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A spikey, speedy little reminder
My children are terrified of bugs. It probably doesn't help that our home has been continually infested with ants for the last 2 years. They shriek at the sight of a fly. A beetle rumor can keep them out of a room for hours. And a bee? The kids flee in the other direction when a stinger gets... Read more...
Published 17 hours ago

I'm famous! Sorta.
I was chosen as one of the top 10 reviews of the new a href="http://ifonlyihadsuperpowers.blogspot.com/2008/09/thearpy-thursday-using-asl-with-hearing.html"Baby Signing Times videos/a. See Rachel Coleman's blog a... Read more...
Published a day ago

Therapy Thursday: Concussions
span style="font-style: italic;"The following scenario is fictional, but could represent any child, anywhere..../spanbr /br /Liz was a spectacular soccer player. She made the varsity team her freshman year. Her teammates stated that she was destined to be a star; her parents counted on the... Read more...
Published a day ago

Grocery Lists to save time and money
Call me anal. Call me organized. Call me someone who wants to get in and out of the grocery store in the shortest possible time...br /br /Several years ago I spent 20 minutes in my grocery store writing down which aisle all my "regular" items were contained. Later I went through my receipts and... Read more...
Published 2 days ago

Teaching Tuesday: Magnetic Word Builder
I was so lucky to receive not only the a href="http://ifonlyihadsuperpowers.blogspot.com/2008/09/teaching-tuesday-fridge-talk-magnetic.html"Leapfrog Magnetic Word Play/a to review, but also thea href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002SC7CE/?tag=assoc-id-ifonihasupo-20" Leapfrog Fridge Magnetic Word... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Marvelous Children's Book Monday: Where the Wild Things Are
a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060254920/?tag=assoc-id-ifonihasupo-20"Where The Wild Things Are/abr /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KsB8pD0-BZI/SOqcpuubM5I/AAAAAAAABr0/-Biw_qamMuI/s1600-h/Picture+9.png"img style="cursor:... Read more...
Published 4 days ago

Whook Ed On Puh Hon Iks
div style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" p style="font-style: italic;"span style="font-size:85%;"bspan style=""span style="font-weight: bold;"The following email was forwarded to me by a co-worker:/span/span/b/span/ppspan style="font-size:100%;"bspan style=""span style="font-weight: bold;"br... Read more...
Published 7 days ago

Time Out
div style="text-align: center;"1 gorgeous state park + 1 uncooperative child = 1 picturesque time outbr /br //diva onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KsB8pD0-BZI/SOVauFaBTyI/AAAAAAAABqo/1Ursi0LTcP8/s1600-h/timeout.jpg"img... Read more...
Published a week ago

Therapy Thursday: When a child inadvertently swears due to pronunciation
A question from a super reader:br /blockquoteMy just turned 4 year old son started (about 3 months ago) to say /sh/ instead of the /s/ sound. Saying "**it" instead of "sit" - UGH!br /br /At first I thought it was just annoying....but now I realize it's a terrible habit that he can't stop.br /br... Read more...
Published a week ago

School lunches. Or: How I conquered the cold lunch demon.
Meet my new friend and mommy lifeline to span style="font-style: italic;"school lunches/span.br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KsB8pD0-BZI/SOL24ZByeDI/AAAAAAAABqY/1GAwBYt7YaA/s1600-h/lunch+checklist.jpg"img style="margin:... Read more...
Published a week ago

Teaching Tuesday: Vowels
I love some of the things my students come up with.br /br /One of my students, who has autism, often echos things he has already heard (a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia"echolalia/a). He also loves to sing.br /br /I was leading a rousing rendition of "Old McDonald Had a Farm" when... Read more...
Published a week ago

I'd like to say that I can explain this
Could it be his new a href="http://ifonlyihadsuperpowers.blogspot.com/2008/09/teaching-tuesday-non-academic-goals.html"shoe tying skills/a on overdrive?br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago