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Post by kellyds on Feb 1, 2009 20:35:27 GMT -5
Susan, thanks for the great idea. We have some of the colored bears because Faith likes to use them for math counters. Josh might enjoy the activity you described. He likes to put things in and take things out of containers. That's a hands-on method of color practice that might really appeal to him.
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Post by kellyds on Feb 1, 2009 18:12:05 GMT -5
Remember the video I posted awhile back of Joshua yelling, "Momma! Poopy!"? Well, I still haven't bought a potty chair or really done much AT ALL to facilitate potty training, except talk about it when I change his pants or if he happens to be in the bathroom when I'm tending to business in there myself. A few minutes ago, I was on the computer and he came walking up with a diaper in his hands. He grabbed my hand from the keyboard and put the diaper in it and just stood there. (He often sticks things in my hands if he wants them, like a book if he wants me to read to him or a ball if he wants to play.) He only had to stand there a couple of seconds before I realized he was SERIOUS about needing a clean diaper. I changed him and praised him a great deal for "telling" me he needed changing. I am definitely gong to go get a potty. I've just been procrastinating about it. It's funny, but I've been working soooo hard on teaching him colors and he just doesn't seem to get the concept, despite trying and trying and trying. Then, he demonstrates understanding of pottying without any effort on my part. Kids are full of surprises, aren't they? Oh, I discovered he had pulled ALL of the diapers out of the cupboard in order to bring ONE to me, but I didn't mind too much.
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Post by kellyds on Feb 1, 2009 17:24:27 GMT -5
There's a baby gym class in town that I'd like to take Joshie to. They specify ages 1-3. Joshie will be four in a few days and the class doesn't start until the end of the month. I know he will benefit from the kinds of activities offered to one-to-three year olds, as well as the interaction with children of this age. Joshie is the size of an 18-month-old and has the motor skills of a child about that age. I took some of my other kids to these classes when they were little and they had the kids scoot around on scooter boards, throw balls all around the room, throw bean bags, jump over big blocks on the floor, etc. There's a place on the enrollment form for age and date of birth. Should I get permission in advance to enroll an older kid? Should I just write next to his age on the form that he has Down syndrome? Should I sign him up and say nothing? Of course the parents stay and participate in the class, so maybe I should wait until I can explain in person? If I were the teacher, I'd want to know in advance so I could "study up" on a student's special needs . . . but that's me. I want to be considerate to the other students and the teacher, without seeming to "apologize" for Joshua. So far, his "social life" has been limited to our family, church, and homeschool co-op, who have all known him since birth, so this will be something new.
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Post by kellyds on Jan 30, 2009 3:21:56 GMT -5
That was an adorable video of Brook, wasn't it? I second the Signing Time recommendation. Joshie has been watching them since he was eight weeks old. In addition to aiding in communication, it's neat that he can do something most other kids his age can't do.
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Post by kellyds on Jan 23, 2009 19:02:54 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing those pics. It looks like she had a really terrific time!
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Post by kellyds on Jan 14, 2009 19:11:05 GMT -5
No need to clarify with me... but why would anyone want to post discrete or non-discrete nursing pics??? I am not trying to point at you Kelly but just curious to understand.... I don't think even if I was allowed to I would. LOL A. Aw, it's just another thing about parenting that you can remember by photographing it . . . like their little bare bottom in the bath tub! ;D In my nursing pics, his head is covering way more than an evening gown leaves bare.
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Post by kellyds on Jan 14, 2009 13:31:07 GMT -5
Thank you. My mom took me to lunch and the kids made dinner for me. I received a variety of dollar store gifts from my children, which I will proudly display in my office. My husband sent me a dirty text message. LOL! ;D
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Post by kellyds on Jan 14, 2009 13:28:47 GMT -5
It's beautiful! I think making business cards is a great idea. You know, I couldn't paint something that looked that good.
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Post by kellyds on Jan 12, 2009 14:37:30 GMT -5
I love children's books, too, and some of the illustrations are amazing. Like you, I admire the artist's talent, but the more realistic pictures are better for Joshie. My other kids like to guess what the artist used to make the picture (paint, colored pencil, charcoal, oil pastels, etc.)
I have purchased quite a few board books from Amazon for Joshie that have real pictures in them. I also make books for him which are mainly photos printed on a full page of paper, put into a sheet protector in a notebook. He loves pictures of our family and will point to the nose, hair, etc. (He can't discriminate between the words "hair" and "ear", no matter how carefully I pronounce them, but that's another story.)
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Post by kellyds on Jan 12, 2009 14:32:39 GMT -5
LOL! Are those PANTIES?!?!?!
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Post by kellyds on Jan 11, 2009 22:54:24 GMT -5
You may know that we homeschool. Joshua turns four next month and I've been sort of winging it with my own preschool program for him. Look at this cool thing I found online! It has a calendar of suggested activities for every day of the year, as well as readers, worksheets, and other printable stuff. I love the readers, because the pictures are actual photographs instead of something cartoony or a line drawing. Joshua has trouble recognizing a drawing of, for example, an apple . . . but he can recognize a photo of an apple. These printable books have a photo of a "thing" and the word for the "thing" printed beneath. I haven't explored the whole site, but what I've seen is awesome! I'm firing up my printer now! ;D You have to register to gain access, but it's completely free. www.dsfoc.org/learning_program_registration.php
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Post by kellyds on Jan 10, 2009 17:33:52 GMT -5
To clarify, I had the discreet nursing pics in my video BEFORE facebook banned nursing pics. I didn't post them as a protest. I don't think they violate the rules, since they are in my video off the Facebook site. I think people should follow the rules of whatever site they are using, since it's other people's time and money that keeps the site online.
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Post by kellyds on Jan 9, 2009 18:29:34 GMT -5
Facebook recently banned breastfeeding photos. Some people are protesting by inundating them with pictures of them nursing their kids. I have a video posted with a couple pictures of me nursing Joshua in it. No one has asked me to take it down. The pics are discreet.
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Post by kellyds on Jan 9, 2009 15:45:05 GMT -5
I love Facebook. Who wants to be friends? PM your real name to me. :-)
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Post by kellyds on Jan 4, 2009 22:45:33 GMT -5
Yes, definitely post an "after" picture.
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