Seeing and Hearing Subtleties Aid Child Reading
Dr. Ruth Strickland outlines preschool activities to sharpen sound and visual discrimination. Parents can use bottle noises, bird songs, animal sounds, rhyming games, picture books, jigsaws, beads, and blocks to train listening and sight skills, emphasizing left-to-right letter grouping and playful, brief sessions.
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Ruth Strickland
Indiana University
Paris
Johnny
Comere
Perle Mesta Hostess of Washington Society and Politics
The Washington socialite Perle Mesta, famed hostess and former minister to Luxembourg, reflects on her life among power brokers. She recalls Eisenhower, Truman, LBJ, and her two party influence, praising parties as a tool for connection and progress while detailing her wealth, home, staff, and celebrated gin and eggs events.
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Kelly Smith Tunney
Associated Press
Washington Perle Mesta
Perle Mesta
Mrs. Mesta
Perlie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harry S. Truman
Luxembourg
Safly
Harry
Newport Society
Perle
Belle of Newport Society
John F. Kennedy
Margaret Truman
Europe
Embassy Row
William Skirvin
Ilaherma City
Washington
George Mesta
Pittsburgh
Calvin Coolidge
Mestas
Coolidges
Mesta
Wilkie Backer
Herbert Hoover
Charles Curtis
Wendell Wilkie
Sam Rayburn
LBJ
Pearl
Harry Truman
Little Duchy
Persie