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Two Questions: Daughters Behavior & Advice/Opinion on LeapFrog Items
Asked by T.M. from Jackson
on November 4, 2009
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Dear Mamas,
I have a couple of questions for those who wish to help...
1) My daughter, which is my middle child and to turn 3 the day before Thanksgiving, is in ...
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- I would guess with your daughter that she is looking to stress her own independence. My son pulls this even now, tho luckily, not as often as he did in that stage. We ...
- I think the only difference between the leapster and the leapster2 is that one can go on the internet (the 2) and the other can't. My kids have the leapster, and have...
- Hi T., I really love our Leapster. Unlike the previous mom we've had no problems with ours. We've had ours for 3 years and the kids have loved it. We had a v-tech ...
Anyone One Have Any Ideas for Science Project for a First Grader???
Asked by T.A. from Los Angeles
on April 27, 2009
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Hello,
My 6yr old son just came home friday...and has a science fair coming up. Does anyone have any cool ideas for a science project. I'm thinking the ol' volcano ...
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- How about the celery and red dye project? Super simple and inexpensive. Two glasses of water, a piece of celery in each one, add red food coloring to one. The red dy...
- My daughter is at a Science Magnet. Her Kindergarten Science project was: Can you complete the rainbow with just three colors (Red, Blue and Yellow). She thought no...
- I've made 3D figures using gumdrops and toothpicks (cube, prism, pyramid)with my students. We tied a string to the shape and dipped it into bubble solution. Before doi...
What Toddler Car Seat to Buy?
Asked by A.B. from San Francisco
on November 8, 2007
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I'm almost ready to move my baby girl from her infant car seat into the convertible car seat that we have. However, I need to buy a toddler seat for my son first (he's...
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- I have a 2 year old and a 6 month old, and I just went through this problem. But my daughter wasn't big enough to get the booster seats yet. So we went with the monste...
- Hi A.! It is a jungel out there when it comes to baby stuff. When we had our first child my husband did extensive research on car seats and we found that Britax is th...
- We have a Britax Wizard, which we really like.
Double Party
Asked by L.D. from New York
on August 3, 2009
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Hi Mommy's,
Well, I've already sent out the invitations but I wanted to get your take on this... My husband turns 30 this month and our son turns 2. I originally pla...
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- Don't feel silly. I have a double party every year(my son and DH share the same day!) Only even though it's for our son, everyone usually brings a gift for his Dad. ...
- I think it is a great idea. I am sure your husband will love it and everyone will have a great time. Don't second guess yourself!
- I absolutely think you did the right thing. I get irritated if the same family member invites me to more than one party within one month. Weekends are scarce time to...
Catholic Versus Public School
Asked by L.D. from Pittsburgh
on June 15, 2010
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Hi there-
I am struggling with a big decision: should I send my daughter to Catholic or public school?
We live in a very good school district, however I have very...
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- Whether your daughter misses out on certain things will depend on the catholic school you send her too. My older 3 kids went to catholic school from k - 8. they didn...
- Private schools generally have the same or better academics than public schools. Private and public high schools generally love getting students from good junior high...
- I was a student of Catholic schools (from K through 12th grades) and went on to become a public school teacher. When I entered the public school system I couldn't beli...
Problems on School Bus
Asked by V.L. from Stationed Overseas
on March 4, 2008
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We just got here about a month ago to the Kaiserslautern area. My son goes to Vogelweh Elementary and likes it o.k. so far. My problem is with the oversight on the bus...
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- I went through the same thing when we lived in the K-Town area. We had a lot of troublemakers on our bus and it seems like the school doesn't care. My oldest daughter ...
- Hi V., I feel for you on the bus situation. That is all I've ever heard about it. My son (kindergarten) wouldn't even ride it to go to school. Finally he would ride...
- Wow.. I can't believe that the bus monitor isn't doing anything about this. My kids don't ride the bus anymore since we moved on post but when we were in Giebelstadt t...
Relocating to San Antonio
Asked by S.B. from San Antonio
on March 22, 2008
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Hi!
Our family is relocating to San Antonio soon and I wanted to see if anyone could help me get more info on the city and the activities around. There is a lot on t...
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- Hi there! My name is Gina Marie and I am extremely happy in the area we live. We're on one acre (there are larger lots) but the crime rate is very low, we have a gau...
- Hi S., I live in San Antonio. I have been here almost 2 years now. I moved from Southern California. Its not the same by any means but I like it. The best area is ...
- The two more affordable desirable areas in San Antonio are the Stone Oak area and Alamo Heights. Stone Oak is new and on the north side of town and Alamo Heights is a ...
Compulsory Attendance
Asked by S.B. from Austin
on October 17, 2010
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We adopted 2 children in the past year through foster care. They are now in Pre-K and Kinder (ages 4 and 5). Although my parents have met the kids when they came to ...
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- During the 5th grade, my son missed a week of school so he could visit the Grand Canyon. We met with his teacher before hand and got up and Independent Study Packet f...
- So you'll have an unexcused absence. I can't imagine it would become a big deal at all beyond them calling it that. I would NOT change your plans. This is a common sen...
- If they are officially YOURS (aka no longer part of the foster system, but adopted) you don't have to worry :) :) :) Every school allows a certain # of unexcused a...
Help Me Help This Child
Asked by K.S. from Bismarck
on November 3, 2011
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Ok, this might get kind of long and maybe seem a little silly but I am at a loss on what to do. I am a single mom with two kids, ages 11 and 9, and three foster kids,...
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- When I was a child we moved around a lot. I went to two schools in 5th grade, one that was in a classroom with multiple ages and one with a independent workbook-style ...
- I worked with a young lady who had an IQ in the 50 range. She had Spatial disabilities. We had some goals to work on learning new skills to try to help her learn this....
- Teach with games to make it fun, but not obvious. There are lots of games for geography, math, etc. Reward correct answers with M & M's, money (pennies, nickels, dimes...
Would You Pull Your Kid Out of School for Vacation?
Asked by A.S. from Eugene
on August 3, 2010
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My husbands work schedule it was really busy and we didn't take our vacation while the kids were out of school. The week he is able to go is the 3rd week of Sept. He...
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- I would pull my kids out for vacation and would enjoy SO MUCH!!!! It is your life, your kids.....the time spent with family and our loved ones is precious. Your kids ...
- I know you've already gotten a lot of replies but I had similar concerns last year when we took my 3rd grader and kindergartener out of school to go to DisneyWorld. I...
- i think its fine. Growing up my family didnt take that many vacations, in fact we took only one that I remember, and I was taken out of school for three days for it (I...
