Homeschooling and Education

Lee Greif has engaged himself in numerous careers throughout his lifetime after graduating from the University of Connecticut with honors and as Student body President.

He first entered the political arena during the early 1970s when he was hired by republican congressman Peter Peyser as his chief of staff. He held numerous responsibilities in this field from which he learned some important life lessons. He carried away some fond memories such as having dinner with President Nixon. It was also during this time that he married his first wife, Randee. He left the political arena in 1974 having planned to begin his law practice. Instead, he chose to become CEO of his father in law’s clothing business after he suddenly became ill and needed heart surgery.

Having served as CEO for four years, he was finally able to step down and pursue other career fields. Instead of pursuing law, he instead decided that he had been so successful running his father in law’s business that he should invest in some business ventures of his own. He sold some extra property that he had and invested it in other commercial ventures. Altogether he invested in a total of four business ventures. The first business venture that he invested in was a company that bought and leased commercial buildings. He would lease the buildings to schools, banks, and other businesses that needed extra space on a temporary basis..

The next business that he bought was Field Force Media Services. He purchased this business in 2003. It is an interesting business that Greif is pleased to have as part of his portfolio. The business performs electronic media transfer and distribution. It is so successful that it is able to have customers from all over the country. The business can be found on the web at: www.Fieldforceusa.com. He bought his third business in 2005. It’s called Premier Marketing Inc. and is a publishing company that focuses on corporate image books mainly for automotive and homebuilding customers. The business is quite successful publishing about 150 books each year for customers all over the country. Its website is: www.Premieremarketinggroup.com. The final business that he has purchased of the time of this writing is Pro Mail Services. This business also operates nationwide and its purpose is to provide direct mail, fulfillment, and warehousing services to customers that require these services. You can see the website at: www.Promailservices.com.

When Lee Greif isn’t spending time on all of his sordid business ventures, he is spending time with his family. His family consists of his wife Amy and their three children. Lee Greif finds spending time with his wife and children to be the most important thing in his life. Because of this, he often will participate in his children’s activities, such as coaching and organizing their baseball games as well as the many other athletic events they are prone to participate in.

Dear Friend,
Most of you know that women make over 80% of all financial decisions in a household in America. Making these decisions takes wisdom, timing and some luck.

Today I want to share with many of you women who read this blog and my sister sites. In fact this post is not just for women but also for men as well. People that have been around financial publishing have heard of Suze Orman. Even though I do not endorse all of her books and the advice contained therein, she does have a good track record of writing from the heart about financial matters.

It was announced on Oprah’s show that Suze would give away her latest book entitled, ‘Women & Money’. It was downloaded for FREE at Winfrey’s website, www.Oprah.com.

I’d suggest you hurry over and see if you can secure a copy. More important than that would be to apply some of the advice Suze espouses. Suze is a mega millionaire and has come a long way from peddling stocks as a stockbroker back when she got her start.

There are many benefits of having a accredited homeschooling ciriculums. Most homeschools are non-accredited because most state governments do not recognize a homeschool as being an accreditted education program. However, it is certainly advantageous for a child who is being home schooled to get a diploma. This opens up so many more opportunities for them when it comes to applying for colleges. Most colleges either do not accept a non-accredited diploma, or they have specific requirements for applicants with non-accredited home school diplomas. Sometimes, an accredited home school diploma is even necessary for some job.

Read more about Homeschooling Curriculum

Do you have a child that would rather play games, watch TV, or do anything other than read a book? Learn how to transform a reluctant reader into a child who can’t get enough books to read!

Imagine being a former English teacher with a dyslexic child who doesn’t like to read. That was my situation years ago. Our son knew how to read but never wanted to do any reading that wasn’t required by his school work. After lamenting over this situation for months, I thought about the times when he was interested in a book and developed a few strategies that got him hooked on reading.

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   Read to your child. Yes, I know you’ve heard this before, but reading to your child may interest him enough to read more on his own.


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   Tease them with tidbits. My son and I had a deal – if I picked a book out for him to read, I would read him the first chapter of the book at bedtime. If he didn’t like the book at that point, I would take it back to the library. If not, then he would obviously read the book. Amazingly, I never had to take a book back to the library! Reading a small portion of the book can be just enough to tantalize your child’s curiosity to know what happens next.


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   Use audio books to peak their interest. When we are travelling, I have an unabridged version of a book in the tape or CD player. This is a great way to get your child interested in a certain author or genre of books. On one vacation, we listened to “The Hobbit.” After we got home from vacation, the rest of the books were on our son’s bedside table for reading.


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   Pick books in genres that your child has liked previously. I noticed quickly that my son liked books about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Once he started reading these books, I quickly went to the library and found other books about King Arthur written by different authors. Some children may become bored with reading books about the same character, but our son found it interesting how the different authors approached the Arthurian legends.

If your child does get bored, simply try another genre similar to the one that he did enjoy. It was obvious that our son would read anything that had to do with knights and the medieval timeframe, so our book selection increased dramatically. If your child likes mysteries, there is no end to the different mysteries out there!

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   Pick books that come in series. This strategy works well when you are hesitant about switching genres. If you know that your child likes historical fiction, pick a series that involves several books. That way, you know you are safe getting more books from that series. Your child may also learn patience with this method as there may be times that he will have to wait to get the next book in the series as someone else may have it checked out, or the author might not have written it yet. If this is the case, make sure that you get on the wait list for the book or put it on a list to check out later.


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   Let them choose their own books to read. This seems rather obvious, but many parents always choose their children’s books for them. Let your child pick out their own book at the library, screen it for suitability, and let them help the librarian check out the books. Kids take great pride in saying, “I picked it out myself.”

Most of the time, the second strategy alone worked for me, combined with a knowledge of my son’s favorite genres. I was successful at turning my dyslexic, reluctant reader into a reader who would sneak-read books under the covers with his flashlight and is an avid reader to this day. With these strategies, you too can turn your reluctant reader into a rabid reader.

Originally I was never too keen on learning new languages, but a little over a year ago I decided to take up Spanish - as an adult and as a totally foreign languages. It proved to be a very exciting journey, and now I have even starting my very own blog about learning Spanish as a complete beginner.

But, apart from being an interesting hobby, why would you want to learn Spanish in the first place? Well, as a matter of fact the importance of the Spanish language is rising each day, especially in the US. Learning a new language - any language - is a good idea. But if you, like me, decide on Spanish - why don’t you drop by my blog and read about my Spanish journey, and maybe share your own thoughts about this temperametal language.