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Yes! First hurdle done for conference presentation — Donna, Wed May 7 16:10
- re #1 — Ms A, Wed May 7 17:07
- It's especially apt — Donna, Wed May 7 17:14
- They messed it up... — Crystal, Sat May 10 08:54
- The term that I kind of like is "Cognitively asynchronous" — Donna, Sat May 10 12:35
- I like that! — Ms A, Sat May 10 20:38
- all children are special — kevin, Wed May 7 23:19
OT: Need ideas re: showing work — Boo and Racer's Mom, Tue May 6 14:49
- What kind of math? — dnasmom, Wed May 7 15:30
- define "showing work" — Kevin, Tue May 6 22:39
- Re: OT: Need ideas re: showing work — Abbyrose, Tue May 6 20:10
- Different teacher? — Donna, Tue May 6 15:36
- Can type math — Kevin, Tue May 6 22:33
- Can you do real-time work? — Donna, Wed May 7 07:30
- real-time LaTeX is hard — Kevin, Wed May 7 23:16
"Super Heros" — Boo and Racer's Mom, Tue May 6 12:30
- It's probably not playable anymore — Donna, Wed May 7 14:18
- there's also 'Mystery Men' — Becky, Wed May 7 17:26
- Sky High might be good, too — Donna, Wed May 7 18:53
- My husband just sent me a headline — Juliana, Wed May 7 12:43
- Re: My husband just sent me a headline — Boo and Racer's Mom, Wed May 7 13:02
- Oh wow! — tammy, Wed May 7 11:19
- TOO Funny! — Ms A, Tue May 6 21:27
- That's hilarious! — Tulliamarcifilia, Tue May 6 18:34
- sounds like 'Incredibles' to me — Becky, Wed May 7 04:52
- Maybe.. — Tulliamarcifilia, Thu May 8 06:20
- I hope you keep a copy of these memories — Abbyrose, Tue May 6 14:12
- Re: I hope you keep a copy of these memories — Boo and Racer's Mom, Tue May 6 14:25
- I think I'm glad A's an only child — Donna, Tue May 6 13:23
- They certainly keep me on my toes! (nm) — Boo and Racer's Mom, Tue May 6 14:26
Hello — Boo and Racer's Mom, Mon May 5 13:51
Update from Romeschooling Tour 2008 — Tulliamarcifilia, Sun May 4 17:05
- What fun. I just came back from Rome/Pompei with Hobbes — Laura in China, Fri May 9 21:19
- How cool! — Tulliamarcifilia, Sun May 11 16:10
- How fun! — foxtrot, Fri May 9 11:11
- Wow, B is a lucky boy! — dnasmom, Wed May 7 15:32
- Thanks for the update — Ms A, Tue May 6 21:31
- fabulous! — Mickey, Mon May 5 09:42
- On the stroller thing... — Tulliamarcifilia, Mon May 5 15:21
- Even in the USA — Donna, Mon May 5 16:13
- Sounds fabulous. — Abbyrose, Sun May 4 21:27
And now it starts — Donna, Sun May 4 07:06
- Hmm... — Ms Adventure, Sun May 4 10:14
- I don't know about that... — Crystal, Sun May 4 09:44
- Re: I don't know about that... — Donna, Sun May 4 12:17
- You might have better luck — Crystal, Sun May 4 12:56
Overscheduling or not? — Amy, Fri May 2 14:35
- We usually do one activity plus scouts per child — Laura in China, Fri May 9 21:28
- Re: Overscheduling or not? — Amicus, Sun May 4 17:11
- I really appreciate — Amy, Sat May 3 16:27
- Something to consider... — Crystal, Sat May 3 23:42
- i agree with you — Mickey, Mon May 5 09:14
- my twelve cents — mickey, Sat May 3 11:57
- Thank you Mickey — Amy, Sat May 3 16:39
- Re: Thank you Mickey — mickey, Sat May 3 20:59
- Honestly, it sounds like you've got the right idea — Anonymous, Sat May 3 14:21
- Are there things you can do as a family? — foxtrot, Sat May 3 00:03
- Things to do as a Family — HS Mom, Sun May 4 12:54
- Sports — Amy, Sat May 3 16:36
- Re: Are there things you can do as a family? — Juliana, Sat May 3 10:51
- More siblings — Amy, Sat May 3 16:38
- Mine too — foxtrot, Sun May 4 00:36
- pressure — Ms Adventure, Fri May 2 22:04
- Pressure — Amy, Sat May 3 16:33
- There is no way... — Crystal, Fri May 2 17:54
- I couldn't handle 6 kids — Kevin, Fri May 2 23:05
- I just read an article in the Economist — foxtrot, Fri May 2 23:18
- Maker Faire — Kevin, Sat May 3 09:33
- Thanks Crystal — Amy, Fri May 2 18:19
- 6 kids — HS Mom, Sun May 4 13:35
- Yes, — Crystal, Sat May 3 00:45
- Theater, no suprises??? — Kevin, Sat May 3 09:42
- Ours is very organized... — Crystal, Sat May 3 13:59
Attention homeschoolers/afterschoolers — Donna, Thu May 1 08:45
Book thread! — AL, Thu May 1 07:12
- recent reads at our house — Louisa, Fri May 2 08:22
- Yep! — AL, Mon May 5 08:23
- Re: Book thread! — bj, Thu May 1 15:47
- Any level:) — AL, Thu May 1 21:53
- A couple of suggestions — bj, Fri May 2 08:21
- Thanks! — AL, Mon May 5 08:15
- Re: Thanks! — bj, Mon May 5 09:32
- Thanks!!! — AL, Mon May 5 11:55
Guardedly Optimistic — Donna, Mon Apr 28 16:34
- that sounds marvellous — Mickey, Thu May 1 07:12
Summer: Taking a Break? — M's Mom, Sun Apr 27 21:25
- We take one month off a year — Laura in China, Sat May 10 14:23
- Sound wisdom — M's Mom, Mon Apr 28 20:09
- Time off from structure, not learning — Donna, Mon Apr 28 16:14
- time off! — Mickey, Mon Apr 28 08:24
- Re: Summer: Taking a Break? — Haven, Sun Apr 27 23:03
- My kids do nothing academic in the summer — Crystal, Sun Apr 27 23:01
- Sounds good — Ms Adventure, Sun Apr 27 21:46
Got shots? — GG, Sun Apr 27 12:11
- I work in vaccine trials.... — Jill M., Thu May 8 08:49
- I think as a society, we're better with them than without — Crystal, Mon Apr 28 09:02
- I think that giving all the credit to vaccines is not wise — Mary, Tue Apr 29 11:04
- How can anyone argue that the polio vaccine — dnasmom, Wed Apr 30 08:46
- Re: I think that giving all the credit to vaccines is not wise — Anonymous, Tue Apr 29 12:00
- above was me, sorry (nfm) — Juliana, Tue Apr 29 17:26
- ;) — Mary, Tue Apr 29 19:05
- If you've just had a major outbreak — Juliana, Wed Apr 30 09:39
- Mixed up my figures — Crystal, Tue Apr 29 08:21
- Maybe they are more worried... — GG, Mon Apr 28 15:52
- Antibacterial products need to be left on for 10 minutes — Mary, Tue Apr 29 11:08
- I don't think that's it.... — Crystal, Mon Apr 28 17:48
- Purell... — Tulliamarcifilia, Mon Apr 28 17:29
- A Catch-22 (nm) — Ms Adventure, Sun Apr 27 21:38
- Oops! — Ms Adventure, Sun Apr 27 21:42
- I wouldn't go by Mercola — Juliana, Sun Apr 27 12:38
- I think Mercola's mainly a quack. — Tulliamarcifilia, Sun Apr 27 16:29
- Yes — AL, Mon Apr 28 06:26
- autism more than one thing — Roar, Mon Apr 28 14:23
- Yep. — AL, Mon Apr 28 18:43
- Genetic info on autism with regression — Juliana, Mon Apr 28 18:01
- Re: autism more than one thing — Juliana, Mon Apr 28 17:25
- Well, this is getting very OT, but — Tulliamarcifilia, Mon Apr 28 06:55
- Also — AL, Mon Apr 28 07:45
- different conclusion — Roar, Sun Apr 27 19:21
- Yes, but... — AL, Mon Apr 28 06:17
- totally obnoxious — Roar, Mon Apr 28 14:21
- Er... — AL, Mon Apr 28 18:32
- Re: Er... — Roar, Mon Apr 28 20:24
- :) — AL, Mon Apr 28 21:56
- Re: :) — Roar, Wed Apr 30 08:53
- <Shakes Head> — AL, Wed Apr 30 10:26
- Re: <Shakes Head> — Roar, Thu May 1 20:12
- Heh — AL, Thu May 1 21:51
- Oh...blush — AL, Mon May 5 08:12
- Re: Heh — Roar, Fri May 2 08:41
- I respectfully disagree. — AL, Mon May 5 08:09
- Is what he says about the guy plugging the shots as safe.... — GG, Sun Apr 27 13:00
- probably more to do with oversensitivities — mickey, Mon Apr 28 07:49
- His reaction wasn't older than other children — GG, Mon Apr 28 15:47
- I was super tactilly hypersensitive to shots — Donna, Mon Apr 28 16:21
- Yep! — AL, Tue Apr 29 09:23
- didn't work here! — Mickey, Wed Apr 30 07:41
- Didn't work here either! — Abbyrose, Wed Apr 30 16:59
ADD or Gifted or both? — matirmanush, Mon Apr 21 21:06
- Thanks! — matirmanush, Wed Apr 23 12:41
- sounds like he could be considered ... — Haven, Tue Apr 22 16:11
- I must debate your assumptions. — Mickey, Wed Apr 23 08:09
- "Work" for a 4yo? — dnasmom, Tue Apr 22 12:16
- Parts sound familiar — Ms Adventure, Mon Apr 21 22:32
- love the PJ story! — Mickey, Wed Apr 23 09:01
- freeze tag — Haven, Tue Apr 22 16:22
- How about tree climbing? — Ms A, Wed Apr 23 08:45
- Oh no! Never! — Haven, Wed Apr 23 15:25
- Exactly — Ms A, Wed Apr 23 17:49
- you hit the nail! — mickey, Wed Apr 23 15:51
- Get his IQ tested -- sounds highly gifted — me, Mon Apr 21 22:17
Loving homeschooling on the road! — Tulliamarcifilia, Mon Apr 21 11:13
- well I envy you Rome — Mickey, Wed Apr 23 15:34
- Ok, *finally* I am getting to this... — Tulliamarcifilia, Sun Apr 27 10:08
- some day we will both be in Rome at the same time — Miceky, Sun Apr 27 13:26
- SO HAPPY (AND QUITE JEALOUS TOO!!) — me, Mon Apr 21 22:33
- Honestly, with this sort of opportunity — Donna, Tue Apr 22 09:53
- Wow, sounds great — Em, Mon Apr 21 19:55
- Very cool! — Ms Adventure, Mon Apr 21 13:06
- I think he remembers a good deal — Tulliamarcifilia, Mon Apr 21 16:41
- Yeah, I'd say he remembers... — Tulliamarcifilia, Tue Apr 22 11:42
- That sounds awesome — Donna, Mon Apr 21 11:20
Giftedness, adult relationships, and androgeny — Donna, Fri Apr 18 16:01
- Mixed here as well — dnasmom, Mon Apr 21 12:35
- mixed bag — Ms Adventure, Sat Apr 19 10:06
- I am just like you! — Mickey, Fri Apr 18 20:07
- Women are still a mystery to me... — Crystal, Fri Apr 18 18:26
Sharing a chuckle — Boo and Racer's Mom, Wed Apr 16 16:32
- Beware!! — Gabrielle, Sat Apr 19 03:02
- Re: Beware!! — Boo and Racer's Mom, Sun Apr 20 02:43
- Don't you just love the — Donna, Sun Apr 20 07:13
P/T conf. mixed feelings — Boo and Racer's Mom, Mon Apr 14 12:38
- Clarification — Boo and Racer's Mom, Wed Apr 16 15:36
- I'm sorry! — tammyjo, Mon Apr 14 20:28
- Re: I'm sorry! — Boo and Racer's Mom, Mon Apr 14 23:47
- Something that bothers me — Donna, Tue Apr 15 11:46
- Re: Something that bothers me — Boo and Racer's Mom, Tue Apr 15 12:26
- Well, I have only one word. — Tulliamarcifilia, Tue Apr 15 13:24
- Actually, — Boo and Racer's Mom, Tue Apr 15 14:43
- Don't be sorry — Kathy in MN, Thu Apr 17 08:32
- I should add — Boo and Racer's Mom, Mon Apr 14 16:58
- You would be surprised! — AL, Wed Apr 16 07:20
- Oops! Cut off ... — Boo and Racer's Mom, Mon Apr 14 13:05
- Ouch! — Donna, Mon Apr 14 18:35
- Testing — Boo and Racer's Mom, Wed Apr 16 20:15
- So far, we've been pretty low key — Donna, Thu Apr 17 13:08
- Re: Ouch! — Boo and Racer's Mom, Tue Apr 15 17:37
- Kindermusik and arts-based learning — Anonymous, Tue Apr 15 19:42
- Re: Kindermusik and arts-based learning — Boo and Racer's Mom, Tue Apr 15 23:47
- Reggio Emilia — amylou, Wed Apr 16 05:51
- That's how it should work — Donna, Wed Apr 16 07:07
- Re: That's how it should work — Boo and Racer's Mom, Wed Apr 16 12:18
- I know:( — AL, Thu Apr 17 07:53
- Sorry, it was AL not amylou that made the playgroup suggesti (nm — Boo and Racer's Mom, Wed Apr 16 12:51
- Oops-above is me — Donna, Tue Apr 15 19:42
placement for second child? — Paul, Mon Apr 14 10:44
- Re: placement for second child? — Floss, Mon Apr 14 20:31
- Our experience... — Lyv, Mon Apr 14 12:39
Accelerated student heading for college — Anonymous, Mon Apr 14 07:58
- mine started at 14 and 15 — mama maria, Tue May 6 08:46
- I'vedelt with something somewhat similar — GG, Tue Apr 15 00:44
- Re: I'vedelt with something somewhat similar — DebK, Tue Apr 15 05:23
- He's not 13 now — GG, Thu Apr 17 16:37
- Re: Accelerated student heading for college — DebK, Mon Apr 14 15:56
- no big deal — Kevin, Mon Apr 14 23:42
- what does he want to do — Roar, Mon Apr 14 13:39
- Re: Accelerated student heading for college — saw, Mon Apr 14 12:37
- Close — Ms Adventure, Mon Apr 14 09:45
- Would he be interested in some sort of work/service project — Donna, Mon Apr 14 09:39
- Re: Accelerated student heading for college — Anonymous, Mon Apr 14 07:59
- Re: Accelerated student heading for college — DebK, Mon Apr 14 08:01
To Kevin re: Scratch-aholics? — foxtrot, Wed Apr 9 23:11
- varies — Kevin, Thu Apr 10 00:32
- Screen time — foxtrot, Thu Apr 10 13:59
- we've always limited screen time — Kevin, Thu Apr 10 16:18
- do you limit email and Word also? — foxtrot, Fri Apr 11 00:05
- no e-mail — Kevin, Fri Apr 11 07:18
This isn't all that unusual... right? — Kate, Wed Apr 9 16:36
- Gah, enough with the homeschooling talk! — Kate, Fri Apr 18 01:22
- Kids — tammyjo, Sun Apr 13 19:10
- probably not that unusual — Tulliamarcifilia, Sun Apr 13 14:04
- puzzler — MT, Fri Apr 11 13:47
- early puzzlers — Amicus, Fri Apr 11 04:44
- Puzzles — GG, Thu Apr 10 23:53
- puzzles — Louisa, Thu Apr 10 09:01
- Puzzled... — Ms A, Thu Apr 10 10:38
- ok - for once I can oblige! — Becky, Wed Apr 9 18:30
- Puzzles are a specific skill... — Crystal, Wed Apr 9 17:32
- Did you come across this? — Juliana, Wed Apr 9 17:26
- I forgot to say -- — Juliana, Wed Apr 9 22:47
- A's not as into puzzles, but I understand the fear! — Donna, Wed Apr 9 19:07
I guess it doesn't matter WHAT you tell them! — Donna, Mon Apr 7 14:47
- I can understand this... — Crystal, Sun Apr 13 10:45
- Sad but understandable — foxtrot, Wed Apr 9 22:57
- same story here — Louisa, Wed Apr 9 13:57
- Overall, quite well — Donna, Wed Apr 9 15:41
- great! — Louisa, Thu Apr 10 08:49
- Re: I guess it doesn't matter WHAT you tell them! — Ms A, Mon Apr 7 17:16
- That's actually kind of what I'd hoped would happen — Donna, Mon Apr 7 18:01
- Re: I guess it doesn't matter WHAT you tell them! — Boo and Racer's Mom, Mon Apr 7 15:27
- Part of it is that I make sure teachers know — Donna, Mon Apr 7 16:52
? about testing — Kat, Mon Apr 7 08:23
- Check the website — Ms Adventure, Mon Apr 7 08:49
School Question — Adri, Wed Apr 2 15:57
- Mirman: Heard very good things — Anonymous, Sun Apr 6 10:31
- Re: School Question — Anonymous, Sun Apr 6 10:29
- Watch your email — Lyv, Thu Apr 3 07:49
- Got it! — Adri, Thu Apr 3 21:41
Must. Not. Go. To. TNET! — Lyv, Tue Apr 1 17:48
- I think it ended up pretty balanced — Juliana, Thu Apr 3 13:55
- The sad thing though — Donna, Thu Apr 3 14:00
- Perhaps it depends on the system — foxtrot, Fri Apr 4 06:18
- grief response — Haven, Thu Apr 3 19:15
- The key words for me is "but we'll try" — Donna, Fri Apr 4 07:44
- Well, I posted, obviously — Tulliamarcifilia, Thu Apr 3 15:33
- What is the address for Tnet? — GG, Wed Apr 2 18:43
- It seems to have run its natural course...this time — Lyv, Wed Apr 2 18:56
- Timely day to visit here ... — L's Mom, Wed Apr 2 14:15
- I think part of it is the ECED mentality — Donna, Wed Apr 2 16:03
- Wow — Haven, Thu Apr 3 19:09
- Thanks — L's Mom, Wed Apr 2 19:12
- I'm glad our son never got that worksheet — GG, Wed Apr 2 18:13
- LOL-been there, done that! — Donna, Thu Apr 3 13:58
- I agree, thanks for the look at the "other side"! (nm) — Lyv, Wed Apr 2 17:28
- Great Post — Edwin, Wed Apr 2 16:09
- Oops — Jet-FL, Wed Apr 2 14:46
- Don't get it — Jet-FL, Wed Apr 2 14:45
- Lack of a Challenge is More LIkely — Abbyrose, Wed Apr 2 17:49
- You have all made good points! — Abbyrose, Thu Apr 3 11:50
- Out of curiosity, is she happy? — GG, Wed Apr 2 18:24
- Heck, most would consider teaching a dead end job for me — Donna, Wed Apr 2 21:22
- I didn't say "all", riight? — GG, Wed Apr 2 21:56
- My problem with this statement — Donna, Thu Apr 3 08:03
- the research on teacher quality (and qualifications) — DJ, Sat Apr 5 04:36
- Re: My problem with this statement — Juliana, Thu Apr 3 14:06
- Duration — Ms A, Thu Apr 3 11:09
- Boring and dead end according to whom — Jet-FL, Wed Apr 2 19:24
- How ironic! — GG, Wed Apr 2 21:07
- OT: skiptracing — Juliana, Wed Apr 2 19:48
- Re: Out of curiosity, is she happy? — L's Mom, Wed Apr 2 19:20
- Hmmm, did you say 99%? — Lyv, Wed Apr 2 15:04
- It's frustrating — Donna, Tue Apr 1 19:36
- Hope you get to present! — GG, Wed Apr 2 18:34
- It's hard to find school-aged group classes — Donna, Wed Apr 2 21:46
- Glad things are going smoothly for your DD — GG, Wed Apr 2 22:01
- Errors — Ms A, Thu Apr 3 11:11
- More than frustrating! — Lyv, Tue Apr 1 20:17
- early flack — Ms A, Wed Apr 2 15:54
- Sure, quote my poor grammar!!!! — Lyv, Wed Apr 2 15:57
- One thing I've noticed with A — Donna, Tue Apr 1 20:29
- One final plea — Lyv, Wed Apr 2 07:06
- I gave in as well — Donna, Wed Apr 2 08:39
- Tnet Frustrations — Jet-FL, Wed Apr 2 12:30
