Posts by egoldber

My older DD was not quite that advanced, but I guess I am grateful neither her K nor her large public elementary that she started for first has made her struggle though phonics lessons like that. They did reading assessments in first...

I had a UR in my VBAC attempt with my second child. I had a natural, spontaneous labor. My baby did die. Here is the UR tribe, but it is long inactive: http://www.mothering.com/discussions...+rupture+tribe ETA: There is also the...

I have an '02 Dodge Grand Caravan (bought new in 2002) with almost 80K miles on it. I believe it was '01 and '02 Grand Caravans that had the transmission issue. I know that there was a recall for mine and we had work done twice at...

Well, no one test is an accurate measure for all kids. I know our district added the Naglieri because it is supposed to be less biased against non-native English speakers than the CogAT. We recently had my older DD tested and her...

FWIW, check to see if there are alternate means to qualify for GT if you feel like she would benefit from the program. In my district if your child does not make the hard cutoff, there are several other ways that you can qualify your...

I think a 130 on the Naglieri is supposed to be at about the 97th percentile. Our school district uses the Naglieri and the CogAT to screen for the GT program. They give the tests to all second graders and the full time GT program...

A good friend always has a pool party for her kids' birthdays and says "Bring a towel and a grown up!" on the invite.

OP, I am watching this thread with great interest. My older DD is EXACTLY like this and it is a huge problem for her socially, both with adults and children. I really think the empathetic explanations would be very helpful to my DD....

My older DD is a Brownie (was a Daisy last year). The yearly membership dues were $10. (I think all GS pay this?) Then the troop charged a one time $30 fee for Try-It patches and meeting supplies. Our troop has 20 scheduled meetings for...

Quote: The reason has nothing to do with kids in elementary school, but rather that studies have shown that 12 year olds do better in middle school than 11 year olds, so they don't want kids starting middle school...