When I pulled this DVD out of the shipping envelope, my evening’s fate was sealed. Super WHY! is Bear’s favorite show. We watched the entire disk twice.

She loves the singing and colorful characters. I love the educational research that goes into each episode’s development.

About Super WHY! Peter Rabbit & Other Fairytale Adventures

The first superhero series that helps children ages 3-6 learn to read through interactive storybook adventures returns with four new-to-DVD adventures. From Out of the Blue Enterprises, PBS KIDS and Paramount Home Entertainment, Super WHY! Peter Rabbit & Other Fairytale Adventures includes fun new interpretations of the classic stories. Peter Rabbit, Tom Thumb, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Rapunzel. Join Super WHY! and his super friends as they practice spelling, use the power to read and investigate rhyming words in order to change the outcome of the story and save the day! The “Super WHY! ” television series has received the 2008-2009 Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Award and was nominated for an Emmy® for Outstanding Preschool Children’s Series. The DVD also includes interactive games, music videos, Resources for Parents and coloring pages for even more entertainment.

Episode Descriptions

Peter Rabbit: Red wants to find the perfect present to show Grandma she cares. The Super Readers pay a visit to Peter Rabbit who s on the hunt for some delicious fresh vegetables for his Mama. The Super Readers must help Peter find what he’s looking for before his big appetite for veggies lands him in hot water!

Tom Thumb: Pig is ready for an adventure, but his brothers keep telling him he’s too young. The Super Readers jump into the story of Tom Thumb, where Tom sets off on his own adventure. Lucky for him the Super Readers are around to get him out of a few scrapes.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Whyatt accidentally messes up Jack’s room and is in BIG trouble! The Super Readers pay a storybook visit to Goldilocks & the Three Bears and find Goldilocks surrounded by three broken chairs, three bowls of porridge and three times the mess! How will they solve this problem before the bears get home?

Rapunzel: Princess Pea’s kitten is stuck in the top of a tree! The Super Readers jump into the story Rapunzel, who is also stranded high up in her tower. When climbing Rapunzel’s hair proves to be a hair-raising idea, The Prince works together with the Super Readers to come up with a brand new rescue plan!

Our rating for this DVD

5 Stars! It’s Bear’s new favorite.

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We have been eating a lot more packaged food than we do when Mike is home. I’m in survival mode. I’m not proud of it but it’s keeping my kids fed and happy.

Monday- bean burritos

Tuesday- mac and cheese

Wednesday- Tuna Helper with broccoli (yes, I know it’s not the best choice but the girls love it)

Thursday- breakfast for dinner. scrambled eggs and sausage.

Friday- make you own pizza night

Saturday- Dinner on the road. We’re picking up our new rabbit and have to drive two hours round trip plus visiting other rabbit breeders at the show.

Sunday- not sure yet

I am a list maker by nature. Lists of doctors, lists of what I need to make for Thanksgiving dinner, I don’t dare go into the grocery store unarmed or I’ll come home with $200 worth of nothing that makes 2 weeks of meals. Now I have to teach my daughter how to do that for herself.

We still don’t have a formal diagnosis. Partly because we decided to forgo the pediatrician for her sister’s developmental pediatrician. We turned in all the home and teacher evaluation paperwork. They should call to schedule any day now. I digress.

As part of her OT, we are making lists for daily tasks. The plan is to make it easy for her to succeed and slowly make it more challenging. She has trouble following through on tasks. This leads us to an ADD theory. We can see bit of the ADHD in their, but it’s not enough to convince us of it. Sensory integration dysfunction is still on the table, too.

The lists help- as long as I reminder her to check them. The morning list is also in her room and her bathroom. She has lists for each of her weekly chores and bedtime, too. It’s a lot of work keeping up on all of them. Not to mention the monotony of “what’s next on the list?”

I welcome your suggestions.

I fully plan on keeping it simple this week. The girls and I eat much differently when it’s just us. I will subsist on coffee and Special K Cereal Bars.

Monday- grilled cheese sandwiches & soup

Tuesday- veggie lasagna

Wednesday- breakfast for dinner. probably sausage & eggs. or cereal.

Thursday- mac & cheese

Friday- homemade pizza night

I need to dig through the freezer for the weekend. Or we’ll just have PBJ, they love that.

This is from last November on  5 Minutes for Special Needs

Bear’s IEP went off without a hitch. I am very thankful for the wonderful team supporting my daughter. It was comical to see eight adults sitting in kiddie chairs around a tiny table flipping through 32 pages of goals. It was the shortest one so far. We were done in less than an hour!

We have a new Speech therapist at school. The kids love her, I love her. We worked with her in a Hanen method preschool speech group. She is very ambitious. One of her goals for Bear is “learn and use 100 new signs.” Holy cow!

We’ve been attempting PECs for almost 4 years. It never worked for us.

Until yesterday.

We were hanging out on the couch watching Backyardigans. She got up, went into her room and came back with a card.

Eureka! I think we’ve got it. We had pudding for snack and did a happy dance.

I posted this a 5 Minutes for Special Needs in September 09. We are approximately ¾ way through the diagnosis process now with no answers.

Having two kids means four times more work than one. When both kids are in therapy, everything is four times harder than that. We started the two-in-occupational-therapy schedule when school got out. It looked to be a short-term thing, she just needed help with her handwriting. That was wishful thinking sprinkled with a dash of denial.

Denial is strong emotion. “There is no way that both of my kids have issues” was the first barrier. All my complaining about how she can’t complete tasks didn’t get past “I know ADHD runs in my family and most of them live productive lives with medication.” It feels so backward because she is the elder child and in second grade.

After a sensory profile and some soul-searching, we begin the process of evaluations. We have an service referral in with the school and we will visit the pediatrician in a couple weeks. Gulp.