Flour Sifting Spread newspaper on the floor, provide a bag of flour, a scoop and a sifter. Let the child scoop and sift (a turn handle is easier than a squeeze handle but both work) Manipulating small toys and objects Legos, building with blocks, doing jigsaw puzzles,

HOW TO DEAL A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): * It's pretty bad when you find yourself nostalgic for something as recent as last summer's movies, but I am. I miss all of those fun popcorn flicks we

BAD BOYS II A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** Boom. Boom. Bang. Bang. Crash. Crash. With millions of bombs and bullets, thousands of demolished cars and hundreds of dead bodies, welcome

LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): * 1/2 Welcome to LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE, the latest Lara Croft video game, oops I mean film. This much you'll have to give it -- if you

SEABISCUIT A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** SEABISCUIT, a story about a horse that's too small, a jockey that's too tall, a trainer that's too old and an owner that's too stupid to know he's

THE HOUSEKEEPER A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** THE HOUSEKEEPER (UNE FEMME DE MÉNAGE) is a respectably acted but rather pointless story that at least has the decency to be brief. Basically a

From: (JJGun) David DENNIS Moore Newsgroups: milw.general, soc.men, misc.kids, fl.general, alt.psychology Organization: http://groups.google.com/ My point is to prove that you said you didn't tell Underwager that studies about pedophilia not being harmful were...

http://adhd.kids.tripod.com/rabinerpre.html Dr. David Rabiner: New Research * HOW ADHD AFFECTS PRESCHOOLERS' UNDERSTANDING OF STORIES This study used a 1/2 hour videotape to assess attention levels and comprehension in4 year olds diagnosed with ADHD. The results were quite interesting.

S.W.A.T. A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** 1/2 Okay moviegoers, let's be honest with ourselves. This has been a miserable summer at the movies, hasn't it? With one dreary sequel after another to

SINBAD: LEGEND OF THE SEVEN SEAS A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** As a film critic, I almost feel guilty for telling the truth about animated movies. Things have changed. Just as inevitable as the passing of the

JOHNNY ENGLISH A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): ** If you are a fan of Rowan Atkinson's brand of slapstick humor, then just perhaps JOHNNY ENGLISH is the film for you. Even if you've liked his

Be an active listener yourself. Pay attention when your child speaks. Look him in the eye. Simplify your language. Speak slowly, shorten your comments, abbreviate your instructions, repeat what you said.. Reinforce verbal instructions with facial expressions, hand movements and body...

Flashlight fun With two flashlights, try this in a darkened room. Focus your light on the wall or ceiling. Ask your child to meet your spot. Flash your light briefly on a spot and see if she can put her beam on the same spot. Slowly trace a path on the wall and ask him to follow it with his...

Hello, My wife & I are expecting our first in a few weeks...We are looking for a jogging stroller that also has the infant car seatthat snaps in. The trouble is that I'm having a hard time finding one that collapses small enough to fit in the trunk of my car (a 2000 Honda Civic). Does anybody know...

From: (JJGun) David Dennis Moore Newsgroups: fl.general, misc.kids, soc.men, wi.general, milw.general Organization: http://groups.google.com/ (One of 20 different Google names for Moore) Gee Davey READ what I actually WROTE and not your FABRICATIONS of it. Moore you

wrote in message ... Here's another parent transporting kids in a car trunk. To keep from showing prejudice to the male gender, it's girls this...

On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 10:51:16 -0500, Mamasamba wrote: I learned how to jump rope at age 4 by watching my older sister and her friends. That's remarkably early. I don't think most 4-year-olds have the coordination to jump rope. Most kids learn at school age, either on the...

THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): * "The Empire is in peril!" in THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN. The movie is in peril too, being anything but extraordinary.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): *** Sometimes it is a single performance that makes a movie. So it is in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL. Without Johnny

GIGLI A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 2003 Steve Rhodes RATING (0 TO ****): 1/2 GIGLI rhymes with really, as in really, really bad. Critic Joe Morgenstern called GIGLI, "the worst allegedly major movie -- of our admittedly young