We have a good friend, Jenny, who lives in California. She is technically related to us, but it is such a tangled web of relatives that it is easier to call her a friend. I digress. Jenny is single, no kids, a few cats. (Trust me, it will become relevant in a minute). Jenny works, and I have too many kids, so we mostly communicate by lengthy voice mails to each other. Her most recent was yesterday. It was chock full of information, but the best part came in the last 30 seconds.
"Give my love to Josh and scratch the kids for me!".
I had to listen to it three times to make sure I heard it right. After she said this, she must have realized that it didn't sound quite right. There was a slight pause, then a hastily added, "Or whatever it is you do with kids".
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Have you seen this? It is an oddly intriguing look into how ridiculously spoiled celebrities are. I especially enjoyed Eminem's request for a Game Room, which should have an "arcade type ambiance, such as video games, large television with PlayStation and games, masseur, ping pong table..." Seriously? I have been to so many arcades to get a massage.
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Emma's ARD meeting went okay, though it was unreasonably long. There were no fewer than eight people in the room to make sure that the bureaucracy was satisfied with the amount of paper production in order to get one kid into speech therapy. As we discussed the difficulties Emma would face in the first grade, one member of the meeting suggested that maybe Emma should repeat Kindergarten in a full day program since, at this point, she is already stressed by a 3 hour day and will have to adjust to a 7 and a half hour day. Thoughts on this? My concern is that, since she is already ahead of most of her class academically, she would probably be bored to tears if she had to repeat kindergarten. Since her birthday is at the end of June, she wouldn't really be any older than her classmates as she is the youngest now. Anyone who has dealt with this sort of situation, I would appreciate your input.
Friday, March 28, 2008
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No... no... and NO!!!! Do not have her repeat kinder!!! All the research shows that it does NOT help children academically but can have a negative effect psychologically. Also, kids will rise to the level that they are pushed... if you keep her in kinder, sure it will be easier on the teachers... but you MUST mainstream all children. The schools would like to take the easy route for them... no research supports this option. In fact, research shows that it will HURT!!!
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Haha! Now your Google ad says Green Cats... I do need more information on those.
I think the repeating Kindergarten sounds like a bad idea..she's too smart and it seems kind of like punishing her for being different.
This is sort of random, but maybe she could go to a program over the summer that's an all-day program, like at a preschool? It'd cost something, but for 3 mos, it might be worth it...I know Jacob's school does all-day summer - she could do either Kinder or 1st, but it'd be different since it's not public school (different curriculum)...It just might get her adjusted to being gone all day b4 she hits 1st grade....
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