If it were possible for my eyeballs to do a complete 360 degree turn in their sockets, the above quoted gem would have done it for sure. Wow. Just, wow.

Okay, so we're using OPGTR and we are done with all letter sounds and starting the beginning reading. Ds is sounding words out, yet not blending the sounds into one word. For example "cat" will be sounded out "cuh-ah-t". And when reading words such as "hat" or "ram" with "at" or "am", etc., he sounds those out letter for letter, even though he knows the words "at" and "am" and so forth. Make sense? Is this typical? Is there something I can do to help him more fluently say the words, or is this normal for very beginning readers?

We buy Maverick Ranch brand as well as Applegate Farms. I also noticed Oscar Meyer has a nitrite free brand last time I was at the store.

Terribly unfortunate situation. I am curious though as to why you allowed your ds over there without being present, knowing what happened last time and considering all of the things you have going on right now. :confused:

My avatar is Stan, Dorothy's ex-husband, from the Golden Girls. It is from one of my favorite episodes when Stan sees a psychiatrist to get over Dorothy. His psychiatrist gives him a traffic cone turned into a monkey to transfer his feelings to. :tongue_smilie:

I love hearing things like this! :D

Huh. :001_huh: They are very likely laughing after "spanking" their dolls because *they* are probably used to hearing laughter after a spanking. Who are we to say how a small child or infant feels after being hit? I would venture to guess they don't like it, at the very least. :glare: Have you read any of their material? You do not think that hitting babies with plumbing line is abuse? How about waving their favorite food or toy in front of them and hitting them repeatedly when they try to reach for it? I could go on, but I'd really rather not think about the atrocities they subject their children and grandchildren to. :banghead:

That's awesome! :D

Anything Ezzo-based would not be worth one cent in my book. Flame away, I'm ready! :tongue_smilie:

:o I read that part out of context. My mistake. Sometimes sarcasm is lost by me.

Are you serious? This was sarcasm, right? :confused:

So, I was reading the RS website and I noticed they mentioned that you should start RS with young children who have not yet developed the habit of counting in a traditional manner. We really have only been using Singapore Earlybird math. Ds is asking for more, he is definately ready for more. Has anyone had any problems with switching their kids to RS?

:iagree: They would look weird if you painted them and left that triangle thingie white. (Sorry, I don't know the term for it either, so triangle thingie works ;) )

I am disturbed by the tag (pot-stirring 101) on this thread. Seriously. :glare:

:iagree: (but without the smile) The Pearls are disgusting. Those "parents" are disgusting. Ugh...that poor girl was beaten to death because she mispronounced a word in what sounds like a Frog and Toad story book. :crying: How could anyone beat a child to the point of cardiac arrest and death over such a thing, or anything for that matter? :sad: I truly hope they rot in jail.