for these two conditions in late mixed dentition (ages 11-12).
Mandibular prognathism, diastema, and congenitally missing teeth: Mandibular prognathism, also known as class III malocclusion, refers to the excessive protrusion of the lower jawbone. Diastema is the dental term, meaning “gap between the front central incisors.” In congenitally missing teeth, some permanent teeth fail to succeed the baby teeth. Most dentists begin treatment for these conditions in early adolescents (ages 13-15).
Today, there are two common methods used by dentists to correct dental malocclusion in phase 1 orthodontics. One is the dental orthodontic removable appliance and the other is the fixed appliance with 2 bands and 4 brackets. The fees, treatment times, and outcomes for these two methods are not significantly different. However, the removable appliance allows better dental hygiene and more comfortable. One disadvantage of the removable orthodontic appliance is that it needs a lot more patients’ compliance.
In our dental practice we see that people with high dental-esthetics scores have more favorable oral-health attitudes. We also find the children who had early orthodontic treatment show greater dental hygiene, dental awareness, and self-esteem than those who had not. Although the long-term psychological benefits of early orthodontic treatment are difficult to measure, these findings suggest that favorable dental aesthetics from early orthodontic treatment is critical in framing and strengthening the children’s overall health, social behaviors, academic achievement, and happiness. Therefore, it is important the children with low dental-esthetics scores are evaluated early and treated promptly.
For more information, please contact Dr. M. Nguyen at 281-807-6111 or drnguyen@softdental.com. SoftDental (website: http://www.softdental.com) is Houston’s premier laser, family, and cosmetic dentistry. We are one of the America’s Top Dentists and have served Houston since 1993.