tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post1291815670862340313..comments2023-02-15T02:25:50.557-08:00Comments on Mamma Vintage: Recent RealizationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post-40527842691999736582012-02-20T08:27:38.614-08:002012-02-20T08:27:38.614-08:00That's awesome! Thank you! I will definitely b...That's awesome! Thank you! I will definitely be sending you something. I have contacted a couple of other bloggers about doing guest postings, but to no avail. If you ever know of other bloggers who are looking for guest posters, please don't hesitate to give them my name or to let me know. Thank you!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796420853053533196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post-54120889475687479402012-02-20T05:23:57.437-08:002012-02-20T05:23:57.437-08:00Absolutely! I'd love to have some new faces i...Absolutely! I'd love to have some new faces in my still-small pool of guest bloggers! I've written for a host of other blogs, and it's always fun to get your writing in front of a new audience! Put together a post, a short bio for my "guest blogger bios" page, and a good pic and send them to me at PcolaRedHead@gmail.com! I also always include a link or two back to your own blog to send some readers back your direction. There's no rush or time limit, of course, and I look forward to reading what you send! :-)Princess Mousiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465023392629631635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post-31054569115361715322012-02-19T22:54:51.104-08:002012-02-19T22:54:51.104-08:00Thanks for the great encouragement. I visited your...Thanks for the great encouragement. I visited your blog as well and it's beautiful! I also noticed that you occasionally have a guest post. I would love to write a guest post for you if you were ever willing. Thanks again!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796420853053533196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post-46495354650858034742012-02-19T20:46:49.436-08:002012-02-19T20:46:49.436-08:00That's great! I recommitted myself to my blog...That's great! I recommitted myself to my blogs (there are 4 of them, linked together in a "blog family") this year as well, and have been elated with my increased readership! It seems that trick #1 to getting more readers is to simply write more often! Here we are in mid-February, and I'm already 3 posts away from matching the number I wrote ALL YEAR last year! Good luck growing your reach, and I'm sure I'll be back to read more of your stuff! If you ever get bored sometime, feel free to come check out mine at www.PcolaRedHead.com!Princess Mousiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465023392629631635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post-11120286135252233892012-02-19T15:37:59.891-08:002012-02-19T15:37:59.891-08:00Hi Sarah! Thanks for your great comment and your t...Hi Sarah! Thanks for your great comment and your tips. Noah can have trouble focusing and these are great ideas. However, we recently just found out that Noah actually has trouble focusing literally! Meaning he can hardly see. I took him to the optometrist and he has astigmatism and is very far-sighted. The doctor held lenses up to my eyes to show me what he is seeing and it was unbelievable! So, he is getting glasses and has a consultation set up with an eye therapist, so hopefully these things will help. But thank you again for your great tips - I'm sure they will come in useful too :)<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to comment on my blog too. It is so appreciated. I have been spending a lot more time on it recently and you are the first reader who I don't know to comment. Thanks for making my day!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796420853053533196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3526281648732558770.post-5115511764498984482012-02-19T15:09:32.527-08:002012-02-19T15:09:32.527-08:00Just stumbled across this post of yours, and saw s...Just stumbled across this post of yours, and saw some very familiar things where you were talking about your son who walks into trees and needing to find ways to help him focus. I work with special needs kids, many of whom are autistic. I know you didn't say that your son was, but focus is a big deal with my autistic students and something we work on frequently.<br /><br />One thing we establish with our students at the beginning of every school year is a "focus word." This year, the focus word in my classroom is "fuzzy green lollipops!" The idea is for the focus word to be something that you would NEVER have a reason to say in the course of normal conversation, so the word draws attention to itself—and to you—simply be being completely out of place in every setting (this is also why you want to word to be something silly that isn't likely to be offensive to anyone). When my students hear "fuzzy green lollipops" they know I'm about to say something they really need to hear, and so they should all stop and give attention to it. During the first couple of weeks of school, we reinforce this by randomly calling out the word at an odd time, and rewarding everyone who stops to pay attention with a sticker or small candy. It's GREAT at getting their attention.<br /><br />The other challenge is getting them to REMEMBER what we tell them once we have gotten them to stop and listen. For this, there's a very simple technique (one that I also use with my 3-year-old at home). We do not allow them to "yes, ma'am" us. It's not that I don't appreciate the respect, but this is something that is often said quite idly but without registering what you are agreeing to/with. In place of "yes, ma'am" we ask the students to repeat back to us whatever instructions we have given them. This requires not only listening to us, but internalizing the information enough that they can turn it back into words to repeat back to us.<br /><br />Finally, to keep some of our daydreamers from walking into walls (or one another) around the school, we send them on "missions." Their mission might be to count girls with pink hair bows as they walk in the hallways from class to class (they're middle schoolers) or to count boys with glasses. They record the results of their missions in pocket-sized notebooks throughout the day, and we share our results during homeroom the next morning. Just make sure that the missions focus on things at or slightly above eye level for the child...walking around counting white flip-flops will send them walking into walls still.<br /><br />I hope some of these might be of use to you. I know they are a HUGE help to me and my students each day!Princess Mousiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465023392629631635noreply@blogger.com