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It is a mistake to think people who disagree just haven't thought about it properly.
Rosie
:iagree::iagree: It's not only a mistake, it's incredibly arrogant. This conversation really reminds me of those young mothers I've encountered who have a single, easy going baby and suddenly are experts on raising children and give out all kinds of unsolicited advice on how to successfully raise teenagers. ;)
Although, I suppose since my dd self taught reading at age 4 I should pass on all of my knowledge and expertise you all of you lowly people.
Here's how you do it:
1. Have lots of babies.
2. Have no time to teach your 3.5 year old daughter to read, no matter how often she begs you.
3. Leave said daughter alone with a book.
4. Voila! You have yourself an early reader! :lol:
(Hmmm.... wonder why that system didn't work with my other kids? :001_huh:Oh well!
Off to go write up a curriculum based on my knowledge and change the education system as we know it...)
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Bold, perhaps, but straight to the point. I heard a theory about genius-syndrome a while ago that I think applies to my passion about early learning. No offense to anyone with a DS child, at all before you read on. But when the avg. person might receive news that their newborn child has DS, certain assumptions about the challenges and the special and sometimes stressful accommodations in their new lives with a DS child must be made. When a doctor tells you your child will never speak, or use the restroom independently, you have to make certin mental prepartions to deal with that. But think now about if a doctor came and told you that your child has GS (genius syndrome) in which he would be able to learn and acquire information much more rapidly than the average child. What if he told you most children with GS will begin reading before the age of 18 months? Well, just like the parent with the DS child you would prepare yourself and your environment to give you child everything they would need to accommodate this heightened intelligence. Well my opinion would be that most children are born with GS, but the proper accommodations to enhance those skills are never being accessed. All ideas and theories, what do you think?
Oh good grief. :001_huh:
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We had one growing up and had no injuries- we have one now and the kids love it. My advice is to have rules and to make sure you buy a high quality trampoline with a strong enclosure. The brand we have is Parkside. It was twice as much as the cheap ones you can get at a big box store, but the enclosure is so strong my husband can bounce right into it and it stops him (he tried it to test the strength). Some of those enclosures I see are so flimsy I don't know how they even work.
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I really dislike "fluff". Referring to cloth diapers.
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At the risk of incurring the wrath of the hive, I'll say it . . .
THESE are the Littles:
When you refer to your younger group of children as "littles" I cringe and wonder if their tales have been docked.
We call our two youngest girls "the littles", even in conversation. :tongue_smilie: The older children do it too. It's how we distinguish between the "older children" and the "younger children". It's "the big ones" and "the littles" in our house. :blush:
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The Boxcar Children
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Homer Price
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So incredibly beautiful. :)
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I would probably cry out of sheer frustration and anger after that. Sometimes people are so clueless. And rude.:grouphug:
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Cheaper by the Dozen. :)
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American Eagle. I wear the boy cut style - 100% cotton, and the fit to where they DO NOT ride up into the unknown. :tongue_smilie:
I DO buy a size bigger than I normally wear to allow for some shrinkage and to make sure they have good coverage.
LOVE them.
They are a bit pricey, but they run specials often, and when they do, I buy a LOT!
:iagree: Just going to suggest AE. Pretty and lacy, yet practical. :)
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So very sorry.
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I found a parent-friendly site with an explanation of credit carding. I hadn't heard of that. If I'd ever heard of this action I'd be thinking s*xual assault, not high school fad.
Here it is: http://mpoweredparent.com/blog/2010/01/07/credit-carding-its-not-what-you-think/
:eek: HOW is that not s*xual assault?!?! I never went to public school. My kids have never been in public school. And now I'm even more adamant that they never, ever will. Predator kids, predator teachers.... I'm just .... speechless.
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Oh, y'all are hurting my feelings! We have the whole basement stocked full of non-perishables, but now that you made fun of me, don't come knocking on my door after the natural disasters start rolling in on 12/21! I won't help you now.
That's also why I've been collecting curricula we couldn't possibly use for many years to come. How else am I going to teach the kids while guarding the compound from you freeloaders and growing all our own food? I surely won't have time to make up my own courses then. And I won't be able to download anything else from Google Books because the pole shift and solar flares will totally kill all the electronics. That, my former friends, is where the chaos will start!
It will just be me, DH, the kids, and ManBearPig. I'm totally serial.
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Focus on the Family Radio Theater does it best, IMO.
My kids all ADORE the Narnia series done by Focus on the Family. And my daughter recently picked up the books.. so it hasn't dampened her desire to read them on her own. :001_smile:
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:001_huh: That's.... disturbing. To say the least.
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I just signed up (in Canada) and I'm kind of confused. I've searched the site high and low, and I can't find any place to store a line up of want-to-sees. Also, I can't find anything about the other kind of service--the DVD in the mail thing. Can someone help me get acquainted with Netflix?
Unless Canada is different than the States: Go to "Your account and help" (top right corner) and click on "Change Plan" if you'd like to change to both streaming and DVDs. To add a show or movie to your queue- hover over the title and click "+Instant Queue". HTH!
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can you stream hulu plus to your TV?
We have the option to stream Hulu+ to our tv as well via our Sony blu-ray player. Haven't signed up for it yet, but probably will soon because there are some current shows I'd like to catch up on.
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we use netflix streaming exclusively ...along with the occasional t.v. show caught on hulu. LOVE IT.
:iagree: It's the only tv we watch. The only problem I have with Netflix is that there is virtually no practical way to use their parental controls if you stream to a device (like our blu-ray player). It takes up to 8 hours for the parental control changes to take effect, and there is no password override. So if I have them set at PG for my kids, but at night I want to watch a PG-13 rated show or movie, I can't do so on the blu-ray without changing the parental controls online, waiting 8 hours for them to take effect and then setting them back and once again waiting 8 hours for them to take effect. It's absolutely dumb. :glare: The way we have to do it is: change the parental controls on the computer (this happens instantly) and hook up the computer to the tv across the room with an HDMI cable, and then remember to change them back. Pain in the bootay.
this might be a really dumb question...but when you are watching something that you streamed to your TV, can you stop it in the middle, and pick it up later...or can you stop it for a minute while you take the cookies out of the oven? Or once you start, no stopping??You can stop a show at any time- when you go back to it it will give you the option to resume or start from the beginning.
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My 10yo watched them (after reading the books) and had no problems.
We just made sure our kids had read the books first. I think it lowers the scare factor quite a bit when you KNOW what's coming next and are also aware of the final outcome.
One of my sons was a very late reader. When he was 8 or 9, he wanted to watch LOTR. I told him that when he could read the books himself, he could see the movies. That got him motivated, and that year he went from reading Dr. Suess to LOTR. After he read the books, he got to watch the movies.:001_smile: Incidentally, he now reads everything he can get his hands on!:iagree: My DS10 was just allowed to watch the first movie after finishing reading the book on his own. He's now about halfway through the second book. Our rule is that you are mature enough to watch the movie when you are mature enough to read the book. :)
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Thank you all for your replies! It sounds like my instincts were pretty much in line with what you all do.
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She looks like she is his DAUGHTER. Disgusting.
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... officially advance their grade level?
My DD is working some 2nd and some 3rd grade work this year. As we've gone through the year, we've realized that most everything she's doing is completely below her skill level and is absolutely boring her. She's just not being challenged. I knew she was advanced, but I didn't realize to what extent.
So next year, I will be advancing her to 4th grade, at least.
If you have a child working at least 1 grade level ahead, do you officially "call" them that grade, or do you "call" them the grade they *should* be in? I am hesitant to have her skip grades... mainly because I don't want to put undue pressure on her to feel like she always has to be ahead. KWIM? Thoughts?
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We are what, 3 months from the end of her 4th grade year? So I would say it's not "early" enough to worry about it being "too early". :) Go for it.
Early Learning... What say you?
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We'll be..... millionaires!! :D