The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

Serendipitious

I have library books! I am ridiculously pleased with something so simple. 

They'd told me to park right outside as everything was appointment-only, and their lobby was the collect and drop-off zone. Someone came out to serve me, and I had 10 paperbacks in a nice new heavy-duty paper carrier bag with my name on. I thanked him and said these were my first library books since March and that it meant a lot.

It's an interesting selection and I'll enjoy them but I did have to laugh when I saw they'd put that Roman book Pirata in there!!

DigForVictory, my DD learned all her letters as a very teeny tot because we always used to watch Blockbusters and she'd be sitting in her highchair shouting letters, just repetition we thought, then she started calling them out elsewhere like driving past KwikSave. All capitals of course, so we had to introduce lower-case pretty fast, but she was reading just before her 3rd birthday.

maryb

It's always a worry when your child is late learning to read but often it's not justified.  There's a long family history of late readers but then they just zoom ahead.  DD1 didn't really learn to read on her own until she was pushing 7. ( This could have been partly because she had so many doting adults willing to read to her, combined with 100% laziness when it came to doing homework)  She ended up at Oxford reading classics
I comforted myself with the reflection that George Eliot was also a very late reader

VJsmum

My DS was late reading - he was quick with anything physical and slow with anything intellectual.  Then one day we were walking along the road and he suddenly said "why does that say exit?'.  Took off in leaps and bounds then.  HOwever, he has always been a more visual learner.

-taff

euronorris said:

Ditto. Though my favourite genre is epic fantasy, such as Lord of the Rings.

Though there is a distinct lack of new viewing material in the sci fi arena at the moment. Same for most genres to be fair. A lot of filming ground to a halt last year.

There's a new series on SyFy called Resident Alien with Alan Tudyk, a favourite since Firefly and Serenity. We've watched the first episode. Well worth it if you can get to watch it.

daz378

Yea I enjoyed the first episode of resident  alien   ..looking forward  to the rest of the series....been on the bacardi talking to a friend since 10pm...so il  sign off....take care

thriftwizard

Re reading: most of mine were pretty quick, but DD1 was spotted as dyslexic in Primary school and had some remedial teaching at lunchtimes when she was 6/7/8. Now she's applying for librarian jobs, writes a well-respected book review blog  & gets sent books for free, and has been published in print. So despair not! Nearly all of them get there in the end.

jk0

My old gf's 4 year old made us laugh some years ago. She was on my computer filling in a job application for Greggs. Gabriel saw the name, and said: 'Oh Mummy, it's sausage rolls.'

VJsmum

jk0 said:

My old gf's 4 year old made us laugh some years ago. She was on my computer filling in a job application for Greggs. Gabriel saw the name, and said: 'Oh Mummy, it's sausage rolls.'

Similarly, my DD knew from a very young age that WALLS spelled 'ice cream'..

MingVase

We've got heavy snow and strong winds forecast from tonight until Thurs. Think I need an emergency last minute stash of sweeties..

Serendipitious

Our weather warnings have been stood down thank goodness. But it's still so cold.

I've ordered some seeds which will arrive this week, tumbler tomatoes and lettuce, and I'll start those off indoors along with some sweet peas.