Holiday Weekend Open Thread
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Sales of note for 2/14/25 (Happy Valentine’s Day!):
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase — and extra 60% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + 15% off (readers love their suiting as well as their silky shirts like this one)
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 300+ styles $25 and up
- J.Crew – 40% of your purchase – prices as marked
- J.Crew Factory – 50% off entire site and storewide + extra 50% off clearance
- Rothy’s – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Flash sale ending soon – markdowns starting from $15, extra 70% off all other markdowns (final sale)
TLDR: Any experiences with kindergarten foreign-language immersion programs?
My 4.5 year-old son will be starting kindergarten in the fall, and now is the time to make decisions about foreign-language immersion programs in our district (one is full-immersion Spanish and one is partial-immersion Mandarin). I am torn. On the one hand, I know that learning a foreign language early is so much easier than it is later, and I know there are many studies indicating that there are significant mental and social benefits to being bilingual. On the other hand, I know that instruction (especially exclusive instruction) in a foreign language will likely make starting kindergarten extra challenging for my son (he has not had exposure to any languages other than English), and I don’t want to set him up to be frustrated, discouraged, etc. In addition, parents have to take on more responsibility for transportation in the language immersion programs (limited bussing) and both programs are a K-12 commitment. I think we could handle the transportation aspect, and I love the idea of the opportunities that being bilingual could open for my son, as well as the increased cultural awareness. However, he did have some early speech delay (he is generally caught up now and no longer needs speech therapy) and he was adopted. I only mention that because my husband and I were both very academically-oriented, bookish kids and we are trying to guard against forcing that on our son. In addition, I don’t know if there could be conditions like ADHD, dyslexia, etc. in his family history that could make school even harder. I don’t want to assume that the language immersion will be too challenging and deprive him of the opportunity to try, but I also really want school to be a positive experience and I don’t want to upend him by having to switch schools after kindergarten if things don’t work out. Any experiences with language immersion, positive or negative, that you could share would be fantastic. Bonus if you have experience in the context of kids who needed early intervention for speech. Thanks, all!
I’m solo parenting for 15 days. One of my kids is with my husband, and the younger one (7) will be with me. She’s really pretty easy to please, but it’s already hard finding things to keep her busy and active this time of year. She’s my little shadow even when DH is around, so I’m expecting that to ramp up with him away.
Any great ideas? At this point, I’m almost hoping for a snowstorm so we can go sledding. But then I’ll have to deal with snow removal, soooo …
I took the day off to start potty training DS today but I think he’s starting to get a head cold. Anyone have experience with potty training a toddler when he’s sick? I mean if he gets really sick then of course we will rediaper, but if he just has the sniffles I would like to keep going.
LBs first birthday is rapidly approaching, and I want to mark the occasion with something fun and memorable, but I have no ideas what to do. Granny will probably come visit and bake a cake, but no other family unless we road trip to them. My house is a disaster scene and there is no way I could host people. WWYD?