My daughter is 5'7" but tiny for 13... She gets her 0s at Old Navy. They have a variety of styles. We don't wear "skinny" jeans.

Yes, if not salt and pepper, then highlights. I think the ever darkening dark brown will not look good by then... :001_smile:

I use Loreal Excellence dk. brown every three weeks on my roots only. My roots are completely white in the front half of my head only. I comb it through the back about 2x a year... It makes my hair a little blacker than natural, but it is the only way to get the roots dyed. When I am 50, I'm going have it temporarily styled short/layered to cut the dye out, and have lowlights to blend the white and black... I should be salt and pepper at that age I think....

I think you are very wise to follow a LCC inspired schedule. MP makes curriculum guides now that make planning incredibly easy - you just follow their lessons! If I started over with young children as you have, I would use those - with SOTW audios in the summertime... :grouphug:

Yes! I am having a terrible time googling for examples of appropriate monologues from works/plays similar to Alice in Wonderland... She doesn't want to perform Shakespeare or something too pop culture/old for her etc... Thanks!

daughter btw... She did this monologue from Alice in Wonderland for a Christmas play last month. She needs another monologue for the class play and Alice is hard to top!! 'Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!' And she began thinking over all the children she knew that were of the same age as herself, to see if she could have been changed for any of them. 'I'm sure I'm not Ada,' she said, 'for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn't go in ringlets at all; and I'm sure I can't be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh! she knows such a very little! Besides, she's she, and I'm I, and—oh dear, how puzzling it all is! I'll try if I know all the things I used to know. Let me see: four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is—oh dear! I shall never get to twenty at that rate! However, the Multiplication Table doesn't signify: let's try Geography. London is the capital of Paris, and Paris is the capital of Rome, and Rome—no, that's all wrong, I'm certain! I must have been changed for Mabel! I'll try and say "How doth the little—"' and she crossed her hands on her lap as if she were saying lessons, and began to repeat it, but her voice sounded hoarse and strange, and the words did not come the same as they used to do:— 'How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! 'How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spread his claws, And welcome little fishes in With gently smiling jaws!' 'I'm sure those are not the right words,' said poor Alice, and her eyes filled with tears again as she went on, 'I must be Mabel after all, and I shall have to go and live in that poky little house, and have next to no toys to play with, and oh! ever so many lessons to learn! No, I've made up my mind about it; if I'm Mabel, I'll stay down here! It'll be no use their putting their heads down and saying "Come up again, dear!" I shall only look up and say "Who am I then? Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I'll come up: if not, I'll stay down here till I'm somebody else"—but, oh dear!' cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, 'I do wish they would put their heads down! I am so very tired of being all alone here!'

Sit on the floor with him and follow his lead. Enter his world as long as it doesn't overstimulate him. If he picks up a dinosaur, you do too etc. Don't be loud or pushy... Read Engaging Autism about the Floortime method. HTH!

I did a little searching for new stores bc I lost a lot of weight last year. I already shop at mostly Target and Kohls (cotton knits don't hold up well), also Lands End, Eddie Bauer, and April Cornell. I haven't shopped at these yet, but I like their catalogs. They have soft and flowy style for more mature women: http://www.sahalie.com/ http://www.softsurroundings.com/

I love reading books set in the early 1900s about high school - ie. the Betsy Tacy series. She studied Latin and joined a literary society. My mom graduated high school in the 1950's from a tiny little k-12 school in the country in the southeast. Her favorite class was ancient history. She is also an excellent writer. My grandpa made sure she was on the business track instead of college, and he was soooo proud she would graduate to become a clerical worker, instead of a factory girl. My mom is well educated though by anyone's standards. My sister asked her to proofread her dissertation for an ivy league university. My mom was my sister's primary resource for encouragment and advice - even more than her advisor. :) My grandmother was a country school teacher even though she didn't go to college. We found papers she wrote dealing with the death of two of her children. They were beautifully written and incredibly moving. She was a very strong, resourceful and intelligent woman. She passed down many books of poetry to me. I would love to read legitimate sources that state the goals and methods of middle class and country schools in the early 20th c.

Thanks - that is it. I was way off on the title. :)

I know that isn't the title, but I can't remember the actual title and I want to read it again. Thanks!

I'm ordering the two books about Teaching math to people with Down Syndrome... Thanks for the suggestion, it looks so helpful.

How did you get this onto your ipod from youtube?

Maybe it is the foster parent's issue, but it may also be the children's issue. Children who haven't experienced attachment may cope with fear of being alone by having constant background noise. The voices on the television may be a coping thing...

NC/Virginia border state park. I'm afraid it was a bear, but I'm paranoid. I don't think a bear would hang out for 2 hours for spilled crackers? The slurping sounds were loud. Do racoons and possums slurp loudly? :bigear:

My son had been popping snacks in the air and trying to catch them in his mouth - so they had goldfish crackers littered all about the camp site. I had warned them not to leave food scattered. Anyway, in the middle of the night they heard loud slurping noises for 2 hours. They stayed still inside the tent. My husband could hear it milling about the campsite until it left. He even felt the tarp underneath tugging as it came right up to the tent slurping. He said the slurping sound was very loud - wasn't sure it could be a racoon making all that noise. My kids eventually went to sleep!! What animal do you think would spend 2 hours around one campsite slurping, without disturbing the tent???

I just don't even know what to say about it. :001_huh:

My 14 1/2 yo son's iq is 48 with a much higher verbal iq than nonverbal. He is considered extra learning disabled in math than his iq. He has 0 number sense, and we have tried everything. He has been a special education class for middle school and is entering the intellectually disabled - mild program for high school. The only thing that makes everyone question that placement is math! Do you think LOF elementary would be of use for a very verbal mentally disabled student? We basically just want him to develop number sense enough to understand how to use his calculator and MAYBE pass the special ed intro to math class.

I didn't get a chance to read all the responses. The urinary frequency and large output is a symptom of type 1 diabetes. Did you already take him to the pediatrician? I would today for an a1c blood test. I would schedule an appt. with a developmental pediatrician. My medium size city only has 1 - so do some research. He/she will listen to your concerns (be totally honest), and be able to help with guidance for behavior modification, medication if you go that route, and any other services that might benefit him or your family as a whole. HTH! and :grouphug:

We are still reading the Harry Potter series for the first time. I'm on Goblet of Fire. My kids are on the 3rd and 5th book. I've slowed down on HP, bc I'm leading a middle school book club and take time to prepare for that each week. We are reading Emma, Jane Austen now. I'm also reading lots of homeschool books to get ready for next year...

My biological children have a medical exemption to vaccines signed by 3 doctors - neurologist, geneticist and pediatrician. My adopted son is fully vaccinated. A huge percentage of our church is unvaccinated due to "fear" of autism and other natural health concerns. I am talking with our pediatrician about getting my children caught up on vaccines bc of the risk, even though it could be dangerous for them. We had a pertussis outbreak at our church a couple years ago. I don't want to risk them getting exposed to pertussis again...

The WTM is my curriculum guide as you said. I also like Sally Clarkson and Karen Andreola and Susan Schaeffer Macaulay. My all time favorite author for envisioning and encouragement is Debra Bell. She combines perspective on the "why" to homeschool (from a Christian perspective) with academic rigor that really inspires me. http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Guide-Homeschooling-Debra-Bell/dp/1932012982'>http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Guide-Homeschooling-Debra-Bell/dp/1932012982 http://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Guide-Homeschooling-Debra-Bell/dp/1932012982

Is there a website you can check on your state's rivers? My kids and husband will be tubing at a popular river next weekend...

Perfect! Thanks!

I'm looking for the quotes on the Pulitzer site and don't see them. http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Fiction Should I google the names of the judges and the book winner?