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    National Mythology Exam 2018

    in Accelerated Learner Board

    Posted

    Oh, darn. It starts at 3rd grade. I'll have a second grader.

    I actually feel a little better that it didn't start until 1989. I felt jealous that I hadn't known about it as a kid. I would have totally kicked butt since around 3rd grade I literally read every mythology book in every library and bookstore (including the university one) in my moderately large city.

    I had a 2nd grader last year. He took the 3rd grade exam - just the 30 questions on Greek and Roman mythology. He really enjoyed it and will take the same section this year. He says he's determined to take it every year until he gets gold. Last year he missed a question and got silver.

    NF 1: Neurofibromatosis 1

    in Special Needs Board

    Posted

    Well that's good to know. :)

     

    Sounds like you'll just have to keep on keeping lessons short to avoid the fatigue and headaches.

     

    Hopefully others will have more helpful suggestions for you! Do keep on asking questions - the parents here are a wealth of information and ideas.

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    NF 1: Neurofibromatosis 1

    in Special Needs Board

    Posted · Edited by Pegs

    Hi pmeilaen. Welcome to the boards.

     

    SN stands for special needs. ASD is autism spectrum disorder.

     

    It's great that you are starting to find programs which are helping your daughter make some progress! I think audiobooks and readalouds are a great idea too - you're really working with her strengths there.

     

    My son struggled with reading for a while because he had some unidentified vision problems. He learnt to read and write okay, but couldn't do either for very long because he'd get headaches. Have you had your daughter's vision checked? Here in Australia we saw a "behavioural optometrist." In the U.S. I think they call them "developmental optometrists," and people find them listed under COVD practitioners.

    Vision therapy

    in Special Needs Board

    Posted

    Thanks for your reply, exercise_guru. Sorry I missed it a few weeks ago.

     

    The chiro we're working with has backed waaay back and we're moving forward very gently. The chiro barely touches DS at appointments - just observes and then gives me homework for him. It's maddeningly slow progress, but at least DS is showing some semblance of compliance, and hasn't shut down.

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    Studio Ghibli films

    in The Chat Board

    Posted

    My daughter is the recipient of this generous gift from Pegs.

     

    A huge, huge thank you to everyone who helped and a MASSIVE thank you to Pegs for such an amazing gift for my daughter.

    She was absolutely thrilled to get the package of DVDs and she and her older sister immediately sat down to watch Totoro together.

     

    Pegs, you're amazing and ever so generous.

     

    *thank you* :001_wub:

    It was so hard to keep this from your DD, Chooky. I'm thrilled that she's been enjoying the films.

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    is this a vision therapy issue?

    in The Learning Challenges Board

    Posted

    The hyper/speeding behavior is him covering for a weakness, yes. Which weakness? Might even be a couple. I'm trying to remember, are you the one who tried VT and he ended up refusing? Or was that someone else? I'm getting people mixed up. 

     

    *raises hand*

     

    That's me. We've taken a break to work on reflexes first, because DS couldn't do reflexes and vision work simultaneously, and was shutting down.

     

    For the OP, we found ourselves a behavioural optometrist (that's the Australian equivalent of COVD) because although DS has his decoding down and fluent, he was fatiguing very quickly when reading for more than a few minutes, sometimes less if the font was small and/or the line spacing was a bit dense. I started a thread about building reading stamina, and folks here suggested we have his vision checked. The OT made the same suggestion after requiring some writing tasks from him. He now reads with prescription lenses, which have really helped, and we'll revisit vision therapy once we've made some headway with the reflexes which have been holding up his visual development.

     

    Interestingly, the chiropractor we're seeing now actually picked up saccadic intrusions which the optometrist missed, so do be aware that any assessment done in a few minutes is really only going to give you a snapshot of those few minutes. If you go ahead with a screening or evaluation and it misses something you're seeing at home with the kid you know better than anyone else on the planet, trust your intuition.

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    Studio Ghibli films

    in The Chat Board

    Posted

    DS did not like Howl's Moving Castle when he was younger, though I liked it. I recommend that you get the book and ask your DD to read it before watching the movie.

     

     

    If she is into music, there are a lot of sheet music of these movies available that she might like playing.

    Thanks. She's not my own DD, just a very special young friend, and the daughter of another WTMer. :) I'll get her the book to read first. I haven't read it myself.

     

    And yes, she is very into music. I hadn't thought of sheet music, but that's a great idea! Thanks so much.

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    Studio Ghibli films

    in The Chat Board

    Posted

    Howl’s Moving Castle is the most beloved here. Lots of the others listed. Just so you know, there’s a Studio Ghibli theatre tour going on right now. We just went. Also, we love the book Ronia the Robber’s Daughter, and enjoyed the Amazon series adaptation.

    Thanks. We're in Australia, and they don't seem to be running the festival here.

     

    Which film did you see? Was the big screen and surround sound a treat?

    Studio Ghibli films

    in The Chat Board

    Posted

    These are not Disney films, though. Pegs, have you seen any of them? My mother doesn't understand them. Most of them sort of creep her out. She does better with Mickey Mouse and Cinderella. We love them but they CAN be a bit weird. LOL.

     

    And avoid Pom Poko. Wow. Blech. Never again. :lol:

    I've seen most of the movies listed, yes. (Including Pom Poko! :lol: )

     

    My young friend likes Pixar and the like, but I think she'd really love some Studio Ghibli. She's pretty open-minded.

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    Studio Ghibli films

    in The Chat Board

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    Which are your favourites? What are the not-to-be-missed Miyazaki masterpieces?

     

    I'm putting together a collection of films for a bright 11yo girl who's not seen any of them. Please help me make a Studio Ghibli shortlist. :)

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    Educating and Moving

    in General Education Discussion Board

    Posted

    In your shoes, I'd probably do daily math from a workbook, and a daily (science or history) readaloud. After the readaloud, 4th grader gives a short written narration, 2nd grader gives an oral narration and then uses it for copywork (unless your 2nd grader is already doing written narrations, of course).

     

    You could spend 30 min on math, then 30 min on reading and narration. Everybody reads at bedtime.

     

    That's just my 2c, though. I'm sure that whatever you do will be fine. 

     

    All the best with the packing and organising! :)

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    Different publisher for each subject?

    in K-8 Curriculum Board

    Posted

    Welcome to the boards. :)

     

    I am liking what I have seen and read about Apologia science, MathUSee, and Veritas Press for History and Bible. And I like what I have seen about Michael Clay Thompson for Language Arts. I've managed to find some good things about the scheduling/planning of these as well as what order to work in.

    It sounds like you have a decent plan coming together. When you get started with MCT's materials, you may find that your kid needs more writing/composition instruction. You could wait and see, or you could start a new thread asking how others pair a composition curriculum with MCT's grammar heavy courses, just so that you've got some ideas up your sleeve.

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