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Very cool! Offer up the link when you have it in case we can't see it on Saturday.
Have a blast!
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:grouphug: praying for her!
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That was great! They have great voices!
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This made me laugh! And, what exactly is 'normal'. I can't seem to find it anywhere, but I seem to think I know what it is.
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My dh does half the math lesson for ds8. He also does read alouds regularly. And, he is in charge of piano - sitting in class with them once a week and practicing with them 5 or 6 night a week. Lastly, he is the boys personal karate instructor several nights a week to make sure they are really learning their forms from class.
Oh, and there is that one man dining room make-over that he has been working on for the past 6 months, so construction projects are definitely happening at this house.
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Last year my ds also could not rhyme, break up letters to a short word, or tell me the first letter in a word! I was convinced he was dyslexic! He also has had speech issues. He has had trouble with th, s, sh, l, r, and z. He has been seeing a speech therapist for several months and improving. He also had trouble with writing. I took him to a Developmental Ped. and she noticed his hand muscles were weak. She suggested OT. We went to OT. They suggested a developmental vision specialist - found he had a slight convergence issue, but that was all. OT helped a bit, but his gross motor skills are so good he really just had fun.
I have done a ton of hand strengthening activities for awhile now. With all of it, he is truly improving! He is just on the lower end of the spectrum for catching up. He can rhyme now and break apart a short word. I have also started using exercises from a book titled Dyslexia and Dysgraphia I found at the library! His reading is slow, but steady! He needs to work harder at school work and have high repetition, whereas karate, gymnastics, and other gross motor come easy to him. My older son is the total opposite!
At any rate, follow all the leads and you will learn a lot to help your son! Good luck! It is an intense journey!
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We are on 3C. We do not do the masters. I really like ZB. I've been amazed that my ds actually likes doing cursive! He does 1 to 2 pages 4 days a week.
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My ds 6 is similar. He to excels at sports. He will be 7 in April. He was in the same place as your son last year. His gross motor is way ahead of his fine motor. It's taken a bit of time to catch up, but he is really progressing well. Play Uno, War, Fish, etc. should help a lot! Sounds like your child just needs a good extra year or more till I would even worry.
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The snow never melted from just after Christmas! We have 5 feet of snow piled along the sides of the roads and driveways!!! We have never seen so much accumulated snow! I'm worried about flooding when the snow does begin to melt! Snowmaggedon for sure!
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I do not think WWE is redundant at all. It is extremely important and very different than FLL. The most important part of WWE is for the child to learn to narrate/summarize something they have read or heard read to them and begin to format that into a written form. It is the building blocks to writing! Very, very important. Do not skip it. FLL teaches the parts of the sentence and english grammar and structure. There is some copywork in the older version of FLL, but very little.
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Do you watch t.v.? Extra t.v. time, pick a movie out at the library to watch, pizza outing, make a batch of cookies or bread together.
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To give my children a Christian world view. Any personality, you just need to be able to always see the long term benefits of it.
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:grouphug:, prayer and strength to you and your family.
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I wanted to send you a :grouphug:. With all that you just went through getting the kids started in school and all that you have to do in your new place! You are a strong woman. Keep it up!
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My mother will tolerate me speaking about once in awhile, but generally we just don't speak about it much. My siblings are part of the don't tell, don't ask about it. IL's are the same.
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I've been working on this a lot with my ds 6. Coloring (he has liked to color pre-cut shapes), dot to dots, geoboard with elastic bands, scissor cutting (preschool workbooks), helping to measure things with cooking or baking. Also, tracing shapes, playing with putty, playdough, tug of war, thumb wars, spinning small tops, legos, writing/drawing on the wall (paper or whiteboard). Lots of pre-writing skills, like tracing lines and I think piano has helped a lot too!
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I'm a bit clueless about this. But, who payed the remainder of the hospital bill? If your co-pay was $200 and your insurance payed part of it who payed the rest?
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I didn't want to stop reading a Wrinkle In Time. I think I read it in 2 or 3 days to my kids. It just flowed and was so interesting.
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That is rough and I am not looking forward to those days!
I got to the gym around 6:20 am, ran 3 miles, did some weights and stretching. Went home, took a shower, and my dh made me scrambled eggs. Then, I took dd to ballet and read a book we are doing at a couples study. Dd played with her ballet friend after ballet for awhile, then dd and I went to the library. Dh took the ds's to karate.
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That is tough. I too decided years ago to just do as little as possible towards my IL. My husband deals with them. He is fine with it. I've never felt part of their family.
I think you've done the right thing. Confrontation can just be too extreme and I'm sure they are not getting any younger. It's really your husband who needs to stand up for you in front of his own parents. He needs to confront them about how they treat you. He sounds like he supports you, but may not stand up for you in front of them? If this is impossible for him to do, then maybe limit the amount of time your family spend with them. Do you think your husband has truly "left" his family for you?
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I haven't read the whole article, but right away the thing that sticks out at me is that the study was done on students in the first two years of college. Most of the writing and critical thinking I did was during my junior and senior year where I was in my major subjects and had plenty of papers and critical thinking going on. The first two years were on the core liberal arts stuff that wasn't so interesting as what I really wanted to be doing. I'd rather see a study on college graduates than the first two years to really believe the results.
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I understand what others have said, but I am still disappointed. I just thought that Laurie was choosing Jo over that high society life. Jo was well read, imaginative, and independent, but she wasn't necessarily an intellectual equal to Laurie (he was academically brighter). I don't think intellectual equality is necessary for love. Amy wasn't the brightest, but did want money and to live in high society. She was the exact opposite of her sister - they were the one's who got along the least. So, how could a guy go from one extreme to the other. Why would Laurie have fallen in love with Jo at all? I just don't think it fit well. It is what it is, but I don't like it! It's still a great book!
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Wow, he is so young! Is there any history of this in his family? Very scary!:grouphug:
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To your first question, my husband says yes. To your second question - mac or pc?
Can I send this to my coworker?
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It sounds like you guys definitely need a mediator. You also need to talk in person with a mediator. The teacher seems very rough! She is confusing. And the whole being scared thing seems completely out of left field! One second she wants him gone and the next she wants to help him? The teacher needs some help and direction. It would also seem pretty simple for her to write down his work and hand it to you personally! I would write down a list of ideas you think would be helpful for her and bring it into a meeting. If she won't stay for a meeting, then have the principal make her.
Good luck.