Comments for A Mom's Journey http://journeytomom.wordpress.com through infertility, adoption, parenting, faith... Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:26:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on And so it goes by LucyPurl http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/and-so-it-goes/#comment-6346 LucyPurl Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:26:43 +0000 http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/?p=271#comment-6346 I can relate being that I am adopted, and planning to adopt once I'm married and done with college. I know there is a clear path ahead, I'm just happy to hear stories to encourage me. Check out that new magazine We Are Family. It will make you smile. Go to www.werfammag.ning.com. I can relate being that I am adopted, and planning to adopt once I’m married and done with college. I know there is a clear path ahead, I’m just happy to hear stories to encourage me. Check out that new magazine We Are Family. It will make you smile. Go to http://www.werfammag.ning.com.

]]> Comment on A Beautiful Life by Overwhelmed With Joy! http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/2009/01/31/a-beautiful-life/#comment-6345 Overwhelmed With Joy! Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:50:55 +0000 http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/?p=268#comment-6345 I'm so sorry for your loss. Your mother-in-law sounds like she was an amazing woman! Take care. I’m so sorry for your loss. Your mother-in-law sounds like she was an amazing woman!

Take care.

]]> Comment on I have arrived by journeytomom http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/i-have-arrived/#comment-6322 journeytomom Sat, 17 May 2008 03:57:17 +0000 http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/?p=266#comment-6322 Thanks. :-) Thanks. :-)

]]> Comment on I have arrived by writeathome http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/i-have-arrived/#comment-6321 writeathome Fri, 16 May 2008 01:13:59 +0000 http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/?p=266#comment-6321 Hi Melissa, It's been a while since I've been to your blog. Happy 40th! It's really not all that bad. I have a sister that turned 40 on May 5th too. Hope your 40th year is your best yet. Blessings, Carol Connell Hi Melissa,

It’s been a while since I’ve been to your blog. Happy 40th! It’s really not all that bad. I have a sister that turned 40 on May 5th too. Hope your 40th year is your best yet.

Blessings,

Carol Connell

]]> Comment on I have arrived by Overwhelmed With Joy! http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/i-have-arrived/#comment-6320 Overwhelmed With Joy! Fri, 09 May 2008 19:46:54 +0000 http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/?p=266#comment-6320 Happy 40th! I'm right behind you. My 40th is in July. Happy 40th! I’m right behind you. My 40th is in July.

]]> Comment on Stalled by reunionwritings http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/stalled/#comment-6319 reunionwritings Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:07:16 +0000 http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/?p=264#comment-6319 Just letting you know I still read and wanted to say hello! I think you'd be a fantastic foster mother. Just letting you know I still read and wanted to say hello! I think you’d be a fantastic foster mother.

]]> Comment on Stalled by Overwhelmed With Joy! http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/stalled/#comment-6317 Overwhelmed With Joy! Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:30:05 +0000 http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/?p=264#comment-6317 I hope you press on and finish the paperwork. Take the step! You'll be glad you did. :) I hope you press on and finish the paperwork. Take the step! You’ll be glad you did. :)

]]> Comment on It’s Coming – Again by Overwhelmed With Joy! http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/its-coming-again/#comment-6316 Overwhelmed With Joy! Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:32:20 +0000 http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/?p=263#comment-6316 Hmmm...I didn't know about National TV Turn-Off week. Thanks for the heads up and thanks for the link. I'll check it out! Hmmm…I didn’t know about National TV Turn-Off week. Thanks for the heads up and thanks for the link. I’ll check it out!

]]> Comment on John Holt by Overwhelmed With Joy! http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/john-holt/#comment-6315 Overwhelmed With Joy! Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:36:25 +0000 http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/?p=261#comment-6315 Interesting. I'll have to check for some of his books in our library. Thanks for sharing! Interesting. I’ll have to check for some of his books in our library. Thanks for sharing!

]]> Comment on Early Academics? by mariah http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/2008/01/25/early-academics/#comment-6314 mariah Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:46:40 +0000 http://journeytomom.wordpress.com/?p=260#comment-6314 Check out Handwriting Without Tears for a multisensory approach to getting ready for writing, and for writing. I have used all of their products in my classroom, and the kids really respond well. I will catch them singing under their breath, "Where DO you start your letters? At the top!" www.hwtears.com "The developmentally based, flexible, and engaging Handwriting Without Tears® program is the easiest, most effective way for children to develop good handwriting skills. It has been used successfully by more than 10 million children. HWT's intuitive workbooks, engaging hands-on materials, and lively music inspire active learning." A colleague of mine who taught music in elementary schools is working with this program now. You can become a certified teacher through their training program (and offer it to kids in your home-school group!). I have no connection with this company. http://www.kindermusik.com/parents/parent.asp "Kindermusik is a classroom learning experience. We teach children music so they can become better learners. It's not about making little Mozarts. It's about developing skills in the whole child—ages newborn to 7 years—cognitive, physical, social, emotional, language and musical. For more than 25 years, we have believed music is the best conductor for learning." As for Spanish, I think the best way to learn conversational Spanish would be to find a playmate who speaks Spanish as their first language. Or other ways to develop the language the way kids learn to speak English. Just a thought. :-) Have fun! Check out Handwriting Without Tears for a multisensory approach to getting ready for writing, and for writing. I have used all of their products in my classroom, and the kids really respond well. I will catch them singing under their breath, “Where DO you start your letters? At the top!”

http://www.hwtears.com

“The developmentally based, flexible, and engaging Handwriting Without Tears® program is the easiest, most effective way for children to develop good handwriting skills. It has been used successfully by more than 10 million children.

HWT’s intuitive workbooks, engaging hands-on materials, and lively music inspire active learning.”

A colleague of mine who taught music in elementary schools is working with this program now. You can become a certified teacher through their training program (and offer it to kids in your home-school group!). I have no connection with this company.

http://www.kindermusik.com/parents/parent.asp

“Kindermusik is a classroom learning experience. We teach children music so they can become better learners. It’s not about making little Mozarts. It’s about developing skills in the whole child—ages newborn to 7 years—cognitive, physical, social, emotional, language and musical. For more than 25 years, we have believed music is the best conductor for learning.”

As for Spanish, I think the best way to learn conversational Spanish would be to find a playmate who speaks Spanish as their first language. Or other ways to develop the language the way kids learn to speak English. Just a thought. :-)

Have fun!

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