Posted in In the news, science, social studies, TV and DVDs on Oct 19th, 2010 2 Comments »
And no, not about his birth certificate. Rueters says: Obama’s appearance on the popular Discovery Channel show is part of a White House effort to highlight the importance of science, math and engineering as experts warn that low interest in these subjects among U.S. students could hurt the economy… I especially liked this part: “I [...]
Posted in Full Disclosure, Jack, personal, TV and DVDs, um... not much! on Mar 10th, 2009 2 Comments »
8 Random musings now that I’m back on my feet….. We have new neighbors and they have a 14 month-old daughter. I cannot tell you how stoked I am to have nice people there (it was a truly horrible man for years) AND a little one to boot. Jack has suddenly become an excellent reader [...]
Posted in ASL, cool sites, TV and DVDs on Dec 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
The kids have been learning American Sign Language, using a combination of books and videos. They watched Talking Hands the other day and it was nice and slow paced for the little ones and repetitive enough that even I know their signs after one viewing. We got it through Netflix, a favorite HS resource for [...]
Posted in TV and DVDs on Aug 10th, 2008 1 Comment »
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/U35Uc8eg7fo" width="425" height="350"/] “I said: ‘Honestly, people would rather show up for a root canal appointment than sit through an hour-and-a-half movie about autism. It’s painful, difficult and frightening. Why don’t you turn that on its head by making a movie about kids who are struggling to achieve something, and autism is the obstacle [...]
