{"id":145,"date":"2018-02-25T07:51:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T07:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2018-06-15T08:30:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T08:30:05","slug":"grade-school-grad-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/grade-school-grad-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Grade School – Grad School"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”50″ bottom_padding=”50″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”bold” color=”Accent-Color” quote=”Fortunate indeed is the child who never gives up the original impulse to bring forth from silence words which not only name and give meaning to the unknown, but which, in their wondrous way, take on, like the child itself, a life of their own.” name=”Richard Lewis” subtitle=”\u201cThe Wind of the Marigold.\u201d”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” bg_image=”1046″ bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” parallax_bg=”true” parallax_bg_speed=”fixed” bg_color=”#6a6b6f” scene_position=”center” text_color=”light” text_align=”left” top_padding=”5%” bottom_padding=”5%” id=”built-by-riders” row_name=”Built By Riders” color_overlay=”#0a0a0a” overlay_strength=”0.8″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_cascading_images image_1_bg_color=”#5a88a0″ image_1_offset_x_sign=”+” image_1_offset_x=”0%” image_1_offset_y_sign=”+” image_1_offset_y=”0%” image_1_rotate_sign=”+” image_1_rotate=”none” image_1_animation=”Grow In” image_1_box_shadow=”none” image_2_url=”1050″ image_2_offset_x_sign=”+” image_2_offset_x=”15%” image_2_offset_y_sign=”+” image_2_offset_y=”25%” image_2_rotate_sign=”+” image_2_rotate=”none” image_2_animation=”Grow In” image_2_box_shadow=”none” image_3_url=”1049″ image_3_offset_x_sign=”-” image_3_offset_x=”30%” image_3_offset_y_sign=”-” image_3_offset_y=”30%” image_3_rotate_sign=”+” image_3_rotate=”none” image_3_animation=”Grow In” image_3_box_shadow=”x_large_depth” image_4_offset_x_sign=”+” image_4_offset_x=”0%” image_4_offset_y_sign=”+” image_4_offset_y=”0%” image_4_rotate_sign=”+” image_4_rotate=”none” image_4_animation=”Fade In” image_4_box_shadow=”none” border_radius=”none”][\/vc_column][vc_column enable_animation=”true” animation=”fade-in” column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n
Here\u2019s something George Orwell said on the subject:\u201c\u2026One ought to recognize that the present political chaos is connected with the decay of language, and that one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”5%” bottom_padding=”5%” overlay_strength=”1″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1529051402193{padding-right: 10% !important;}”]\n
Through WordMagic assembly and classroom presentations, students discover the Secret Spells of the English Language through which we write our own Life Sentences. They also encounter the Sacred PathWords embedded in ordinary speech that can lead us to live more enlightened lives. They are then invited to speculate on the origins and significance of these \u2018linguistic synchronicities\u2019 and to share how they relate to their own vision of reality and deeper sense of self. For instance\u2013what can we make of the fact that we have \u00ad\u2013[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner enable_animation=”true” animation=”reveal-from-right” column_padding=”padding-3-percent” column_padding_position=”top-bottom” centered_text=”true” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”600″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1529029967491{padding-right: 10% !important;}”]YES in our eyes and NO in our N0se,
\nOUT in our mouth and IN in our chin?<\/p>\n
How is it that \u2013
\nour EAR so central to our heart
\nand SILENT is an anagram for LISTEN?<\/p>\n
And given that
\nthe EARth is an anagram for heart
\n(both our heart and our ear possess an auricle\/oracle)
\nand LOVE \u2013 turned around \u2013 initiates EVOLution<\/p>\n
And because\u00a0WordMagic<\/strong>emphasizes the power of the Word to heal or to harm, participants are inspired to become more conscious, creative and kind in their use of language and in their treatment of others.<\/p>\n And here\u2019s another important reason to stimulate a love of language learning in young people:\u00a0SUPERIOR LANGUAGE SKILLS<\/strong>\u00a0in your late teens and early twenties may actually protect you from dementia many decades later, according to a new study of 38 Catholicnuns who donated their brains to science.[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][nectar_btn size=”large” open_new_tab=”true” button_style=”see-through-3d” color_override=”#ffffff” url=”https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2009\/07\/nunstudy\/” text=”WIRED Article”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner enable_animation=”true” animation=”grow-in” column_padding=”padding-3-percent” column_padding_position=”top-bottom” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/2″ column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” delay=”600″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1529030055484{padding-right: 10% !important;}”]In addition to covering in greater depth the topics touched upon in a presentation, we will play with words in a variety of ways that \u2013<\/p>\n Students will learn to\u00a0decode<\/strong>\u00a0the \u2018secret spells\u2019 that re-sound within the \u2018cymbals\u2019 of the alphabet,\u00a0attune<\/strong>\u00a0to the resonant rhythms in words and the melody of intonation,\u00a0sense<\/strong>\u00a0the magnetic pull of puns and the electro-poetic attraction between rhyming words, and\u00a0reflect upon<\/strong>\u00a0the multiple reverb<\/strong>erations within a single sound.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”5%” bottom_padding=”5%” overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”2\/3″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][toggles style=”minimal” accordion=”true”][toggle color=”Default” title=”WordMagic Objectives”][vc_column_text]\n [vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”50″ bottom_padding=”50″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ shape_divider_position=”bottom” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” width=”1\/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”bold” color=”Accent-Color” quote=”Fortunate indeed is the child who…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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WordMagic Performances and WorkShoppes\u00a0Are Tailored to the Interests, Abilities and Time Constraints of Participants.<\/h3>\n[\/split_line_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"