If you haven't already, Google to find songs with your name. I only knew of one with my actual name, plus another that had a nickname, and I didn't like either of them. I just Googled and found a bunch of them! Some I actually like. Who knew?

I think you might have success with a multisensory approach, but keep your focus on ways he can respond to lessons. Things like touching the right sound card, building words as you say sounds slowly, maybe drawing the letter in sand when you say the sound, matching the correct sentence to the picture....I think it would be slower, but programs like All About Reading where you can adapt to work with his strengths might be the way to go.

Ah, ok. But it has been happening the last couple of days... Oh well, I may never know.

if it was on house wifi - or another source (e.g. there are communities who get their wifi/internet off satellites. - which could also be messed up by the solar storm.) A mifi hotspot connects to a cell-tower to give you internet. I'd look into the solar storm.

Our 3 1/2 year old has significant expressive delays (etiology unknown, investigation still ongoing, potential cranial nerve malformations suspected) that render him unable to make most vowel and consonant sounds. I started teaching phonics with our older children after their third birthdays, but it's hard not to feel panicked in the case of the current preschooler because he simply physically cannot shape specific sounds and has no apparent prospect of being able to do so. Has anyone successfully taught a child in this situation to read? How did you do it?

The Bryce Dallas Howard adaptation from a few years ago is not modern dress but also not period-specific. I thought it was well done, but I don't know if it's what you're looking for.

My kids also like robots. They have used sphero and ozobots at public school a little. I feel like they're intended for schools… they are fairly expensive and hard to break, but very limited in what they can do. (This is just my opinion, based on limited experience, so feel free to disagree with me!). I lean toward more open ended stuff, here's a few other adjacent thoughts: • snap circuits - very open ended introduction to electrical circuits - you can use the parts to make sounds, lights, make a disk fly, etc. • look for a class - especially for the legos, that way they can be exposed to it and explore it with guidance, but you don't have to make the investment up front. If he gets into it, then buy a set. • RC cars and trucks - cheap, lots of variety. • Let them take a part broken toys. It's OK if they just want to see what's inside, but they may also build something new. • Hex bugs + hex bugs nano zone. Hex bugs are robots, but you can't control them, you just turn them on or off, but you can build structures around them that control where they go. The nano zone gives you some structures to build - but you could also build things out of legos/magnatiles, etc. • hot wheels tracks - they come with different types of mechanical launchers. We have one that uses rubberband power, one that uses battery power. Lots of testing/tinkering with the track and car types happening. Measuring speed and distance. • knex - you can buy sets with motors… so open ended motorized building

Three for me today. Ooh, very nifty! Regards, Kareni

Did he get lost on his way to California? What an emotional roller coaster for the whole family! 😞

I am not in a border between zones. I think I would have to drive 6 hours or more to change time zones. Not sure what you mean by our house wifi... How could our wifi be on a different time zone? It is a mifi hot spot thing hooked up to a router or something.

I'd check your settings. are you need a border between zones? is it on your house wifi? or something else. My laptop won't change time zones (from PT to CT) unless I manually change it. My phone, my watch . . instantly, but not my laptop. if this is a today problem - there were warnings of a major solar storm today that would interfere with electronics.

Ok, I will but I still want to know why it did it???

You can continue with manual. Just reset as needed.

Seconding a few things: apple watch, cool looking noise cancelling headphones, loop ear plugs. I live in a college town, all the college girls have those Stanley insulated cups with the big handle and straw. I think a college logo hoodie is good too. I don't know her particular sensitivities, but lots of college students use them to regulate temperature as you're walking outside and going in and out of buildings, use as a pillow/blanket, wear the hood up to block out distractions/sensory overload. (Also, noticed college logo gear on clearance yesterday at the local university's pro shop b/c the school year is about to end!)

Me too.

Non mom SIL called me this morning. Nephews van is back in the driveway. DH called it yesterday.

I had a good experience practicing self-advocacy this morning at the mechanic. feel that my questions and concerns were taken seriously and the manager was really thorough in making sure I understood what had happened. So that's done. Still am going to need to be seriously looking at a new-to-me vehicle sooner than later as the van is showing serious signs of it's age and milage. Still hoping we can get to a quarter million miles.

bingo I'm looking at whatever, used is fine - the question is where to look. There's one site 2ds would use for electronics as they vet the items sold through them. since I have a laptop, i don't need a tablet that has all the laptop features.

Are these smoke detectors, or combination smoke detectors / carbon monoxide detectors? If they aren't all connected together, and they can also warn about carbon monoxide, that's something that I'd want to look into.

Without droning too much about our story, I have a freshman in college who is doing an auditioned college program. Dual enrollment is free in our state for high school students. She has a summer birthday and was a preemie so was not that far from our state's cut off of Sept 1. So early covid, we decided to push graduation a year. Utilized 2 full years of free dual enrollment. And having been around the block on these auditioned programs with kid #1 and being part of a big urban auditioned programs where we've watched lots of students go through the process, I absolutely think she ended up with more and better college options and better merit scholarships having a year more of confidence and prep under her belt for auditioned programs. She got into 6 of 7 programs auditioned to and high merit from all. For those who have easy/free/cheap dual enrollment options and a kid unsure on path, I wouldn't be afraid as a homeschooler to push your graduation date if that can buy you some time. And that could work even for a kid doing 1-2 classes and heavy dance, theater, etc (kid above used to dance, she auditioned for music programs though). She also dropped into her college program really ready to roll. Setting up for a full year of dean's list and having a great experience. Nothing wrong with gap years either, there is pretty good data indicating students that do that come back more mature and motivated. Just thought I'd throw that out there. You really can be out of the box as a homeschooler to accomodate your student.

Previous generation iPad Air might be good enough. The bag I am using for size comparison is my daily use handbag and it just fits in. My ipad air usually goes into one of my backpacks.

Big dog owner here-- this is what we do!

LOTS of songs with the name Dawn in it, but not all of them are about a person named Dawn. Here are a few: Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy Dawn Chorus - Hazel O'Connor Slow Train To Dawn - The The (Matt Johnson's so cool) Dawn Storm - T-Rex Dawn Song - Grover Washington, Jr. Before The Dawn - Judas Priest Dawn Patrol - Megadeth Creep - Stone Temple Pilots Erotic City - Prince You Should Be Dancing - Bee Gees Canary - Liz Phair 777 - Danzig Shadowkings - Paradise Lost Avalon - Nat King Cole I'm Alive - ELO Jersey Thursday - Donovan Lady Of The Lamp - Donovan Where Is She - Donovan

Yep. Mambo #5.

A Lenovo laptop. It was on automatic. I switched it to manual and central time zone so maybe it will stop. But I will need to do automatic when we travel. I just don't get. It kept saying we were in Indiana... We left Indiana last Sunday. Arrived here on Monday.