The Sewing Mom

We went out to dinner this evening and my daughter chatted all through the meal about her Kinderbuddy at school. Every Friday, the 6th graders work with their assigned Kinderbuddy, a student in Kindergarten for about an hour. They typically work on a project that the teacher has assigned and then they read together. It such a cute idea and my daughter loves it.

Tonight she made a comment about how when she first met her kinderbuddy about 7 weeks ago, the little girl was unable to read anything at all. Now, she is reading some sentences. Of course, my daughter feels responsible for her progress and I’m sure she has had some influence. My daughter is an avid reader and would like to be a teacher when she is older so this is right up her ally.

When she was talking about this it really emphasized to me the importance of reading to young kids as a tool that teaches them to read on their own. I know though that there are many instance when parent or family members either don’t have the time or perhaps can’t read themselves. Many times, English may be a second language, especially here in Texas, and this can result in reading difficulties for young children.

These are all cases of when using Reading Tutors would be a huge benefit. Young children gain such a high level of confidence when they can read things on their own. It is really fun to watch them learn such an important tool that they will use their entire lives. I think this is the joy that my daughter feels when she works with her kinderbuddy.

We did it, we chose our team for 6th grade.  We held the second day of tryouts yesterday and had 13 kids.  We had them do an individual activity that really showcased their individual imaginations and then had them do a group activity.  We also had them fill out a self assessment that gave us an idea of where their personal strengths were.  We were able to choose five kids right away and we had spots for seven.  It was really difficult.  There were four that we kept going back and forth on and finally decided on one who wrote a paragraph on how much she enjoys creating things and her artwork.  After that we just couldn’t decide, so we opted to go with a team of 6. 

The team members were announced today at school.  I’m anxious for my daughter to get home so I can hear how the announcement was received.  We’re holding our first team meeting on Monday, I’m looking forward to it.

Okay, I’m dreaming again. It must be the lack of sleep I got last night, I got to bed after 11 and woke up at 4 this morning, just couldn’t seem to sleep. It’s really making me think I need a vacation, a trip abroad would do it. Wouldn’t it be even better if you didn’t have to worry about hotels and where you’re going to stay?

I’m envisioning owning North Cyprus Property and thinking it would be pretty cool to have a place to go to anytime I could find cheap airfare! Just think about it, being in the Mediterranean, white sand beaches, peace and quiet, who wouldn’t want that? Living among the locals would lead to those little known, non-touristy restaurants and shops too, away from the crowds.

This vision could turn into quite a good investment for retirement actually. Going now to make my investment plan, see ya!

I am so slow sometimes, I got tagged a few days ago by Valmg and took my time getting around do doing this meme. Then, yesterday, I was tagged again by my sister Karen and thought I best get my butt in gear and get this meme done!

This is a quick and easy meme and a way to help us get to know our fellow bloggers. Just answer four food related questions and tag a few other bloggers. That’s it, so here I go.

1. How do you like your eggs cooked? Any special ingredients?   That’s easy, I don’t like eggs.

2. What is your favorite cold sandwich, made on two pieces of bread?    I like a good roast beaf and provolone cheese.

3. What is your favorite pie?   This one is harder because I like several different pies, depends on the time of year and my mood. So, think I’ll list a few of my favorites; cranberry-apple, pumpkin, lemon meringue, banana cream, and strawberry

4. Name one food you refuse to eat and why?    Snails, I just think that would be just disgusting.

I’m tagging:
Ian
Elizabeth and
Melissa