tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35990418.post1141670138110398123..comments2024-03-08T13:52:22.224-07:00Comments on LAJOY FAMILY: Yea for Kenny!!!Cindy LaJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16486626867331586704noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35990418.post-85989113784306322862011-01-04T17:31:52.719-07:002011-01-04T17:31:52.719-07:00Dear Cindy,
As we FINALLY close in on adopting our...Dear Cindy,<br />As we FINALLY close in on adopting our 5 & 6 yo daughters from 2 separate orphanages, probably both with FAS and for sure with speech/developmental delays, I definitely follow your blog for help and hope. I am a home schooling Mom who recommended Saxon to you when you polled us, and I found our whiz kids had the same experience on tests. I do think Saxon teaches above grade level, but also makes the ideas absorb-able so that they learn the concepts and can apply them to higher level problems. I am glad you were willing to risk the non-flashy texts to find the gold standard in math learning. Thus, I am not surprised that Matthew did so well...it happened to our kids, too. Thrilling, though, isn't it, to see your home schooling be such a success? Now you know why home school moms can be such pests about its advantages, and why it is so hard to actually believe such results until you experience them in your own children. Congrats on seeing the benefits of your hard work. Yeah!<br />SherryOhiomom2121https://www.blogger.com/profile/03512342459339771734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35990418.post-54886400650630859782011-01-03T19:46:34.627-07:002011-01-03T19:46:34.627-07:00Congratulations! And good for you celebrating the...Congratulations! And good for you celebrating the victories!Kelly and Snehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694012810022647105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35990418.post-86740059165333857062011-01-03T19:38:06.630-07:002011-01-03T19:38:06.630-07:00AH-MAZING! WOO HOO!
I so appreciate all of your ca...AH-MAZING! WOO HOO!<br />I so appreciate all of your candor - it is inspiring and encouraging and freeing! Thank you for sharing so freely.<br />I know that 2 1/2 is not an older child for adoption - but in my mind it has been a hurdle - since I thought I would only accept a child under 12 mos - God had other plans. Your blog brings me courage as I draw closer to bringing her home! God's richest blessings to all of you Lajoys!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072701050744937534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35990418.post-80981970209159081922011-01-03T11:32:16.380-07:002011-01-03T11:32:16.380-07:00Tell Olesya that I have a BS in physics with a mat...Tell Olesya that I have a BS in physics with a math minor and I have to use my fingers to do addition. It is just something that I have never been able to do. When I was a kid, I picked up a trick of visualizing a playing card with 5 diamonds on it and whenever I need to add something I always put up my mental play card and start adding in my mind's eye across the card. Another trick I just picked up recently was trying to reduce everything possible to tens - i.e. if I want to add 13 plus 8, I will give 2 of the 13 to the 8 to get a 10, take away the remaining 1 from the 11 to get another 10, then I have 10+10+1. They probably tried to teach me that in school at some point but I had to figure that out for myself. Now I finally understand the beauty of the abacus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35990418.post-58841809087140411502011-01-03T10:16:44.707-07:002011-01-03T10:16:44.707-07:00This is so wonderful to read!! Their amazing test...This is so wonderful to read!! Their amazing test scores are something for ALL of you to be very proud of!! The LaJoy School seems to be functioning well above regular schools! <br /><br />I, personally, am so tired of all the time that they waste on taking tests.....tests who's results don't mean anything and aren't used to improve anything for the kids. I'm so glad that homeschoolers are given the freedom to get away from all of that garbage! <br /><br />Your kids are each amazing in their own right, for their own reasons! They all have overcome obsticles that most of us can only imagine!! It is truly fulfilling to know that they are doing so well in the education aspects of their lives as well!!! And you, Mom and Dad, are doing an outstanding job as well!!<br /><br />Love to you all!!!Lenorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15384435816856914734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35990418.post-36671871484819046532011-01-03T09:11:20.523-07:002011-01-03T09:11:20.523-07:00Here's a twenty one gun salute for Team LaJoy-...Here's a twenty one gun salute for Team LaJoy--or twenty one cheers or twenty one blue ribbons. You are all champs.<br /><br />I had a serious talk with Kenny yesterday. I asked permission to talk about his cleft, and he explained it articulately and thoughtfully. We then talked about the three orphanages he was in. He was able to talk about their deficits and strengths very non-judgmentally. He, like all your kids, is a treasure.<br /><br />Oleysa and I had a brief talk about her creativity.<br /><br />What a delight it is to at least have brief encounters each week with your kids and all the church family kids.<br /><br />Tell us how Angela with her first job as dishwasher.<br /><br />Love ya,<br />LaelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com