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a sandbox at the beach, oil painting style

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Perfect Beach Scene: 7 Hours of White Sand, Blue Water & Ocean Waves in 4K

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In my life I have been fortunate to have explored fascinating places around the world.  There is one particular city though, that keeps giving me new emotions every day. It is Roma (or Rome).
Its variety of architectures that stands clearly apart from other "megacities", Its unparalleled history legacy and Its intimate and quieter sides make Rome a city that does get into your bloodstream. 

Watch my other works:
Cuba: https://vimeo.com/224883799
Venezia: https://vimeo.com/181612110
Lanzarote: https://vimeo.com/192406523
Reverie of Vietnam: https://vimeo.com/126747807
Moments of Puglia: https://vimeo.com/165102515
Malta: https://vimeo.com/202709486

Rome has been documented in different ways and for different purposes but few videos make you appreciate this city through local's eyes. 

I have dedicated months filming everyday's moment to describe a day in Rome through a roman's eyes. This short film is the result. Let me indulge you for a few minutes.  

Awards:
OFFICIAL SELECTION - 2016 ICFF – Italian Contemporary Film Festival

Locations:
Many filmed locations are unknown to many. Click on the link to see film locations on map: https://goo.gl/AWgM6g

Based on an original idea and directed by Oliver Astrologo - FB: http://fb.com/oliver.astrologo
Additional footage: Nils Astrologo

Original Score: 
Max LL - http://maxll.ca

The original soundtrack of ROMA has been produced by talented composer Max LL. All music and sounds effects rights are reserved. 

SteadyCam (Gimbal) support
Aerea Visus - Uniclamp : http://goo.gl/KMDqbs

Thanks:
Marco Baroni di Fonderia, Simone Sampò, Alice Celia, Federico Chericoni and everyone who helped me create this video.

Appearances:
Maurizio & Satia Martinoli, Alessia Scognamiglio, Andrea di Curcio, Stefano Silvani, Valeria D’Ovidio, Tommaso Cassinis. The mask: Jacopo Sabar Giacchino.

Flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHskitMuGV

Geek Stuff
I have received so many messages asking for details on how I produce my videos. 
I put down this short piece: http://oliverastrologo.com/videotips this explains few techniques I have been using and includes a list of equipment. Don't hesitate to write to me if you need further details or have any recommendation.

Gear (Find a comprensive list of my equipment here: http://oliverastrologo.com/gear)
Sony A7ii @ 1080 50p PP7 (Exposed in S-Log2)
Sony A7s @ 1080 50p PP7 (Exposed in S-Log2)

Video Stabilization: Area Visus AV-ST-01

Lens used:
Zeiss 35mm 2.8
Zeiss 55mm 1.8
Canon 24-15mm 4.0 IS

Color Correction
ImpulZ LUTs with some tweaks. 

Riprese aeree (in italiano):
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Phonological awareness activities at home are fun and will help your child develop reading skills. By playing with rhyming and saying silly sentences, your child will become aware of words and sounds and will develop the skills they need to learn to read and spell.
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Phonological activities at home are fun!

Number 2: Just say a part

In this game, you say a sentence. Have your child repeat the sentence. Then you say, "now just say a part of that". They repeat the sentence and leave off the last word or two. Then you say, "now say part of that". You keep doing this until there is only one word left in the sentence. This is a great exercise to strengthen listening skills and memory. And it is easy to make up a simple sentence anywhere anytime, like when you are driving in the car. Here is an example:

Parent: A rabbit hopped through the garden.
Child: A rabbit hopped through the garden.
Parent: Now, say part of that.
Child: A rabbit hopped through.
Parent: A rabbit hopped through - say part of that.
Child: A rabbit hopped.
Parent: A rabbit hopped - say part of that.
Child: A rabbit
Parent: A rabbit - now say part of that.
Child: A

Number 3: Listening for same or different

Tell your child you are going to make some sound patterns by clapping your hands or snapping your fingers. Tell your child to say "same" if the sounds are the same, and say "different" if the sounds are different. Try this:

Parent: clap, clap
Child: same
Parent: snap, snap
Child: same
Parent: clap, snap
Child: different

Now turn around or hide your hands and do it again. You can also think of other sounds you can make, like knocking your knuckles on the table or rapping your fingernails on the table.

Number 4: Counting syllables

This could be fun to do at the grocery store when picking out produce. Point to the strawberries and say "how many syllables does strawberry have?" Then clap out the word with your child: straw/berr/y. Three! You can just go up and down the produce aisles saying and clapping:

You don't have to get scientific about where the word breaks into syllables. Different dictionaries do it in different ways. Just break it where it seems natural. Later on, when they are reading syllable by syllable, there are ways to break it that help with the correct pronunciation, but for now, just do what seems natural when you say it.

Number 5: Silly sentences

Make up sentences where all the words start with the same sound. A good one to start with is the letter M.

Mad Mary made many messy mudpies.

Have your child repeat the sentence. Then say it again and have them notice your mouth and lips when you say the sentence. Ask them what happens to my mouth? Are my lips together when I say each word? Ask them if they can say this sentence with their lips open. Try it. This will make them laugh and notice that our lips start together when we say words that begin with M.

Now say another sentence where all the words start with the letter S. Ask your child to watch your mouth and ask are my teeth together when I start to say each word? Then change a word at the end and ask the questions again.

Silly Sally said she saw seven swans.
Silly Sally said she saw seven cows.

Number 6: I say, you say

In this game, you say a word and your child has to say a word that rhymes with it. Start like this:

I say hat, you say _____. (bat, mat, rat, etc.)
I say rug, you say _____. (bug, mug, dug, etc.)
I say pan, you say _____. (ran, fan, man, etc.)

This game will make them laugh and invent new silly words. Again, you can play this game anytime, anywhere.

Number 7: More silly sentences

In this game, say a sentence where all the words start with the same sound. Leave off the last word. Then have your child repeat the sentence and add in the last word. The word has to start with the same sound.

Careful cautious cats catch ________(cod, candy, kittens).
Messy Molly made many more _________(muffins, marshmallows, muppets).

This game can be hard for children, so you can also ask "Do careful cautious cats catch cod?" The answer is yes. "Do careful cautious cats catch mice?" The answer is no.

Number 8: Oops! Wrong Rhyme

This game is very silly and fun. You say a sentence, like "This is my rose", while pointing to your nose. Then you say "oops, wrong rhyme. I mean this is my_______." Then your child fills in the correct rhyme. Then say, "yes! rose and nose rhyme." You can do this will many of your body parts:

This is my sand. Oops! Wrong rhyme! I mean this is my _______. Yes, sand and hand rhyme.
This is my fin. Oops! Wrong rhyme! I mean this is my ________. Yes, fin and chin rhyme.
This is my pie. Oops! Wrong rhyme! I mean this is my _______. Yes, pie and eye rhyme.

You can also do this with objects in the room. "This is my ramp," and point to the lamp. "This is my stable," and point to the table. Again, this is a silly and fun game that can be played anywhere, anytime.

Number 9: Odd one out

Say three words. Have your child repeat the words and then tell you the one that doesn't rhyme. Start with the odd one out at the end because this is easier. It gets trickier when the odd one out is in the middle:

mat/cat/stop
run/fun/back
book/bike/look
deep/peep/up

Number 10: Do these words rhyme?

This is easier than odd one out. Just say two words. Then ask your child to repeat and tell you if they rhyme.

cat/hat Yes
boy/toy Yes
round/sound Yes
yes/my No
top/pot No
tip/pip Yes
tip/tap No

Number 11: Two in one

In this game, say a compound word, like cupcake. Have your child repeat it and name the two words they hear in the word:

This is a great game because it is easy and helps children realize that longer words are made up of smaller words and parts. This will set them up for reading long words by breaking them into parts.

Bonus: Reading rhyming books

I put this one last because although you can do it anywhere, anytime, you do need to have a book. This one is perfect for the end of a long day. Rhyming books are so fun to read to children. They are easy to read orally and they give us energy instead of zapping us after long day. Kids love them because they are so silly and they have rhythm. My favorite way to read rhyming books to children is to read just up to the second rhyme in the verse and have the kids shout out the rhyming word.

Play games and have fun!

Have fun with these phonological awareness activities at home. I love them because they require no materials. They can all be done anywhere, anytime. I found many of these activities in a book called Reading Readiness published by the Neuhaus Education Center. The book has many more activities, but I chose these because they require no materials. Present them as games and your child will be laughing while developing phonological awareness or becoming aware of sounds in language. Do these games every day at different times of the day and they will become aware and curious about sounds. This will set them up for reading and spelling success.

If you like these reading readiness tips and want to receive weekly blogs from me about topics related to the 4 stages of reading, then click here to sign-up for my email list and also receive my free Reading Guide. And check out my related blog on other activities you can do for reading readiness.

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That's a complicated sounding term, but it's meaning is simple: the ability to hear, recognize, and play with the sounds in spoken language. Phonological awareness is really a group of skills that include a child's ability to:

Identify words that rhyme

Count the number of syllables in a name

Recognize alliteration (words with the same beginning sound)

Segment (break) a sentence into words

Identify the syllables in a word

The most sophisticated phonological awareness skill (and the last to develop) is called phonemic awareness - the ability to hear, recognize, and play with the individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. When playing with the sounds in word, children learn to:

Blend individual sounds to make a word

Stretch out a word into its individual sounds

Swap in a different sound to the beginning, middle, or end of a word to make a new word

Strong phonemic awareness is one of the strongest predictors of later reading success. Children who struggle with reading, including kids with dyslexia, often have trouble with phonemic awareness, but with the right kind of instruction they can be successful. Learn some of the warning signs for dyslexia in this article, Clues to Dyslexia in Early Childhood.

Parents can make a big difference in helping their children become readers by practicing these pre-reading oral skills at home. Try some of the simple rhyming and word sound games described here.

Try these speech sound activities at home

Rhyme time

"I am thinking of an animal that rhymes with big. What's the animal?" Answer: pig. What else rhymes with big? ( dig, fig, wig)

Road trip rhymes

While you're out driving in the car, spot something out the window and ask your child, "what rhymes with tree or car or shop?" Then switch roles and have your child spot something and ask you for a rhyme. This can turn into a game of nonsense rhymes ("What rhymes with tree stump?") but that's great for practicing sounds, too!

Word families

Word families are sets of words that rhyme. Start to build your family by giving your child the first word, for example, cat. Then ask your child to name all the "kids" in the cat family, such as: bat, fat, sat, rat, pat, mat, hat, flat. This will help your child hear patterns in words.

Silly tongue twisters

Sing songs and say silly tongue twisters. These help your child become sensitive to the sounds in words.

Tongue ticklers

Alliteration or "tongue ticklers" - where the sound you're focusing on is repeated over and over again - can be a fun way to provide practice with a speech sound. Try these:

For M: Miss Mouse makes marvelous meatballs!

For S: Silly Sally sings songs about snakes and snails.

For F: Freddy finds fireflies with a flashlight.

Syllable shopping

While at the grocery store, have your child tell you the syllables in different food names. Have them hold up a finger for each word part. Eggplant = egg-plant, two syllables. Pineapple = pine-ap-ple, three syllables. Show your child the sign for each and ask her to say the word.

"I spy" first sounds

Practice beginning sounds with this simple "I spy" game at home, on a walk, or at the grocery store. Choose words with distinctive, easy-to-hear beginning sounds. For example, if you're in the bathroom you can say, "I spy something red that starts with the "s" ssss sound ( soap)."

Sound scavenger hunt

Choose a letter sound, then have your child find things around your house that start with the same sound. "Can you find something in our house that starts with the letter "p" pppppp sound? Picture, pencil, pear "

Which letter sounds do I teach first?

Reading expert Linda Farrell recommends that you begin with teaching the letter names, and then focus on the letter sounds that are closest to their letter names (such as /v/). And here's a great tip for teaching the trickier letter name-letter sound combinations - use arm motions. In this video, Linda demonstrates motions for /x/ and /y/. (From our video series Reading SOS: Expert Answers to Family Questions About Reading.)

Sound games

Practice blending sounds into words. Ask "Can you guess what this word is? m - o - p." Hold each sound longer than normal.

First sounds

When you're reading together with your child, pick a word from the book and say it with emphasis on the first sound. Pick another word and compare them. "Zzz-zookeeper and rrr-rhinoceros. Can you hear what sound zzz-zookeeper starts with? Is it the same as rrr-rhinoceros?

Jump, skip, hop!

Create simple picture cards that you draw or cut out of magazines. Have your child, identify what's in the picture, and then break that word into its individual sounds. For example dog is d-o-g, three sounds (phonemes). Three sounds? You and your child do three jumping jacks, skips, or hops (followed by a high-five). You can also do this game outdoors without the cards, just call out simple words for your child.

Snail talk

Tell your child you're going to communicate in "snail talk" and they need to figure out what you're saying. Take a simple word and stretch it out very slowly (e.g., /fffffllllaaaag/), then ask your child to tell you the word. Switch roles and have your child stretch out a word for you.

"I spy" blending

Here's an easy phoneme blending game you can play while talking a walk. For blending, you can say, "I see a sign that says s-t-o-p" Then your child has to blend the sounds to guess your word - stop. (Remember to say only the sounds in the word - not the letters.) Keep the words short, moving from two to three to four sounds depending on your child's skill level.

Sound counting

Using LEGO bricks, beads, or pennies, say a word and have your child show you how many sounds the word makes. For example, top = t-o-p = three sounds, so your child would place three objects in a row. Then have them tap each object as they say the sound. Remember, your child is just showing you the sounds they hear. So the word bike would be = b-i-k (silent e) = only three sounds.

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Phonological and Phonemic Awareness: Activities for Your Kindergartener

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Phonological and phonemic awareness are important pre-reading skills, related to the ability to hear, identify, and play with the sounds in spoken language - including rhymes, syllables, and the smallest units of sound (phonemes). Children with strong phonological awareness skills are ready to become readers.

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Phonemic Awareness

Phonics is a fundamental part of learning to read the English language. It is the relationship between sounds (phonemes) and their spellings (graphemes).

Through phonics, children can improve their:

pronunciation

spelling

literacy

comprehension

vocabulary

Fun with phonics

Phonics.com is a FREE online reading program that teaches phonics for children in kindergarten and up. Learning with Phonics.com is a colorful combination of words, sounds, images, practice and play. Each lesson focuses on a different group of consonant and vowel phonemes, with sound cards to show the relationship between letters and pictures.

Free phonics resources

Free worksheets and online activities help kids review their skills before moving on to the next lesson. These free resources are also perfect for teachers to use in the classroom or as part of their lesson plans.

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Fly with Phonics - Teach and learn how to read through Phonics reading program

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Learn to read and improve your child's english skills through Phonics. Access free resources and start practicing with your child through Phonics. Suitable for children in Kindergarten or up.

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In this episode of The Speech and Language Kids Podcast, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark explores different stuttering therapy activities that you can do in speech therapy to help your kiddos who stutter.

Preschooler Stuttering Therapy:
Indirect Therapy:

Identify fast vs. slow speech from the therapist

Practice using fast and slow speech for the child

Practice slow, smooth, exaggerated speech

Direct Therapy:
**Always watch students for signs that therapies are making it better or worse and adapt as needed.

Elementary-Aged Stuttering Therapy:
1. Learn About the Respiratory System
Start by doing a lesson all about the respiratory system. Use pictures, charts, models, or whatever you have available to you. Practice inhalation and exhalation, as well as deep and shallow breathing with the students. Talk about how we speak on exhalations and practice taking a deep breath in and then slowly exhaling while saying a single word. Gradually increase to speaking in longer phrases and sentences while using gentle exhalations. Talk about breathing timing during conversations (when to take a breath).
2. Practice Smooth, Prolonged Speech while Playing Games
Take whatever games you have available and practice using smooth, prolonged speech during those games. For example, you can have children play "Go Fish" and make sure they slow down and elongate their words when asking "Do you have a...". Or, you can have them take a turn in a board game and use their slow, smooth speech to describe what happened (ex: "I rolled a four. I'm going to move four spaces").
3. Learn About the Types of Stuttering
Help students learn about the different types of stuttering and which ones they do. Help them identify when they have stuttered and what type it was. Practice the different types of stutters to desensitize them to it.
4. Teach the Students Stuttering Modification Techniques
Help the students learn the different techniques they can use if they anticipate a stutter (preparatory set), are in the middle of a stutter (pull-out), or have stuttered and can't move on (cancellations). Practice demonstrating these while playing games (pretend to stutter so you can use a technique).

Middle School/High School Stuttering Therapy:
Speech Modification (Fluency Shaping) Techniques:
Speech modification (including fluency shaping) strategies (Bothe, 2002; Guitar, 1982, 2013) include a variety of techniques that aim to make changes to the timing and tension of speech production or that alter the timing of pauses between syllables and words. These modifications are used regardless of whether a particular word is expected to be produced fluently. Strategies associated with speech modification include:

rate control,

continuous phonation,

prolonged syllables,

easy onset,

light articulatory contact.

Other speech modification strategies, including appropriate use of pausing, are used not only to increase the likelihood of fluent speech production but also to improve overall communication skills (e.g., intelligibility, message clarity, etc.). In addition to being used for improving communication skills, pausing is also an effective method of rate control.

Keep in mind the child may be self-conscious about using these techniques.
Stuttering Modification Strategies (Reducing Physical Tension/Struggle)

Identify where in the speech mechanism physical tension is and release it.

Traditional stuttering modification strategies include preparatory set, pull-out, and cancellation and require a child to identify a moment of disfluency before, during, or after it occurs, making adjustments to reduce tension and struggle. The specific strategy that is selected will depend on when the client "catches" the disfluency, whether it be following a moment, in the moment, or in anticipation of the moment of disfluency (Van Riper, 1973).

These strategies, like speech modification strategies, are introduced along a hierarchy of speaking situations that varies both with linguistic demands and with the stressors of the environment.

Strategies For Reducing Negative Reactions (Personal And Environmental Context)

Desensitization

Cognitive Restructuring

Self-Disclosure

Support Group (grouping your kiddos who stutter)

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In this episode of The Speech and Language Kids Podcast, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark explores different stuttering therapy activities that you can do in speech therapy to help your kiddos who stutter. Click Here to Download Your Free Stuttering Cheat Sheets Preschooler Stuttering Therapy: Indirect Therapy: Identify fast vs.

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Your kindergartener is at the beginning stages of reading, and is working hard to master letter sounds, decode simple words, and recognize common sight words. You want to support these new reading skills without putting too much pressure on your child to read more quickly and with more expression. That kind of natural-sounding fluency comes with lots and lots of practice.

You can start gently to build your child's fluency with the activities provided here. Remember that every child develops at a different pace, and your child may not be ready for some of these activities until first grade.

Try these fluency activities at home

Choose the right books

Help your child choose books that he can comfortably read. The "five-finger test" is a useful guideline for beginning readers. As your child reads, count the number of words he cannot read per page. In general, there should be five words or fewer that give him trouble on each page. If a book contains several pages on which you count more than five words that he can't read, consider reading that book to your child until he develops more reading skill.

Listen every day

Once you've found a collection of books that your child can read, listen to your child read every day. Be patient - new readers often read slowly! Offer help when your child gets stuck, and always give lots of praise and encouragement.

Reread favorite books

Building fluency takes a lot of practice! Keep a collection of books that your child can read quickly and easily. Encourage your child to reread favorite books over and over again. With each reading, you may notice your child reading a bit easier, a bit faster, and with a bit more confidence and expression.

Read to your child every day

Model your own fluent reading as you read and reread books with your child. Even though your child may be able to read on her own, continue to find time each day to read books to her that are just beyond her reading level. She will enjoy listening to more advanced stories, and she will hear a great example of fluent reading - how you change your expression throughout a story and read with ease. Your child will hear how you raise your voice at the end of question sentence or how you change your voice for different characters.

Paired or "buddy" reading

Take turns reading aloud. You go first, as your reading provides a model of what good fluent reading sounds like. Then, ask your child to re-read the same page you just read. You'll notice that your child's reading will start to sound more and more like yours. Do this for several pages. Once your child is comfortable enough, and familiar enough with the book, take turns reading page for page.

Echo game

Choose a book at your child's reading level and read a sentence aloud using appropriate expression and pauses. Then, have your child mimic you, reading the same sentence and using the same expression and pauses. Repeat the game every few paragraphs as you read through the book.

Choral reading

Choose a book at your child's reading level and read a page or passage together in unison. You may have to slow your reading down a little to keep pace, but don't slow down too much. Encourage your child to copy your pace and expression

Practice fluency 3 ways: echo reading, partner reading, and repeated reading

This video is from Home Reading Helper, a resource for parents to elevate children's reading at home provided by Read Charlotte . Find more video, parent activities, printables, and other resources at Home Reading Helper .

Sight words

Sight words are common words kids have to recognize instantly without sounding them out. Many sight words are tricky to read - they aren't spelled the way they sound. The activity and videos below discuss how sight word recognition supports fluency, and offer easy ways to help your child learn them. Here's a list of common sight words for kindergarten .

Sight word spy

Tell your child that sight words are "hiding in plain sight" everywhere around us. Your child's "mission" is to spot the sight words out in the world (in the grocery store, on a sign, cereal box, or movie poster) and announce "aha, I found you! This silly game can get your child excited about recognizing words - as well as a boost of confidence from knowing how to read them.

Getting stuck on sight words

Many striving readers struggle with sight words. Reading expert Linda Farrell suggests this teaching sequence: first, be sure your child knows all the letter names, then all the letter sounds - and then you can introduce a few short high-frequency words such as was. Choose words that don't have regular phonetic spelling. (From our video series Reading SOS: Expert Answers to Family Questions About Reading.)

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Fluency: Activities for Your Kindergartener

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Reading fluency is a child's ability to read a book or other text accurately, with reasonable speed, and with appropriate expression. A fluent reader doesn't have to stop and "decode" each word and can focus attention on what the story or text means. Fluency is the bridge between decoding words and understanding what has been read!