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The Magic House in Kirkwood is a hands on children's museum. I think if you look search a bit, you can find a buy one, get a child free coupon. The City Museum is very cool (and worth the cost), but that may well be way too over stimulating for a special needs child. The Science Center (near the zoo) is a free and fun trip. They have a discovery room that costs a few $ per person, which you child might enjoy. There are only a limited number of tickets sold for each session so it's not overly crowded. For the Arch, they sell tickets in certain intervals, so while there will be lines, it shouldn't be too crazy (but it is fairly crowded at the top).

That's ridiculous. If each child got a 5 minute pony ride (and really, by the time you get one child and the other on, they might have gotten more like a 3-4 minute ride), that's 50 minutes of class time right there. How on earth do they have time to cover the basic care and horsemanship? Did you DD have fun? If not, I would request a refund.

While the idea of focusing on making the recital happen sounds good, is there any guarantee that she has actually paid for the venue (versus just giving a down payment) and that you will actually be able to use it on the scheduled date? I wouldn't want to spend all of my time scrambling to get costumes put together only to find that the kids have nowhere to perform. At this point, it sounds like a parents and instructors meeting needs to be held and you need to come up with a course of action.

We love Clearwater. Frenchy's has great food, too. From Kissimmee, Cocoa Beach on the Atlantic is no further than the Gulf beaches. My kids loved the waves the year we went there!

It wouldn't bother me, but if it does bother you, you probably have an option in your email preferences where you can turn off "inlude original email when replying" or something similar. Therefore whenever you reply to anyone, the previous email(s) will not be included.

If you have a good budget, I'd go for the Chase Park Plaza. There is also a Drury Inn @ Hampton & 44 which would put you in a decent location for what you want to do. If you want to be in the suburbs, there is also a Drury Inn at Chesterfield Mall, which is a nice location, but not terribly convenient to your destinations. I'm sure there are downtown locations that would be great but I don't know that area at all.

SparklyUnicorn, I just went to my district's website and found this nonsense: XX School District’s Algebra 1 curriculum has changed to a standards based curriculum. During the first semester, students are expected to be proficient at 12 Algebra Standards and 2 XX Vision Standards. Second semester will be the same format with a predetermined amount of Algebra Standards and XX Vision Standards. These standards have been developed from months of research of National and State Algebra standards, End of Course Exam expectations, best teaching practices of how students learn, and a vision of what is required for a 21st Century graduate to be able to understand mathematics. The focus is on creating a problem solving mathematician. As a result, this curriculum is no longer based on a single textbook and students will not be given a textbook for the school year. No textbook, unfortunately. I might be able to find which textbook they use for pre algebra (assuming they use one for that course, of course!)

Thank you so much for all of he suggestions! I have not actually gotten as far as to look into specific texts to use. I've always like the idea of Math Mammoth for its ease of use and the blue series for extra practice. I just meed to make sure I use materials that will give her a solid foundation so that she can re-enter school for algebra (while I probably could work my way through it, it's not something I've used in 25 years and really have no great desire to teach). As for her strengths, she has managed to score in the top 1% off on the Terra Nova each year she has taken our state test, so I'm sure she is strong with what has been taught, I'm just not sure what she has and hasn't been taught. I will start by finding and administering a placement test to help see where she currently is and then start formulating a plan to get her to where she needs to be.

Thank you. Is it possible to go one to pre-A after 5th grade math? I had wondered about skipping a year (as in covering 6th grade math and going straight to pre-A or skipping 6th and going straight to 7th but I hadn't considered skipping 2 years). I will do some googling for basic college math books.

I homeschooled my daughter for K and then she has been in public school ever since and is currently in 5th grade. I am now considering homeschooling her for middle school math (or at least 6/7 grades). How do I get from completing 5th grade public school (common core) math to completing pre-algebra in 7th. One big thing that CC has done in my area is to really reduce the ability to accelerate math. Would I have to purchase three years worth of curriculum and cover it in 2 or is there another way? I'm comfortable enough with the idea of teaching middle school math, but I would ideally love something that is open and go. Thank you for any advice!

Turquoise, lemongrass and tangerine. I agree that the beauty of Fiestaware is that is doesn't have to match. I think if I were to buy a lot more pieces to add to the current collection that I would do totally new colors just for variety.

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I had a labral tear in my hip several years ago. it was at least 3 months, if not longer, before I was back to normal (in fact, I will never be 100% back to normal). For me, the worst part was thinking it was getting better, and then turning my leg the wrong direction and having shots of pain sent through my body. Best of luck to your husband.

Is she doing this as a job or as friend? I wouldn't expect a friend to pay me for what you describe. If it's not a friend, I think $50 is plenty.

I would do either a home equity loan (banks around here had them for a $25 up front fee and no other costs with really low rates) or borrow from the 401k if you are eligible and have no reason to believe your dh would have to change jobs. I believe you can borrow up to 50% of the value of the 401k.

Not sure if it could be something similar, but several years ago I was getting sick every few weeks, the same symptoms you are describing. Eventually, I heard there was a peanut butter recall for salmonella and sure enough, my peanut butter was one of the recalled serial numbers (and MO was one of the states with the highest number of cases). As soon as I ditched the peanut butter, I never got sick like that again.

We paid $60/sf this year to have quartz countertops installed.

Although I know you prefer to not download a new app, there are plenty of free texting apps available. My son has textnow on his Nook because he likes to text me (when I'm in the next room). It was not hard to set up.

At our local theater infants and toddlers are allowed, but you have to purchase a ticket for them.

So how does the dentist react when all of the patients arrive at various time - 5 minutes late, 30 minutes late, and hour late, etc.. How would they ever make and attempt to adhere to a schedule if they never know when your patients are going to arrive? Or are patients expected to arrive on time and it's only the professional who is entitled to arrive at his leisure? My husband had a family practitioner cancel his appointment a couple of years ago because it was a new doctor and location for him and he got lost on the way. When I called for directions, they said he was already past his scheduled appointment and he would have to reschedule.

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My 9 (almost 9.5) year old wears 8's or 10's for pants, 10/12 tops and size 3 or 4 shoes. She is 75% for height and 60% for weight.

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I buy Docker's mostly, but I've also had good luck with Polo Ralph Lauren (only on sale or at an outlet). He has never had the issue of blowing out knees, but he does put a hole in the pocket where his wallet goes and the bottoms fray, so I can definitely tell differences in quality. I've also purchased some Lee brand at Kohl's. They didn't last as long as the others, but they were less expensive so probably just as good a value.