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They didn't have that one when I ordered a steam mop and the previous sharks didn't have the same features/reviews. They were not as hot as other mops and couldn't do carpets. I don't know if this new one gets hotter but I see it can do carpet sanitizing too. That was good for me because I wanted to kill dust mites and I've got a kid who pukes a lot. :tongue_smilie:
But anyway, I got this one instead http://www.amazon.com/Euroflex-Monster-EZ1-Cleaner-Double/dp/B000VZHIW2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1278564796&sr=1-1 and it has been one of the best things I ever bought. It's saved me money and amazing amounts of time. I love how easy it is to clean floors and clean them well without chemicals. It's been wonderful. I imagine the one you've selected will be just as convenient.
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I will try the chips and I'll also try the one vowel per syllable thing. I guess it may be a good thing we have to wait longer than I wanted on Phonics Road. He may need a little maturation time and this is allowing me to cover the phonograms and rules at a slower pace.
Thank you guys!
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I requested the Learning Disability book in your sig via our library consortium system so I should be able to look at it soon. I think I'll get it tomorrow in fact. I'm guessing I'll need my own but I'm going to see if I can use the library one.
I ordered those blocks from McRuffy you suggested too.
I do think the chips might help him as it will add a bit more of a visual component in the initial memory/focus point where he's struggling. It's really not the spelling as much as it is the focus I think. Thank you guys!
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I wanted to thank you both for your help with this stuff and your encouragement! I really appreciate it.
I ordered the How to Spell workbooks and I am going to keep with it and hope he improves. Do you see a problem with trying with pull down tiles rather than tapping? I think it might help as I think part of this is fine motor coordination. I believe this child has to think more to do what other kids naturally do fine motor wise (I suspect subclinical/mild dysgraphia).
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If you need to hear the sounds you can get them via youtube.
WRTR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMAQLW4hIEk
Spalding, they split them into sets and have one video per set but cover all of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psNAh0Mvz3w&feature=related
If I was going to get one for the child to practice (vs. hear myself if needed) I would get the AAS CD.
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If he's insured you're fortunate. That hasn't been typical with drunk drivers here.
If your insurance pays and seeks reimbursement you may get stuck with the deductible. I don't know why I just know our insurance told us it was a possibility (we're in the middle of a claim as well). Our insurance did make sure a claim with the resp. parties insurance was started for us though. If the guy isn't insured and you have full coverage your uninsured/underinsured portion of your own policy is in effect.
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Wow--lots of INFP's in the replies so far!
Can you all tell me how to understand and meet the needs of my very strongly INFP little boy? He's so sensitive to the emotional state of others and easily hurt by even the smallest correction. He's never bored (when he's not being asked to do something) because he is always imagining something, making up a story, etc. He loves stories--hearing them, reading them, creating them. I just struggle to know how to meet his needs because he's so different from me and, especially, so sensitive. He also seems drawn to what I'll call negative stuff-the what if's this bad thing happens kind of thoughts.
I'm an ISXJ. I test exactly 50/50 between F and T every time I take that test and have since college with very little fluctuation. I think I'm truly balanced between those. I'm strongly the others. My husband is an INFJ. I've got an ESTJ son and it's amazing two introverts could have an extrovert!
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Thank you! I'm certainly open to trying something different. I will try the counter thing. That might be easier for him!
He is reading at a beginning 1st grade level I think. He knows the phonograms we're using for the spelling words I'm asking and can decode with those same phonograms. I'm using I See Sam and a blend of free materials with him right now.
I don't really know what the problem is honestly. I know he can spell the words. I think it's holding attention long enough to do it. I'm using all the multi-sensory stuff in hopes it helped with the attention but maybe it's actually making it harder for him.
Explode the Code--does it do spelling too or just reading? Is it phonogram based? Would it be appropriate for him based on what I wrote above? I tried to search but couldn't get a handle on the content. I'll search again.
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He's six with pretty severe attention issues. I believe this is a matter of attention (and related areas) rather than lack of ability to actually spell the words.
Maybe I could print five circles on a paper and have him tap a circle per sound with a pencil. I wonder if the the finger tap stuff is either too much fine motor coordination for him or too distracting. He is so hard for me to teach. I really hoped this method would make stuff easier. I'm feeling discouraged.
I'd love any thoughts or ideas.
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Any ideas? Am I doing this wrong?
This is my son:
pound chat
tap /ch/ /a/ /t/
pound chat
tap it again.
/ch/ he tells me and writes or selects tiles.
then /t/ he says..we pound and tap...he might do the /t/ again and then finally realize it's /a/ even though he's tapping it correctly each time. I tried with me writing what he says instead to reduce lag time. I tried with tiles. He still does it. I'm wondering if the technique is wrong. Am I supposed to have him pound and tap the word, then tap /ch/ and write, /ch/ /a/ and write, /ch/ /a/ /t/ and write?
OR, worse I think:
pound chat
tap /ch/ /a/ /t/
get the /ch/ and /a/ and then he can't recall the word let alone the sound he's looking for. He can't remember with a pound or retap or anything. I give him the word again and he can easily can do it.
I thought this would help him with the attention issues. Should I stick with it, modify, abandon, or am I doing something wrong???
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We had so much fun. You can easily get multi-day tickets cheaply as it's the initial entrance ticket that is the main expense so I'd do that in case you want extra days. That said, parking made return visits expensive for us even though we had 7 day tickets and we did both parks in one day in a really off season with no lines. All rides were essentially walk on. I don't think we could have done one day with lines. I imagine some hotels have shuttle to Universal rather than Disney depending on location and that might be good to look into when deciding where to stay. We were doing the Disney thing primarily so we picked location based on that instead. Season wise it will line up with Disney but days of crowding will be different. We did it on the day of the week that was supposed to be "off" for them because Disney had long hours on that particular date or something like that.
We adults had far more fun at Universal (Islands of Adventure especially) than we did at Disney. I would say that would be true for many older children and adults. They do have a neat Suess portion for the young crowd that was really enjoyable. My boys only did Disney but my nephews enjoyed it as much or more than Disney and they were very young, 4 and under, at the time. It's a great park! They were building the Potter section when we were there so we didn't get to experience it. I imagine it's fantastic.
We've done the park twice. Once was pre-kids and the other this past year. It's by far my favorite park of anything and I think I've seen most major parks on the east half of the US. There are neat things on the Universal side but we enjoy the Islands of Adventure side more. I can't remember which side has Potter but I'd do both sides if you can.
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93.94% for my husband and 87.88% for me. I voted for myself in the poll.
When we do US History this year I imagine I'll do better.
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I know this is a long shot. I've got a written description and instructions for Spalding/OG pounding and fingertap spelling techniques. It would be really helpful though if I could see it in action I think. Does this exist? It might help my kids too.
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I'd think he needs either a med adjustment to dosage or perhaps even type. I had great success adding N-actylcysteine (NAC is sometimes used as an abbreviation) to an SSRI med. It's very effective for many anxiety disorders. There might even be research on it particular to panic disorder.
Beyond that, is there any way he can do cognitive behavioral therapy?
:grouphug: to you and your husband.
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I agree with everything Snowfall said re: the tiles and the abacus colors and formation need to be like RightStart. The abacus is the most important piece of the curriculum in my opinion so make sure you've got that good. Their abacus is pretty cheap isn't it? I'm thinking it might not be worth the trouble to modify given the time and paint (I assume) you'd need? I'm not sure how you'd get them uniform the same two colors as I remember the beads being varying bright colors? Maybe you could!
I've gathered that people sometimes switch to Singapore after Levels A and B and sometimes C (or half through that) as well. I'll probably stay with it but I've toyed with switching to Math Mammoth after C. I really can't see doing just A personally. To get the real value of RightStart I think I'd want at least through B.
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Could I use Phonics Road with a child who really struggles with breaking a word into syllables? I've been trying to work on him with clapping words. We're also doing phonogram work (I think very much like Recipe for Reading) prior to starting PR when I can afford it. I think it's making him worse! He clapped "bath" ba th today.
I don't know how to help him. I'm starting to wonder if I should do something else first like AAS that specifically targets syllables? But I was told by Beers I can't just jump into Phonics Road at level 2 so I hate the idea of adding even more to the cost of this!
If anyone has ideas to teach him this I'd love them. I tried how many times you open your mouth (not helpful at all for him) and the clapping which is getting worse rather than better.
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My husband has a secure field in this economy I think (CPA/govt auditing) but, unfortunately, in state government. Our state is cutting every department first by I believe something like 2 million per department and soon more from their budgets. There are no exceptions for small departments, low overhead departments, those with nothing to cut.
In our case so far that has meant "forgoing" thousands in pay over the last few months. We've always been financially careful and frugal. Now we have no savings and are in debt for the first time in our lives because we simply couldn't completely cover my son's medical expenses and I lost two major appliances in the same time period as the pay cuts. It's been stressful. It's killing me to have bills we can't pay and it may take us six months of spending only food/utilities/medical to get rid of them if things don't get worse, nothing else "bad" happens, and they don't cut his pay again. My husband and I are no longer eating the same food as the boys (who have special diet needs) but eating as cheaply as we can. I'm worried about the upcoming cuts which are even more money. They will either further cut pay, cut employees, or both. It's good to get that out!
I voted somewhat. It could be much, much worse.
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I'd do #2. No way number one. Number three the water situation (a nightmare for my parents) would make me leery and I'd wonder also about possible mold allergy issues with it?
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I hate to say it. because RS is awesome, but 15 mins. must be for older children or something. It took us a good 45 mins. per lesson. I definately find it more teacher intensive than Singapore. Now, I'm gonna duck and run......
Don't duck and run! :001_smile:
I've got one child who I'm pretty certain has a math disability and major attention issues. I still spend very little time on RightStart lessons.
I don't think RightStart is for everyone and I'm going to say based on this thread http://www.welltrainedmind.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187672&highlight=rightstart where people seem to be spending around 15 to 20 minutes that something might be going on if RightStart A is taking that long for your child. I don't think it's typical and my "math phobic" child would absolutely not tolerate anything close to that long on math. In your place I think I'd take a break or if I had to continue I'd set a timer and stop where I was at 15 or so minutes (or whenever things began downhill/weren't pleasant). It's easy to split up RightStart. If you look at the thread above someone else mentioned that it's taking that long. That's not typical. Someone (post 21) suggested the child in question might not be developmentally ready for math right now and I'd agree. It just shouldn't take that long (unless the child is into games or whatever and wants to just keep going with an activity of course). I'd break for a while I think. I take it your child is young. I'd just play with math for a while and keep it pleasant above all!
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Thanks very much to all who have responded! :)
I am listening carefully to all the feedback.
I am somewhat familiar with the concept of Asian math, having done Singapore for maybe four years with my older girls (during the middle elementary years).
Truth be told, I want to lay a very strong foundation in math for my little ones, but I am a bit nervous about reports that Right Start is extremely teacher intensive, especially if used for more than one child.
Not that I expect to be able to teach my children math in a 5 minutes a day at this age - I don't - but I'm just wondering if McRuffy might be slightly more manageable. I just need to figure out if it's as solid of a program.
More input would be much appreciated!
There have been some threads recently about the "teacher intensive" label RightStart gets.
It's not a child sit and do it without the parent math curriculum. But what math is at the young ages? I doubt McRuffy is either based on what I saw in samples. RightStart is entirely planned/scripted so it is open and go without prep time. You do go through the lesson with the child. So that's where teacher intensive comes in--you're there the whole time. That time is about 15 minutes for RightStart A from what I've seen (my average--some may spend more time or some less but this seems to be a typical time spent). It could be less if you do 1/2 lessons per day which is easy to do. In fact I believe it was planned for 1/2 lessons for K. So easy to split. Fifteen or so minutes a day (period--no prep) for math with a youngish child is simply not teacher intensive to me. It's a terrific foundation in place value particularly.
McRuffy might be better for you. I don't know of course. I like the visual-spatial aspect of McRuffy. However, if you want that conceptual math base that Asian math including RightStart does well don't let "teacher intensive" scare you away from RightStart.
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What meds are you using? I assume a nasal steroid and antihistamine and? My son got a big boost from adding Singulair to his allergy meds that just weren't enough.
We've tried so much natural and nothing was enough but some were helpful.
We tried neti pots. We still do hepa filters and units, showering anytime anyone comes in from outside and before bed every single time, dust mite proof his room, got rid of pets, etc.
We did a nasal gel to trap pollens called Alergol. We did Quercetin. I think I read about maybe Butterbur but wasn't comfortable with at his age.
Vitamin C in high doses can lower histamine. B12 and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate can also help with allergy control.
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I don't have experience but I know that one tree nut is much more likely to be outgrown than multiple tree nuts (my son is six nuts). I want to say around 9% perhaps. So there is certainly a chance in my mind she could be negative. I hope!
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Heart of Dakota is truly open and go. You could look on the site for a sample week for the levels and see if it would be a good fit.
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Ours is a towel type mat and at the tub. However, I wouldn't argue about this. Mats are cheap--buy another so he can brush in comfort. Alternative: move it each time (both of you) or you dry off in the shower and put your towel on the floor to step out. Hubby and I did that (use towel to step on) prior to kids. I don't like to re-use a towel I put on the bathroom floor now though I never gave it a thought back then.
Prayers, please
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I'll be praying for your husband (and family) today.