Blooming Words

Blooming Words
Author: Ananiah Prudent
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2020-02-13
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1678140120

Thoughts that grow in the mind of us all "Blooming Words" is a journal filled with poems and poetic narratives each constructed to tell its own story. Everyone has their own interpretations for art, what is yours?

Bloom's Bouquet of Imaginary Words

Bloom's Bouquet of Imaginary Words
Author: Jeffrey Bloom
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781579124519

"Change one letter of an existing word and what do you get? A whole new language with built-in laughter - and hours of wordplay fun. " - inside book jacket.

How Children Learn the Meanings of Words

How Children Learn the Meanings of Words
Author: Paul Bloom
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2002-01-25
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780262523295

How do children learn that the word "dog" refers not to all four-legged animals, and not just to Ralph, but to all members of a particular species? How do they learn the meanings of verbs like "think," adjectives like "good," and words for abstract entities such as "mortgage" and "story"? The acquisition of word meaning is one of the fundamental issues in the study of mind. According to Paul Bloom, children learn words through sophisticated cognitive abilities that exist for other purposes. These include the ability to infer others' intentions, the ability to acquire concepts, an appreciation of syntactic structure, and certain general learning and memory abilities. Although other researchers have associated word learning with some of these capacities, Bloom is the first to show how a complete explanation requires all of them. The acquisition of even simple nouns requires rich conceptual, social, and linguistic capacities interacting in complex ways. This book requires no background in psychology or linguistics and is written in a clear, engaging style. Topics include the effects of language on spatial reasoning, the origin of essentialist beliefs, and the young child's understanding of representational art. The book should appeal to general readers interested in language and cognition as well as to researchers in the field.

Early Category and Concept Development : Making Sense of the Blooming, Buzzing Confusion

Early Category and Concept Development : Making Sense of the Blooming, Buzzing Confusion
Author: David H. Rakison Assistant Professor of Psychology Carnegie Mellon University
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2003-01-09
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780195349535

Whether or not infants' earliest perception of the world is a "blooming, buzzing, confusion," it is not long before they come to perceive structure and order among the objects and events around them. At the core of this process, and cognitive development in general, is the ability to categorize--to group events, objects, or properties together--and to form mental representations, or concepts, that encapsulate the commonalities and structure of these categories. Categorization is the primary means of coding experience, underlying not only perceptual and reasoning processes, but also inductive inference and language. The aim of this book is to bring together the most recent findings and theories about the origins and early development of categorization and conceptual abilities. Despite recent advances in our understanding of this area, a number of hotly debated issues remain at the center of the controversy over categorization. Researchers continue to ask questions such as: Which mechanisms for categorization are available at birth and which emerge later? What are the relative roles of perceptual similarity and nonobservable properties in early classification? What is the role of contextual variation in categorization by infants and children? Do different experimental procedures reveal the same kind of knowledge? Can computational models simulate infant and child categorization? How do computational models inform behavioral research? What is the impact of language on category development? How does language partition the world? This book is the first to address these and other key cuestions within a single volume. The authors present a diverse set of views representing cutting-edge empirical and theoretical advances in the field. The result is a thorough review of empirical contributions to the literature, and a wealth of fresh theoretical perspectives on early categorization.

Blooming

Blooming
Author: Alexandra Vasiliu
Publisher: To the Moon and Back
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2019-03-21
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781799121374

Blooming is a contemporary poetry collection that examines the themes of femininity and self-discovery, as well as the beauty of love and healing through affection. Divided into three chapters titled, seeding, growing, and blooming, the book is a metaphor for the deep feelings that grow from tiny seeds and blossom into beautiful flowers. These poems were written for blooming and gentle hearts, meant to inspire and encourage. Enjoy this poetry treasure and let yourself bloom. *The paperback contains black-and-white illustrations.

Magicalamity

Magicalamity
Author: Kate Saunders
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2019-07-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1407199099

Tom is in shock. He's just discovered that his dad is an escaped fairy on the run. Tom doesn't know he is a demisprite - the child of a fairy and a human - until he meets his three fairy godmothers. They've been summoned to protect him, but they can't stop bickering, and two of them are hardened criminals. Tom must survive their botched magic spells, learn to fly and enter the dangerous Fairy Realm to save his parents... From the author of BESWITCHED One of the most enchanting, funny and suspenseful stories to have been published for some time THE TIMES

Dare to Bloom

Dare to Bloom
Author: Zim Flores
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2020-12-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1400218659

Either by choice or by circumstance, we all encounter times of starting over. Seasons of hardships, abundance, seeking, and struggle all have a purpose because growth demands change. Dare to Bloom urges us to be both vulnerable and resilient in new seasons of life as we boldly position ourselves for what God has for us next. Serial entrepreneur and author, Zim Flores (neè Ugochukwu), reveals the challenges she's faced and how even her failures have helped shape her sense of purpose. Her parents had big plans for her life. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, Zim Flores was uprooted from her community as a young girl, marking the beginning of her quest for true identity. Though she experienced unprecedented worldly success as a teenager and young adult, Zim declares that even when we feel pressured by the world around us, our true identity is never at risk. In Dare to Bloom, Zim offers practical and hard-won truths about: How to reclaim your true identity How to surrender your desired outcomes to God How to move forward after broken friendships How to find comfort during your darkest hours How to navigate new beginnings with hope for whatever is next How to joyfully participate in your own story--even when you don't know what the future holds Dare to Bloom is a powerful gift for readers in times of transition or struggle who need a reminder that their true identity never changes. It empowers those who feel stuck in their current circumstances to follow God obediently into the unknown, finding joy in each new beginning. Inside you'll find: Breathtaking photography from Zim's travels Thoughtful questions for reflection at the end of each chapter Zimisms--wisdom-filled phrases from the author When everything changes around us, it can be easy to think that we're only as good as our last success. Though our identities are challenged day by day, Dare to Bloom encourages us to reclaim our identity in God, who is unchanging through it all.

Teaching Elaboration and Word Choice

Teaching Elaboration and Word Choice
Author: Leann Nickelsen
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2001-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439098397

Watch your students' writing confidence soar as they learn how to use lively verbs colorful adjectives, and specific nouns to enhance their paragraphs, essays, and stories. This classroom-tested resource is jam-packed with mini-lessons and activities on topics like action verbs, detailed description, personification, metaphor, and lots more. Plus, engaging reproducibles, rubrics, bulletin board ideas, and student samples. For use with Grades 4-8.