How hot will your 4th be?
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Comments (8)WOW, way to go, Jenny! I'll send you some Aleve. :D I love all of your plant choices! All of your work makes me itchy to get some yard work done, too. Too much smoke and heat just yet, though. :( Your area looks so refreshing and COOL! Brenda...See Moreyour garden ready for the 4th?
Comments (11)Very nice pictures everyone. I didn't even try to find red white and blue but its the theme of the day. The of July is a big deal here on my street each year as the local fireworks are at the beach and park across the street each year. Its a mad house here from late afternoon on until the park clears out after the fireworks. There is music in the park each year all afternoon and evening until fireworks time. I can't ever remember it all being cancelled due to bad weather, guess weather has just run lucky....See MoreHow Much is Too Much Homework for a 4th Grader?
Comments (30)Geogirl has a good point. There may be services available to your son--but you have to know about them and ask for them in order for him to get them. Again, my nephew's disability is physical, so not an exact comparison to your son, but he is also completely mainstreamed. And that has caused some problems, because he's not in a special ed classroom with a special ed teacher who knows about all the resources. There's a ton of adaptive equipment that the school has, like rulers and compasses and protractors, but no one thinks ahead that during math lessons that use these, it might be a good idea to have them in the classroom for Nephew to use. He can't hold or move a standard ruler very well. But the classroom teacher doesn't know they exist, and the special ed teacher never sees the lesson plans. So what happens is that a week is spent sending notes back and forth between home and school and finally the necessary adaptive equipment is identified and located and given to Nephew. And then the next week, the class moves on to a new lesson topic. My brother and SIL have found that they need to really be on top of some of this stuff and remind the teachers repeatedly, to make sure that Nephew gets what he needs. And this is with a school system that is really trying to work with them--from the start they have been very willing to try new things, to keep Nephew in a regular class (he has health issues so a home nurse accompanies him to school daily), to really try and get him the best education possible. I can't imagine what it would be like with a school system that had less money or no desire to really work for Nephew. My brother constantly gets, "Sure, we have X equipment. All Nephew has to do is ask for it." But it can takes days or weeks to find out the school has the equipment. My brother finally broke down and asked for a list of every single piece of adaptive equipment the school system has, so that they can ask for things without spending days sending notes back and forth. It's the little things like this--yes, the school can help, but you have to know what to ask for in order to get that help. And if you don't know the help exists, it's pretty near impossible to get that help. I would encourage you to ask about other options and find out what's out there. Pull-out sessions, one-on-one aides for certain subjects, extra tutoring, whatever the school has to offer. Ask other parents what support services their kids are getting. And when you identify a specific problem, be it that it takes your son half an hour to figure out what the homework assignment is or that after weeks of your working with him, he still is not grasping a specific concept, go to the teacher and ask what can be done to address that issue. The regular classroom teachers aren't going to know everything that's available, they have too many kids with too many different needs in one classroom, but they should be able to help you find out what's out there, or point you in the right direction....See MoreHow was your 4th?
Comments (21)ok, after I posted that I wished I hadn't. LOL The first post I made on the KT was something about pies. I don't remember what exactly. I posted the recipe and caught all kinds of crap about how it sounded awful. Anyway, it's a local thing. No big deal, but my kids love it. Here's the recipe. 1 level tsp. Corn Starch 1/2 C. sifted Cake Flour 3/4 C. Sugar 1 T. Butter 2 C. Milk 1 tsp. Vanilla 1 tsp. Almond extract 2 Egg whites 1/4 C. Sugar Whipped cream or Coolwhip Mix well and cook on medium until thick, stirring constantly. Let cool. Beat 2 egg whites with sugar until peaks form. Fold egg whites into filling and pour into baked pie shell. Cover top of pie with whipped cream and top with finely chopped nuts or coconut. Keep refrigerated....See More- 3 years ago
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