Posts by Greenmama2

My eldest learns aurally. She was slightly echolalic as a toddler which I think goes a long way to explain her precociously early, clear speech. At nearly seven she still learns best by listening. Listening to read alouds, audio books,...

Yes, she did. After trying a 1/4 in her lesson it was obvious that a 1/8 wouldn't last long so we borrowed the 1/4 for a week to be certain. It's all fine now

She is fine now after two weeks. She borrowed a 1/4 from her teacher before we decided but I think it was perhaps it was a little lighter than the one we ended up buying and yes, she started on a 1/16 & moved to a 1/10 at almost five. We...

Ooh, I'm glad this thread has been resurrected. My 6 year old has just jumped up to a 1/4 size violin & is working through the minuets in book 1. Her progress is slow as she gets used to her new fiddle & we are keeping her practice...

Congratulations to your boy dessismama!

Not Summer, but Winter here. DD just turned 6 and is finally reading by my definition - actually reading anything she wants. Not particularly late but this is a child who recognised every letter of the alphabet long before she was two...

Madeleine is quite sweet.

Quote:Originally Posted by kathymuggle If you self define as an User and have school age children/ youth, I would be interested in knowing if you: -strew. Infrequent or regularly?Sometimes -have curriculum or textbooks in the...

Quote:Originally Posted by Tigerle I forgot how bad it was at night -  when at 10 o'clock you want to start screaming "shut up already and go.to.sleep!" LOL, I said at exactly 10pm tonight; "I will NOT talk anymore.". In response to...

Quote:Originally Posted by A-time-to-live  I took her to see the Nutcracker in December and she loved it.  She also got "Peter and the Wolf" for Christmas.  She has been repeatedly acting out these stories and has also...