Megan Bayliss's comments

Stars Jump On The Reading Bandwagon - Blog Entry

02 Oct 2006 04:26 PM

Hopefully kids will get stars in their eyes by reading too much.

How Early Intervention Helped our Family - Blog Entry

02 Oct 2006 04:18 PM

Early Intervention is so important for lone term functioning. Good for you for not accepting "no".

Lift your spirits with a "Happy Box" - Blog Entry

02 Oct 2006 04:04 PM

Love it. I have a precious box - a battered up old suitcase. It contains my children's lives - first drawings, teeth, cards they gave to me. It is my reality check on gloomy days when the kids act as though I am Shrek himself. I touch the box, look at the treasures, and no longer want to breathe onion breath on the kids.

Out of the Shadows . . . Into the Light -- Candace E. Salima - Blog Entry

02 Oct 2006 02:42 PM

Well done Tristi - now you'll have to interview Candace and get the behind the scenes tickings of her novel.

Is Your Kid Having a Meltdown Day? Try "DROPPING" It - Blog Entry

02 Oct 2006 02:38 PM

Go Kristyn. I LOVE your articles. Thank you from a mother of a child with Aspergers.

Amish School Shooting: Yet Another Wave of Violence in our Schools - Blog Entry

02 Oct 2006 02:36 PM

Oh Kaye - that is very sad. I am in favor of much stronger gun laws. Even thought the criminal element will still get guns if they want to , it does make it a little harder and it gives a message to society that guns are not acceptable. Its almost like nowhere is safe for our kids now. Makes me sick that we have created such a perverse world. In Australain there's the standard stickers that threatenly circulate at election time: I shoot and I vote, I fish and I vote. One year my husband and I made out own stickers - I think and I vote.

I say NO MORE KILLING OF OUR CHILDREN.

Mary Poppins was Written by a Child in Need of Protection. - Blog Entry

01 Oct 2006 07:17 PM

If you're interested, there is an Australian TV doco (2002) made about Travers life - THE SHADOW OF MARY POPPINS. A review can be seen at http://www.moria.co.nz/fantasy/shadowofmarypoppins.htm .

Hotels--How Clean Are They? - Blog Entry

01 Oct 2006 06:36 PM

URRRKKKKKKKK. I'm about to embark on a hotel hop!!!! Michele I shall think of you when I gingerly open the fridge with my gloved hands and stick my masked face in to see what goodies await me. If I have to wipe the chocolate bars down with a hospital grade disinfectant wipe it may just prevent me from eating it (that could only be a good thing!). I never really thought about the bed spreads before either - or always wearing shoes. My shoes are always the first item off. Yuk. Great info. Thanks Michele.

Baby Showers - The History and Evolution of Gift Giving - Blog Entry

01 Oct 2006 05:28 PM

Very interesting. Thanks.

The John Newbery Medal - Blog Entry

01 Oct 2006 04:30 PM

Really looking forward to reading the reviews on all these books. Thanks for doing this Jamie. It will save me hours of my own searching.