Sports and Children

As most kids are involved in sports, let's remind ourselves that they are not perfect and will make mistakes. We, ourselves, need to step back and see what our children are capable of. If we don't see what squirt can do, then how can we know what squirt can do?  So parents, let's breath and control our emotions when our children make mistakes, and instead of yelling and screaming, adding more pressure to their already busy and stressed out lives, let's practice with them showing them our support and ultimately helping them get better. Children are children and may not be able to find the way themselves, though they dearly want to improve. They need us to guide them, not us counting on someone else to show them the way. For that, dear friends, is where trouble begins when our children have to depend on someone else to show them, for who knows who will lead them astray from their ultimate goal. 

Tell me and I forget

Teach me and I will learn

Include me and I will remember

Mystery Question #8 Answer

"I'd like you to consider the following sequence of numbers, Granny. They are : 2, 5, 8, 11, 16, 14. What number less than 20 is the next in the line? I assure you that you do not need any mathemtical aptitude to arrive at the correct answer."

2, 5, 8, 11, 16, 14...

Mystery Question Answer

The answer is 17. As I finally realized, the numbers are in increasing length when spelled out fully as words. Two has 3 letters, five has 4, and so on, up to fourteen with eight digits. The only number with nine digits that is less than twenty is seventeen. 

Mystery Challenge #8

"I'd like you to consider the following sequence of numbers, Granny. They are : 2, 5, 8, 11, 16, 14. What number less than 20 is the next in the line? I assure you that you do not need any mathemtical aptitude to arrive at the correct answer."

2, 5, 8, 11, 16, 14...

Mystery Question #7 Answer

Mystery Question:

One night in Deptford, Max was waiting in a house for a burglar to attend. The man appeared as expected, but managed to turn heel and flee. Max shot after him as swiftly as possible. He returned after a short space, with the burglar in tow. Granny enquired as to how difficult it had proven to catch the fellow.

"It was a simple matter," Max replied. "By the time I left the house, he had a 27-step lead, and he was taking eight steps to my five. It would have been bleak, save for the fact that he is a short man, and two of my strides were worth five of his. In fact, from that, you should be able to tell me how many strides I required to apprehend the scoundrel."

Answer:

For every five strides of Max's, the thief was taking eight, but those eight were equivalent to just three and a fifth of the taller man's. So Max was gaining one and four fifths of one of his stride for every five he took. The burglar's 27-stride lead is equivlent to ten and four fifths of Max's strides, and it will take exactly six gains of one and four fifths strides for Max to catch his quarry. 

So Max has to take just 30 paces to catch the villain -who, in that time, will have run a total of 75 steps.

Mystery Free Book Challenge #7

One night in Deptford, Max was waiting in a house for a burglar to attend. The man appeared as expected, but managed to turn heel and flee. Max shot after him as swiftly as possible. He returned after a short space, with the burglar in tow. Granny enquired as to how difficult it had proven to catch the fellow.

"It was a simple matter," Max replied. "By the time I left the house, he had a 27-step lead, and he was taking eight steps to my five. It would have been bleak, save for the fact that he is a short man, and two of my strides were worth five of his. In fact, from that, you should be able to tell me how many strides I required to apprehend the scoundrel."

Remember to answer in the comment section. Good luck to all! New release coming soon. Here is a summary.

The Circus for Hire is a whirlwind of an adventure where the Crypto-Capers travel to Russia to save Max and Mia's parents, Mitchem and Martha Holmes, from going to prison for a crime they didn't commit. Finding themselves caught up in a scandal that is beyond their control, they use their skills and talents to try to outsmart the most notorious criminal of all time, but can they do that without sacrificing one of their own? Lies become intermixed with the truth, yet, with the help of a new ally, the Crypto-Capers find themselves ahead of the game, but will they find the ending they're looking for? Puzzles of varying degree of difficulty challenge the reader in this award-winning interactive mystery series.

Review of Eureka! The Most Amazing Scientific Discoveries Of All Time

Takes young readers inside the lives and minds of the scientists behind the great discoveries in history

Eureka! tells the stories of the revolutionary scientific discoveries throughout history. Through a fusion of history and popular science, readers are introduced to the contributions that made scientists such as Galileo, Louis Pasteur, and Marie Curie, and the passion and inspiration that fueled their discoveries.

The book is divided into key subject areas, including medicine, the human body, atoms and molecules, planet Earth, and the universe. Read the gripping real-life experiences of scientists who often risked injury and sometimes even their lives to change the way we think. Each thrilling “Eureka!” moment is brought vividly to life with fascinating details of experiments and equipment and stories of the scientists’ terrible blunders and lucky mistakes. This book brings the excitement of scientific exploration vividly to life for young readers who are increasingly urged to pursue professions in the sciences. Illustrated are in color throughout the book.

Review:

Most people don't know what brought about some major discoveries. Some people might know that Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek used lenses to build microscopes but many may not know that he didn't clean his toes so he could investigate the creatures that bred in the dirt that built up between them. Or that he allowed lice to breed on his legs and in his stockings so that he had a good supply of creatures to study. This is the type of information that readers will learn about in Eureka! The Most Amazing Scientific Discoveries Of All Time.

This book can be used as a reference for children and adults of all ages with information about who each scientist was as well as where they lived, what years they made their discoveries, and what methods they used. Each section also includes random tidbits that many readers will not know about each scientist. Especially their interesting methods or habits.

With an added glossary and amazing real photos, readers will enjoy learning about scientists throughout time.

Hardcover: 96 pages

Publisher: Thames & Hudson; 1 edition (May 20, 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 050065025X

ISBN-13: 978-0500650257

Mystery Challenge #6 Answer

"Logic is paramount, Mia." Max was in a thoughtful mood, pacing slowly up and down the length of the sitting room. "The better able you are to pick apart a problem in your mind and evaluate all of the ramifications it encompasses, the stronger will be your deductive reasoning."

"Of course," Mia replied.

"So, then. Let us say that I know of a particular fellow. Today is a singular occasion, for two days ago, he was 25 years of age, but next year, he will be 28. How is such a thing possible?"

 Answer:

"Our chaps birthday is New Years Eve, Mia, and our singular day is January 1st. Two days ago, on December 30th, he was 25. The next day, he attained 26. Today is the start of the new year, and at the end of the year he will become 27. At the end of the following year, therefore, he will be 28."