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On Saturday I went to Arbor Day and went around tables about recycling and the environment and planting trees ( Read more... ) -
Little T the reader
Little T asked to read more Bob books yesterday. He can sight read several words including "and", "the" and some of the characters in the story. He also has a rudimentary grasp of phonics and gets the first letter right and often the vowel. I'm very impressed by his preschool teacher, because Special K really had no idea about phonics at this ( Read more... ) -
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Evidently the parts of my mind that process assistance dog relationships overlap with the parts that write. You may have noticed I've written very little here of late. And none of a nonblogging sort.
I seem to be recovering. But I'm woefully behind on LJ. Woefully because I'm sure you'd wrote fascinating things. -
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Special K asked me the other night "How come you haven't taught [Little T] to read?" I replied "Because he hasn't asked me." The next evening Little T asked in his nicest voice "Mama, please will you teach me to read?" My son only calls me Mama the name he first called me when he especially wants something ( Read more... ) -
Raining dog
It's been raining hard. -- 20% of our rainfall these past few days. Tovi squints a little as the rain pours down, but otherwise she bounces along, ears flapping. She shakes off once, but otherwise remains quite wet. I wish I could face life's downpours with such equanimity ( Read more... ) -
My new dog
I have a new dog ( Read more... ) -
Hermione is retiring and a successor dog
Sorry I've been so quiet. I've been dealing with a matter which I had to keep private until this week ( Read more... ) -
Happy post Thanksgiving
Happy post Thanksgiving! I had a good one with my family. I'm very thankful for that. My niece has recently started walking. She walked all over my parents' house. My son and my nicece laughed and laughed. We had some delicious cherry pie made from cherries grown in my brother's mother-in-law's friend's garden. I'm thankful for the pie too ( Read more... ) -
Brief update
My cold is slowly getting better. I was able to sleep without a decongestant so I actually got real sleep. Yesterday was my birthday and I had a lovely weekend. I went out on a date with my husband on Saturday night while the kids played at their gym. They have a kids night out once a month where the kids get to play on all the gym equipment and ( Read more... ) -
Reading
I got nudged to post and so I give you a short post.
I'm listening to the kids in my daughter's class read. It's very helpful this one on one time. The teacher says it makes a difference. I can see the difference in how some come over all happy to read and the first day was like dragging them.
C, Special K and Little T are all well.
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