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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Pretty Pencil Pinwheels (Easy summer craft)
Pretty Pencil Pinwheel
This is one of the crafts were going to do tomorrow @The Book Club. It’s very easy to make.
Taken from: http://crafts.kaboose.com/pretty-pencil-pinwheel.html
By: Amanda Formaro
Difficulty: Easy
Age: 7 and up
(4.5/5)
Pinwheels are an age old craft that your Grandma will remember. Put together these pretty wind decorations and stick them in your garden.
What you’ll [...]
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Happenings and Things to do in South Central L.A. & surrounding areas
Necessity truly is the mother of invention. While I am grateful for L.A. Parent magazine, all of the happenings are in the outerlying areas of L.A., like Torrance to Pasadena, even as far away as LaCañada Flintridge. I don’t mind traveling sometimes, but LaCañada Flintridge is way too far for a 2 hour event that [...]
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My Apologies!
I wouI would like to offer my apologies to several people who e-mailed me and requested a copy of my OCR lesson plan template for Special Education students. There were many things that happened. First, I took a two month leave, the laptop with the lesson plans were on the laptop, I was swamped with [...]
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Book Club time again!
Well, it’s that time again- Book Club time! I will start tomorrow. As of now I have my own children, David & Phillise, and 5 other neighborhood children. I am planning activities for them as we speak. We are going to:
Make & decorate the cover for the Memory book before I laminate them.
Take pictures for [...]
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New Supreme Court Decision – Part III (Reasoning)
The recent decision by the supremes in Forest Grove Sch Dist v. TA 557 U.S. _____, 109 LRP 36046(6/22/2009) has been cited by both the parents bar and the school district bar as a major development. We will have to wait and see whether the number of u… Continue reading
Posted in education, law, school, special education special education law, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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WATI Free Online AT Resources on Talk Radio Show
Jill Gierach of Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative (WATI) was my guest this morning on No Limits 2 Learning Live!LISTEN NOW!We had a great time discussing the resources in their Assessing Student Needs for Assistive Technology manual, (4th editi… Continue reading
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New poll: Bogus LD treatment
Here’s a new poll for you summer visitors.
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Familiar concerns?
Summer in the US finds children and youths out of school and, perhaps, less vulnerable to some of the problems that are associated with the social and academic demands that are part of schooling. As a result, perhaps fewer of the familiar problems illustrated in this poster are apparent during summer.
If summer seems like [...] Continue reading
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Jani illustrates troubles
Shari Roan’s article entitled “Jani’s at the mercy of her mind” illustrates the difficulties encountered by children with schizophrenia and their families. For those who do not know about schizophrenia in children, this journalistic case study will be a good introduction.
It’s been a rough week. A few days ago, at UCLA’s Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital, 6-year-old [...] Continue reading
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2009 Promethean ActivSoftware Blogging Contest
OK, I hope I am not yet too late for this. I am reposting from Promethean’s Contest blog because I don’t want to miss anything…A simple way to enter to win a complete ActivClassroom!To kick off the National Educational Computing Conference in Washing… Continue reading
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