Kat’s Review of Keyboarding Without Tears
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Learning Without Tears is a great program if you’ve got a kiddo with handwriting problems or if you want to teach your child more about keyboarding.
I’ve noticed my almost 4th grader does not have really great touch-typing skills even though he’d swear up and down that he does.
So with my 6-year-old, I wanted to start him off right. He’s about halfway through Keyboarding Without Tears — it was about $11 for the program — and it’s fun for him to do. We can do it in bite-sized pieces, and the way they’ve designed it is so smart. It’s really heads and tails above the free programs. Keyboarding Without Tears
Sales of note for 2/7:
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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
We’re expecting our first baby in a few months, and I’m on the fence about a baby monitor.
Relevant details:
– we’re in an old rental house that is pretty but was redone with NO interior insulation. I haven’t tested it yet obviously, but would bet all of my dollars that we could hear a crying baby from any room in the house. Her nursery is next to our bedroom, and our bedroom (where she’ll sleep at first) is directly above the living room.
– I’m a little concerned that if we get a video monitor, we’ll just stare at it instead of sleeping/chilling out/eating/etc. when the baby is sleeping.
Did anyone else opt out of a monitor? Am I nuts for considering it?
We are one month back at daycare and baby (8 months) has picked up his first cold and almost-ear infection (fluid but no actual infection…yet). Ped said he qualifies for a covid test, so we are waiting for our callback. No fever, inconsistent cough…
Please send positive vibes… in normal times our older kiddo got 6ish ear infections/colds her first two years in daycare. This just sucks.
Guys, talk to me about third babies. We are pretty decided that we would like a third child, but are worried about the costs over time. For those who have three children, were there a lot of surprise costs or was it mostly limited to the obvious (childcare, college savings, extra mouth to feed, etc)? I suppose I worry that it will be so much harder that I’d have to both scale back at work AND hire extra help. But this may be clouded by the fact that we have a 2 and 4 year old in the middle of a pandemic and are judging it by how overwhelmed we often feel in 2020. Thanks for any thoughts you might have to share — and I’d also love to hear about whether it’s harder to go from 1 to 2 or 2 to 3!
We’re keeping our 3 and 1 year old home. I’m working VERY part-time though and my role kind of allows for us to work odd hours. I don’t think your 2 year old needs daycare at all if you or another loving caregiver are willing to engage with him rather than screens all day. Certainly agree with others though that if you don’t have any other care and both work full-time, he/she will be better off in daycare.
How does everyone feel about school reopening and daycare? We are in NYC. My older kid is supposed to start kindergarten and her school is planning for a blended learning model with an all remote option. The most she would in school is 3 days a week. I also have a 2 year old. His daycare is reopening and we already paid for September (had to do it to keep our spot).
Both Mr. AIMS and I work full time. He has had more flexibility so far and a bit more than me at the moment but he’s also a litigator and courts in NY are starting to open up more and more with virtually zero notice so he is starting to have to go in and barring things getting significantly worse will probably be super busy this Fall. My job wants me back in the office ASAP and while I have repeatedly explained my schools issue I haven’t gotten any concrete response. I expect I’ll have to be back in the office at least 50 percent of the week. Or I may be able to work out some kind of half day scheme where I come in 5 days but leave at lunch.
I’ve basically been ignoring this all summer but Im now starting to panic. On the one hand I think my kids are better off in school because two working parents and both kids at home means they are just watching TV for way too much of the day. On the other hand, I am terrified about sending them to school, particularly the little one who doesn’t actually need school and was enrolled because we needed day care. How are you all navigating this? I know it’s not rational but right now I feel like I am putting my kids on board the Titanic. I’d esp. love to hear from anyone whose kids are going to school about how it’s going. I am not sure what my question really is, so apologize for the ramble.
The pandemic’s effect on working women is real. I went to a meeting last night and 3 of my friends told me they were quitting their jobs. I basically only have 1 working mom friend left (and of course acquaintances, colleagues, etc.). These women are very happy with their decisions, and I am happy for them too. Their husbands make more than enough money. And I understand why you would drop out when you are facing these school choices. Maybe if I had a choice, I would make the same decision. But I feel sad in the sense that this is happening all over the country. Women who are able to drop out of the workforce are dropping out of the workforce. And while I think they would argue that they are getting off the hamster wheel (and they are!), it means a greater vacuum of women in leadership and the pipeline. I’m sick of being the only one in the room.
This is interesting (and I feel old). What are the rules/expectations on learning to type for kids nowadays? When I was growing up, it was still basically a special skill – you could take a class, but it was optional. I took one in 6th grade, promptly forgot all of it (no chance to practice), then self-taught myself in college. Should I be working on this with my kids (5 and 7) like we do with letters, or just let them pick it up in school? When should I expect them to have this skill?
Good morning- yet another Covid WWYD question. I am due with our 2nd in early October, and the plan had been for my 69yo mother (who is active and in good health) to come out to help take care of toddler and us for the first 2 weeks. She lives a 1.5 hour direct flight or 15 hour drive away. She really, really still wants to come and I do trust her social distancing and masking (as much as I trust anyone’s!). Driving would require multiple stops for gas and an overnight; she could get a direct flight on a carrier that is not selling middle seats. She would plan to mask and distance herself from us until she is able to get a rapid Covid test (which we have been successful with in our area).
We don’t have love family and don’t have great options for our toddler when I am in the hospital (other than DH staying home, but I would prefer to have him there).
WWYD? How do we decide between driving and flying if she comes?
Thank you.