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This second book in the Telling Time sequence helps children learn how to tell time down to the minute. By using a variety of different activities to keep children engaged, this workbook helps children learn this difficult skill without feeling frustrated or anxious.
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Very Helpful.......2007-04-03
We liked it. Dd age 6 at the time thought the beginning exercises were too easy so we skipped those. I appreciated the concentrated study of time concepts and my dd liked the colorful format.
high quality learning.......2007-01-12
This book teaches how to tell time with minutes in an easy to understand, visual way. I bought this for my 6 year old son and he is learning with ease. The book is very high quality. I also bought several of their other books for gifts and have been very pleased with every one. I highly recommend the Kumon products!
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simply the best .......2007-06-12
I bought four Kumon workbooks for my 5 year old's kindergarten. This will be our first year homeschooling. I totally love the Kumon method. The workbooks introduce the information in a highly incremental way. The layout of the pages is very simple and consistant. I just love this workbook and am confident that it will work really well for us.
Great workbooks! .......2006-11-07
This is a great work book to help your preschooler or young learner to start understanding the concepts of telling time. It focuses on learning the numbers, hours, and hand placement on the clock as well as learning about half-hours. It's a great workbook to take to an appt. (waiting room), or for a few minutes before dinner. My children have enjoyed many of the KUMON books.
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Telling Time After Reading Through Once!.......2003-07-08
Our almost 6 year old has been wanting to be able to tell time for the past year. We've tried many different manipulatives with not much luck past the o'clocks and X:30. After reading this book just once, she's now actually telling time on analog clocks. It's slow going, but she really gets it now. Our daughter LOVES the poem at the end. It also covers calendar time - from one day to a millenium.
The book is VERY interactive in the way it's written when the parent reads to the child. My only complaint is that it's never explained about what hour it is when the hour hand is between numbers or almost on the next number.
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A snack at 9:00, a nap at 10:00, sneaking onto the forbidden chair at 11:00--telling time is the only way Big Mama Cat can remember all the important things she has to do. Follow Big Mama Cat from sunrise till day's end, and you can learn to tell time, too! A sturdy fold-out page at the front of the book reveals a clock with movable plastic hands. Young readers can change the time as Big Mama Cat moves from one adventure to the next in her busy day.
Customer Reviews:
Sweet Kitty!.......2001-09-30
Whether you're teaching your kids to tell time or not, this book is so charming! The illustrations are beautiful, and perfectly capture the lazy/hungry/cuddly nature of cats. It works as a picture book for younger children, with not too many words on a page, and I imagine it would be a good teaching tool as well.
Cat lovers delight.......2000-08-06
This pleasantly simple picturebook features a nicely illustrated cat who describes her day. A foldout moveable clock allows children to match the hands of the clock with the time of day being described by Mother Cat. The pictures are soothing and the work is both comforting and fun.
A cat lovers' book.......1999-11-26
We purchased this book for our two and three-year-old daughters as a way of introducing math concepts through literature. The concept of time passing is told firsthand by the cat as we travel with her throughout the day.
A delightful way for young children to learn about time.......1999-11-14
My children love this book especially because the story is very realistic and the moveable hands on the clock are wonderful tools for teaching children to tell time.
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Decodes the message inscribed on the Great Cross of Hendaye in France
• Uses the work of 20th-century alchemist Fulcanelli to predict the date of the fatal season of the apocalypse
• Shows how periodic galactic alignments may cause catastrophes on Earth
• Examines how the secret of the center of the galaxy reveals the true location of the lost civilization of Atlantis
• Reveals the alchemical secret of the imperishable Light Body of ancient Egypt deep within our DNA
The Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye reveals one of Western occultism's deepest secrets: The alchemical transformation of base metal into gold is also the transformation of the current Iron Age into the Golden Age. Based on the work of the enigmatic 20th-century alchemist Fulcanelli, authors Weidner and Bridges show how the greatest alchemical secret is that of time itself and that coded into an obscure monument in southwestern France--the cross in the town square of Hendaye--is the imminent date of the apocalypse. The authors' explorations of this symbolism lead them from the cross of Hendaye to the western facade of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, the Pyrenees, ancient Egypt, and the secret origins of Atlantis in Peru, to reveal that we are indeed living in a "fatal season" and that this season is intimately connected to our solar system's alignment with the galactic center. The authors' in-depth examination of alchemy's connection with the coming end days also reveals that this astro-alchemical knowledge was part of the sacred science of the Egyptians and the Atlanteans, whose coded messages are, at last, deciphered to guide humanity to its future destiny.
Customer Reviews:
Don't waste your time.......2007-05-20
I had high hopes for this book. The author was featured on a radio program I listen to and gave a good interview, but on actually getting and reading the book I went from excited to mad in just a few chapters. Quite frankly, the author knows nothing about esotericism, to say nothing of a basic conceptualization of history. He starts out with talking about the book, then veers off into a discussion of Abraham, i.e. the mythical Patriarch, asserting that Abraham was given knowledge by god that the secret to the universe had to do with an alignment of the earth with the galactic center. Are you a little sceptical yet? You should be. After this revelation the author makes the assertion that the Tree of Life glyph in the Kabbalah actually refers to a constellation and that, moreover, when you fold it one way you get a mystical cube, which somehow has something to do with the galactic center. Absolutely no evidence is given for either one of these things.
It only gets better from there on. He goes on to talk about, for no obvious reason whatsoever, new age theories about how DNA generates photons.
The research, if there was any beyond an afternoon's worth, is terrible, the book makes no cogent arguments or presents any evidence to support the muddled assertions and in the end basically asks the reader to take it all on faith.
And because one permutation of the inscription on this cross at Hendaye yields the word "Urcos" and because the authors googled it, or looked it up in an Atlas I think they said, and found that there was a town named "Urcos" in Peru......suddenly Peru is the heart of an Atlantean civilization whose descendants are the Basque people of Spain and France, because Hendaye is close to the French Basque country.
The mind reels. It also reels at how exactly the authors can reconcile a literal belief in the existence of Abraham with a belief in some pre-cataclysmic civilization in South America.
Information filled!.......2007-05-12
This book held a lot of personal interest for myself, being Basque. I believe the Basque people are deeply involved in the "Salvation" of mankind and always have been.
DiaGnosis: Even more fascinating!.......2007-02-18
Un updated, much expanded edition of A Monument to the End of Time
In 1926, an enigmatic alchemist called Fulcanelli published a book called "Le Mystere des Cathedrales", or Mystery of the Cathedrals, which explains how Gothic cathedrals have hermetic and alchemical secrets encoded into their architecture and sculptures. In 1957, a second edition appeared, and included an extra chapter on the significance of a monument in the town of Hendaye in the Pyrenees. The monument - an engraved pedestal with a pillar and engraved cross - was built around 1680. The Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye is a thorough exposition of the hidden meaning encoded into this Hendaye Cross.
The authors have traced the alchemical thread back to Egypt; to the first Gnostic groups, and re-exposed the fact that behind alchemy lies a triple transmutation - inner, outer and time. The inner transmutation is the refining of the psycho-sexual energies and fluids; the outer is using the inner change to transmute physical states; the third is the same transmutation applied to the whole Earth, changing the Age of Iron to the Age of Gold. The 4 ages - Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron relate to the 26,000-year cycle of precession, with the Fall occurring when the Tree (the celestial axis, or earth's rotational axis), points away from the centre of the galaxy. "Resurrection"or "redemption", occurs when the Tree points towards the centre of the galaxy. This is the point when the "sparks of light" - our souls as fragments of God - return to the source.
The thread is traced from ancient Egypt to the Coptic Church, the Gnostics, the Hebrews, Islaam (the Sufis), the Order of Sion, and the Knights Templar, the grail romances, the tarot, and, with increasing persecution of heretics, the engraving of cathedrals, and finally, the Rosicrucian movement.
The 4 engravings on the pedestal are found to refer to the 4 tarot trumps; The Star; The Moon; The Sun, and Judgement. The pillar is the Djed, or Earth's rotational axis ( Moira Timms has already pointed this out see Raising the Djed). The two "x" engravings refer to the winding of the ecliptic and the equinoctial points, plus trump 20, judgement. The "ocruxaves pesunica" engraving means "the secret concerns a cross and a snake which somehow measures the 12th part". When combined, these clues (along with clues from the kabbalistic Tree of Life, whose 22 paths correlate to the 22 tarot trumps), the authors conclude that half a precessional cycle ago, the spring equinox fell on the cusp of Leo/Virgo; 12,960 years later, in 2002, the autumn (fall) equinox will be in the same position. The planetary attributions of the tarot trumps, combined with the orientation of the faces of the monument confirms that 22 September 2002 is the date in question. Trump 14, temperance (Alchemy), correlates to the direction of Galactic centre, while trump 21, the World, correlates to the opposing Galactic edge.
Fulcanelli implies that the cross at Hendaye signifies a "fatal period" of a "double catastrophe". If autumn equinox 2002 is the mid-point of a 20-year period (the XX engraving implies this), this may imply the last katun of the Mayan "Great Cycle"(13-Baktun cycle), since this is the nearest autumn equinox to the katun mid-point (12 Feb 2003, Long Count date 12.19.10.0.0). The authors were stunned to discover that Paul LaViolette has been warning the world of just such a double catastrophe, in the form of a galactic core explosion, which he already tentatively linked to the 2012 end-point. The first effects would be "electromagnetic shifts...crustal torque, pole shifts, tidal waves and high winds", the second catastrophe would be "an explosion of the sun's corona caused by the influx of cosmic dust pushed by the galactic superwave".
Fulcanelli also said that the inscription "ocruxaves pesunica" revealed a place of refuge. By clues from Fulcanelli, the authors arrived at 2 anagrams: Inca cave, Cusco, Peru, and Hail to the Cross at Urcos. The authors were again amazed to find not only caves at Cusco, but a nearby town called Urcos with a cross. Sadly, the original cross had been destroyed, but they concluded that the place of refuge may be either the caves at Cusco, or the legendary tunnels under the Andes, if someone finds an entrance.
The authors suggest that we should learn to "weave" our "Bardo or transitional body into nicely fractal flows of self-awareness" simply by meditating on compassion, as suggested by the work of Itzhak Bentov (Bentov explains in Stalking the wild Pendulum p.33-36 & 54-56 that in meditative states, the breathing is so gentle that it no longer interferes with the feedback of the aorta, allowing the system to become resonant, allowing the whole body to resonate at the same frequency as the earth - 7.8 Hz. How this is affected by the increasing rate of Schumann resonance remains to be researched). We shall thus be ready to be "harvested", to become a soul inhabiting a star, like the pharaohs of Egypt (see Star Birth Bardo in the Body of Orion). The Paris Papyrus gives some clues that the transformational process may be triggered by the light from the glow of the exploding galactic centre, triggering a cerebro-chemical outpouring which fuels an internal light that externalizes as "the shining light or star body of imperishable quality". The authors suggest that we need to prepare by performing a ceremony every equinox, in which the kabbalistic tree of life is "projected onto the Celestial sphere", a technique developed by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
The original review with links can be found at the diagnosis2012 website.
WOW.......2006-07-28
I've read many books regarding the "2012 dilemma," but none were as researched as this one. Weidner and Bridges bring alchemy and the great mysteries to the average reader. There are no hidden meanings here folks, just plain see it as it is reading.
Hats off to these authors! Even they have left the questions at the end unanswered, leaving the reader to come to their own conclusions. They have given us all the clues and what they and others have interpreted from them and left the reader to believe or not.
I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in the "end times," the mysteries surrounding Fulcanelli, and alchemy!
Lord, what fools these mortals be..........2006-06-10
First, I paid full price for this hack piece that would make Llewellyn publications look like scholarly tomes. My primary reason for purchasing it was the endorsement blurb by Joselyn Godwin, a well respected esoteric scholar. And all I can ask is why? This convoluted piece of crazed analysis and manipulated gematria that is headache inducing, is a sad work indeed. Millenial nonsense is millenial nonsense no matter what guise it is under, be it a Meso-American calendar, the cryptograms of Nostradamus or Millerite blathering. This work is part of the cottage industry sprung up from the Rennes-le-Chateau, pseudo-Cathar, Fulcanelli "stuff". Any Occultist worth their alchemical salt will do well to avoid this numerological & laughable mishmash.
Book Description
For centuries the Chinese have consulted the I Ching both as an oracle and as a means of self-understanding. The moral and psychological depth of its wisdom has been celebrated by its scholars, psychologists, poets, and scientists. In this clear, immensely readable interpretation, Sam Reifler eliminates the obscure and dated references of previous translations to provide an accurate and accessible version of the ancient Chinese classic for the contemporary seeker. With easy-to-follow instructions for using both the yarrow stick and the coin toss method, this new interpretation of the I Ching reveals the hidden forces at work in our relationships, our careers, and our emotional lives - and suggests new directions and choices for the future.
For everyone who seeks to better understand themselves and the world around them, this new translation of the I Ching is a practical and remarkably effective pathway to enlightenment.
Customer Reviews:
pompous confucian drivel.......2007-09-04
I've been doing this for twenty years and I've consulted enough versions of the i ching to know when I'm reading something where the commnentator is adding a bunch of baloney that doesn't belong there. that's what this is. the worst i chings are the ones overly influenced by the confucian school of thought and this is right up there as one of the worst--they tend to blame the querent for his own problems. "It's all YOUR fault that ---(fill in the blank). Yuck. The definitve one is by a guy named alfred huang and fortunately--he's actually chinese--he made all these weird, judgemental western aberrations obsolete.
One of the best user friendly books on I Ching........2006-04-14
There are so many I Ching books to choose from out there but very few are easy to understand.This book is easy to understand.Its written in simple English so people of all ages should be able to use this book.
This book doesnt have several pages for each hexagram which makes asking for guidance a lot simpler than most other books.It can be used for all matters.It has more to offer than most I Ching books even though it has less pages.It still offers a great deal.
As a book for beginners I think this book is suitable.I would encourage people who are starting to learn I Ching to choose this book and at least one beginners book first.You will end up keeping this book for sure.
The quality of this book is very high.Printed on very high quality.The price itself is very good value too.Its really a good quality bargain.The cover is very appealling too.A little colour inside makes this book more interesting.Nice touch.Overall,this book is one of the best books for anyone interested in I Ching.I have yet to find a book that can offer as much as this book does for the same price and the same high quality in a book with less than 280 pages.
I also recommend these books:
1)"Practical guide to the I Ching" By Kim-Anh Lim.
2)Symbols of love".By Stephen Karcher.
Simple to use and understand and very effective.......2005-08-19
I got my first copy of this book some 25 years ago. In the meantime, I have acquired many other versions, but one is still one of my favorites. I used to refer to it as "my second brain" because it has been a tremendous help for me for accessing higher wisdom and getting practical solutions to some challenges that bordered on impossible - finding a way when there seemed to be no way out. The wisdom and guidance from this book has enabled me to accomplish some things that were very important for me, but which I didn't have a clue where even to begin to turn into reality. It has helped me to turn some seemingly impossible dreams into reality. For this I am profoundly grateful to the author of this book.
I have started using this book when I was a teenager and when some other translations and interpretations of I Ching left me more confused, whereas this one provided easy to understand and straightforward counsel.
As you keep on working with I Ching, you begin to develop a "feel" for different hexagrams that goes beyond words and comes about through actual experience. In time, you don't have to read the interpretations any more because you have the knowingness of the meaning of each hexagram. In time, you may develop a greater and deeper relationship with your higher wisdom, and what you need to know will emerge into your conscious awareness through direct guidance, without the necessity of using outer oracles. But, until you learn to clearly discern the voice of your higher wisdom, I Ching can be tremendously helpful.
Other than the simple and easy to understand language of this book, I particularly appreciated that the interpretations of each hexagram are divided in three sections - related to your material life, to your love life and to your spiritual life. This makes the book even more "user friendly". I think that the book is particularly suitable and the best choice for someone who is new to working with the profound wisdom of I Ching.
Perhaps my favorite translation.......2004-09-03
The copy I currently have of this book is from 1985, having worn out at least one previous copy. I'm delighted to see that it is still available, since I recently loaned my copy to my teenaged son, who was seeking an accessible translation of the I Ching. I was loath to let it leave the house until I verified that it could be replaced at Amazon.
The other reviewer is correct that the introduction is rather short for someone not already familiar with the I Ching (or at least divination systems in general), but it is sufficient to allow the user to dive right in. Each hexagram is given interpretations in modern English for the three critical areas of life that three quarters of all divination is done: "artha" (work), "kama" (love), and "moksha" (spirituality). Here's my only complaint then, for one on health would have covered that last quarter!
Despite the use of the three Sanscrit terms, the book is faithful to the Chinese cultural context of the I Ching and neither talks down to nor over the head of the reader. Anyone over the age of 14 should be able to read and use this book with success, though those under 30 may refuse to believe some of the practical but not-much-fun advice the oracle will dispense. It's like talking to a reasonably hip Chinese American grandfather. But I'll stop now, before I wax on and wax off too much....
Modern Twist on an Ancient Classic.......2001-02-16
The translation of "I Ching" means "book of change", and this specific translation really captures the true spirit of the text. While the introduction is a bit short for those new to the subject, the rest of the book features interpretations which are very sharp and relate to a "western" point of view. Where many I Ching books have a specific focus (like the "Buddhist I Ching" or "the I Ching of Romance") each hexagram has three sets of interpretations which allow you to get a business, relationship or spiritual oriented take on any question. The insights are filled with many current references, and Reifler avoids the trap getting too "new age" or literal about his subject. Don't judge this book by the cover, it's a classic that has now been around for over 25 years. If you already own a translation or two of this book, you may want to think about adding this edition to your library.
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Spend the day with a lovable bunny family from eight o'clock in the morning, when Father Rabbit wakes up his little bunnies, to eight o'clock at night, when Mother Rabbit tucks them into -bed. Every hour bunnies are busy doing something new: at eleven it's chore time, at one they play, and at seven story time begins. The team that created So Many Bunnies and One More Bunny make telling time fun. Rick Walton's jaunty text and Paige Miglio's warm, detailed illustrations of bunny family life will be a favorite all day long!
Customer Reviews:
Greatest Bedtime Story Ever!.......2006-02-04
My daughter and I checked this book out from the library and read it that night. As I was finishing the book I looked at the clock and it was 8 o'clock, I pointed out to my daughter that "Bunnies, it is getting late...Good night!" Amazingly she agreed and was off to bed. I went and bought the book the next day and we now read it every night. It helps her to understand the times of the things we do daily. (Funny thing is that my maiden name was Bunney!) the perfect book!
Perfect book for telling time.......2005-05-13
This beautifully illustrated story is an excellent way to teach your children about time. The bunny family spends time doing various activities throughout the day- eating, napping, playing, etc. My daughters love this story. They like to find the clock in every picture.
A lovely way to end the day & introduce the concept of time.......2003-07-12
My children love this book at bedtime. No it won't have them telling time at age 3; but it will represent a full day of activities (of preschool age children) and very nicely introduce at least the concept of time. "Who will take a walk with me, Mother Bunny says at three" "Pull the paper from the drawer, bunnies begin art at four". "Hungry bunnies all arrive in the dining room at five". "Bunnies think that books are heaven, story time begins at seven". The illustrations are detailed, colorful and very attractive -- definitely that of a keepsake book. It's a sweet story of a full bunny day in simple rhymes that my children can now say with me. I highly recommend this book as well as "So Many Bunnies".
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How long is a second? Can you count a minute? What is a decade? How many years are in a century?
Me Counting Time can show you! From a second to a minute to an hour to a day — and all the way to a millennium — this playful introduction to time helps children understand the many measurements of time and how they’re used in everyday life.
Easy to read and easy to understand, Me Counting Time makes learning a fun time for every child.
Customer Reviews:
Good teaching tool.......2006-07-10
Not as good as _Me on the Map_, yet a good jumping off point to introduce concepts of time.
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Telling Time: Clocks, Diaries, and English Diurnal Form, 1660-1785
Stuart Sherman
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A revolution in clock technology in England during the 1660s allowed people to measure time more accurately, attend to it more minutely, and possess it more privately than previously imaginable. In Telling Time, Stuart Sherman argues that innovations in prose emerged simultaneously with this technological breakthrough, enabling authors to recount the new kind of time by which England was learning to live and work.
Through brilliant readings of Samuel Pepys's diary, Joseph Addison and Richard Steele's daily Spectator, the travel writings of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell, and the novels of Daniel Defoe and Frances Burney, Sherman traces the development of a new way of counting time in prose—the diurnal structure of consecutively dated installments—within the cultural context of the daily institutions which gave it form and motion. Telling Time is not only a major accomplishment for seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literary studies, but it also makes important contributions to current discourse in cultural studies.
Customer Reviews:
Amazing Novel - A MUST Read.......2004-01-28
Stuart Sherman's "Telling Time" was the most enjoyable, thoughtful, and thought provoking book I have read since "Catcher in the Rye". Sherman cleary and enjoyably shows the beginning of clocks in the 18th century. A MUST read for sure.
A wonderful, insightful read.......2000-05-13
"Telling Time" is a beautifully written, insightful exploration into the emergence of clocks and personal diaries, and why they came about at the same time. Sherman is clearly a scholar of his subject as well as that rarity--an academic who is able to write clearly, cleanly and without needless and clumsy jargon. It is packed with information and cogent analysis. "Telling Time" is a must-read for scholars of the subject, as well as the interested general reader. I highly recommend it.
Telling Time--Waste of Time.......2000-01-17
It would be a complete waste of time to read "Telling Time." Why? Neither it nor the literature discussed is very good. It is about the dregs of prose from the 18th century in England. BOR-RING. It is my opinion that it is the sort of book destined to cause a minor amount of deforestation and then sit on library shelves unread, or read or skimmed by a very few who must read it for professional reasons. It is also my opinion that it is the sort of perfunctory book which professors must write from time to time in order to put the fact of its publication into their Curriculum Vitae.
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