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5 Year Old with Leg Pains
Asked by A.B. from Tulsa
on April 14, 2008
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Hello Ladies,
My 5 year-old has been complaining about leg pains her words " My Leg Bones Hurt" I told her like I told my other 4, Baby its just growing pain. It me...
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- I had the same symptoms when I was a child all the way until around 17 yrs old. I was diagnosed with osgood schlatter's disease. Here is a website with info on it. ...
- Hi A., Aren't you glad you asked? It could be nothing or it could be everything.! Please go to the doctor. Let us know, and all the best to you and your little...
- A., Maybe she bumped it and didn't ealize it, but I would recommend you take your daughter to the doctor to make sure nothing is wrong. My daughter use to complain al...
Anyone Have Any Insight on the "IB" Schooling Program?
Asked by T.M. from Tampa
on March 4, 2011
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My son will be starting kindergarten in the fall so I am just starting to look at schools. I see that there are gifted programs and there are IB programs. Does anyon...
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- You are hearing from a lot of people talking about the high school IB programs, but there is a such thing at the elementary level. For high school, you have to test in...
- If you are talking about International Baccalaureate (IB), then that is for high school, not elementary school. If you are talking about something else, please update...
- At our public school, they offer the International Baccalaureate just in junior and senior years in high school, and one of my children did it. It was an excellent, ch...
Gift and Talented Testing for My 5 Year Old
Asked by A.L. from Houston
on January 10, 2011
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Hello moms,
My son will start KG in August/2011 and he is being tested for Gifted and Talented in a couple of weeks. I was wondering if any of you know a way to pre...
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- No way to 'prepare' for a gifted and talented 'test'. People are either in this category or not. If he is four and already reading, can print and write his letters p...
- Go to www.mindware.com they have books called perplexors. You can order these depending on age and they are great to help your child. After my daughter was tested f...
- Give him a good breakfast and a good night sleep every night so that he doesn't feel like this is an important test. Act like it is no big deal. Make sure you don't ...
6 Year Old Son Related Question
Asked by S.S. from Dallas
on October 11, 2011
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My son is 1st grader...when he was in kindergarten his teacher told me "he has problem sitting at one place or sitting still...many times his action disturb other kids...
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- Hmmm. Sounds like my son. I also get feedback from my son's teacher that he touches things, makes sounds in class, has a hard time calming down after recess, talks to...
- My son is very similar to yours. Although he's just 3 and in a montessori, I get reports from his teacher that he loves to roam around and is really in his own world. ...
- My now 7 yr old went through very similar situations last year in 1st grade. After multiple meetings with his home room teacher, assistant principal, and guidance coun...
Party Ideas for a 5 Year Old
Asked by R.N. from Sacramento
on September 29, 2009
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Hi Mama's! I'm having a Halloween Birthday Party for my son who is turning five. Any ideas for fun games or activities to keep the little gools entertained? Neat foo...
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- Fun games for the party could be a good old fashioned apple bobbing. But if germs are a concern then you can hang apples from your cealing and do the bobbing from them...
- I did a party for my boys at Halloween time when they turned 4 & 6. We did mkae your own "gross out" ice sundaes - i crushed up oreos & called them dirt, called caram...
- Make a mini haunted house, just need one dark room, where each kid can be led, one at a time, blindfolded. Have spooky music playing. Bowl full of wet cooked spaget...
Advise for Dealing with a Potentially Gifted Child
Asked by M.K. from Minneapolis
on December 9, 2005
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I have my 5 year old enrolled in a Montessori program where he is doing very well. Hhe - technically - did not qualify to enter Kindergarden this year as his birthday...
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- Hi- I am sure the remarks have made you very proud, and am sure your child is very smart. I have been a school teacher for the past 12 years; 6 years in second grade...
- Congrats! You must be so proud :-) I don't have any 1st hand experience for you... but shouldn't your teacher be the one to give you info on how and when to test your...
- Hi, I am a kindergarten teacher in Minneapolis. You have a tough decision. I think more importantly than your son's academic ability is his social maturity. If he...
What to Do with school/Or Child?????
Asked by M.M. from Chicago
on February 24, 2011
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My 13 y/o (7grade middle schooler) was in IB program last year with very vigorous curriculum, strict accountability and a lot of homework. He did very well at that sch...
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- I basically think you are over-acting...Remember he is 13. I think that's an age to start giving him some responsibilities. What's he really doing? If he's looking ...
- I come from an extended family of computer geeks - I have two Computer Science degrees. Most kids in our family have their own computers well before 13. My 13 and 15 y...
- Why are you too late to apply to a new school next year? Anyway, then sadly here is what you have to do. You sit there, wait for him to finish his homework away and ...
International Baccalaureate School
Asked by C.M. from Dallas
on March 8, 2010
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Hi Moms....another education related question. One of the public elementary schools is an International Baccalaureate Candidate school. I looked at their website and...
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- My brother went to Sturgis High School in Hyannis MA. It too, is a BA high school. BA high schools demand a lot more of their students - it is like a high school, but ...
- I used to work in an IB school, and plan on sending DD to one when she starts kindergarten. Simply put, the International Baccalaureate system in internationally reco...
- IBS is awesome. If your child is an amazing student she will likely be accepted. This is an extremely intense and accelerated school. We have an IBS school here in Aus...
Ahead of Curriculum - Need Options
Asked by S.C. from Dallas
on April 8, 2007
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Hi Mamas,
My daughter went to a Montessori / daycare since she was three years old. She is now in Kindergarten and the "work" they do is a repeat for her (we are at...
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- My experience with the Texas Public School System is you have to yell and scream A LOT to be heard. I used to work for it and found it to be a very undesirable atmosph...
- S., My middle child was designated GT in Kindergarten in the TX Public Schools down in Belton, TX. Her teacher there was fantastic. We too experienced the same si...
- Hi S.! This is exactly what happened to my daughter, but in MI schools and over 9 years ago. We have homeschooled ever since. Since I'm not sure what is available...
What Are Your Kindergartner and First Graders Doing in School?
Asked by A.K. from Dallas
on November 7, 2011
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I am curious what the kiddos in school are doing in first grade and kinder these days. I have been homeschooling my almost 5 year old this year and am curious what the...
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- Research-based, what children need to know to be competitive on in a world-wide market. There's one for each grade level. A teacher in a quality school is required t...
- My daughter is in Kindergarden. She's writing everyday, phonetically; she's reading, but not everyone in her class reads, they add, subtract, estimate, measure. She ...
- 1st Grade: Spelling Test basically reviewing KG sight words. Math - word problems, addition, subtraction. Vowel Town (all the types of vowel sounds and their uses...
