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We drove to New Orleans for a wedding.  The wedding was lovely.  The children were delightful.  We couldn't have been more proud of their behavior.  We very much enjoyed visiting with family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cBr\u003e One morning while enjoying the free continental breakfast at the hotel Michael was sitting in my lap and wiggling a bit as five year olds are prone to do.  His tailbone was grinding into my leg rather painfully and I asked him to sit still because his tailbone was hurting me.  He looked at me like I was crazy.  I found myself explaining vestigial body parts to him.  My cousins and I thought of wisdom teeth, and appendixes in addition to the tailbone and then conversation moved elsewhere.\u003cBr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I should have known Michael was deep in thought because, in retrospect, he was uncharacteristically quiet, but I was distracted with visiting.  Several minutes later he popped in with this thoughtful insight... \"Mama, you know what else is vestigial?\"  At my prompt of, \"Yes sweetheart?\" he replied, \"Newspapers!\"  He then earnestly supported his assertion with rather well thought out examples of all the other ways we can learn things today.  We all burst out laughing as I tried to defend newspapers to my son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Although we had obviously missed some subtleties as we explained the meaning of \"vestigial\" to Michael I was astonished at his ability to swiftly comprehend a rather abstract concept and then promptly turn around and apply the newly gained knowledge to an entirely different context.  Sometimes I wonder how I will ever keep up with him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cBr\u003e "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/2991421714438758565/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2013/09/vestigial.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/2991421714438758565"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/2991421714438758565"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2013/09/vestigial.html","title":"Vestigial"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-2420981559650586403"},"published":{"$t":"2013-07-15T05:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-07-15T05:00:07.865-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tidbits"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The End of Conveniently Scheduled Work Time"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Gymnastics Camp is done.  It was a lovely week of three hours to myself every morning.  On the other hand, our homeschooling time was reduced by 80% so it's all trade offs I suppose.  It will be nice to get back to doing all of our wonderful homeschooling activities this week. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI've enjoyed getting back to blogging somewhat and will try to post at least once or twice a week somehow.  I have a couple of things I worked on last week queued up that I haven't had a chance to post yet.  I'll try to get a set of verb picture cards I made put up tomorrow.  I'm also almost done with a set of sorting/categories cards as well and I'll try to get that up later this week or next week. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI hope you all have a great week too!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/2420981559650586403/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-end-of-conveniently-scheduled-work.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/2420981559650586403"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/2420981559650586403"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-end-of-conveniently-scheduled-work.html","title":"The End of Conveniently Scheduled Work Time"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-6987835732369183815"},"published":{"$t":"2013-01-08T08:18:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-01-08T08:53:51.108-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tidbits"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"FYI:  Scholastic Dollar Deals Are Back"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Scholastic has almost 2000 \u003ca href\u003d\"http://teacherexpress.scholastic.com/dollardeals?dir\u003dasc\u0026limit\u003d64\u0026order\u003dposition\"\u003einstantly downloadable teacher resource books and children's ebooks on sale for $1 each\u003c/a\u003e.  The dollar deals expire 1/9/13.  Teacher resource books and children's ebooks that work on word families work well for targeting sounds in final position.  Phonics readers that address initial consonants work well for targeting sounds in initial position.  And now I'm off to build a shopping cart for myself...  Enjoy! \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdited to add:  Scholastic has apparently changed their Teacher Express store since the last time I visited in an extremely annoying way.  Now, instead of being able to preview pages from the books, clicking on the \"See More\" button simply brings up a bigger picture of the cover.  This would be tolerable if their descriptions were more than 1-2 sentences each, but as it is, now I feel like I have hardly enough information to justify even a $1 purchase.  I'm having to manually go to Amazon's website, search for the item, and hope there is a preview or comments there before deciding to purchase an item.  I am very disappointed in the change and will be buying significantly fewer books as a result.  (Thanks for listening to my rant.  I feel marginally better.)\u003c/i\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/6987835732369183815/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2013/01/fyi-scholastic-dollar-deals-are-back.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/6987835732369183815"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/6987835732369183815"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2013/01/fyi-scholastic-dollar-deals-are-back.html","title":"FYI:  Scholastic Dollar Deals Are Back"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-8443712394588185861"},"published":{"$t":"2012-10-30T05:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-10-30T05:00:14.893-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SLP"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tidbits"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"articulation"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"therapy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Simple Communication With Teachers and Parents"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Rebecca at \u003ca href\u003d\"http://adventuresinspeechpathology.wordpress.com/\"\u003eAdventures in Speech Pathology\u003c/a\u003e designed \u003ca href\u003d\"http://adventuresinspeechpathology.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/speech-sound-reminders/\"\u003esimple reminder strips to communicate with classroom teachers and parents\u003c/a\u003e.  Simply download the free template and print the strips in advance.  Then, at the end of each session fill out the strips with the students and send them back to the classroom.  Tell the child to either give the strip to their teacher or to put it in their cubby/school bag. Or, give the child two strips and have them do both.  It is a great way to communicate what you're working on to other adults in the child's life and perhaps recruit some helpers for additional speech practice. "},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/8443712394588185861/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/10/simple-communication-with-teachers-and.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/8443712394588185861"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/8443712394588185861"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/10/simple-communication-with-teachers-and.html","title":"Simple Communication With Teachers and Parents"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-2894363864321577024"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-26T05:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-09-26T05:00:14.480-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SLP"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tidbits"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"therapy"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Great Source of Free Speech and Language Worksheets"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://heatherspeechtherapy.com/\"\u003eHeather's Speech Therapy\u003c/a\u003e has an amazing list of \u003ca href\u003d\"http://heatherspeechtherapy.com/worksheets/\"\u003efree speech and language worksheets\u003c/a\u003e to download.  She has syllable wheels, most consonants in multiple positions in words and phrases, grammar and vocabulary worksheets, and some reward charts.   All worksheets include color pictures of the target words.  Most target words are 1-2 syllables and vary from simple syllable shapes and phonemes to complex ones. You should definitely check these out!"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/2894363864321577024/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/09/great-source-of-free-speech-and.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/2894363864321577024"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/2894363864321577024"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/09/great-source-of-free-speech-and.html","title":"Great Source of Free Speech and Language Worksheets"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2522593221428423055.post-4218598030864604326"},"published":{"$t":"2012-09-23T07:37:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-09-23T07:38:41.655-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ava"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tidbits"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"daily life"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Corrections"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"My daughter has reached the age where she feels it is critically important to correct me all the time. Let's take some recent examples. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMe:  Ava is three years old.\u003cbr /\u003eAva:  You mean three and a half, Mama.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMe: Let's put on your shorts.\u003cbr /\u003eAva:  You mean skirt, Mama.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMe:  That's a lovely path you colored.\u003cbr /\u003eAva:  You mean \u003ci\u003earrow\u003c/i\u003e path, Mama.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMy husband was taking a home video of Ava.  They were discussing some coloring she had done in her coloring book.  At one point, he corrected something she had said.  She looked up from her coloring book and gave him a top class evil eye.  \"Turnaround is such fun,\" I thought when he showed me the video.  \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI'm so glad he caught that on tape.  When's she's giving us the well-practiced version of that look at 16 I'll be able to refer to how she was practicing it at three.  And I'll be able to pull out the video to prove it."},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/feeds/4218598030864604326/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/09/corrections.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/4218598030864604326"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https://www.blogger.com/feeds/2522593221428423055/posts/default/4218598030864604326"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https://testyyettrying.blogspot.com/2012/09/corrections.html","title":"Corrections"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dala"},"uri":{"$t":"https://www.blogger.com/profile/09390391982768152147"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"35","height":"35","src":"//lh3.googleusercontent.com/zFdxGE77vvD2w5xHy6jkVuElKv-U9_9qLkRYK8OnbDeJPtjSZ82UPq5w6hJ-SA\u003ds35"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}}]}});