Comments for Javaline

Comment on GREAT KIDS! by Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:07:00 +0000

…little bastards!

Comment on How do tv commercials affect preschoolers? by Dayna

Dayna — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:27:26 +0000

This is such a fabulous conversation.

I can’t help but agree with Andrea and how important teaching the love of reading and the imagination it initiates.

Regarding ads, DH and I both came from the evil clutches of the advertising world. We’ve found these clever dollops of consumerism wonderful teachable moments about the real world, being able to decide things for ourselves and understanding the differences between needs and wants.
No matter how loud we complain or stand in front of our T.V.’s our kids will eventually be bombarded by advertisements and it’s best just to help prepare them to make good choices.

Comment on If you’re on facebook… by Javamom

Javamom — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:47:28 +0000

Perhaps I should have put it on twitter. Except I have few followers and I hardly every type anything in there…

Comment on If you’re on facebook… by Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:46:11 +0000

You were actually faster with the news than mashable (a very well watched “hounddog” reporter blog on the internet) — at least I read it here first and was surprised when it came through my ticker and I could say: ah, that’s yesterday’s news…

Comment on If you’re on facebook… by Kindred Spirit

Kindred Spirit — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:27:50 +0000

BUSTED !!!!

Comment on Confusion about Santa Claus by Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:36:03 +0000

I had someone say they were Santa Claus on the phone to one of my kids the other day. He said he was calling to fulfill thier wishes.

Thankfully my kid did not get it. When I got the guy on the phone, I told him in no uncertain terms to NEVER do that again.

You still have time to move out to a little cottage in the woods… NO Santa parades or Toys-R-Us thingys…

Comment on GREAT KIDS! by Javamom

Javamom — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:15:57 +0000

All heads are still attached. And from the last pictures I saw of your twins Sandy, so are theirs!

Comment on GREAT KIDS! by Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:23:48 +0000

“Decapitation”? I know they can get on one’s nerves!!

Comment on Can you read yet, little boy? by Javamom

Javamom — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:44:54 +0000

Interesting…just the other day Ben brought home a piece of paper with his name written out by a girl in his class. She also wrote another two words, which look like a hyphenated last name of someone (her, maybe? I don’t know). And one of two letters were written backwards. It’s so endearing!

Comment on Can you read yet, little boy? by Kindred-Spirit

Kindred-Spirit — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:27:43 +0000

Mirror image writing and upside writing is very common for pre-readers.

H used to write exactly backwards. Even the letters in the opposite direction. If you it up to a mirror it was correct.

I found it facinating. The human brain is a wonderous thing.