Originally Posted by herenow
As a small aside....
I once read that you should tell your children

"remember your lunchbox" rather than "don't forget your lunchbox"

or even better "you will remember your lunchbox"

Something about how our brain remembers and executes negative statements..

Thank you, I really like that.

DD started 2nd grade yesterday. (trying to say 2nd grade instead of grade 2, where everyone looks confused) and the reading groups seem to be OK. She took a book from a box that is about a year ahead, in their scale, but it seems like a Magic Tree house type. Ramona the Brave. But she usually takes from non fiction. The math is better than what is posted, but we do CTY so I don't worry so much about the math. Dd usually likes the nonfiction books in the boxes. And gets her reading books when they do the weekly trip to the library.