Yes, he's exhausted all the 39 Clues books and could probably recite them. LOL. He's read or listened to the PJ books and the Korman books but didn't seem to like Haddix. He has also read all the I, survived. Yes, short but meaty. Not babyish. I have several of the "shorter good books"you listed on my bookshelf. I'll take a look at those. Thanks. That King Arthur books sounds interesting. I'll have to look for it. Thx for the suggestion.

Some great ideas here. Thank you! He loves both science and history. We've done a couple of these on audible/cd/read alouds but I've got some great ideas. Thanks so much for taking the time.

My son is in public school and he will take a two year Algebra I course for two credits. He will go on to take geometry and Algebra II for sure and I'll probably look for two 1/2 credit math classes or do them myself over the summer, if he's up for it. If not, he will still have three math credits. He won't be eligible for a math or engineering competitive school, but he wasn't going that way anyway.

I'd like some suggestions for a book or books for a struggling reader/writer. This summer I'd like to work with my 15yo son with special needs (he attends ps) in reading and writing. I'd like to find a book or books that he could read a chapter, we could then read it together and discuss it, then we would summarize the chapter together, first with me writing and hopefully, eventually he would take on the role. He loves to spend time with me and loves to listen to books so I'm hoping this will help. Anyways, I need book recommendations for him that this might work well with. He's reading at about a fourth/fifth grade level, likes books like 39 Clues because of all the geography and history woven in. Any suggestions?

My daughter is working on her Silver Award. She has to present a proposal at our neighborhood board meeting tomorrow. she's driving me crazy and we just started.

Every generation has had their fidgets, we just didn't call them fidget toys. In the 80's and 90's we had jelly bracelet and shoes, friendship bracelets and pins, trapper keepers (oh, the noise of that Velcro being pulled open and closed!), and those bracelets or key rings with the spiral, heck, kids even undid the spiral notebooks and redid them. These are just off the top of my head. More recently there were stress balls, those fuzzy balls, koosh balls. In the past there were rocks, Jacks, dice. We've always have had fidget toys. Its just that the fad right now is to actually call them fidgets. But it really isn't anything new. What I do like is that my ADD kiddo doesn't stand out as much anymore when everyone is fidgeting just like him. That and that he stopped chewing his sleeves and neckline of his shirts to shreds.

Wet hair, gel back, pin loose ends, hairspray. There's this stuff at Target that is super hold. Holds anything. It's like glue. You can buy a bun to pin in if they really need a bun. I can find them cheap in stores that cater to African American women. Amazon carries them but I find they are more expensive and it's hard to match the hair color.

Have you called and asked? It's probably a clerical error somewhere along the way.

I am so very sorry for your loss. :(

I was going to suggest the Fuji Instax as well. It's all the rage right now.

Yes, we track mostly to help with the mood swings. It also helps her so that she knows her body and knows what is normal so if things change as she gets older, she can talk intelligently with her doctor about it with facts/stats to back her.

Or maybe a scientific explorers kit but I don't know the quality of those.

I'd probably go with a Thames and Kosmos kit. They typically have everything you need and they have the "wow" factor for Christmas.

My daughter tracks her own on an app called PeriodTracker. It gives her the ability to not only track her period but her mood. It has helped her a lot when she starts feeling exceptionally grumpy/her moods starting swinging every which way that the reason is her cycle day.

My daughter is just getting over a sprain from late last spring. She tried dancing through it some. Finally I pulled her completely for two weeks. That did the trick. Stay off it, ice, elevate, and compress when you do need to be on it. It's a pain but the less you're in it, the faster it'll heal.

Thank goodness my daughter can't stand it because the girls at her studio have been doing it and I'm about ready to ban water bottles. Omg

Amazing game

I am the oldest of 4. There are 7 kids. We do buy separate gifts for each. My sisters and I discuss in advance what we specifically need and buy it for each other. We also buy for my parents. My sisters and I tried not exchanging one year and I think my mom about had a coronary. We decided buying each other something we need for the family/ourselves was better than listening to my mother rant.

I'd don't about prime pantry but does your local grocery store have a shop online, store pick-up option? That may be a way to go. They load it right into your car and done.

A friend of mine went as a candy wrapper/rapper. Hoodie covered in candy wrappers (they were stitched on at a corner). It was cute simple idea.

My daughter switches back and forth through all three. I wanted her to do Alcumus on Fridays for review but she actually likes learning it through the computer and uses the book as sort of a practice/test/reinforcemt. She uses the videos when she gets stuck. currently prime factorization is her nemesis. LOL

My son has PTSD after surgeries. It took several surgeries for us to realize that the medication they give kids "to help them not remember" didn't work for him. He still talks about remembering the doctors talking, the nursing moving equipment around, and the bright lights in his eyes and he's 14.

I have the arm tingling and chest pain and have been diagnosed with Angina, high BP, and anxiety. I also found that my arm tingling was exacerbated by carrying my purse on that shoulder. I'd go see a cardiologist an have them run some tests to rule things in/out.

They have a pretty cool system in place for hurricanes. They have an emergency response team that activates. Workers are given time to go home and get things settled and they come back and have shifts.

I think this is the key at our house to. Bedtime routine is the same regardless. Brush teeth, wash face, pjs, play quietly in room or read or listen to music and I shut lights out at the appointed time. You can be up until midnight or whatever as long as your quiet, in dark, in bed. If they "can't sleep" I tell them they have to count to 1000 and then come see me. This takes about 15 minutes and 99% of the time they fall asleep. If they don't, they can get up and cuddle with me in bed for a bit and then try again (if they don't fall asleep while in bed with me).