Comments for Keeping Up with Claire and Ronin and Soren http://blog.lyds.org So much to get into, so little time Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on “Be My Valentine” and other stuff by Jennifer R. http://blog.lyds.org/2012/01/28/be-my-valentine-and-other-stuff/#comment-725 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:22:37 +0000 http://blog.lyds.org/?p=3653#comment-725 What a great post. I’m sure it’s annoying to have to go in to Soren so frequently, but when he says such funny things it must take the edge off. And that certainly is a spectacular helicopter. I like the action-dots all around it.

]]> Comment on “Be My Valentine” and other stuff by Rainbow Koehl http://blog.lyds.org/2012/01/28/be-my-valentine-and-other-stuff/#comment-724 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:55:21 +0000 http://blog.lyds.org/?p=3653#comment-724 I’ve learned a lot from Twain on sounding out words (of course, he’s learned it at school: he didn’t figure it out on his own). What sometimes throws him off is how a vowel is pronounced since they are so variable. Here are 2 rules that help us. If there is an “e” at the end of a word, the “e” tells the vowel to say its name. Example: save. The other is my favorite, “if two vowels go walkin’ the first one does the talkin. Example: boat.

You really notice when you are sounding out words with a child how irregular English is don’t you?

I’ve been trying to think of good valentines that Twain can make for school too. Since he attends two schools (one in B’ham and one in Canada) we have to do enough for 2 classes. I’m thinking of doing hearts and then buying glowsticks (15 for $1 at Target) and pushing them through the hearts and then having him write, “you make my heart glow.” But, if I have extra glowsticks, I love the idea of a glowstick bath! Did you know that you can put them in the freezer and it sometimes helps them last a second night?

]]> Comment on Catching up before we go-go by claireronin http://blog.lyds.org/2011/12/20/catching-up-before-we-go-go/#comment-685 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:04:11 +0000 http://blog.lyds.org/?p=3552#comment-685 Thank you, Jennifer. Happy holidays to you and your family!

]]> Comment on Catching up before we go-go by Jennifer R. http://blog.lyds.org/2011/12/20/catching-up-before-we-go-go/#comment-684 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:25:01 +0000 http://blog.lyds.org/?p=3552#comment-684 Merry Christmas! Here’s hoping for a smooth plane ride and a healthy Soren for the holidays.

]]> Comment on “Mommy, wipe me!” by Jennifer R. http://blog.lyds.org/2011/11/12/mommy-wipe-me/#comment-646 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:35:13 +0000 http://blog.lyds.org/?p=3473#comment-646 “The Boy Who Cried Wipe”

]]> Comment on “Mommy, wipe me!” by Krista http://blog.lyds.org/2011/11/12/mommy-wipe-me/#comment-642 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:58:16 +0000 http://blog.lyds.org/?p=3473#comment-642 Isn’t it amazing how our kids can “train” us?

]]> Comment on This week at our house by Jennifer R. http://blog.lyds.org/2011/10/22/this-week-at-our-house/#comment-628 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:42:39 +0000 http://blog.lyds.org/?p=3423#comment-628 I was in Palo Alto in the Loma Prieta Quake, and have sometimes wondered what I will tell my daughter about it. I’ve also wondered what I would tell her about earthquakes if I still lived in the Bay Area… I don’t envy you that. One possibility would be to talk about some of the positive things that happen when bad things happen — like people coming together to help each other. And Ronin is right that it really is like camping (at least it was in 89).

So glad that Ronin is OK. Oh my god.

]]> Comment on End of Summer by claireronin http://blog.lyds.org/2011/10/05/end-of-summer/#comment-604 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:07:01 +0000 http://blog.lyds.org/?p=3380#comment-604 Thanks for commenting, Jennifer! Just for you:

The music on the bus goes bleep bleep bleep
Bleep bleep bleep
Bleep bleep bleep
The music on the bus goes bleep bleep bleep
All through the town

]]> Comment on End of Summer by Jennifer R. http://blog.lyds.org/2011/10/05/end-of-summer/#comment-601 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:01:39 +0000 http://blog.lyds.org/?p=3380#comment-601 Someone obviously needs to write some new verses for Wheels on the Bus. I also appreciated the sly Hop on Pop reference!

]]> Comment on Drawing, coloring, beads by jan http://blog.lyds.org/2011/09/17/drawing-coloring-beads/#comment-592 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:13:29 +0000 http://blog.lyds.org/?p=3348#comment-592 He told me the circles with the dots were suns

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