Blog 6

As I was reading the beginning of chapter 5, it began with phonetics and how important it is to know what an individual sound is and how each differs from each other. It got me to thinking about this game my dad bought my siblings as I and we played as a family. The photo above was the card game called Mad Gab that we so often played and laughed while trying to figure it out.

The rules were: you'd read the ridiculous words/phrases on the small card and than as you were saying it aloud it would sound like a word or phrase that made complete sense. 

(See below for fun examples)

Being that I was around 12 years old and I was the oldest of my siblings, some of the cards were not as easy to figure out nor did they make sense to us at the end but, regardless, still really fun. It's so cool to realize that the games my dad were buying us were actually educational and beneficial in the long run!

I think this game could affect the world because it teaches phonetics without even realizing it! I agree with this game as well because as stated earlier it seems pretty educational in a surprisingly fun, exciting way. I definitely want to research more games like this to see what there is out there. 

Some of these aren't that great and at the end may not sound like the actual word but for the most part they do! Can anyone guess the bottom Mad Gab example? 

Blog 5

http://www.stutteringhelp.org/if-you-think-your-child-stuttering

This weeks blog is about the different degrees of children stuttering and how to know the signs. This hits close to home (idiom) with me, mainly, because I have a younger sister who has a stuttering disorder. Growing up, I always wondered why she stuttered? Was it possibly because she was such a clumsy child she always hit her head? Or because as a baby she rolled off the bed? It was never clear to me especially because there is no one in our family that stuttered. Therefore, genetically, it never made much sense to me. To this day, she's had speech therapy and is such a smart student just with a minor disability. 

I like how this article has steps as to which degree a child may have stuttering to. It's factual and interesting to parents who may be confused or scared of what may be going on and could be helpful material to the regular parent who is researching before getting actual professional diagnostic. I do agree with this article because it can be of assistance to people and their families. I think it's important to the world because articles like this inform us of what other people may be going through and heir symptoms. 

Blog 4

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/cute-kid-note-of-the-day-i-am-sorry-ben_n_4604175.html

After seeing this ridiculously cute article the other day on my AOL account I decided it would be a nice, uplifting site to share, after all, children do have a mind or rather language of their own.

The article on its own is a good reading but if scrolled down and you click the slideshow portion of it that's what I really will be speaking about.

These adorable examples of children's language and view of things makes my heart melt! How interesting it is to see how they think and for them to write it down their own way makes me also realize how much their little brains extract what they hear adults say and how much their brains work as sponges.  

I agree with this article becaus it is showing us the many ways kids communicate and translate ideas and words through their eyes. I read and looked at all 92 slides and absolutely loved them, I don't expect everyone to look at each one BUT I do have to say that slides, 4, 10, 33, 44, 80 and 81 were my complete favorite! 

This topic did make me want to learn more because it amazed me how kids communicate whether with each other, imaginary friends, or with adults. I have several siblings(me being the oldest) and I recall all their silly sentences, drawings, and dream interpretations they would give me. 

This topic affects our world because they are our future! It is important for us to realize we are our children's role models and we must teach by example. 😊

Blog 3

http://www.lexiophiles.com/english/the-linguistics-of-disney-what-if-mowgli-spoke-with-a-hindi-accent

I was deeply fascinated last week with the Frozen post we saw and decided to find a Disney related theme. This article has to do with a controversial issue with Disney producing a repetitive theme that the "good" characters in these films no matter what speak American English, even if they happen to be in a foreign setting. As for the "bad" characters, it has been noted that they usually have a British English accent, making the appearance that people from Britain are not the nicest. I thought this was so interesting, I  have grown up watching these movies and still do but, thankfully, don't have bad stereotypes about British people. With that being said I'm not sur wifi agree with this article because it didn't affect me much but I do notice how the main characters of each Disney video speak American English and the villain will most likely have some other accent. One of my favorite parts in this article was in the clip of Mufasa and Scar. It's obvious they're brothers, but also obvious Scar has a complete different accent. Now i wonder what Disney's film makers actually are thinking when they make these movies.