Posts by MJB

Thanks for your posts.  I definitely want to wait and see how it goes for a while. I know his 1st grade teacher wanted him to get the teacher he has so I know it is the best placement. The teachers at his school are all very...

I'm not a big MDC poster anymore, but this forum was helpful when my son was younger.  Anyway, my middle son, age 6, is starting 2nd grade tomorrow. He was lucky to have a fabulous teacher for 1st who gave him a lot of freedom...

I haven't been online much lately. I'm in nursing school, the kids have swim team and soccer, and my computer was down.  L (6) will be in 2nd grade this fall. This summer he is reading the Percy Jackson series and A Young...

My 6 (almost 6.5) yr. old also skipped a grade, and is in 1st grade-- he played basketball with his grade, and was fine. He plays club soccer and has been playing U8 since before he turned 6. We got lucky that he's pretty athletic, so...

We are straight with our kids. We teach them what bragging is and that it's rude. 8 is more than old enough to get it. He's 8-- teach him to answer that he's in 2nd or 3rd grade if someone asks. 

Quote: Originally Posted by aishamama  Can I ask you about HP?   Is the content ok for this age generally?  I haven't even peeked in these books but am hoping to stimulate my son more and get him...

My 6 yr. old 1st grader is about to finish the Harry Potter series, and is also reading the Rick Riordan books (The Kane Chronicles and Percy Jackson and the Olympians) and "The Name of this Book is Secret" at school. He was recently...

My 9 yr. old was walking to the library, checking out books, and walking back by himself at 7.

She sounds like a kid who would love school. Why don't you want to let her go? I unschooled my oldest for kindergarten, but it didn't work out great so we tried public 1st grade. He's in 3rd grade now and aside from a brief period of...

Kid #1: 15 mos. I didn't know any better (this was in 2004). Kid #2: 2.5, when he hit the 33 lb. limit of his Radian (in 2008). Kid #3: RFing at 1.5 and will probably not outgrow her seat RFing until 4+. I don't plan to turn her...