oldhickory
Sitting For The Arnolds
Heather Loves Boys and Gym
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Post by oldhickory on Oct 9, 2012 18:47:57 GMT -5
even if they weren't in the exact same class, it would make sense to send them both to the same school at least, especially if andrew had already gone through the same program earlier and loved his teachers.
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supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by supprazz on Oct 10, 2012 5:46:55 GMT -5
but by the time emily reaches there, andrew will have finally moved onto kindergarten, and being 5 instead of 4 and a half all these years
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starrynight
Sitting For The Kuhns
The Royal Diner of Pizza Express
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Post by starrynight on Oct 13, 2012 16:58:34 GMT -5
^ "Almost five." That's how they worded it in lots of the books.
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Post by zoar3 on Oct 13, 2012 17:07:46 GMT -5
^That bugs me sometimes because I'd rather it say Andrew is simply 4 because it gives promise of him turning 5. Also Karen ages twice, so Andrew could have done so also.. Although, Karen was demoted the way Charlotte was. Karen was was supposed to have skipped into first grade at just over 5, so she should have eternally been 6 and in 2nd grade instead of 7 (typical age) in 2nd grade). Char should have been forever 8 in 4th grade. I'm noticing the 30's books most all say "Char is a year ahead of herself" without mentioning an age for her. I wonder if that changed due to the Ghosties making Becca her main friend?
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Post by sparklymouse on Oct 13, 2012 17:28:27 GMT -5
I think they did that to close the gap between Karen and Hannie/Nancy. They were often described as an "older seven" which I thought meant 7 1/2 or older. Would almost 8 year olds want to do all the stupid stuff that a just turned 6 year old would? I don't know.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Oct 13, 2012 22:47:14 GMT -5
^ LOLOLOL!
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supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by supprazz on Oct 14, 2012 7:41:40 GMT -5
I know they thought about moving her to first grade, but in Karen's School Picture, she narrated being in first grade, and the teachers moving her to second grade. Another similar mention came up in Karen's Wish when she and Nancy were in the basement playing Nintendo and talking about Hannukah.
I also think that if Karen had a half birthday, Andrew really should have turned 5! Maybe in the last book of the series even!
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Post by booboobrewer on Feb 19, 2013 22:19:24 GMT -5
my favorite part though was when claudia put the pictures of herself and mimi next to each other. she said she would never take them down and she would bring them with her to her dorm room in college. aww! I liked that too and how she followed it up with "well, if I get into college" ;D I noticed Mr. Perkins is a lawyer, big surprise
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Post by ashley868 on Jan 5, 2014 8:23:19 GMT -5
It's been a while since I read this book. It should be coming with all the BSC books I ordered off of Ebay though, but I do remember liking the part where Claudia tutored Emily Michelle. When I was younger I wanted to be a teacher, so I kind of liked reading about her teaching Emily Michelle all about colours and everything. The second child usually does have less pictures than the oldest child. I actually have a link: www.buzzle.com/articles/second-child-syndrome.html that I showed to someone else a while ago. I had it bookmarked, so it's kind of funny to read about less pictures in this thread. I am also a second child and I have definitely noticed there are less pictures of me than my sister. I don't think there is a newborn picture of me, but there is of my sister. The youngest I can find is when I was maybe a year old. Although maybe there was once one of me, but it got lost over the years. We moved a lot. Here, kids start Junior Kindergarten if they're four by December 31st so some kids actually start school when they're still three. So I don't see it as too young for Emily Michelle to be starting preschool soon.
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mallorypike
Sitting For The Papadakis's
If I were thirteen instead of eleven, life would be a picnic...
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Post by mallorypike on Jan 5, 2014 21:18:39 GMT -5
My littlest sister started preschool when she was two and a half. In my area, there was a preschool that children as young as 2 can join. But it isn't like that in most areas, I think. So I never thought it was weird that Emily Michelle would have started preschool when she was three. I've always liked this book a lot. I'd have to say it's one of my fave BSC books. I remember I thought I was adopted after reading this book for the first time. Thanks, Claudia Claudia tutoring Emily Michelle was my favorite subplot next to the subplot in Get Well Soon, Mallory However, my younger siblings had just as much baby pictures as I did (I'm the oldest). My youngest sibling actually has the most baby pictures but I think it's because he was the first and only baby boy.
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Post by zoar3 on Jan 5, 2014 21:28:43 GMT -5
^ It makes me smile to read of another fan of the GWSM subplot. I love how the BSC kids actively helped make the carnival happen and still wish we had gotten to read about it "live." As for preschool, I have taught and directed in different programs and the ages of kids can depend on the program (how it is licensed) and how it's set up--along with number of (total) kids to teachers. The first full time and paid job I had was a program where the youngest child was 2 1/2 and after 5 (except for the summer to follow, if need be) anyone who was 5 moved on. I have also taught at a school where the youngest wasn't even 2 yet--a few months shy. I did find it odd in Stoneybrook that Jamie and Jenny both at 4 never attended preschool. I know Jamie did sometimes but not (that we knew of regularly). Although I think it is awesome that both of them were able to be at home and with good families. Yes, Jamie and his mom are my favorite charge and BSC parent.
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Post by wenonah4th on Feb 25, 2014 13:18:55 GMT -5
Where I grew up a lot of children went to the nursery school at the Methodist church-no public ones anywhere around. But I was one who didn't.
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supprazz
Sitting For The Newtons
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Post by supprazz on Mar 4, 2014 21:35:32 GMT -5
I didn't go to preschool either, had lots of family members around and was read to often and learned my letters, numbers through them, and taught myself how to use a piano keyboard and how to read. As well as tons of music and becoming bilingual. I think back then, and correct me if I'm wrong it was not as common for children of immigrants to go to preschool/daycare if grandparents were living in the home, but there's been a shift since. Looking back, I should have been put in a Montessori when it was time for kindergarten cause public school made me lazy
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Post by Honeybee on Mar 5, 2014 3:27:27 GMT -5
I went to preschool, when I was little girl. Don't remember much. I did remember at lunch time, one day. This teacher, wouldn't let me go for recess. Cause, I wouldn't eat the crust of my peanut-butter and jelly sandwhich. I didn't like crust, when I was younger. She was like, if you don't eat your crust. You can't played outside. Ugh. So, I slowly eat the crust on my sandwhich. (Took me long time.) Only had like 5-10 minutes of recess. I remember their was preschool book stand, their were like different books, you look at or read. One time, we bring our grandparents to an event. I think, it was grandparent day or something like that. All of my 4 grandparents was there, that day. We plant a seed in milk carton, we used for lunch. (Not sure, what the flower was.) Had spaghetti for lunch. (My favorite food.) Their was a game of finding stuff out in the playground. From candy to coins. That was fun. That's all I can remember, what we did that day. At the end of school day. We had fun day. Hit the pinata. I won. I hit the pinata. Candy and small toys flying out. I got to keep the red plastic baseball bat.
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Post by wenonah4th on Mar 15, 2014 14:00:11 GMT -5
It's such a pity that Kindergarten has become the academic mess that it has.
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