tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51297889948655197612024-02-23T00:07:38.005-06:00Montessori SpanishGigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.comBlogger286125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-12190283726325287272015-10-25T11:44:00.002-05:002021-02-11T21:20:15.224-06:00Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello my Montessori blog friends!<br />
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I can't believe it has been two years since I posted. Crazy. I still read everyone's posts, but life has been so busy, that I could not find the stamina to post. Here is a quick update.<br />
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<b>Lower Elementary Certification:</b><br />
<br />In June of 2014, I received my AMS Lower Elementary Montessori Certification. I felt so much joy when I received the certificate in the mail. When I first started my certification, Summer 2009, I had two kids and had not thought about having a third. Once we decided on another child, I knew it would be challenging to finish but still doable. We were blessed with Andres, March 2010. His challenges changed my plans once again, but I persevered and completed! I spent two years teaching part-time in the Lower Elementary classroom at my kids school. This allowed me to complete my certification, keep teaching as Faculty at the College, and still support Andres’ therapies, which were many.<br />
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<b>Fall 2015 - Middle School Montessori Teacher!</b><br />
<br />The 2014-2015 school year, I did not teach at the Montessori school. I just taught at the College. During my internship in Lower Elementary, I had the opportunity to help chaperone the middle school camping trips. It allowed me to work closely with the middle school students and faculty and learn about the middle school program. I fell in love with this age and the Montessori method used with adolescents. After a couple of years of thinking about how to move jobs, I accepted a full-time position teaching 7th and 8th grade at the kids Montessori School. I am loving it! This program is amazing. Most of the students have gone through our schools Montessori program from preK or Lower Elementary or have come into our school from two other Montessori schools close to us that end at 3rd grade. We do have kids that enter our school from traditional schools at all age levels. All wonderful kids.<br />
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This means that I now need to get ANOTHER certification! I am definitely a lifelong learner, I would say. I started my training in Houston, Texas this past summer, and I have been enjoying my new teaching role.<br />
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I am busy, busy learning, but I hope to have some time to tell you about our adolescent program. If you have specific questions, please leave me a comment and I will start my posts answering those.<br />
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Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-30973364727483329192013-07-03T14:50:00.001-05:002021-02-11T21:21:43.107-06:00Last Day of School- Big Boy<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here is big boy on his last day of school.</div></div><div>The kids had a party with pizza and a bounce house. I can't begin to explain the love he has for school. There is pure pleasure when we say. "school!"</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYVnLS3N_4KpTm6qor_kEzQDdgr6WP7Wdp4iLiPvrN_e8eKdnJatOzLyuUSD_WnU3zRKBPWlFADUJE-I1kUXILrAl1Dwi6bagrInbmnp5P7qJDh5WaKmUiOdi2VZDdBjA6qg8dGF2OcAz/s640/blogger-image--2098896660.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRYVnLS3N_4KpTm6qor_kEzQDdgr6WP7Wdp4iLiPvrN_e8eKdnJatOzLyuUSD_WnU3zRKBPWlFADUJE-I1kUXILrAl1Dwi6bagrInbmnp5P7qJDh5WaKmUiOdi2VZDdBjA6qg8dGF2OcAz/s640/blogger-image--2098896660.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There he is in the orange shirt. I forgot to put on his spirit shirt. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizG12XF5DJtmi8IO_jj-aVQa9_1UFnaJ30zjX5avAZMu0xwO5gAki0acGg16jv3QK5rnSqO25ucBb3kfB4crpEQ5FMjGm5-Y_T3H4e6-fek2kdK__KwWbQHfKKfsVE0w0dGqsm6GaYxUQc/s640/blogger-image-162559312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizG12XF5DJtmi8IO_jj-aVQa9_1UFnaJ30zjX5avAZMu0xwO5gAki0acGg16jv3QK5rnSqO25ucBb3kfB4crpEQ5FMjGm5-Y_T3H4e6-fek2kdK__KwWbQHfKKfsVE0w0dGqsm6GaYxUQc/s640/blogger-image-162559312.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I love his toddler Montessori classroom. It is just perfect. I need to take a picture of their little toilet and sink, the area where they put their dishes, the entry area where they change their shoes, etc. I will do that soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Big boy is so independent. I love his guide and all of the assistants. There is one guide and two assistants. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hope you are having a wonderful summer, if it is summer in your part of the world!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><br /></div>Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-47308253623119266822013-07-03T04:11:00.002-05:002021-02-11T21:22:48.192-06:00Summer Vacation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are enjoying our summer vacation with my husband's family in South Padre Island, Texas.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peace Shelf and Student Portfolios</td></tr>
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Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-63357789322802862912013-06-19T00:00:00.001-05:002021-02-11T21:32:16.895-06:00Chore Charts in the Classroom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are some Chore Charts used in the Classrooms in our school.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From a Primary Classroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From our Lower Elementary classroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the other Lower Elementary classroom</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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In our classroom certain jobs are done on specific days of the week like Laundry. We are assigned laundry days and times. Most of the other jobs are done one day a week, usually on Fridays, before car line.<br />
Our job chart is the middle one (the yellow one.) The first levels are paired with a second or third levels to complete the job. Once everyone is done, the children sit in a circle and we go around each area and a child can give one compliment and one constructive criticism. <br />
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Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-85987416253389512082013-06-18T20:17:00.001-05:002021-02-11T21:35:20.712-06:00Language Cabinets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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bowl with creative writing prompts – Grammar Symbols – Large Grammar Symbols
for presentations, basket with parts of speech work for advanced students
or 3<sup>rd</sup> levels,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>3ring binder
with how to write different types of letters and reports and the grammar symbols chart in front
of it, SRA’s Box (SRA is a reading comprehension work.) The child reads a story and answers questions based on the reading. The stories start easy, one paragraph, and by the time the children are 2nd levels the stories get longer.</b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Second Shelf: Phonic packets and Dictionary Work</b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Third Shelf: Tackle boxes with Grammar Work </b></li>
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Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-56662169526991256402013-01-14T21:48:00.000-06:002013-06-18T21:36:16.492-05:00Math Shelves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</span>ii.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #002060;">2<sup>nd</sup> Shelf – Golden Beads</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #002060; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></b></div>
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</span>i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #002060;">Top Shelf – Task Cards | Flash Cards | Special Cases| Drill Cards | Story Problems and Finger Boards</span></b></div>
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</span>ii.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #002060;">2<sup>nd</sup> Shelf – Multiplication Bead Board |
Pythagoras| Division Bead Board</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #002060; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></b></div>
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</span>iii.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
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</span>i.<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
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Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-19697817560077273862013-01-12T17:12:00.002-06:002021-02-11T21:42:18.142-06:00Montessori Internship Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For the past 6 months I have been interning at the kids school while keeping my job at the College. It has been busy, but I am enjoy teaching and being at my children's school. It is an amazing school and it is lovely seeing my kids working and so happy at their sweet school.<br />
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This is a very big classroom. There are two lower elementary classrooms in this school. Lower Elementary for us is ages 6-9, 1st level - 3rd level, 1st grade - 3rd grade. The other classroom for this age group is not as big but just as lovely and specifically made for that age. This school was designed for a Montessori School so every classroom was designed with kitchens, tall ceilings, lots of windows and a porch for children to work at.<br />
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Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-69024400602773781652012-12-26T20:23:00.000-06:002012-12-26T20:24:28.769-06:00Happy New Year!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-5184015826745989112012-09-02T21:24:00.001-05:002021-02-11T21:45:19.195-06:00Back to School!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This year I am at the kids school half days Monday-Friday. We love being together!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And big boy is starting in a Toddler classroom half days next week. We have been waiting for him to walk. I am so excited for him. He just loves to be around people.</td></tr>
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Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-82183179726685348852012-08-16T23:34:00.002-05:002021-02-11T21:47:52.979-06:00Kids summer work<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The kids put a lot of hours reading this summer and even some math and geography work. Even Daddy did some science experiments with them.<br />
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Here is some of their summer work. I know I had more pictures, I just can't seem to be able to get organized with Blog pictures. Very frustrating. The kids have also been working on math facts, sweet boy has worked with the division and multiplication boards, and bella with the stamp game. Stamp game is Bella's favorite math work. I am slowly realizing just how smart she is. She amazes me sometimes. She definitely got that from her Daddy! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots and lots of lego building, specially miniature stuff like this little piano. Sorry for the blurry picture.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Maps came out again. Bella has been very interested in the flags, countries and animals of the world. Possibly because of the Olympics.</td></tr>
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Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-33320107388457526602012-08-10T13:29:00.000-05:002013-07-01T14:55:05.395-05:00The Beach!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We had a great time visiting my husbands family once again this summer. <br />
My husband lost his Mother this May to cancer. Our trip was good but the the joy of Grandma having her grandkids around was missing. She LOVED going to the beach with the kids.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They would all fall asleep as soon as we got in the car after the beach.</td></tr>
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Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-16515818223840214682012-08-02T13:59:00.002-05:002021-02-11T21:50:25.192-06:00Swim Meets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella, the kids friend in the middle and sweet boy!</td></tr>
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The kids have had a great summer competing and even winning some first, second and third place ribbons!</div>
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We are really enjoying watching the Olympics with the kids this year. They are excited because they understand all the swimming strokes and relays.</div>
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These are pictures of their first place races. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He is the one with the cap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Bella is the one with the cap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have to remind people that she is ONLY 6 years old!</td></tr>
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</div>Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-6022345601422970772012-07-18T22:35:00.002-05:002021-02-11T21:54:15.009-06:00Organizing our busy life *Part two: The calendar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Part One - <a href="http://montessorispanish.blogspot.com/2012/07/organizing-my-busy-life-part-one.html" target="_blank">The mail</a><br />
Part Two - The calendar<br /><br />
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This simple calendar system was conceived the day my husband and I both had separate events the same evening and no babysitter.<br />
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I will first tell you about my situation. Your situation may look different, so you may need a different system.<br />
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I am the person in our household who arranges all school pickups, school drop offs, therapies, doctor appointments, after school activities and sitters. My husband schedules baseball.<br />
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My husband and I are teachers, so our lives are very busy and without wiggle room August through May. We have three school calendars: my husbands from xyz school district, my kids from their private school and mine from the city college.<br />
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In May I purchased this wall calendar. It runs July to June. It lives on the refrigerator. You can purchase these at any office supply store, Target or Walmart. Size 81/2 by 11.<br />
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I transfer ALL dates from the three school calendars to this calendar.<br />
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Since I also participate in 4+ committees at work and I am President of a local organization,<br />
I transfer the dates to my personal planner so that when I am in a meeting I can see what I have going on.<br />
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The calendar on the refrigerator is used for the following reasons:<br />
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1. So my husband and I know when there are before and after school commitments. Example: if the youngest has a therapy session at 8am, then my husband will need to take the kids to school. If I see he has parent conferences on a Monday night, then I need to take my oldest son to baseball or have him go with a friend.<br />
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2. All of my youngest son's therapies and everyone's doctors appointments are penciled in here.<br />
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3. Carpool schedule is here.<br />
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4. Weekend activities are here.<br />
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5. All of my work commitments are in my planner and only placed on the refrigerator calendar if it means that I will need a sitter or if it means that I will not be able to transport the kids or I will be out of town.<br />
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6. PTA commitments are here.<br />
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My husband uses a planner and his iPhone to set appointments and reminders.<br />
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I have thought about using Google Calendar, but I like the feel of a physical calendar. I also benefit from looking at the refrigerator every morning and night.<br />
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Well, that is all for my calendar system. How do you set up your families calendar system?<br />
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Part One - The mail<br />
Part Two - <a href="http://montessorispanish.blogspot.com/2012/07/organizing-our-busy-life-part-two.html" target="_blank">The calendar</a><br /><br />
About three months ago, I found a great post from <a href="http://abowlfulloflemons.blogspot.com/2011/01/day-17-getting-organized-challenge-mail.html?m=1" target="_blank">A bowl full of lemons blog</a> on pinterest on how to organize mail.<br />
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I did not have a good way to organize the mail and papers the kids brought home from school. I also spent a lot of time trying to find certain information that I should have had in one place. The only thing I had going on right was a good calendar system. <br />
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So here is how I organize my busy life and that of my family. Starting with incoming mail and papers.<br />
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<b>Here is my version</b>.<br />
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This basket is on top of a little table next to the kitchen. The organic feel of the basket and folders makes this very appealing to me. I liked it more than the wire or plastic filing storage containers. <br />
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I purchased these pretty folders from Target. They came with labels and an online template to print. Since the labels were not on a whole sheet of paper, I taped the labels to a whole sheet of paper for ease of printing. Just tape them to a corner of your 8.5x11 sheet of paper. Print on plain paper to see how to tape and feed the paper.<br />
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<b>I made the following categories:</b><br />
- To pay<br />
- To file<br />
- To read <br />
- Coupons<br />
- One for my daughter<br />
- One for my school age son<br />
- Return to school <br />
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In the <b>'to pay'</b> I put any bill even if it is auto paid. This way I file all of the statements at the beginning of the month. <br />
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I use this little file for the monthly bills and only keep one year worth of statements. <br />
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In the<b> 'to file'</b> folder, I place anything that comes in that I've read that just needs to be filed in my bigger file system. Not bills and not children's work. (retirement statements, tax papers, medical letters, insurance papers, etc)<br />
Here is where I put the papers that need to be filed. It is a small hand held plastic file storage that I can place under my desk. Also purchased at target.<br />
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In the <b>'to read' </b>folder I have things like newsletters, brochures and papers that I need to read for the kids school. <br />
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The <b>'coupons'</b> folder contains all coupons and discounts that come in the mail or I get when shopping. I am not into heavy couponing so this is a simple system. <br />
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The <b>'kids'</b> folder. Completed school work and art work that comes home I will put it in their individual folder. We take pictures of all of their artwork. A few special pieces get framed, but most goes in the trash after a picture has been taken. I will be making a digital book of their artwork by year.<br />
Other work and a few pieces of artwork will go in their school file. One file folder per child per year.<br />
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<b>'Return to school'</b> - the kids Thursday folders and anything else that goes back to school and fits in the folder.<br />
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This system has worked so great. I've had it in place for over five months and it has cleared off my counter and kept me sane! <b>I no longer shuffle papers endlessly thinking about what to do with them. YAY!</b><br />
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</div>Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-19218764037291844612012-07-13T14:06:00.001-05:002012-07-16T14:32:15.297-05:00Ice Skating and Swim TeamThis summer the kids are taking ice skating lessons and participating in our local swim team.<br />
It gets so hot in the Dallas/Ft Worth area that we have to participate in activities that keep us cool!<br />
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They both absolutely LOVE these sports and wish to continue. If I only had a personal driver for them!<br />
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Here are a few pictures. <br />
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Baby is two now and I need to come up with a blog name for him. He is not a baby anymore. :( I'll work on that!<br />
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I got this idea from his physical therapy session. They use this to distract the child so he or she will stand without assistance and play and not notice they are standing by themselves. It also works on muscle strength having to bend each time to place the puzzle piece in the basket.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taking another piece off with the other hand so now trying to balance.</td></tr>
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<br />I had all of the materials, so this project cost me $0.<br />
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<li>Small white board</li>
<li>Puzzle pieces</li>
<li>Velcro circles</li>
<li>Small basket</li>
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Directions:</h4>
See how high to attach the whiteboard to your desired location. I did it so that my sweet baby has to get on his tiptoes to get the top puzzle pieces. <br />
Place velcro circles on the white board and velcro circles on the back of the puzzle pieces and you are done!<br />
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Hope you enjoyed and can make one for your toddler! So much fun! <br />
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<br /></div>Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-68156122175944377482012-05-24T20:05:00.002-05:002021-02-13T17:17:19.791-06:00Sweet Boy and Bella Update!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I started this post over a month ago! I finally got all of my pictures moved over to this computer and can finish up this post.<br />
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Bella is growing up so fast. I can see how her language is changing, how she is maturing, and how her baby talk has gone away. <br />
Bella wakes up in the morning and gets herself ready and makes her bed. She loves to do her chores. I hope this does not change!<br />
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Sweet Boy keeps being the role model and Bella wants to do what her brother does. We tell Sweet Boy how he is the role model and he takes his job of teaching his sister seriously (most of the time.)<br />
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Both kids really love school and their teachers. <br />
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Here are a few pictures of the kids at school.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kindergarten Graduation! Bella is now a 1st Level. How fast they grow!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Boy is still loving baseball and on a team.</td></tr>
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The kids just got out of school today and I am done teaching, so I hope to make time for posting. I will be finishing up my Montessori Elementary training over the summer but other than that we will be home all summer.</div>Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-69075449457115151342012-03-28T21:15:00.001-05:002021-02-13T17:21:49.143-06:00Toddler Activities<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The following is the shelve that lives in our dining room. This was taken many months ago. The works are now different.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To the left of this shelf is his table.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>My son is currently using the table for snack time and some lunch time. The table is from Ikea. The legs were cut so his feet would touch the floor. At age two or even one a half, typical children can easily get in and out of this chair and carry their plate to the chosen place for dirty dishes. My son is not there yet. He is working on getting in and out of the chair. He does fine eating by himself, but I need to be with him to help with the cup or he will spill it all over himself and at some point throw it.<br />
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So back to the shelve. The items on the shelf are often rotated. Some things stay a very long time because big boy really likes them. The most important thing that I do for my two year old, and this is true for any two year old, is to narrow down toys. What I mean is: if the shape sorter like the one below brings two of each shape, only put out one of each shape. Once they have mastered that, then put two of each shape.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is so much language with this toy. Color, shape, in, out, give me. This is not a Montessori Toy and most of our toys are not. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are the stacking cups. This particular set comes with 11 or 12 cups. I only put 4 or 5 out at a time.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> This Leap Frog Toy comes with all of the letters of the alphabet. Here I put out the vowels. But now with the speech therapist we are working on certain sounds, so I pulled the letters just for those.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These Arthur books have tabs to open. Excellent work for big boy. He LOVES LOVES books. It is the sweetest thing. He will sit and look at books for very long periods of time. He will also sit and listen to me read 4 or 5 board books.</td></tr>
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1. Baskets of items of the same color<br />
2. Bowls and cups with tops to match<br />
3. Discovery basket - random items with different textures for him to discover<br />
4. Always have balls out of different sizes.<br />
5. The playschool farm<br />
6. Puzzles<br />
7. Plastic zoo animals<br />
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Big boy works hard hard every day. He is determined to do IT, whatever IT may be: walk, talk, feed himself, go down the stairs, etc... What is so simple and easy for typical children takes so much effort and energy for a child with Down Syndrome. I get to see each developmental stage that usually goes by so fast the first year at slow speed. What is it that a child has to do to walk? If you only knew all that has to happen and how strong all those muscles from your head to toe need to be, you would be surprised. <br />
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So Big Boy is now cruising (which means he walks with one hand on any piece of furniture an he walks with a toy walker.)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking Time!</td></tr>
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Big boy also works hard at exploring EVERYTHING! I have lost 5lbs since he started getting into everything!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making a mess!</td></tr>
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Big boy is signing and has picked up the rate at which he learns new signs. He understands and signs when words are said in English or Spanish. So, exciting.<br />
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Big boy has therapies weekly. He has Physical therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Group Physical Therapy, Group Aquatic Physical Therapy, and an overall Developmental Session. He is still attending a KinderMusik class which he absolutely loves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Favorite OT!</td></tr>
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Big boy has now begun to copy all sounds that you make. He speaks 3-4 words. "Yay, Bye, Bye, Mama and Dada"<br />
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Big boy is a great sleeper! He sleeps straight from 7pm-6am. He has done this since very early in his life. He is taking one to two naps a day. He is moving to that one nap a day. He gets very very tired after therapies and playgroups or music class.<br />
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Big boy LOVES to be outside but then what kid doesn't!! His loves are music and outside.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In our backyard. Big Boy loves to swing and Mommy #2 loves to help!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mommy #2!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">So here is why I have NOT been posting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About 9 months ago my work computerS(plural) started to die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First it was my PC and a few months later the Mac.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the Mac died, I was left sharing my husbands personal laptop with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I only used it for work because he also needed it for work, so I could not say “sorry honey, you can’t work I need to post to my blog!”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About a month ago our house was broken into and his personal laptop was stolen. <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">:( </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Now we were down to zero computers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, the College tried their best to repair my computers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After not being able to repair them, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I finally requested a new one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The process of ordering is not a fast one, specially at a public college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two months after my request, I got my computer!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yay!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of my husbands ex-students has loaned my husband an extra laptop he had, so we have two computers at home once again!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">I have lots and lots of blog post ideas written down and many pictures I have been taking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I now have a computer so now I just need to sit and write!</div></div>Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-33935494374636358602012-02-03T13:49:00.001-06:002021-02-13T17:38:03.212-06:00More on organizing my home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
Lately I have been reading a lot on simplifying your life, ideas on being earth friendly, and organizing. I have written about organizing before. This is a never ending task!<br />
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The month before Christmas I spent it cleaning out and selling or giving away lots of house items. I have been reading a lot on organization. I would give myself a 'B' on organization. A 'B' because I have lots of room for improvement! Sometimes, I organize an area in my home and a month or two later have to re-organize it. I have reflected on this and figured out that it is because I did not do a good job the first time. What I mean is that it was not an easy organization system for me or my kids.<br />
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I would like to be an 'A+" in organizing. The plus for make it "pretty." Currently, I organize but it does not look beautiful. I don't pay attention to matching baskets or boxes or adding color/texture to the area being organized. A good example would be my filing system. It is a hodgepodge of folders, some printed labels and some handwritten in an old plastic toy box. I want to transform it into a pretty filling system that draws me to it. A filing system with pretty folders that match and makes me smile when I look at it. Such a filing system would make me want to file and keep it organized.<br />
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So in this wonderful blog world I have found two blogs that have inspired me to be an 'A+' organizer!<br />
Jen from <a href="http://iheartorganizing.blogspot.com/">iHeartOrganizing</a> has the magic touch! She makes everything beautiful when she organizes and she tells you how to do it on a budget. I need budget friendly ideas!<br />
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<a href="http://clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/">Clutter-Free Classroom </a>is my second inspiration. Many of the ideas she has can be used in your home. She is budget friendly also.<br />
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Something else I have done is signed up for Pinterest. I LOVE Pinterest and do not know why I did not do it sooner. This virtual pin board allows me to pin ideas I find on the Internet to different boards I have created. One of my boards is "Organizing my Home." I pin ideas that I will slowly implement and ideas that inspire me. Best part of Pinterest is that you get to repin ideas that friends you follow have pinned. This is like having a lot of people doing the work for you! All of your friends read blogs, pin what they like and you get to say "cool, I like it also and want to save that idea for later!" The BESTEST(not a word :)) part, you get to follow/unfollow boards your friends created. So, if one friend has a board on food and one on organizing and you are not interested in foods then don't follow that board! <br />
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Organizing can be overwhelming. There are so many rooms and so much stuff to organize that you could just paralyze yourself with the task at hand. What I have done is broken it down into very small areas.<br />
I've made a list of one hour or less areas to organize. For example:<br />
-Bella's Hair "Stuff"<br />
-Babies drawers<br />
-Kids Kitchen drawers (There are 2 of them)<br />
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One to two day areas to organize with prior planning like Kids Closet and my husbands and our closet. You get the idea. Make a list and just start!<br />
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I will leave you with a cute and functional idea I got on Pinterest for Bella's hair stuff which I implemented. Money spent $0. I already had the silverware caddy.<br />
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What I like about this idea is there is a specific place for everything. No longer are bottles, brush, comb and headbands all thrown together in one basket but now there is a visual of where everything belongs and what is missing. If the brush is not in its place you can easily see that. Ponytail holders and bows are not in here. Bows hang on a ribbon and ponytail holders are in a clear container.<br />
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Have you organized any areas of your home lately? I would love to see them. Any blogs that inspire you to organize? Please share! <br />
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</div>Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-43744490673637803692012-01-23T21:36:00.003-06:002012-01-23T21:57:28.109-06:00Classroom ManagementI am looking for classroom management techniques in the Montessori classroom for Ages 6-9.<br />
Here are a few I found. <a href="http://montessoritraining.blogspot.com/2008/10/montessori-classroom-three-before-me.html">Three before me.</a><br />
<a href="http://montessoritraining.blogspot.com/2007/09/montessori-classroom-management.html">Classroom Management</a><br />
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Please comment with any articles or blog posts about classroom management in the Montessori classroom. I will keep adding to this blog post with new ones I find. Thank you!Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-4926944770342465812011-12-24T20:46:00.001-06:002021-02-13T17:46:33.693-06:00The Christmas Photo Shoot!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">Trying to get the perfect photograph for our Christmas cards!. Baby had a different plan.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad!</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok, get me untangled and ready for pictures!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I can't sit still. What are you talking about?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I see Mommy! She has a cool thing that has a bright light coming from it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, that light! I am so tired. "I just love this picture!!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok, now I am making my brother laugh!! My sister does not look impressed.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok, time to escape. Why are we just sitting here!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here I come Mommy. What? Smile? OK!</td></tr>
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</div>Gigihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06946192686191828366noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5129788994865519761.post-75409969758235584472011-12-21T20:05:00.001-06:002021-02-13T17:47:55.561-06:00Fall is already gone?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hi! It has been a while, right?! Three months to be exact. We have been doing great! The kids had a great Fall. The weather turned to a very comfortable temperature that had us outside every day. This fall the kids enjoyed:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">carving pumpkins</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">celebrating their 8th and 6th Birthday<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and Thanksgiving with my husbands Family in San Antonio.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bella is excelling in word building and reading. She is in Kindergarten and reads better than most 1st graders.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Boy loves the zip line, gardening, the ducks, fish and chickens at his school</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and is excelling in writing, spelling, and took off with reading this fall!</td></tr>
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