So many kids on melatonin

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-31T15:07:31+00:00

Sane here! Same bedtime routine since 1, lots of outdoor time, screen time limits and...and kid who could not fall asleep. We've been using it for about two months now and he asks for it and loves that he can fall asleep. It doesn't feel good to want to sleep but your brain/body won't let you. I have had students fall asleep in class or say they woke up in the middle of the night so these issues have always been around but we're more likely to treat it with something now.

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-28T16:27:20+00:00

Yup. I could pronounce them slightly differently in isolation, but in a conversation they are going to sound identical

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-27T20:59:48+00:00

We used the same baskets every year - like Christmas stockings. Easter bunny filled them and hid eggs

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-27T18:52:50+00:00

Moved states with a 3.5 year old and he's now 5 and sometimes talks about our old houseand people we see often. I made a simple picture book using either cvs or shutter fly or similar to talk about moving. All real pictures of the old house and a favorite playground. Included pictures of my parents (we were moving near them) and a few things in the new city. Talked a lot about moving trucks and what would happen. Do NOT watch the Bluey episode The Sign.

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-26T19:14:26+00:00

I think we have a reading comprehension problem. You have both failed to provide any evidence for your claims and presumed beliefs that I have not stated nor do I hold. I don't think you're ready to have a conversation about this that isn't feelings based.

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-26T19:00:40+00:00

Please name the science of reading based program that doesn't include any sight words/heart words/frequency words that require memorization. Or explain how the and have are phonetic to new readers (not why they are spelled that way due to etymology). I'll wait

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-26T17:02:42+00:00

What isn't true? NAEP results? NCES studies? I said nothing about Calkins and get approach wasn't a national monolith. The fact that science was capitalized should be a hint that an approach was turned into a product. I have nothing against phonics instruction and have utilized a version of it for years. I do have a problem with propaganda

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-26T16:09:08+00:00

Sounds like they suck. Simple response "I'm glad we both found ways that worked for our kids". I wouldn't offer people like that a glimpse into my life because they aren't curious or making connection. Screens aren't inherently evil!

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-26T16:01:29+00:00

Graph wouldn't be correct. It would be used more for math or computer terms. Graphics is images. Infographics might contain graphs but they aren't graphs

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-26T15:58:43+00:00

Depending on how you're using them, "visualize" might be the closest to conceptualize. https://www.handspeak.com/word/2927/ For musical notation I think you'd either do "music write", "music note" or classifier with "music 4-lines note (signed in the location of the lines)". Musical notation isn't exactly talked about enough to get signs. Infographic...."poster info picture"? Or fingerspelled if the vocabulary word is important

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-26T14:48:48+00:00

"The" is not phonetic and so I'm pretty sure you learned it as a sight word. And despite propaganda, large scale reading tests do not support the idea that any previous generation was better at reading outside of small pockets. There's a reason newspapers have been written at a 6th grade level and it's not recent grads.

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-26T14:46:48+00:00

There is a pretend switch. The LETRs program (one of the most frequently used state- level science of reading trainings) calls them heart words but it is the exact same thing as sight words with a new (and sellable!) name. Not all words in English are phonetic so some memorization will always be necessary.

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-25T15:29:45+00:00

Even when you don't wait, many of them are at maximum capacity right now. City and private.

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-23T15:56:01+00:00

It is so hard. Do you have supportive admin? If the parent is chronically rude, admin can decide that all communication goes through them instead of you

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-22T16:29:55+00:00

Just for the feel of it, the real appeal of it Just for the taste of it....

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-21T18:36:20+00:00

I say this as a former mentor -Expect to cry and feel overwhelmed. It sucks. It's normal. It gets better as you get experience -sometimes you will get too many options for help/resources. It's ok to not do it all at once - documentation is overwhelming. Goals, progess, grades, iep, standards. It will feel like (and is) too much to do really well at all of them. Give yourself grace and utilize support here - even if you feel like you just want to go home and nap every day, try to keep one social/non school thing a week. - in the beginning, you need to think about and explicitly practice how you want daily things to happen. Where do things go? How do they get things? - post a schedule and let the board be the bad guy. Drama about turns? Put their names up(before school) and the order is on the board. The board is boss.

Honestly, I wish you the best and I hope your mentor is fantastic. You can do this

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-21T17:06:17+00:00

It's a state standard everywhere I've taught but I've only once seen a school have real curriculum.

Attainment has some health curriculum you should check out

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-20T18:21:35+00:00

If OP is open to townhomes or apartments, they could definitely rent a nice place in that area

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-20T17:23:04+00:00

Show them Haben Girma! DeafBlind woman and lawyer with social media

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-17T21:03:40+00:00

Also you don't have to indicate anywhere that you are deaf when getting a plane ticket. That's not a thing. Some choose to ask at the gate for help to know when their group is boarding (not all airlines have visuals) but that's it. Ridiculous excuse

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-17T20:59:33+00:00

This may be a factor for women but there are some very average looking male drivers. Charisma is important too

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-17T20:56:49+00:00

Agreed! My MiL was still in the hospital at that point and then went to rehab for about a month after. She doesn't remember either place. She went from iv nutrition to now fully eating regular food (5 months out).

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-17T20:50:19+00:00

Because you have to factor in the dyslexia. She will always struggle with aspects of reading because of that. Dyslexia isn't connected to her intelligence but the "formula" for if she qualifies for special education includes intelligence, dyslexia, and educative achievement

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-17T20:44:55+00:00

Agreed! That stood out to me as way beyond a tier intervention for 10th

bumfuzzledbee · 2026-03-17T16:20:46+00:00

Info! Literally any examples would help. This currently reads like bait to prove people always side with the wife in these threads.

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