Mama J on April 20th, 2009

A friend of mine brought up an interesting dilemma this weekend. Her daughter is finishing third grade but reads well beyond her grade level (eighth grade according to AR scores). How does she keep her daughter challenged as a reader without exposing her to material beyond her maturity level?
This situation reminds me of any child-development [...]

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Mama J on December 4th, 2008

Last week (Thanksgiving) we talked about showing gratitude all year
long.  One of the ways I do this is to randomly drop someone a thank-
you note or card even when there wasn’t a gift given.
Then there are the occasions when gifts have been given.  You know
that feeling – you or your daughter or both are staring [...]

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