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    We can't read in the car either. The three of us, DD, DS & myself are horribly prone to car sickness. Lucky DH on the other hand has never suffered from it. So yes... thank goodness for DVD players!!

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    I can't read in the car myself, but my kids are fine with it, thank goodness.

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    I do have another brag: DD8 (attending a gifted magnet) recently got her first report card and it was straight As. We're all actually a bit baffled by this, since this year has seen MANY more wrong answers (in most cases she has left things blank or not followed instructions correctly) than we have EVER seen before in her life, and her teacher is grumbling about "attention issues." We were all quite sure there would not be an A in math, especially. However, an A it was. I think it's possible her teacher was either grading on the curve or going easy on all the kids for the first period, because it doesn't actually make sense numerically based on what I've seen come home. So it was a bit weird to talk about this with DD! But, you know, what can you say? It would seem she's still meeting expectations, in any case.

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    Moving and reading... DS6 takes timing things seriously, so for his "school required 30 minutes reading a day" he walks around the house reading his book going back and forth to the clock on the microwave to check the time every few minutes. No history of motion sickness in my family.

    We had mid-term reports last night, which begged a follow up question to his teacher this morning. No level was marked for his reading (they use the Fountas/Pinnel levels.) End of kindergarten it was T, when questioned she said he rated an L for specific measures (like exact word reading,) but that his comprehension "was off the chart."

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    Originally Posted by Zen Scanner
    Moving and reading... DS6 takes timing things seriously, so for his "school required 30 minutes reading a day" he walks around the house reading his book going back and forth to the clock on the microwave to check the time every few minutes. No history of motion sickness in my family.

    We had mid-term reports last night, which begged a follow up question to his teacher this morning. No level was marked for his reading (they use the Fountas/Pinnel levels.) End of kindergarten it was T, when questioned she said he rated an L for specific measures (like exact word reading,) but that his comprehension "was off the chart."

    Yay for off the charts!

    LOL hour ds "walkreading". I theorize that my inability to jogread inhibits any use of my treadmill. That the TV in view of the treadmill is a different matter entirely. But I'm pretty sure it's still not my fault.

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    I love reading these brags. My dd who turned 3 earlier this month was scribbling on the window with her markers. She said," mom, please come here. I have writed your name." So I go and she has clearly written MAMA. The lettering was PERFECT! I was and still am in shock since we have not taught her how to write. I knew she was starting to spell words but didn't realize she was learning to write on her own. Lol!
    One more quick brag. She saw the Cinderella play this summer and was very upset at how rude the stepmother was. Anyway, weeks later she said," mom, I will say to the stepmother that she is a beautiful lady." When I asked her why she said," because if I am kind and nice then the stepmother will say I am sorry for being rude and I will say that's okay." How sweet!

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    Originally Posted by Zen Scanner
    Moving and reading... DS6 takes timing things seriously, so for his "school required 30 minutes reading a day" he walks around the house reading his book going back and forth to the clock on the microwave to check the time every few minutes. No history of motion sickness in my family.

    LOL smile

    Oh, you know what I just remembered? My car-sickness prone DD9 once read a novel I bought for her at the supermarket as we walked home. She didn't finish it (it was about a 40 min. walk) but she was reading and walking the entire time. I'm getting queasy just typing about it.

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    DD, almost 22 months, shocked the heck out me the past two days. She told me the microwave was going in circles, said the roof on a picture of a silo had a circle (sure does if it were 3d and you look at it from another angle), and then pointed up at a popcorn popper (cylinder shape) on the stove and told me it had a circle. When I lifted her up, she signed circle again and pointed to the lid. I know she knows a bunch of shapes, but I didn't know she could consider the shape of an object she isn't touching and figure out what it looks like at a different angle! She did a 24 pc jigsaw floor puzzle pretty much unaided this morning, too.

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    Perfectionistic DS4 made it through his first day of hockey!! With his SPD, I did not think we would be able to even get him in the gear (cup, shin guards, elbow pad, shoulder pads, scratchy socks, tight skates, heavy helmet with face mask, stiff gloves). And I figured he would fall once, scream hysterically and refuse to try anymore. He thought he would step onto the ice and skate like our hometown hero Sidney Crosby. Not only did he tolerate the gear, but he kept going back out on the ice after every bout of hysterical crying. He wanted to play hockey SO bad.

    Now, he never actually stood up on his skates, but at the end he was scooting around on his knees and shooting at the net. He left with a smile on his face. May seem like a small victory, but it is huge for him!!


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    My DD8 lost another tooth last night. We told her that she is lucky and she was going to get money from the tooth fairy. She smiled and said the tooth fairy A.K.A Mom will put money under her pillow. We asked why she thought Mom is the tooth fairy. She said when she lost her teeth when she was 6, she googled tooth fairy and she was very sure then it was us putting the money and not tooth fairy. And the same goes for Santa Claus!

    But she admit she likes getting money from tooth fairy or whoever and presents from Santa Claus or whoever :-)

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