Just pick and choose the ideas that work for you. I personally am not that much of a penny pincher but I am learning. I am about to borrow this book a second time around!

reassurance. I find it interesting that I'm having a hard time with my son across the board and he's also just-turned-six and going through a huge growth spurt (again!). I wonder if next month he'll suddenly take off in reading or something. Interesting to note. He is having more sensitivities, more sensory things, a lot of trouble being mean, less eye contact and a very hard time listening, and focusing. We went through similar things before when he was early five, and I worked on those things and also took a more relaxed parenting approach overall and they worked themselves out. Now I find it interesting that at another age milestone they are all coming out in different ways again!

You ladies have all blessed me with your information, encouragement, and experience. Thanks for the heads up on the toys-talking-to-each-other thing, too. I will stop telling him it's weird (bad mom of the year award there!) and just watch and see what happens. My son does have mild PDD and Sensory Integration and a few aspergers-like symptoms, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that when I googled this, I came across autism. I think I did enough research for today and I'll keep an eye and mention it to my dr. Katia, thanks for the info about your dd. My ds is definitely an in-his-head, intellectual, imaginative sort. I picture him reading lots of books too. LOL

okay I'm calm now. Really. My new screen name was going to be Calming Tea but my dh did my registration.... Anyway, I will talk with him about keeping an eye on himself and also mention it to our ped if he's still doing it next week when he has his checkup. Thanks for the tip!!

Okay this is bizarre. My 6yo son is in this bizarre habit of saying to me, the end of what he just said, in a slight whisper, almost like he's practicing, or talking to himself. But the WEIRDEST thing is...he doesn't even know he's doing it!! So for instance: "Mom, may I go play with my legos now?, legos now. He will say the last part in such an inaudible whisper that it took me almost a week to pinpoint what he was doing. My son is so weird! I told him this is odd behavior that is not socially acceptable, and he needs to stop doing it. He's not practicing, like someone who is unsure of what he's saying. It's not that because he does it almost all the time, with any sentence he says. Do you think there is a connection between this and me letting him play by himself in his room for hours, making his toys "talk to each other" as in...is he talking to himself??

I really want to know what she charges because I really want a blog! :o)

I remember it was someone here...

nt

right across the top of the student book. The entire state uses the same program, which I just think is so weird. I wonder if our districts have the option to use something else.

and save Sonlight Core B for when she's 4-5 ish. We used part of Calvert pre-K and it was cute, fun, and easy. the price is not too bad either.