The kids book or the nonfiction adult book on cognitive physiology? I read the latter and it was good.

One of mine had a basic reading level before starting. Things clicked at Christmas break and rapid progress was made with fluent reading in no time and good spelling too. Several kids in class were reading before school started and most were reading well by the time 1st started. Another child of mine struggles more but is technically grade level. I think that child has stealth dyslexia based on other other signs but since the school is using a decent reading method, the teacher is experienced and there is help at home there is progress. It used to be very uncommon to be reading before school started but it seems to be getting more common. My child who is not reading is bored by the content of the class even without reading beforehand since understanding is at a much higher level and it is frustrating having to work at reading and writing. I do not think reading before school is a problem for all kids. For me I rather have my kid reading before kindergarten because I know there are no issues. It varies wildly by school and district.

Lentil tacos heating up corn tortillas in oil rather then premade ones Rice, beans and pico de gallo Homemade black bean burgers Pasta with homemade sauce with hidden veggies Eggs and homemade hash browns Tortilla soup with beans

This is how it is here. I felt much more strongly about keeping ds intact then dh did about circumsizing. I wanted more kids but dh was adamant he was done after 3. He was more on the fence about a 3rd so since I really wanted another so we had 3. If one spouse feels strongly against something I do not force it. Having another child or a pet someone doesn't want is not a good idea.

All of my Kids liked your Inner Fish on netflix. They also enjoy David Attenborough videos, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Magic School Bus, Cosmos, and Horrible Histories. Bill Nye is on YouTube and Horrible Histories is on Hulu. My library carries the Science of Disney Imagineering videos and these really short videos based on The Way Things Work book. My ds enjoys just about any documentary that is history or science related. My ds loves Nova. We watch those through amazon. He likes just about any one but especially the ones on airplanes, the Hubble and the Mars Rover. There is a NOVA episode on the elements that he enjoyed that showed explosions. http://periodicvideos.com We haven't watched these yet but this site contains videos of all the elements. Ted Ed has videos too but they might be the same ones.

I think it would be genetics. Not only do people all fall on different places percentile wise in adulthood but it happens at different rates and so childhood growth looks very different at different stages. Plus kids all hit puberty at different times and so some kids grow for longer then others and end up taller then expected. The reverse is also true. With parents shorter then average going down in percentiles slowly over time doesn't sound to worrying. Two of my babies and toddlers were in bigger percentiles then they were as they got older.

I do not think it is a good idea. It reminds me of the movie gattaca where babies are genetically engineered to be superior and the ones that are not faced discrimination. I can see artificial wombs as creating a impersonal breeding system for genetically modified babies and only available to certain people. Humans already radically altered our planet and not for the better. I do not think artificial wombs where babies are grown from the start is something that will be positive. I can see it being used for babies that were born prematurely.

I think the past reforms they did have been really great and have improved their system but I do not think this will be as successful.

The environment would be hostile to sperm right before a period. They can survive 5 days but in good cervical fluid. It is possible though that you ovulated late and then had really bad ovulation spotting instead of a period. I guess anything is possible but it isn't very likely.

Some teachers are really special and this teacher is one of the great ones. I love how she gets the kids excited about math and helps the kids who need it. That really warms my heart when kids needs get met.

GDP is an extremely poor measure of a country's well being and education level. We may have a high GDP but it doesn't mean much when we have higher poverty rates, a high incarceration rate and extreme inequality etc. It is just a measure of what is produced not what value it has. I am mixed on the common core. I don't think it is a great solution but I also do not think it is trying to indoctrinate our children and teach them fuzzy math. A lot of the questions people are outraged over are actually not bad ways to teach concepts or that hard to understand and taken out of context You can't tell if what they are doing in the class is good. I have no problem with high standards that are appropriate but there needs to be help for kids that need it for whatever reason when they need it without labeling them. I do not like all the high stakes testing done on computers. A lot of students are falling through the cracks and do not graduate or graduate with poor skills. My anecdote is that the expectations were much lower in kindergarten and 1st when I went to school in the late 80s. The cut off was later at the end of December rather the September 1st. Reading wasn't taught in kindergarten it started in 1st and multiplication was done in 3rd. We had gifted pull outs but most kids that struggled or had any special needs were put in different classes. Inclusion wasn't as common. My parents didn't help with homework. Preschool attendance was similar to now. We had more freedom in general as children. We walked to school and people were much less paranoid about children playing with other children outside with no parents around or walking to nearby stores or parks.

My ds loves listening to Harry Potter. I haven't decided if we will continue past book 3 yet since I know there are more deaths. I know he will want to continue but I might have him wait. I ended up liking them more then I thought I would. Droon would be a good one for him to read. My dd used to like those.

I have gotten keens and I have gotten generics for my kids. Keens are better in quality and hold up to washing much better but I have mader cheaper ones work for a season too.

I don't let regional dialect bother me too much even when things are said incorrectly. I know I had a few things I said incorrectly and it isn't because I am stupid or ignorant. Writing and grammar is a weakness of mine. I know I make mistakes in mechanics and useage. My writing is far weaker then my ability to think. Lots of people have learning disorders like dyslexia, dysgraphia or speech disorders and they did not get good instruction. I guess I am in the minority but I do not judge people on mistakes they make in speaking or writing.

I agree that there are both positives and negatives to Facebook. I like keeping up with people that live far away and seeing their children grow up in pictures. It is a good way to keep family updated with pictures all at the same time. I also like how convenient it is for event planning and knowing what is going on. The negatives are that bad information spreads like wildfire and there is a definite lack of quality. People also tend to share their political rants or views on nutrition and vaccines etc that I do not care to see. People also can tend to really lack a filter online and call people idiots for not believing like they do. I keep mine very simple, uncontroversial and boring. I don't use it as my soapbox. It is a very poor format for that anyway. Some times though I do like things that I know some people could make judgements about.

I have had books that didn't get checked in before. I call and tell them I returned it and they leave some kind of mark on the account. I usually look for it on the shelf next time I go in and I have found them every time so far.

I am not sure ds's reading level yet but it isn't quite first grade yet. His interest level is more like the 5th or 6th grade level and can even go higher. He doesn't seem to picky about the audio style and focuses more on content unlike my dd who only likes stuff if it is engaging. He likes both fiction and non fiction. He really likes history and science and loves to read on the topic and for fiction he likes things like Harry Potter, The Rats of Nimh, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer Figg etc. I would love the find History and Science stuff like Joy Hakim. Highlighting the paragraph won't be helpful girl him right now so that is good to know that is what it does. The place I am getting ds tested at is the one place listed for my state listed in Learning Ally so that is good to know. What is BARD? I am just learning what all this is?

I had a kindergarten graduation in the late 80s. I wasn't ruined and I still remember it. I didn't think It was the equivalent of graduating high school or expect more of them. I think they are cute. I like little celebrations as my kids hit certain stages. I don't over praise or want participation trophies for them but I was fine with the kindergarten graduation.

Ds interest level far exceeds his reading ability. I like the idea of immersion reading but I don't know much about it but I have seen a few threads on here about it. With Learning Ally do you have to pay for the audiobooks after the membership? Are only certain books immersion? How much is available? What else is out there? I have an iPad. Paying for audiobooks would make it unattainable but I could maybe do a one time yearly fee. I read to him a lot but he would probably listen longer if he had access to audiobooks and I like the idea of him seeing the highlighted text.

We have a basket one. I like it because we aren't tied into the dimensions of a hard or soft carrier. We use ratching straps to hold down the cargo.

I would start getting it looked into with him only knowing 4 letter sounds despite working on it a lot at almost 6. It could be something like dyslexia. It is worth looking into. The leapfrog video or Meet the Letter sounds might help him get the letter sounds down but even that doesn't work for all kids. The videos didn't work for my youngest maybe because she loses focus on them. They worked real well for my older two though.

My ds picked comparing bridge weight load capacities for his science experiment. He has the k'nex bridge set and has no problem building the bridges. I am trying to think of something heavy enough to make the bridges flex or fail to compare 3 different types that is easy to obtain and cheap.

If not other specified it would be a dinner meal for a dinner time potluck. I been to ones were it was asked to bring snack type foods at other times of the day or where people were assigned appetizers, main meals and desserts based on last name.

This year my dd's grades are not updated online either. I do get everything back but usually in stacks a while after the assignment. I wish I could catch things earlier.

Thanks for sharing! I really want to see this. I will see it when it comes on DVD.