Hey folks! We are planning to do a potluck after the event, so please consider bringing something if it's convenient for you to do so. There is a kitchen there, so we should be able to store items in the fridge during the Solstice ritual for afterward.
Try the Flex/Flux/Fix series by Ferrett Steinmetz.
Yes, I think it's true that NYC is overrepresented -- plus there are significant gaps in the Bay programs posted so those are underrepresented. I've at least biased it towards songs that I personally like more which is probably more towards Bay-ish and away from NYC-ish.
For anyone doing a Smolstice, I put together a program that is ready to print and use: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/qFai3Xxhake5dBhTr/a-simple-sing-along-solstice
3If you haven't yet, we could use RSVPs today to get a sense of empanada order size.
I have a pretty strong negative reaction to the idea of deliberately holding my child back so they're less bored when around kids who aren't as skilled.
I'd much rather handle that problem in some other way.
Seems good! I wasn't really trying to do letters with my younger one until he had more words. Starting with letter sounds and playing with magnet letters or letter blocks is a good way to get them interested.
I have now posted a couple decodable books on my website, here: https://tigrennatenn.neocities.org/decodable_books/ I expect to add more now that I've got a setup for making them digitally.
A great thing about Seuss is how well it scans. It's stunning to me how many children's books have truly awful meter. The whole point is to make it easy to read! They just don't even bother!
Still pretty good. She has a whole little media empire at parentdata.org now. I stopped subscribing to her mailing list because it got more expensive and more siloed (different mailing lists for different stages of parenthood at various prices; and article quality from other authors is a bit lower imo). But there is still a lot of very solid reference material there.