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Summer Camps
Asked by C.G. from Dallas
on June 23, 2008
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I'm looking for week-long day camps in the mid-cities, grapevine, area - sports, arts, adventure, etc. I have two girls who are 10 and 11 so a day care is not an opti...
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- Grapevine Lake has a camp, that Jennifer, another member, was kind enough to send to me. The link is: www.AdventureTeamKids.com and tuition is $200 per week. My d...
- We'd LOVE to have your daughters join us this summer at Meadowmere Park on Lake GRapevine! Here's our site - www.AdventureDayCamps.com - or I can be reached at ###-##...
- I am not in that area, but I would look at the YMCA or other rec centers. They usually have affordable and fun summer camps for kids that age. GL!
Grad School
Asked by M.P. from Chicago
on May 10, 2010
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My daughter just graduated with her Bachelors in Psychology and wants to go to Grad School for Occupational Therapy.
She applied to Midwestern and was not accepted.
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- I am curious why she was not accepted as I never even heard of Midwestern. Tell her to keep trying. Could have been something weird. Or at least find out why she wasn'...
- I am not sure - but Elmhurst college might have some programs. You may want to look there. Good luck.
- I am a certified occupational therapy assistant. OT is a wonderful field to go into, but is also extremely competetive. See if your daughter can find out why she did...
Graduation Gift for Finishing Elementary School?
Asked by A.B. from St. Louis
on May 18, 2011
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Hi mamas,
What kinds of gifts do you recommend for "graduating" from elementary school? Our son's school is having a ceremony and his best friend's mother told me s...
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- I would maybe DO something special, rather than buy him a gift - maybe go out to lunch or dinner to a place of his choosing, or take him to a swim park or baseball gam...
- We never considered it graduating from elementary school. You go from one grade to the next. That's the way it works. If you go all out for graduating elementary sch...
- "graduating" from elementary school? Good grief. Sorry, I think this is just plain silliness. Take your son out for dinner and celebrate going to middle school. Gr...
Thinking About NOT Sending Bright Daughter with Summer B Day to Kindergarten....
Asked by K.P. from Scranton
on March 8, 2011
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Hi! I have been reading all of the great responses and insight on the K subject, so I almost feel silly posting yet another question. However, I have not found any t...
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- My oldest daughter is in the gifted program in school and is on the younger side with an end of April birthday. I am not sure if it is related to "giftedness" or not ...
- I see all the responses saying send her, but I realize that's because most people see classroom schools as the only option. We were in exactly the same shoes as you w...
- I think you should send her. There is a possibility she will always be small (there was a girl I went to school with who was held back because she was small, and gues...
The School Says My 6 Yr Old Has A.D.D. Not the Hyperactivity Type
Asked by S.C. from Daytona Beach
on September 20, 2008
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Hi my son just turned siz at the end of August and started first grade at the same time. He struggled thru kindergarten and then we found out he needed his tonsils, a...
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- Legally, I don't believe she is allowed to actually say that. I am a teacher and I can hint at the fact that a child has issues focusing and attributes suggesting it b...
- I don't want to take away from whatever experience this teacher has, but not all teachers are right whether they like it or not. She's not a licensed physician and if ...
- Hi S. I would suggest calling dr miles at progressive pediatircs on beach and parental home road. ###-###-#### Both are female Pediatricians who also practice homeopa...
People Are Saying Bad Things Because I Home School My Kids, How Can I Cope?
Asked by C.F. from Dallas
on February 1, 2008
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I've been homeschooling my kids for the past 2 weeks, and it has been going well, but the comments I'm getting from friends, family and other people are so harsh. Las...
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- First of all I want to say you have made a wise choice. I don't home school my kids but sometimes I wish i could with the things that go on in Public schools. There ...
- Bravo to you for sticking to your guns! My cousin, who has no formal teacher training, either, taught both her daughters at home, and the youngest has just graduated ...
- I applaud you with your decision. I do feel if you and your children are happy that is the most important outcome of homeschooling. They are learning and happy. I assu...
Focusing in School (K3)
Asked by A.G. from Spartanburg
on April 16, 2008
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My son turned 3 years old in October; however, has been attending K3 since Sept. He just had his second "review" to find out what he has learned this year. The "revi...
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- That "review" thing sounds kind of bizarre to me. What kinds of things do they ask? Like letter and number identification? Days of the week? "Developmentally approp...
- I have to agree with most of the other moms, 3 year olds aren't likely to focus very long on structured things, at this age children learn best thru play and immitatio...
- Hi. I'm a former school teacher and first I would say to get more information! If you go back to the teacher and ask for another teacher to review you son's case...
Holding My Son Back a Year in School
Asked by S.O. from Miami
on November 5, 2009
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My son is 3 (his birthday is actually on the Sept 1st cutoff date!) and is currently in preschool in a class with kids who have turned 4 or about to turn 4..He is in t...
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- Hi, My situation is a little different, but very much the same question. My son turned five today, November 6....he has attented a "private" school since he was tw...
- HOLD HIM BACK! Big problems later with lots of things, not only academic but the fact that all his classmates are a yr older then him and able to go places and do thin...
- Hello S., My daughter's Bday is 10-01, so she is the oldest in her class. That is wonderful. she is by defalt more mature than the other girls and is a natural leader...
Matt Damon's Speech to Teachers?
Asked by L.A. from Austin
on August 7, 2011
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I have so many friends that are teachers. Some of them were my teachers and some of them were our child's teachers.
I could never be a teacher. I do not have the p...
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- I have not heard his speech. Will check that out. I agree with a lot of what's been posted already. There are wonderful teachers out there and there are some that ...
- As a teacher myself (not currently teaching, but still certified), I often felt like an underpaid babysitter. Yes, I said UNDERPAID. Using the salary that I made wh...
- OH, this was not the post to have L.. I am SO passionate about this subject, I'm probably going to write a book. :) First of all, I LOVED Matt Damon's little spee...
Values Vs. Peer Pressure
Asked by A.G. from Albany
on January 6, 2012
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Does anyone know of any good books explaining how parents can battle peer pressure in their teens lives when they go off to school.
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- I don't know of any books to recommend and never felt the need for those with my own kids (12 and 16 years old). My suggestion would be to ask the guidance counselor ...
- we use a lot of analogies at home.....mixed with lots of humor. As in, "OMGosh, did you just cave to peer pressure?" when my son is pushing past my younger son (9...
- I think that's a hard one. I've been blessed by the extras I didn't expect in my son's school. Initially we enrolled him in a paraochial school, because the public sch...
