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    Never doubt that a thoughtful… (Covid related)

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    2 hours ago, lauraw4321 said:

    I’ll let you fill in the rest of the Margaret Mead quote.
     

    I’ve been spending every free moment I have emailing, calling, encouraging others to email and call my local school board, state school board, superintendent and principals. I gave a news interview. And today, 2 days before school starts, masks are required in our school system. In Alabama. It shouldn’t have been so hard, but we mobilized and didn’t give up. 300+ parents were organized quickly and we just wouldn’t let it go. 
     

    small victories. 

    Are you in Homewood?  You guys did a great job if so.  I outside of Birmingham and followed the Homewood story with Dr Ellen Eaton.  Hi, neighbor!

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    Berean Builders Science

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    For me, depends partly on the lab, partly on the student ages, partly on what I have around the house, partly if the materials are non-consumable. I have two classes, one K-3 and the other 4-6. I tend to do more of an interactive demo with some of the activities with the younger group, rather than let them all loose on an entire set of the materials. For example, I'll ask a student to come up to help do one part of the activity, then a different student for the next part, etc., while we discuss what's going on. Whenever possible, I like everyone to be able to have their own set of materials, but that's not always feasible.

     

    So that's basically not a lot of help to you.  :tongue_smilie:

     

    Erica in OR

    Ha!  I am trying to figure out how much it is going to cost to use the curriculum for a group and can't decide if it is worth it to have everyone pay for the supply pack from RR or if we can get by with just gathering them week to week.  Surviving February the best way I know how- planning for next year with confidence it is going to be sooo much better than this year!  ;)

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    What's the weirdest coincidence you or your dh have ever experienced?

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    DH and I went on a cruise for our honeymoon.  In the cabin next door was the girl he dated for a couple of years before we met and her current boyfriend.  We saw them right after boarding, during the lifeboat drill and upon returning to our rooms.  We never saw them again once the ship set sail.  It was such a crazy coincidence.  

     

    There is another person with the same first middle last name as my maiden name with the exact birth date and year.  Unfortunately she doesn't pay her bills. 

     

    My DH's birthday is my bff's anniversary date.  We were dating when she was married and I knew he loved me when he spent his birthday at the venue all day long while there was a big football game going on.  

     

    I am a home health nurse and I had a patient once whose daughter was visiting from Florida.  The patient needed home O2 so I got that set up and waited on the delivery person to bring it out.  When the delivery person arrived it was a British man.  The patient asked about his accent and he stated he didn't have an accent, that he had lived south of Birmingham his whole life.  I chimed in that I knew a man that always said the same thing and the patient's daughter said she did too.  I explained it was my Granddaddy's coworker from many years ago (who I met while working as his home health nurse also).  The daughter stated a man she had dated named Dave Lastname had always said that.  We knew the same man.  

     

    Home health lends itself to a lot of stories.  One night I was seeing patients and I took cover from a tornado warning at a Walmart.  I ran into a group of college students there and we talked as we waited for the storm to pass.  The next night I had a very sick patient I had to send back to the hospital.  While waiting for the ambulance I was talking to the niece of the patient and she said she worked at the college those students attended.  I told her I had met a group of students from her college including their drum major and they were all such nice kids.  She pulled out her phone and showed me a picture and it was her drum major son I had met the night before.  She called and chewed him out because she had apparently told him not to go anywhere in her car because the storms were supposed to be so bad.  I was trying to pay the kids a compliment and ended up making trouble for one of them.  

     

    I think if you are as chatty as I am you end up finding all sorts of connections with all sorts of people.  

     

     

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    Health Assessment Curriculum?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

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    Hi!  Does anyone know of any curriculum choices that explore body systems assessment for middle school age students?  I want to teach a class at co-op for middle school students who have interests in the health sciences but really don't want to have to create the whole class.  I would love to find a curriculum and then modify it as I need to.  Thanks!

    s/o fundraising by your kids that you are proud of?

    in The Chat Board

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    My cousin's daughter has Rett Syndrome. Our co-op has a market day in the spring and my 7 year old dipped cookies and pretzels in white chocolate and sprinkled them with purple sugar and I helped tie them up in treat bags. He put them in a basket that explained to take one and leave a donation if you wanted. He raised $45 that day but had a goal of $56 so we paid him a dollar a day to pick up ,30 sticks a day under the trees in the pasture. Now he is growing tomatoes, peppers and sweet potatoes to sell to raise money for Rett research also.

    I have helped him. He originally wanted to buy cookies and sodas from McDonald's to see and I explained why that wouldn't be best and we went from there.

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