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  1. shann
    Anorexia doesn't seem like a very accurate term for a 6 yo. You might want to look up selective eating disorder
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    Hoagies has a list of Dr.s familiar with gifted and 2E kids http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/psychologists.htm#susa
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    I've been feeling terrible around 3pm and I think it's a combo of not getting enough iron and the high fructose corn syrup that was hiding in the apple sauce I like to have for lunch. I started taking a vitamin before bed and I'm ditching that cheap apple sauce for an all natural one
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    My standard recipe uses lots of cumin. We've also done roasted garlic, roasted red peppers, or black beans
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    If someone can go to the store for you, my dh uses Absorbine for his muscle and joint pain. It's on over the counter liquid menthol that you rub into the sore spots, helps him a lot
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    I really wonder if a major component of this poor child's "illness" is just sleep deprivation. Her dad says the only way she would stop crying or throwing fits is to take her out all day, to one playground/park and then as soon as she got cranky and bored and started acting out they would take her to another...that sounds like a classic over-tired and over-stimulated child to me. Add in a sensory OE and you could get pretty dramatic results :( That second video where the mom says Jani is having a psychotic episode??!! All she is doing is rubbing her arm softly with a piece of metal (I didn't catch what is was) and as soon as someone puts their hand out for it she hands it over completely calm. Looks like typical kid bored and wanting attention, hardly out of control and psychotic. I know I have no right to judge them and we've only seen a tiny peek into their lives yet I can't help but feel that this is the ultimate example of what can happen if you completely indulge a child.
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    Sounds like you want a grammar book and a dictionary. I can't rec a dictionary, I would just flip through the different ones on amazon and decide which one looks best. For grammar, I have Wheelock's latin. It's a bit dry and I don't know that you will find it quick reference but it's the classic
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    I have a list of about 70 modern classics that I plan to read on my blog. I spent quite a bit of time putting the list together based on other lists and recommendations. The list is not exclusively American but MANY of them are. There are some books on criticism on the list too. Hopefully the link works, I'm on my phone http://www.aesoptooz.com/the-modern-classics-list/
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    I love Laure Mercier's tinted moisturizer. I apply it with a sponge. It's very light weight, natural looking, and does not make my super sensitive skin break out.
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    I would let her read the entire book and become immersed in the story and only analyze afterward. When discussing the book I would be careful to avoid correcting HER opinion and interpretation of the story. Obviously you want to guide her to see the deeper aspects of the story but don't allow the lit guide to dismiss her perspective. I think this is what kills a love of reading and discussion, being told that ones feelings about the story are wrong.
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    :iagree: AE's undies are great. IMO VS is very poor quality and never fits quite right
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    Looking forward to the info you have. I have the series 3 book 1 set here for summer but I haven't looked through it much yet.
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    Oh my gosh that sound exactly like my Dd :lol: She's actually been having a "freedom" issue with a friend at school, so she wrote herself a Declaration of Independence and hung it on the door of her room
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    I eat veggie burgers because they taste nothing like hamburgers, same with the soy ground "meat" actually. It's in the shape of grounds but has no flavor of meat. Not to be gross, but hamburger and other beef has a distinct flavor of blood which the soy obviously does not. Now the soy sausage patties, I will not eat because the seasoning is similar to sausage and it grosses me out! I'm with you in that I don't know how veggies eat meaty seasoned things, my dad will but he didn't become a veggie until he was about 40 (and he gave me SO much crap about it when I did at 15. I still :confused: about that lol)
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    I will have to check out that blog I don't eat a lot of processed food. About the only packaged food edible by a vegetarian is the Quorn soy products, which I do eat even though they have more sodium than I would like, and rice that comes with a seasoning package, and that's just because I can never get enough seasoning in my own rice lol. Maybe I will find a rice recipe on that blog you mention ;) Oh and I do allow myself Twizzlers when I want a sweet, obviously terrible for you but I'm no martyr lol
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    Lol! I do admit to being a little sad when I found out twinkies where contaminated (back when I was a teenager) Just as well though :lol: It can be incredibly frustrating as a vegetarian, I can't imagine having the additional restrictions of a vegan. Just trying to eat at a restaurant, my choices are salad, requested without the chicken, or some crappy mushroom concoction. Why do they think vegetarians love mushrooms so much?! If you want something on the go, forget it. 99.9% of the time there is literately not-a-single-thing that is edible In the end it's good because you have no temptation for fast or packaged food and the rest of the family doesn't eat it either but it's still annoying. Try to find canned soup with no chicken in it, impossible!
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    I don't even know, this is why I am not a vegan lol. As a vegetarian, I do know they hide beef fat in a lot of foods. I can't eat anything from hostess (like twinkies) because they have beef fat in them. That's probably mostly in bread like products which a vegan wouldn't eat anyway. Same with rennet in cheese. Also gelatin can come from animals but I don't know if they do that any more Hidden animal byproducts might be trickier for a vegetarians because vegan have already eliminated most packaged food
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    I don't think it is militant to ask someone to consider the fact that words have meaning to other people. I could call myself a Christian. I believe in most of the values of christianity and hey, I only worship the devil every 3rd friday. You many think I'm being ridiculous, and maybe I am :lol: But think in terms of word definitions. Worshipping the devil is the exact opposite of what it means to be a christian in the same way that eating hamburger is the opposite of being a vegan
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    I know that you don't want to hear it but I think it's rude for you not to even consider the fact that words HAVE definitions. The words vegan and vegetarian mean something to people and you can't just throw them around because it's trendy. Vegan especially is an extremely difficult diet to maintain and many vegans have very deep heartfelt beliefs about not eating living things or anything that came from an animal. It is a massively restricted diet without even food additives that originate with animals and are hidden in MANY foods. You can't just say "well I do care about animals but I ate a hamburger!! :svengo: But I'm still mostly a vegan". It's insulting to the beliefs of vegans and all that they go through to live according to their beliefs. I'm not a vegan, only a vegetarian. My husband and I encounter the faux vegetarian ALL the time and it actually doesn't normally bother me, I just laugh and shake my head.(It bothers him a lot, I guess on my behalf because he eats meat lol.) So I don't normally rant at people about it but the fact that you refuse to acknowledge the difference and see no reason not to call yourself something that you clearly are not, and your response to others who have objected, is just irritating. Honestly WORDS MEAN THINGS :banghead:
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    Not sure if you are looking for number sense, spatial sense or both, but I got my dd (who struggles with spatial) Tangoes and Mini luk advance I also used critical thinking co.'s Building thinking skills book. We skipped most of the verbal focused or written work and did the shape exercises
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    :iagree: My dd took the cogat about a month ago. I do think it is a good idea to familiarize a child with what an analogy is and possibly explain sequencing to them, besides that you can't really do much test prep. I think the hardest part about the test is the group setting and the fact that the kids have to sit there for so long and stay focused. Many highly intelligent kids will not make it pass the test simply because they are not good test takers. It's really an unusual situation for such young children. Anyway, of those books I think building thinking skill is the best for getting use the answering multiple choice logic type of questions but don't expect the test to be anything like it. I wouldn't bother with the other books, unless you just want to buy them for fun. I bought my dd several books for this summer just because she is a workbooky kid and needs to have things at hand to occupy her. For that, I think the books are worth it. Last fyi, when they tested my dd they gave her an out of level test, since it was for the gifted program. She is in 2nd grade and they gave the 3rd grade level test. So you may want to look at a book one level up.
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    I made my own last weekend. Just used Transparencies from office supply, a ruler, and a sharpie. It did take quite awhile because there is a lot of measuring but I'm glad I only spent a few dollars instead of $30 plus shipping. Now that I have them, I don't know that we will use them a ton. They are good for some lessons/problems but for others, they just make it more confusing. ETA- I don't use the MUS curriculum, so I was just using the overlays independently, with SM, or MM
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    That's actually my blog :) I'm loving the new edition but I've never seen the original, so can't say how they compare. My guess would be that if you're not particularly into roman art or history the original would be plenty
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    Is your computer not a Mac? I import PDFs into iTunes and then add the file to my iPad through there
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    My Dd is also intensely emotional and the usual discipline of going to her room or taking a time out has never worked, not a single time. She has to talk it out and she has to get all her tears out. It can be exhausting but I am trying to learn just let the tears come, even if it does not seems like something worth crying about. Sometimes she can bounce back very quickly and once she has her tears out she can be distracted and move on. Other times we have to keep talking about it for days :svengo: Lately I am really trying to acknowledge her feelings but show her that there is a difference between feelings and behavior. Our current crisis is coping with being wrong and how flipping out every time she is wrong is not her "personality" it is a behavior that can be changed. :banghead: Anyway, I sympathize with you!
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