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The Dyslexia Diagnosis: Better Readers, Happier Kids |
If anyone should have noticed her daughter had a learning disorder, Liz Green figured it would have been her. As a kindergarten teacher, she had been specifically trained to spot learning difficulties. But since her daughter, Hayleigh, was an excellent student and an enthusiastic reader, the... |
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| Helpful Dyslexia Websites |
The International Dyslexia Association: National Center for Learning... |
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Editor's Note |
Sometimes I just hate being a parent. Like last month, when my four-year-old son got thrown from his horse. After I realized he was OK (he had the wind knocked out of him) and I was OK (can you say heart attack?), I had to do something every fiber of my being told me not to do:... |
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My Life as a Parent: Darwin Never Met My Daughter |
Often, as a young man, I would spend hours arguing with my friends over creationism versus evolution. This is because I had a deep understanding of nature and science, and a thirst to share that knowledge. Or possibly because I didn’t have a girlfriend. If only I had known that instead of... |
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| Picture This |
We were at Legoland in San Diego, having shelled out entirely too much money to wander amongst the somewhat odd Danish version of Disneyland, when I noticed it. Dozens upon dozens of parents watching their children clamber over stacked-brick versions of lions and giraffes, watching the fun... |
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| Storytimes Around Town |
Austin Children’s Museum Carver Branch |
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| Sizzle Sights: Texas Renaissance Festival School Days |
October arrives as possibly the single most welcomed month in a Texan’s calendar. |
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| News Notes |
We have Tickets to Grease and A Day Out With Thomas Give Away! Would you like to take the family to see Grease? Or how about A Day Out With Thomas? |
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| Family Theater |
Art Across the Americas: Opens Oct. 3 and runs through Oct. 31. This exhibition raises money for the Center for Adolescent Mothers in Lima, Peru (one of Austin’s 10 “sister” cities). |
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| Recommended |
The Song of Francis |
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| Cool or Crummy |
COOL Bug Band Wrist Bands and Towelettes |
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| October Contests |
Being an American Essay Contest: High school students can win up to $5,000 for college in this essay contest, which asks students to write about which civic value they believe is most |
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| Dyslexia: Early Detection Is Key |
Troubles from the day put aside, we lay side-by-side, stretched out on her silky purple comforter. |
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Young Laureates |
Nature By Cosmo Martinez-Glenn, age 9 The trees talk to me |
