As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
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Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
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Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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Yesterday I got a note from Loganne's teacher asking if I could come visit with her this morning because Loganne has a tough time not talking and disturbing the other kids when she finishes her work. This is not the first meeting!! so...On the drive to school...Loganne says..."Mom! It is a good thing I am not dumb!" And I say "well...I am glad you are not dumb...But why?" And she says..."Because then you would have to go to twice as many meetings with the teacher!!" Turns out she really isn't "dumb"! they are going to test her for the advanced program! So while I am proud of her..I am also frustrated!! She has to learn to control her big mouth!! (Butg mostly proud!!)
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Haha! As someone who got an "unacceptable" for behavior on her first report card for this very reason, I totally understand! I finally ended up in the Advanced Program 3 years later, so I say the sooner they can test her and get her started the etter focused her energies will be Good luck!
I too was one of those talkers. Work with the teacher and start enforcing consequences at home as well and I bet you nip this in the bud in no time. If she's not "dumb" then she's smart enought to control herself. Good luck.
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Yesterday I got a note from Loganne's teacher asking if I could come visit with her this morning because Loganne has a tough time not talking and disturbing the other kids when she finishes her work. This is not the first meeting!! so...On the drive to school...Loganne says..."Mom! It is a good thing I am not dumb!" And I say "well...I am glad you are not dumb...But why?" And she says..."Because then you would have to go to twice as many meetings with the teacher!!" Turns out she really isn't "dumb"! they are going to test her for the advanced program! So while I am proud of her..I am also frustrated!! She has to learn to control her big mouth!! (Butg mostly proud!!)
My DD is the same. She started getting in trouble for talking during naptime in preschool. Her talking (and singing) at what should be quiet times continued on through elementary school (lessening every year), then even less in middle school, and even still has some moments in high school. (She told me she was humming something in class one day recently without realizing it and was called out on it by her fellow students). I always felt that if that was the worst she did, we were lucky. Over the years she has to really consciously remember to be silent when it's appropriate. It takes work on her part.
Definately have your dd tested for the advanced program. My dd use to get in trouble for not sitting still and quite when she finished her work in daycare. Then in kindergarten and first grade she use to get very mad at her teachers if they didn't call on her every time they asked the class a question. My dd is now in all the highest honors classes (a class even higher than honors in math) in her freshman year in high school and has had the #1 ranking in school twice so far since 6th grade. Your dd is probably very smart and very bored and once she is challenged her "behavioral" problems will go away. Smart children need to be challenged more to keep their attention. My dd was very creative at finding ways to keep herself occupied when she finished an assignment before the rest of the class. Good luck.
Be prepared that you are going to hear all through your daughter's school years that she's a chatter. Some kids are just more social than others and there is nothing wrong with that. Kris is right, she probably needs to be challenged more.
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She sounds pretty smart to me!
Congrats, too!
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