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Post by nam2013 on Aug 27, 2021 11:03:31 GMT -6
Just ordered Cadence's picture day dress. She picked one from Janie and Jack that has horses all over it. I'm not surprised. We'll just remember it as the year of the horses. That’s so fun! At least she’s into horses and not narwhals or something equally strange/obscure 😁 Like okapis… 🤦🏼♀️.
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Post by lahdeedah on Aug 27, 2021 12:09:12 GMT -6
M’s teacher messaged me to send his homework Monday. I told him to put it in his folder last night, but I found it on his desk.🤦🏽♀️ I'm actually surprised the teacher followed up on it. Confession that I got on the girls a bit about their homework last year, but ultimately didn't waste my brain power if they didn't do it. I'm not a fan of regular homework (an occasional project is fine) for young kids. If they aren't old enough to be responsible for it on their own then...*shrugs* Both girls were constantly sent home with large packets of homework that was mostly busy work. I wish they would just have extra worksheets on hand for kids who want to take them home and not kill so many trees. Yeah, homework hasn’t been too bad for us so far. But I am side eyeing this teacher a bit. This is the first week of homework and it’s not a lot at all, but don’t send work that we have to do with them. I have to time his passage for reading fluency- 1 min, but then she sends home flash cards that we have to do with the kids for math facts. And it’s not cards they can practice themselves. So while it’s not a lot at all, don’t make me spend a considerable amount of time with them to do it. 😑 I’ve decided we’ll go over these cards twice a week and that’s all she’s getting from me.
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Post by tgrimes on Aug 27, 2021 12:13:43 GMT -6
M's teacher said they will have spelling homework every night. Nothing that has to be turned in though, unless they have a special project or something.
Praise be.
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Post by tgrimes on Aug 27, 2021 12:15:04 GMT -6
I forgot to tell y'all that there was an attempted kidnapping at the elementary school in the neighborhood behind us. Thank god the little boy ran to a crossing guard for help. But we had to go back over our stranger danger conversation with M.
Fun bedtime conversation....
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Post by flamingo on Aug 27, 2021 12:18:09 GMT -6
That’s so fun! At least she’s into horses and not narwhals or something equally strange/obscure 😁 NARWHALS ARE AMAZING flamingo ! Ha! My cousin and I had this conversation a couple years ago when narwhals were having a 'moment'. I think llamas & alpacas were starting to get popular around then, too...now I see sloths on everything
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Post by tgrimes on Aug 27, 2021 12:19:18 GMT -6
Ha! My cousin and I had this conversation a couple years ago when narwhals were having a 'moment'. I think llamas & alpacas were starting to get popular around then, too...now I see sloths on everything Ha ha ha!
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Post by mwhip on Aug 27, 2021 12:33:36 GMT -6
We had homework this week, it was just a worksheet, 2 nights. But it was math...common core math. It took me a bit to figure it out. I had one of my friends, who is a teacher, check the work as well, to make sure I understood. I don't nee that kind of shit coming home!
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Post by mwhip on Aug 27, 2021 12:34:06 GMT -6
tgrimes that's scary! I'm glad he was with it to run to someone trustworthy. Do they know who tried to kidnap him?
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Post by peachsmama on Aug 27, 2021 12:44:34 GMT -6
Well court didn't go our way. He now has until October 11th to amend his statement and prove his counter claim.
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Post by tgrimes on Aug 27, 2021 12:56:58 GMT -6
tgrimes that's scary! I'm glad he was with it to run to someone trustworthy. Do they know who tried to kidnap him? Nope. It was a woman in a white van. Police are investigating. By the time the crossing guard figured out what was going on she was gone.
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Post by inthekitty on Aug 27, 2021 12:58:42 GMT -6
peachsmama, ugh...that's frustrating. I hope it gets resolved in OCT. tgrimes, holy shit that's scary. Glad he was okay. I'm an even bigger no for homework that cannot be completed solo. It really lacks consideration for all the different home lives kids may have--parents who work long hours and barely have time to interact with their kids before bedtime, extracurriculars, parents who don't care, parents with limited education themselves...so many challenges.
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Post by nam2013 on Aug 27, 2021 13:03:05 GMT -6
snip I'm an even bigger no for homework that cannot be completed solo. It really lacks consideration for all the different home lives kids may have--parents who work long hours and barely have time to interact with their kids before bedtime, extracurriculars, parents who don't care, parents with limited education themselves...so many challenges. Exactly this. Especially in young kids… Plus I really think that ‘just playing’ is underestimated as a major developmental part in (young) children.
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Post by jewels on Aug 27, 2021 13:16:43 GMT -6
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Post by lahdeedah on Aug 27, 2021 13:19:50 GMT -6
M used to get 1 worksheet a night at the other school. Now I have to be interactive with said homework. The minute paragraph timing is ok, but don’t send flash cards home that I have to cut out and then do every night with my kid, because that’s a hell no. So far I’ve only cut out 4 of the pages and we didn’t those twice this week. 🙄 Yes I could have have him cut them out, but since I have to do them, I didn’t want to be annoyed at his cutting job. Type A in the house🙌🏽😂
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Post by wedding on Aug 27, 2021 13:20:43 GMT -6
wedding The tournament starts tonight. Check the chat to see when to go. They start 1 hour after the tournament begins. So do I get like a time slot I play in? Do I need to clear my schedule? I’m so excited!
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Post by lahdeedah on Aug 27, 2021 13:21:46 GMT -6
Sorry about court. peachsmama tgrimes My gosh I’m glad the kid got help, but that’s scary shit.
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Post by wedding on Aug 27, 2021 13:28:03 GMT -6
tgrimes that sucks about daycare. I’m sure he will be fine but with his diagnosis I’m sure it is unnerving. Also big wtf to the kidnapping attempt. We had one here on our small town in the Spring. And there was a successful one in Providence. The girl was let out of the car like an hour later but who knows what happened in that time. It’s all so scary. @peachesmama what is his counter suit?
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Post by nam2013 on Aug 27, 2021 13:38:01 GMT -6
tgrimes so scary! Glad it had a good ending.
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Post by peachsmama on Aug 27, 2021 13:38:54 GMT -6
tgrimes that sucks about daycare. I’m sure he will be fine but with his diagnosis I’m sure it is unnerving. Also big wtf to the kidnapping attempt. We had one here on our small town in the Spring. And there was a successful one in Providence. The girl was let out of the car like an hour later but who knows what happened in that time. It’s all so scary. @peachesmama what is his counter suit? PDQ He claims he has legal fees from when we reported the trailer stolen and his driver was detained on the side of the road. Which isn't true. He didn't even have a lawyer at that time. All he did was call the court where we reported it stolen and have it deemed a civil suit which apparently means that the police can't help us. He claims we need to pay his legal fees from an accident years ago that we were not involved with. And he claims we owe him over 8k in unpaid detention from when he worked for us. He hasn't worked for us since 2019 and has been 1099 on everything. All of it is false and unless he fabricates evidence, he has nothing. His lawyer claims he's working on it but hasn't seen it from him yet. We are now working on another angle to get him to settle. We need the trailer he's stolen. There are no trailers to rent right now because the trucking industry is actually doing great. We are trying to buy trailers but trailers that we paid 5k for 5 years ago, the same exact trailer is now 15k. And that is if you can even find them. It's insanity. Dad spent 20k on 2 and put 6k into them to get them ready to use. So we are doing some math on what each trailer makes a year and going to go after him for lost wages if he won't settle. We've already spent over 10k on our lawyer and we're no where near finished. I don't know how this isn't easier for them to judge and wrap up. It's so clear cut.
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Post by tgrimes on Aug 27, 2021 13:39:18 GMT -6
wedding The tournament starts tonight. Check the chat to see when to go. They start 1 hour after the tournament begins. So do I get like a time slot I play in? Do I need to clear my schedule? I’m so excited! I think they start around 7 or 8 your time. Then you just play all weekend.
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Post by flamingo on Aug 27, 2021 13:39:48 GMT -6
re: homework, we're only in week 2 but so far B's teacher seems very reasonable. Nothing that takes more than 10 minutes max; all I do is check it. We will have spelling words but that hasn't started yet.
This year they started using a planner to keep track of assignments, which I think helps create good study habits.
I remember in elementary school ours increased each year; by sixth grade we probably had an hour/night average. But I was well-prepared for middle school when the expectations definitely ramped up. So I'm fine with some age-appropriate homework. I've heard horror stories from a charter school in the next county (specifically one that is STEM-oriented)...hours per night for 7 and 8 year olds. No thanks--there is definitely a happy medium!
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Post by tgrimes on Aug 27, 2021 13:40:30 GMT -6
tgrimes that sucks about daycare. I’m sure he will be fine but with his diagnosis I’m sure it is unnerving. Also big wtf to the kidnapping attempt. We had one here on our small town in the Spring. And there was a successful one in Providence. The girl was let out of the car like an hour later but who knows what happened in that time. It’s all so scary. @peachesmama what is his counter suit? We talked to M about what she would do and she said she would cry. Wrong answer. My kid will definitely get kidnapped.
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Post by klong11 on Aug 27, 2021 13:54:39 GMT -6
Cadence's aftercare does homework time at the beginning of every session. The only homework she's had so far are letter pages, though. Which I think is completely unnecessary. She also has a spelling word and sight word list, but we went over those when they first came home. She knew them so I called it good.
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Post by wedding on Aug 27, 2021 13:54:51 GMT -6
Wow @peachesmama! He sounds like a gem!
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Post by flamingo on Aug 27, 2021 14:04:21 GMT -6
tgrimes that sucks about daycare. I’m sure he will be fine but with his diagnosis I’m sure it is unnerving. Also big wtf to the kidnapping attempt. We had one here on our small town in the Spring. And there was a successful one in Providence. The girl was let out of the car like an hour later but who knows what happened in that time. It’s all so scary. @peachesmama what is his counter suit? We talked to M about what she would do and she said she would cry. Wrong answer. My kid will definitely get kidnapped. Aww, poor kid! I always think about those things either Oprah or Dr Phil used to do where the parents would talk to the kids about stranger danger, etc., then the kids would be put in a tricky situation with the parents watching remotely. Late in the spring, a work-truck was spotted in a neighborhood near ours trying to entice a tween girl inside. She ran the opposite direction and made it home and her parents called police. Of course Next-door, FB, etc. were blowing up--sucked to be anyone driving a white pick-up for awhile.
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Post by peachsmama on Aug 27, 2021 14:08:31 GMT -6
Wow @peachesmama! He sounds like a gem! Yea he's a career criminal. Which we found out way to late. Repo guy showed up looking for him last week for a trailer he bought. He also rented 4 trailers from the same company as us and they automatically withdraw payment each month. So he closed the checking account or it got over drawn after it was set up and basically stole their 4 trailers. They're also going after him. But he claims he's going to take us for everything and even get our farm. He's so irrational and crazy.
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Post by peachsmama on Aug 27, 2021 14:09:37 GMT -6
I was taught to go for the eyes and yell fire. Everyone looks for that. Not so much for a screaming kid.
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Post by tgrimes on Aug 27, 2021 14:09:49 GMT -6
We talked to M about what she would do and she said she would cry. Wrong answer. My kid will definitely get kidnapped. Aww, poor kid! I always think about those things either Oprah or Dr Phil used to do where the parents would talk to the kids about stranger danger, etc., then the kids would be put in a tricky situation with the parents watching remotely. Late in the spring, a work-truck was spotted in a neighborhood near ours trying to entice a tween girl inside. She ran the opposite direction and made it home and her parents called police. Of course Next-door, FB, etc. were blowing up--sucked to be anyone driving a white pick-up for awhile. It's always a white truck or van! Lol.
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Post by wineallthetime on Aug 27, 2021 14:53:21 GMT -6
I forgot to tell y'all that there was an attempted kidnapping at the elementary school in the neighborhood behind us. Thank god the little boy ran to a crossing guard for help. But we had to go back over our stranger danger conversation with M. Fun bedtime conversation.... Omg! Between this and the Covid parent, wtf!!!!
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Post by wineallthetime on Aug 27, 2021 14:57:52 GMT -6
Hello! I'm home from work enjoying a glass of wine. I'm going to make a snack plate to take over and visit the kids for a bit, can't wait to see them!
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