https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:39:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/osmo-ipad-systemgame#post-2654298 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:58:40 +0000 looch 2654298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: It's okay, it uses buttons to make a little guy walk or jump across grass and water.</p> <p>My son has zero experience with coding apps of any kind and it frustrates him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/osmo-ipad-systemgame#post-2654290 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:46:27 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2654290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: how is the coding? I haven't seen it in person. She likes the Kodable app but not so much scratch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/osmo-ipad-systemgame#post-2654255 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:04:57 +0000 looch 2654255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just ordered the drawing add on for a gift for my son. We have the basic set plus the coding and I really want to get the pizza game as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/osmo-ipad-systemgame#post-2654211 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 09:35:15 +0000 tinyperson 2654211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: we're thinking about this for our 4yo with money she gets from relatives...we never know what to get! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/osmo-ipad-systemgame#post-2654153 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 07:43:28 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2654153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: bhahaha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/osmo-ipad-systemgame#post-2654142 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 06:47:03 +0000 Boopers 2654142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was just given one for my first grade classroom to help my English language learners. I have the tangram, words and numbers kit which retails for $100 I think. You can also get the Newton (manipulating a ball through courses using everyday objects) and Masterpiece (take a picture of what you want and you can draw on paper while watching yourself draw on the screen) apps for free without extra equipment. I haven't used the coding one yet since our district didn't purchase that. My students are obsessed with the Osmo and it's so easy to learn how to use. My students are 6 and 7. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/osmo-ipad-systemgame#post-2654139 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 06:40:42 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2654139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: I think this got on the wrong thread! 😭 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/osmo-ipad-systemgame#post-2654131 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 06:01:44 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2654131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>See lost my crackers! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/osmo-ipad-systemgame#post-2654128 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 05:55:15 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2654128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Any recommendations? What ages and what games? I've seen it at trade shows and it looks pretty cool. My daughters school is using it for early coding (a separate game). The big thing I don't like is you have to remove the iPad case to get the camera to fit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-love-my-2nd-choice-preschool#post-2225868 Fri, 03 Jul 2015 07:35:03 +0000 pregnantbee 2225868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBoecksMom: Thank you! I'm not great with change either, but I'm sure it will be great once we're there.</p> <p>@gingerbebe: Thank you. I'm actually feeling so much better about it ever since I posted :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-love-my-2nd-choice-preschool#post-2225684 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 21:28:34 +0000 gingerbebe 2225684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fake it til' you make it.</p> <p>Meaning, there is no first choice or second choice preschool anymore. This just IS the school your kid is going to go to, so you're going to tell your child and yourself that this is about to be an AWESOME new experience that's going to be SO fun and there is going to be SO much new learning and you're just going to say that over and over every day, even if you don't feel like it at first, and over time you are just going to settle into YOUR preschool. Force yourself to find something to like about the school every day and just do it. Chin up, mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-love-my-2nd-choice-preschool#post-2225671 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 21:20:04 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2225671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't do well with change, but I think you'll be better once your son starts and gets adjusted to the new school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-love-my-2nd-choice-preschool#post-2225538 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 19:14:08 +0000 pregnantbee 2225538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I hope this is true! Actually just putting a list of good things about #2 down in writing is helping me focus on the positive.</p> <p>@mediagirl: Yes! And I keep forgetting that LO's friend will be there. My kid and change do not mix. So I'm hoping it helps.</p> <p>@mauxie: Thanks so much for your input. I'm beginning to realize how great it will be to have a familiar face there. I've just been so stuck on "Boo, we just can't get into our first choice" mode. But really, the 2nd choice is good. Maybe even great. Thinking about staying on the waitlist for #1, but I think there would also be pros and cons for moving LO again before moving for kindergarten. You know? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-love-my-2nd-choice-preschool#post-2225153 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 13:08:25 +0000 mauxie 2225153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the daycare friend going to #2 is a huge plus! Not just for your son, but for you as a parent to at least know another parent to help navigate the new school/culture. </p> <p>Is it possible at all for you to stay on the waitlist for #1 and possibly move if there's an opening (assuming the price difference and location are a big factor)? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-love-my-2nd-choice-preschool#post-2225055 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:08:14 +0000 mediagirl 2225055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think something you can hold onto is that he has a friend there. That is SUCH a big thing when transitioning, knowing someone in the class. It's so hard to deal with change but it will be a little easier for him with someone he knows there. To love it - get to know the teachers, their philosophy. Spend some time there. Watch him interact with others there. It will take a while to get used to it and to become comfortable there but I think once he starts and he starts making friends there, you'll make peace with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-love-my-2nd-choice-preschool#post-2225053 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:07:27 +0000 looch 2225053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You will love the program once your kid goes for the first few days and you see how loved he/she is there by the staff. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-love-my-2nd-choice-preschool#post-2225043 Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:02:50 +0000 pregnantbee 2225043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We really want to go to 1st choice preschool and have been trying since January. It has a great ratio, excellent teachers and programs, a good mix of teaching philosophies, good location. They have no openings. I have tried everything.</p> <p>My newly turned 3 yo has outgrown his current in-home daycare/preschool. We have to go to our 2nd choice. The 2nd choice is bigger, has a comparable teaching philosophy, further away, and a friend that used to go to the same daycare.</p> <p>How do I change my feelings so that my 2nd choice feels like my 1st choice?</p> <p>ETA: 2nd choice is also more expensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-shakespeare#post-2161647 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 07:57:34 +0000 Jess1483 2161647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-shakespeare#post-2161581 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 06:15:48 +0000 honeybear 2161581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish we had some Scottish Shakespearean actor friends to hang out and talk to my son. ;) Cox has a fantastic voice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-shakespeare#post-2161532 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 00:29:47 +0000 katsupgirl 2161532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So cute! I love his interpretation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/toddler-shakespeare#post-2161494 Wed, 29 Apr 2015 21:58:36 +0000 apis 2161494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A fun video from 2009 where the esteemed actor Brian Cox takes it upon himself to teach his friends' 30-month-old Theo just a little bit of Shakespeare:</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loDMRzPiCic" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loDMRzPiCic</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-view-on-zoos/page/2#post-2125060 Sat, 28 Mar 2015 09:52:16 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2125060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MenagerieMama: "I feel that zoos do a lot of important work for species conservation, research, and getting the public excited about wild animals and their habitats"</p> <p>I totally agree with this! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-view-on-zoos/page/2#post-2123654 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:07:58 +0000 StbHisMrs 2123654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really like our zoo in Portland, but it's so crowded with people! </p> <p>We're taking the kids to wildlife Safari this summer and I think we'll enjoy that more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-view-on-zoos/page/2#post-2123630 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:37:54 +0000 BoogieBea 2123630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the same thoughts about animal confinement as you. I never really enjoyed zoos until I started going with the kids. I do acknowledge the animal preservation aspects of zoos though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-view-on-zoos/page/2#post-2123623 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:25:05 +0000 rrachael 2123623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We frequent the San Diego zoo and its sister park, the safari park. I absolutely love them. They are very into conservation and rehabilitation... And the exhibits are very animal friendly as opposed to cages and crates. I think it's a great educational experience for kids, too. If I lived in a different climate or if the zoo were clearly made for entertainment purposes, I would probably feel differently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-view-on-zoos/page/2#post-2123617 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 23:13:57 +0000 sarac 2123617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: I'm surprised to hear anyone describe the Portland zoo as nice, I find it utterly depressing. They're doing a ton of work to it, and I think that in 5 years it'll be a pretty nice space. But ugh, did you see the elephant enclosure before they started expanding it this year? Just, depressing. And the polar bears? </p> <p>I think that zoos do a lot of great conservation work, which is great, but I do find them to be quite depressing overall. I really disagree with the notion that we all have the right to see these animals up close that are so far out of their natural habitats. I would generally support a movement to limit zoos to only animals that are native to the area. </p> <p>My daughter loves ours, so we go, but I do feel quite conflicted about it. Obviously not enough to not go, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-view-on-zoos/page/2#post-2123540 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 21:35:20 +0000 jedeve 2123540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't really have any zoos here, but I can't wait to take LOs to the San Diego Zoo one day!</p> <p>There is a wildlife rehabilitation center at one of the state parks nearby that we hang out at a lot. It's definitely not a zoo - you can only see the animals if they happen to be out in the yard. Or they will walk the owls through in the mornings sometimes. It's only native species too, so bears, Eagles, owls, etc. </p> <p>And lots of fish! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-view-on-zoos/page/2#post-2123447 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:22:30 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2123447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: I'm happy to see the Houston zoo on the list!</p> <p>I love going to the zoo. I think my local zoo is really great and I plan to get a membership next summer. However, I do agree there are bad zoos. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-view-on-zoos/page/2#post-2123417 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:06:03 +0000 Mrs. Oyster 2123417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: Agreed entirely. </p> <p>I think some zoos can be done well and probably nice places, but I'd much rather my kiddo see animals in their natural habitats (even if that only includes the deer and squirrels that frequent our backyard). I didn't visit many zoos growing up but I'm a HUGE proponent for animal conservation and have my MS in Environmental Conservation, so I definitely think it's something that can be instilled in children without having to take them to a place that might not be as well run as it should be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-view-on-zoos/page/2#post-2123406 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:01:36 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 2123406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@charlotte: if they had them, it was years and years ago! I only know because K's absolute favorite is giraffes and we had to go to baltimore to see them :) </p>