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36 minutes ago, Not_a_Number said:
I'm also totally not an expert, but what would be considered macro- as opposed to micro- evolution?
Evolution at different scales: micro to macro (berkeley.edu)
From this article:
Microevolution is simply a change in gene frequency within a population.
Macroevolution generally refers to evolution above the species level. So instead of focusing on an individual beetle species, a macroevolutionary lens might require that we zoom out on the tree of life, to assess the diversity of the entire beetle clade and its position on the tree.
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38 minutes ago, drjuliadc said:
When you mention you think your son was just reading everything from memory, that might be what she is doing. Her father has the most amazing memory. I can’t figure out how she reads words like voyager that she has never seen before.
I wonder though if some people GET an amazing memory because they need it to read and learn when they can’t do phonics.
Kids can figure out new words in reading without phonics, it's really boils down to guessing well. (I don't suggest it. How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers | At a Loss for Words | APM Reports)Not knowing a lot of phonics doesn't neccessarily mean you can't it could just be no one taught you. If she doesn't seem to have issues aside from telling you sounds of letters and sounds that make up a word you could start going over that stuff with her. See if she is able to grasp that after being explicitly taught the concept.
Also, spend some time having her read things to you as you are reading along. I could/can alwasy read to myself and give you a summary of what I read, but what you couldn't tell from that is how many words I skipped and guessed close enough to get there.
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On 11/2/2021 at 11:24 AM, fraidycat said:
Check with her to see if cross-contamination may be an issue, because that will affect how careful you have to be about prepping and serving. For example, I can't eat gluten (not diagnosed as celiac, but definitely intolerant!) but so far I'm fine having my food prepared in the same kitchen as other wheaty/gluteny items during holidays we are just careful that my food is set/served on a separate counter/surface so nothing is dropped into my food or the wrong spoon doesn't get used in it when dishing up, etc. Generally, most of my food gets cooked first, then covered and set aside while the "toxic" 😉 stuff gets prepped, then mine is reheated when it's all ready for everyone.
I would check with her on how severe she thinks her celiac or gluten intolerance is. My brother in law can't even have food prepared in a kitchen where something gluten was also prepared in. For him he'll bring his own meal.
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20 minutes ago, Lori D. said:
Maybe substitute one of those lighter Shakespeare comedies for Romeo and Juliet...??
Romeo and Juliet turned me off to Shakespeare, which is bummer because it was my first Shakespeare as well. I did Hamlet (we acted it out for our own entertainment) with my roomate in college and said "Why did they make me read Romeo and Juliet?" Midsummer and Hamlet were both much better in my opinion. Midsummer is comedic, while Hamlet gives you the deep discussions.
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Cuisinart. The one con is having to align all the safety features. Otherwise it works. I don't think I have the dice feature.
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Something old- my engagement ring. I ended up loving a ring that was actually used.
Something new- earrings, dress, shoes, etc.
Something borrowed- most of the jewelry were my mom's and family heirlooms. (My family didn't have fancy family heirlooms nor did they totally match my outfit but it's Chinese tradition.)
Something blue- on my garter.
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I still have mine. I pull it down from the shelf to look at it once in a while. I don't know if my daughter would want to use it and I don't know if I could let her. As of this moment I would just offer to buy her a new one. Rigth at this moment my thoughts are maybe they could bury me in my wedding dress and engagement ring.
My wedding shoes I've worn many times since my wedding. I wished I had bought the fancy pair that I really wanted.
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I had a wandering eye/lazy eye thing when I was little around 4). I don't have anything to say about insurance coverage or anything (I was little, it was a long time ago and in a different country). I just remember doing eye exercises like follow the finger with and without covering my eyes. The first doctor they took me to said eye surgery and they didn't want to do eye surgery on their 4 year old so they got a second opinion who said let's try doing eye exercises first and glasses. Happy to say I didn't need eye surgery. By the time I was in elementary it only happens if I strain my eyes waay too much (think movie marathon).
An eye doctor who isn't concerned about vision loss would really concern me; I would change doctors immediately. If they didn't think anything can be done about it I would seek a second opinion. Maybe your VT can reccomend a new eye doctor.
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3 hours ago, Janeway said:
What should the left handed writer do?
I suppose you don't have to have a slant in your cursive if you don't want to. Also know at some point beautiful cursive becomes calligraphy. That is an artform not the handwriting that you use all the time. In that relm lefties and righties find a way to get the look.
Although, I may not know what I'm talking about since I technically don't know how to write in cursive. I just know how to do calligraphy.
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28 minutes ago, Scarlett said:
Well I won’t defy his dad of course, but I am less interested in nutrition and more interested in making our house fun.
On that note though the most fun foods are the messy foods and foods with dip.
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2 hours ago, Lovinglife123 said:
This is a very helpful thread. I am just getting out of overkill mode (literally this morning.)
Glad I'm not the only one.
I think my main problem was that I am not that strong in phonics and how the English language is actually put together. (I was taught all the whole word 3 cueing stuff) I couldn't let him explore and teach on the fly like I do with math and science. So, now we just buddy read books from the library and games from AAR pre-reading (where he teaching his sister). While I get myself familiar with all this phonics stuff so I can let him explore more instead of forcing him to alwasy stick with the lecture in the book.
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You need to ask the baby's parents where they are on the feeding. My kids were eating what we were eating. (With the exception of complete junk food.) I actually didn't like to feed my kids graham crackers, cheerios that sort of stuff at that age because they were so interested in much healthier food like fruits, vegetables, steak and fish that I'd rather give them those as snacks.
I also did baby led weaning, so from the start they were fed whole foods not cut up little foods or purees. Unless the food was suppose to be pureed like mash potatos or butternut squash soup. Also smooth and round food were made into not smooth and round (grapes/olives/cherries cut in half, peas were smashed with a fork, sausages cut in half lengthwise).
At 1 my little ones favorites were brisket, steak, salmon, strawberries (really all berries but I was too lazy to cut blueberries), oranges, mandarins, roasted carrots, salad, anything eggs, ice cream, (at 1 years old kids aren't picky they haven't reached that milestone yet). At 2 is when the "oh some things aren't food" mentality starts to kick in and at 3 any food can be yucks at any given time.
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I bought off kickstarter a pair of almost custom made jeans. (No longer available. Apparently the business model didn't really work out.) Now I wish I had bought 2 instead of 1.
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A mouse found out the hard way that our house has kill traps called cats. I would not suggest using cats to trap mice, maybe just as a deterent.
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5 hours ago, Kassia said:
I apologize for the way I worded that. I didn't mean to speak for people who don't have similar problems. ❤️ Thanks for posting.
Don't apologize. I was trying to cheer you up. I just wanted you to know we aren't sitting here judging you as harshly as you are judging yourself.
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11 hours ago, Kassia said:
I know this seems simple to people who don't have this issue but it's so complex and has haunted me for my entire life.
No it is not a simple issue. As a person "who doesn't have this issue" I do think it's a hard struggle and it's not because I have more self control that I don't struggle with this.
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Mine is to be able to read and write in Chinese. As a kid I felt like I could communicate well enough, and it's hard and I had other goals to be met. As an adult still hard, I did learn more food related words while I was working and had a lot of Chinese coworkers, now I'm learning with my kids.
If I really work on it there isn't anything stopping me from accomplishing it. I think it's part of the problem is that I really think that I can accomplish it if I put my mind to it. I have a lot easier time accomplishing things that I don't think I could achieve.
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You may try to look for authors who are writing books for the parents and see if they would recommend your books.
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I would say the library is our source too. Then I can borrow it see if it really resonnates with my kids and if it does and seems like something I would need to use over and over again I would consider buying it at that point. To be honest most of the socio-emotional stuff (70-80%) we just need to read a few times and then we are good on that topic. For my kids, I find the ones with specifics to be more effective (5, 3.5), so even though be nice to your sibling always needs to be addressed, don't bite your sister generally only needs to be spelled out once.
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1 hour ago, Tap said:
I knew several families that would send thier kids out to other people's homes to get candy, to hand out at thier own homes. The kids would mix up costumes and go out again and again. It wasn't obvious unless you knew the kids well enough to recognize them behind the mask. They thought it was funny, but it seemed icky to me. They didn't want to pay for the candy themselves, so they had their kids go get it from the neighbors.
For the record I wasn't doing that. It's just 3 pillowcases of candy is too much candy for one child. Also at the time my parents didn't know you could just turn off your lights. Also I was unaware I could just stop collecting candy.
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6 hours ago, cjzimmer1 said:
I can get ground hamburger from a local farmer cheaper than I can buy it from Costco or Aldi so I've got 50 pounds on order (I may bump it to 100 depending on when they have it ready).
I was floored by the fact that it was cheaper to buy directly from the rancher (better meat and everything) than to purchase from Costco. It's cheaper but you have to buy at least a half cow (since I don't live close to the actual ranch) and have the freezer space. (It's hard to compare because I pay a price per pound which includes all the cuts of the cow.)
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My little girl (3) wants a pedal bike like her brother. Otherwise pigs, cats, and doggies in a book. Oh and "I love sashimi!"
My son (5) wants his sister's pedal bike. A Tyranno, or dragon.
Good thing I'm not getting the presents ;p. (The grandparents are the ones brave enough to ask the "What do you want for Christmas?")
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Take a look at this for the 6 yr old. Gentle + Classical Primer (Kinder-1st Grade) – The Gentle + Classical Press | Life, Abundantly (shopgentleclassical.com)
Since your friend has little kids that she has to entertain/take care of as well. This curriculum can easily include the little kids. It's a lot of reading stories. It follow Kindergarten Math with Confidence for math and it has a learn your letters component. Extra math and reading is highly suggested for normal situation.
It's organized by weeks and you could do as much or as little as you want to. She makes little "memory" cards you can print out (scripture, character statements, math facts, social studies statements, poem, etc.) so if the 6 yr old gets 2x a week phonics or more direct reading the parents or your friend could also practice some reading easily by "reading" the statements. It also has really good children's books suggestions, maybe the library could be used to get the books or family and friends could help get the anthology type books.
The teacher guide is completely free for a digital copy and if you want the pretty cards you can buy them seperately. Of course you can also just write the statements and such on your own piece of paper and then it'd be a completely free. Plus perhaps on the days when the 6 yr old is not with your friend the parents can crack open a storybook Bible and review the story with the 6 yr old or review the scripture and get involved in educating the child.
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41 minutes ago, Bambam said:
I'm not against people taking their kids to other neighbors. I'm not against folks trick or treating. I am still concerned about the massive influx of traffic and folks into our neighborhood which is not really structured for this. I hope nothing will happen that means I have to leave Sunday night!
I think perhaps this is something to bring up to your HOA. Well probably first your neighbors see how many would back you on this complaint.
In some of our popular trick or treat destinations the city (like police) get involved. Like they'll patrol the area that night, block streets, direct traffic. Non of these streets are made for the traffic they see on one night but at least some safety precautions are being taken.
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I've known people to have success with the bare bottom method. Especially if it seems like he does not know when he's going potty. To make it quicker for learning you can spend a few days innodating him with liquids so he has more chances to practice. Then proceed to watch him like a hawk and try to catch him in the act. When you do shout in excitment (you are looking to surprise not to seem punishing - so he stops the stream) then grab him hurry to the potty whether or not he went or not. Then say or sing something that tells him to go potty in the potty (song and dance preferably like a celebration).
If you feel like he can (in terms of he knows when pee and poo is coming but just still going in his diapers). I would suggest explicitly teaching the skills needed to go potty. Like taking off and putting on his own stuff, getting on the toilet, flushing, washing, etc. As he learns make his accidents his problem so it's more hassle for him if he doesn't go in the potty. Somehow taking off his own soiled diaper and putting it in the diaper trash was enough to convince my 3 year old he should just go in the potty. My current 3 year old is currently going through a regression and she gets a full on shower after her accidents.
Both of mine were late though because I didn't like to push this issue.
PS A lot of people say no going back to diaper/pull-ups. I've allowed my kids to go back and forth when they feel less or more confident. It doesn't confuse my kids. Having the back-up made the potty training fight theirs and not mine.