Murmer
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Finished: Finished: 21 Days to a More Disciplined Life by Crystal Paine, Marriage and Family Relations by BYU, and A Fresh Start in Fairhaven by Sharon Downing Jarvis
Currently Working On:
Downstairs: Eternal Marriage by BYU
Upstairs: The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards
Kindle: Gone to Green by Judy Christie
IPhone: A Flower Blooms in Charlotte by Milam McGraw Propst
Sweet Boy Read Aloud: The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh and the World of Christopher Robin by A. A. Milne
Angel Girl Read Aloud: The Wind In The Willows
WTM: Don Quixote
IPad: The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson (South America)
Personal Enrichment: Confessions of a Cloth Diaper Convert by Erin Odom
Total Finished in 2013: 58
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I would look at GERD. That is what my son had and he had a lot of the same symptoms. Good luck
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I did not read the other posts...but I read to my children before nap time and then I rock my hard to napper until he is asleep. It has really helped my 3 almost 4 year old take a nap more often.
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Finished: My Fairy Grandmother by Aubrey Mace, Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today by David Clark, Habits: The Mother's Secret of Success by Charlotte Mason, Smooth and Easy Days by Sonya Shafer, and The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Currently Working On:
Downstairs: Marriage and Family Relations by BYU
Upstairs: A Fresh Start in Fairhaven by Sharon Downing Jarvis
Kindle: Gone to Green by Judy Christie
IPhone: A Flower Blooms in Charlotte by Milam McGraw Propst
Sweet Boy Read Aloud: The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh and the World of Christopher Robin by A. A. Milne
Angel Girl Read Aloud: The Wind In The Willows
WTM: Don Quixote
IPad: The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson (South America)
Personal Enrichment: 21 Days to a More Disciplined Life by Crystal Paine
Total Finished in 2013: 55
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Thanks this was purchased new through Amazon not a 3rd party which is part of why I am so disappointed. I figured Amazon would send me a book that looks brand new not one that has bent pages and covers. :( Thanks for the advice so far.
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I don't order off of Amazon so I am not sure if I should feel upset or not.
I bought a NEW book off of Amazon. It arrived and the corners of the cover are all bent the edges of the cover are starting to curl. Honestly it just doesn't look like a new book...it looks like it has been returned. I would not necessarily say it is damaged but if I bought it as a gift it would not be gifted because it doesn't look nice enough. It is frustrating to me...but I don't know that is something that I should just resign myself too because Amazon sends books that aren't perfect or is that something I should try to get replaced. TIA for your kind opinions.
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Finished: Teaching the Essentials of Reading Through Picture Books by Alyse Sweeney, Teaching with Favorite Read Alouds in Pre-k (and Kindergarten and 1st grade and 2nd grade books too) by Susan Lunsford, and Sarah's Story by Ruth Elwin Harris
Currently Working On:
Downstairs: Marriage and Family Relations by BYU
Upstairs: My Fairy GrandMother by Aubrey Mace
Kindle: Forgotten: Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today by David Clark
IPhone: A Flower Blooms in Charlotte by Milam McGraw Propst
Sweet Boy Read Aloud: The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh and the World of Christopher Robin by A. A. Milne
Angel Girl Read Aloud: The Wind In The Willows
WTM: Don Quixote
IPad: The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson (South America)
Personal Enrichment: Habits: The Mother's Secret of Success by Charlotte Mason
Total Finished in 2013: 50
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I would research your area...where I live there are limited services for most issues but get a spectrum label (which included Aspergers) and now insurance has to cover up to 20000 in services. There are also some other help available like grants ect. So even if you don't agree with the diagnosis perhaps having it can open up some doors.
Also I think the hard part of High Functioning Autism/Aspergers is that these child are functioning and at times functioning at a high level...but then something happens and its like oh yeah there's that Autism thing. Sometimes it can be ignored or almost forgotten and life is almost normal. It causes second guessing and questioning about if you made it all up....then the fit occurs or the social interaction that they can't do and its like well maybe they really do have this...it can be hard.
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I had kind of thought of the same thing...hadn't really done anything about it....just put it on my list of ways to WTM...I like the way you put it so clearly...I hope others have some resources.
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I used it as a teacher as a helpful resource to add to my curriculum. It has some really great ideas for developing number sense BUT it is not a full curriculum in my opinion. It has some valuable ideas and could be a great 3 day a week add on but I would use it in combination with something else like Miquin. It is on my wish list though!
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Finished: Time Capsule by Lurlene McDaniel, To Have or To Hold by Josi Kilpatrick, Forgotten: Seventeen and Homeless by Melody Carlson and Thinking Love by Sonya Shafer
Currently Working On:
Downstairs: Marriage and Family Relations by BYU
Upstairs: Sarah's Story by Ruth Elwin Harris
Kindle: Forgotten: Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today by David Clark
IPhone: A Flower Blooms in Charlotte by Milam McGraw Propst
Sweet Boy Read Aloud: The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh and the World of Christopher Robin by A. A. Milne
Angel Girl Read Aloud: The Wind In The Willows
WTM: Don Quixote
IPad: The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson (South America)
Personal Enrichment: Teaching the Essentials of Reading with Picture Books by Alyse Sweeney
Total Finished in 2013: 44
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My dh just got a new car with 0% financing....a used car would have had 8% financing...so in the long run the new car was cheaper than a used car for him right now. So really look around at financing if that is something you need to do you might find a new car with financing is cheaper than a used car.
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Finished: Charlie Bone and the Red King by Jenny Nimmo
Currently Working On:
Downstairs: Marriage and Family Relations by BYU
Upstairs: Time Capsule by Lurlene McDaniel
Kindle: Forgotten: Seventeen and Homeless by Melody Carlson
IPhone: A Flower Blooms in Charlotte by Milam McGraw Propst
Sweet Boy Read Aloud: The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh and the World of Christopher Robin by A. A. Milne
Angel Girl Read Aloud: The Wind In The Willows
WTM: Don Quixote
IPad: The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson (South America)
Total Finished in 2013: 40
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I know you said little snow...but Manchester NH is a great area. It can be rural or cityish depending on where you live. You would also be about 2 hours from downtown Boston or the NH coast. Yes there is snow...but they do a good job of keeping it clear. NH is a pretty easy state to homeschool in from what I have heard (we are considering crossing state lines so have checked a bit). Good luck
ETA: NH has no income tax and no sales tax.
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I think it is an incredible option for some people. Sadly the number of adoptable (meaning free for adoption in the us and abroad, not number of orphans) babies is very low and for someone who really desperately wants to do the baby thing it may be one of the few ways for it to happen.
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Finished: Molly Moon, Minky Minus and the Mind Machine by Georgia Byng, The Sari Shop Widow by Shobhan Bantwal, and The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Currently Working On:
Downstairs: Marriage and Family Relations by BYU
Upstairs: Charlie Bone and the Red King by Jenny Nimmo
Kindle: Forgotten: Seventeen and Homeless by Melody Carlson
IPhone: A Flower Blooms in Charlotte by Milam McGraw Propst
Sweet Boy Read Aloud: The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh and the World of Christopher Robin by A. A. Milne
Angel Girl Read Aloud: The Wind In The Willows
WTM: Don Quixote
IPad: The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson (South America)
Total Finished in 2013: 39
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Does she understand what she is reading? Sense and meaning making are important parts of reading along with the visual cues. Sense can be described as grammar within reading for example I am swinging....a child not making sense may say I man swinging. In English we don't say things like that. Or I com bee to park. (for I come to the park).
Meaning is understanding what is happening in the story. Example from I am swinging (with a picture of a boy swinging on a swing). A child not making meaning may say I am standing.
The ultimate goal would be to have a child that is able to grasp the grammatical structure of the English language, makes meaning from the story and uses phonics (visual) information first to last all at the same time. This is what we as good readers do thus how we can read stories that have typos because we use the meaning and structure to fix the visual.
I hope this makes sense but it may be a way to help her get over the hump while still helping her understand that ultimately the visual sounds of a word are what we need to go to when structure and meaning break down (which tends to happen about 4th grade for 100 sight word readers with no phonic instruction).
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Personal opinion....I think they wanted fame and infamy...they wanted to be identified because then the world would know who they are and what they did. They would have news articles written about them and the horrible things they did. Whether they had other reasons for what they did I don't know but I think they wanted to be identified and glorified (even if negatively) in the media.
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I just finished the Yellow Fairy book (preceded by the blue and red ones) with my 3 year old. I do it before nap time everyday and he doesn't seem to have any problems from having heard it.
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Finished: Charlie Bone and the Shadow by Jenny Nimmo, The Man Who Loved Jane Austen by Sally Smith O'Rourke, Daughters in My Kingdom, and Science Play by Jill Franker Hauser
Currently Working On:
Downstairs: Marriage and Family Relations by BYU
Upstairs: Molly Moon, Minky Minus and the Mind Machine by Georgia Byng
Kindle: The Sari Shop Widow by Shobhan Bantwal
IPhone: A Flower Blooms in Charlotte by Milam McGraw Propst
Sweet Boy Read Aloud: The Yellow Fairy Book
Angel Girl Read Aloud: The Wind In The Willows
WTM: Don Quixote
IPad: The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson (South America)
Total Finished in 2013: 36
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Dory stay please :) I think the desire to be private is so that people can talk a little more freely.
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It sounds like a great idea, getting all the states on the "same" page so that students can move around the country freely without worry of missing things. Which as a child who moved often I remember getting multiple years of physical science but no biology in Jr. High lol because the age tracks were different between the 3 jr. high's I attended.
BUT the people putting together the core are not the ones in the trenches seeing what the children are doing or paying attention to the developmental research. The common core is a rigid set of rules that do not allow for natural development difference or the needs of non "typical" learners. I would prefer to see a set of common bands of knowledge that take into account developmental differences. IE the new commmon core requires end of year kindergarteners to be reading at a Guided Reading level D...but not all kindergarteners are ready to be reading at a level D but if instead it could be acknowledged that a child showing progress in reading by being somewhere between a B and G (a common level for high functioning Kinders to get to) would still be considered progressing assuming that they have progressed during the year. To extend the idea now a 2nd grader could be within the band of K - O instead of the current level N. Thus there is still a way to see children who are in need of help (they would be lower than the lowest level of the band) and those that are truly accelerated. Rather than a be all end all point.
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Each year is a different part of our scripture cannon. This year it is New Testament next year is Book of Mormon I believe. They don't build on each other but rather if a person does all 4 years they will have had a year of study in each of the 4 scriptures we believe in. So it doesn't matter if she didn't do a year.
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GIMP is free.
Is Single Parent Adoption Possible?
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Yes! Although there are some agencies that won't even touch single parents usually due to their own personal bias...so I would stay away from any agency that seems hesitant. Also the other thing to keep in mind is that some of the expectant moms are placing so the child will have 2 parents in which case they would not pick you but there are expectant moms that are looking for only singles or don't care as long as other important characteristics are there. So it may take "longer" but the baby that is meant to be will be.