Part of the Winlanes Education's Computer Basic program, an intermediate PowerPoint workshop is setup for children age 8-10 years old at Microsoft Store on October 12, 2013. During the workshop, the children learn how to use PowerPoint, and then work on creating and presenting presentations on the topics of "About Me", "My Favorite..." and "My Summer Time".
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Dr. Seuss's real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel (GUY-zel). Dr. Seuss wasn't always famous. When he published his first book in 1937, he sent it to 27 book companies. However, all of them said they would not make his book and sell it in stores. He didn't give up and finally get accepted.
Dr. Seuss wrote 44 books for children. The following books can be borrowed from the Austin Public Library. Indoor skydiving is a new challenge, fun and safe sports in Austin. In March 2013, iFly Austin opens to public. Winlanes Education reporters visited the site. Please check the report - "iFly - Indoor Skydiving in Austin".
For each book, we provide the link to buy from Amazon.com and the link to borrow the book from the Austin Public Library. 1st Grade - Fictions
2nd Grade (7-8 yrs old)
5th Grade (10-11 yrs old)
In middle school, most of students has the basic knowledge of math. This set the basics to read book about math. Additionally, because there are not a lot of homework as in high school, there is time to read books. Actually, it's important to read a lot more books on the subject of your interests during this time. For math, the reading can include books on math history, the biography of the greatest mathematicians, and books about the most famous math theories. This is beneficial or the future math study. The following are some very good books to read:
"The Art of War" is a true masterpiece in Chinese. After thousands of years, the principals of defining wars and conducing wars mentioned in the book are still applicable to our current life.
Winlanes Chinese includes the "The Art of War" as part of the core curriculum. Even you don't know Chinese, you can read the following two books to understand the concepts. When talking about fun reading, it's really convenient to read with Kindle. Kindle is light weighted so that you can read from any where. You can share books and most importantly it has built-in dictionary for you check any word at any time. For parents, most importantly, it's really for reading not games.
The followings are some books really fun to read:
In addition to the handwriting, another important study skill that needs to be learned in elementary school is typing.
The following is a good teaching site for typing:
The following is a simple test of your typing speed: Science is a broad subject area. To learn science well, gain interests, and be creative to become a future scientist, it's requires a lot more knowledge than the content in textbooks. Winlanes believes that there are four key factors for the success science study:
If you have any suggestion or question, please send email to asklayne@winlanes.com.
One of the important part of your college application is your essay. The common essay questions are:
Good college application essay normally has to have the following characteristics:
Winlanes can edit and comment on your essay. Send email to asklayne@winlanes.com.
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