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    Funky pencil grip and older kids

    in General Education Discussion Board

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    Thanks for the input. He says his hand doesn’t hurt. I think his writing is ok, it’s not great, but it’s not terrible either. I sent a picture of him writing to several elementary teacher friends. One commented that he looks double jointed which is why his grip doesn’t hurt him. Another though his handwring looked good for a 5th grade boy. Sooo I’m just going to let it go. It was way more emotional drama to try and get him to change it. 

    Gymnasts and Periods (Menstruation)

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    My dd started right before her 12th birthday. She was in the middle of Nutcracker rehearsals. She used pads for 1day, but had to use figure out tampons fast because of rehearsals. I bought her Tampax lites. They have a plastic applicator and are teeny. I explained how to insert one, showed her the directions and sent her into bathroom. It took her two tries and she figured it out no problem. 

    Fixer Upper

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    On 10/8/2018 at 11:33 AM, Ellie said:

    And she tends to put the fridge way the heck over yonder instead of close to the sink where, you know,  it's more likely to be used in food prep and whatnot.

     

    YES!! I noticed that last night, she put the refrigerator waaaay over in a corner. I was so confused by that choice. It would drive me nuts!

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    Funky pencil grip and older kids

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    I recently realized that my 10 year old (11 next month), has a funky pencil grip. I know he hasn't been doing it forever, because I taught him the correct way and monitored it for several years. My best guess is that he started doing it in the past year. Instead of sliding his middle finger under the pencil and letting the pencil rest on the side of his finger, he puts the tip of his middle finger on the pencil. I've had kiddos with a weird grip before and had to get them to change it, but they were younger. He's not the neatest writer, but it's not bad for a 10 year old boy. He does get tired writing and doesn't have good writing stamina. I let him pick out some new pencil grips. Of course he's balking at the new grip and having to try something new, crying etc... How hard to I push him to hold a pencil correctly? 

    Veritas Press Self-paced are $100 off

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    On 9/25/2018 at 3:06 PM, texasmom33 said:

    Just a note for anyone interested in their Bible course. You can either buy the self-paced on the deal above, which provides grading into their Learning Management System, or you can subscribe through VeritasBible.com which has a monthly subscription plan for individual children, or a Family subscription for multiple students.

     

    That's good to know. I was actually considering adding on Bible. Do you know how much VeritasBible is per month?

    American History that's open and go?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    21 minutes ago, KrissiK said:

    We use Nottgrass and that is very open and go, although there are various components.  There is information a couple posts down on Nottgrass that several of us have contributed to.  Check it out.

     

    DUH! I can't believe I didn't think of Notgrass! I've literally been wracking my brain all week trying to come up with something other than a BJU or Abeka textbook. I haven't used Notgrass for any of my kids under high school, but I read that thread about it and it sounds perfect for what we need this year. Thank you thank you!!

    Meningococcal Vaccination Websites with useful info to help make a decision?

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    5 hours ago, Plum Crazy said:

    Health Officials Confident After 1,800 San Diego State Students Treated To Prevent Meningitis

    Health officials believe they have treated all San Diego State University students who may have been in contact with a classmate who was hospitalized for bacterial meningitis last week. The school, with help from the county, administered preventative antibiotics to 1,840 students.

    Yup. My son is at SDSU. Luckily they caught it pretty quickly. But it can spread so fast, it's really scary.

     

     

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    Meningococcal Vaccination Websites with useful info to help make a decision?

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    We are limited vaxxers, and this is not one I would skip for a student living on campus. Our pediatrician was very mellow with us limiting vaccines and he practically begged me to to the meningitis vaccine for my son as he was graduating high school. In fact my son’s college currently has a female student who tested positive for meningitis and was hospitalized. The entire sorority system was in a panic because she had rushed for several sororities. There were 5 hour long lines of students trying to get preventative antibiotics and the vaccine. 

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    Building handwriting stamina

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    My upcoming 5th grader needs to build up his handwriting stamina. He plays with legos, does crafts etc... He just needs more actual writing practice. We don’t start school until September 4. I just want to give them something to do to practice writing between now and then. I was thinking of having him copy short passages from a book or something. Any other ideas?

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