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Landi
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 11:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
some people need something big like that to catch their falls.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Scooterrific, I promise I was thanking Landi for the info not the smacking!

Landi, took your advice and talked to the manufacturer. Seems my bun warmer is about to be very collectable since they are not making them any more, and the only ones I could find were at another company, also no longer available. The good news is that after searching and narrowing down I finally found the proper name of the thingy! It's a heat diffuser. They sell all kinds of fancy ones now that cost anywhere from 9.99 up, but persistance found some copper coated wire ones - 2 for $1.09.

bunwarmer --------------heatdiffusertrivets

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
When I was little I asked my Grandma what she wanted for Christmas, she said a Bun Warmer. I laughed and laughed and laughed. It wasn't until Christmas morning when she opened her gift that I knew what a bun warmer was. I still giggle when I hear someone mention bun warmer. (We call them dinner rolls, not buns)

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Scooterrific, I just realized I should have thanked you too. Somehow with all the joking around I got sidetracked. Anyway thanks for the info!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Zmom, this particular pan is named Bun Warmer. It is from the West Bend company in Wisconsin and came with an entire set of waterless pots, pans, bakeware and an electric pan you could cook turkey in or pancakes on.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 9:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
We had a bun warmer exactly like that one when I was growing up!!! It did a great job on softening up the hamburger buns, which is what we used it for.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 9:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I think my aunt had one.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 8:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Maybe I should get it appraised! LOL

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I am at a loss.

I am trying to find a book for a 7 year old boy. He is somewhat below grade level in reading. (He's probably closer to 1st grade than 2nd grade). I am looking for a book that would feature a second grade boy. Something that would actually mention "second grade" a few times. (It is fine to have it be at a second grade level. I think it would be hard to find a first grade level about a second grader.)

I would also be happy if I could find a book (around a 1st or 2nd or even 3rd grade level that would feature a boy named Ryan.)

Any ideas? I have tried google, but am not getting any decent results.

TIA.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 10:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
URGrace...thank you for thanking me

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 10:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
My soccer mom from Mars / by Rita Book ; illustrated by Amy Wummer.
Ryan's mom loves watching Ryan play soccer. She cheers louder than anyone and jumps around and embarrasses Ryan. What can Ryan do?

Stink : the incredible shrinking kid / Megan McDonald ; illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds.
Judy Moody's younger brother Stink is the shortest second grader in his school and possibly in the world. Even though he wishes he were not short, shorter, or shortest, he learns about a U.S. president with whom he has lots in common, and things start looking up.

(Those are on the list of librarians' picks for first or second grade at my local library, but I can't vouch for the content personally!)

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 10:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
KITT--You rock!!! Actually we just finished "Stink"!!!

Thank you so much!!!

Also if anyone has any suggestions (not necessarily with Ryan or 2nd Grade mentioned in them) for a second grade boy, please do let me know. Preferably chapter books, I am trying to "inspire" my not-so-good-reader into reading. Preferably about boys. (Why don't they have a Jonny B. Jones series?)

Off to look for the soccer mom one!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
That soccer ones looks perfect!! THis little kid says THANKS, Kitt!!



Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 11:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Julie have you talked to the school librarian or teachers, or maybe a librarian at the public library (or site for same)?

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Julie, have you tried the Magic Treehouse series? Lists the ages as 4-8, but if Ryan is struggling some with reading I think they'd be good for him. There's a ton of books in the series and the kids visit all kinds of places and times in their adventures. They are chapter books and the characters are a boy and his little sister. Both my kids loved them.

We also use this site to find good books for the kids. If you scroll down the page there are fields to put in your sons grade level and you can even narrow the search down to different types, cultures, etc of books he might be interested in. We use the site when we get the kids results back from the state/federal testing because they give you a reading level, which isn't neccessarily based on grade level so we can search for books they'll not only enjoy but also that fit in their reading levels.

I'd also ask his teacher about it. They know all the good books, the ones kids will enjoy, but also know Ryan and can help you find books that will help to improve his reading. LOL, I did this with Kota's teacher, hoping to find books that would help with the areas she struggles in (fluency and comprehension) and her teacher gave me a list 4 pages long. Hers had a lot of books of poetry (Shel Silversteins books were all listed) and books that were written for younger readers but done in rhyming to help her read out loud better. I was surprised by some of the suggestions, like Green Eggs and Ham for a third grader, but she said that even though the story was above her grade level the easy sentences would help her focus more on the fluency because she wasn't focusing so much on words she might or might not know yet.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 11:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Also any books about something Ryan is personally interested in - say dinosaurs or cars - and magazines or comic books. I have a son who didn't like to read until I got him comic books, then he read all the time.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Thank you all!!!

Sea, I just got off the phone with our librarian. She is going to leave a few at the circulation desk for us to pick up later today. Also just got an email from his teacher, so we are on our way!!

Grace, it's kind of weird, but he never has gotten "into" anything, at least not for more than 15 seconds. Never really got into trains or dinosaurs or Star Wars. He just loves numbers, paper clips and bouncy balls. (I know, weird!) I swear to GOD, that if I gave him a box of paper clips, he would be equally as excited or more than if I gave him a new set of legos.

Wargod, I knew you'd come through!!! Thanks so much for the links!!!

As usual, you all ROCK!! Thank you for taking some time to help us!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 11:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Julie, maybe you can find some puzzles with words on them, so he'd have to put the puzzle together to read what is on it, or he might like word games. You might have to be sneaky to incorporate his loves into getting him to want to read.

Maybe you can find books that happen to have boys who like numbers or math?

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
Make words with paper clips and glue them on paper and make his own book!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL Julie, Dakota can still entertain herself for hours with a cardboard box. The last couple days she's been playing with a bit of left over pvc sprinkler pipe and having the best time.

Julie, I have another suggestion but I'm not quite sure it'll be helpful, lol. A couple years ago, during Christmas shopping, we went into the Kay Bee Toys liquidator store. They had a bunch of science sets, like magnets and rocks and dinosaur bones. Each set had a book with it that showed experiments or talked about the various rocks/dinosaurs, etc. I think I paid about 4 or 5 bucks apiece for them and the kids loved them. I don't even know if you can find those particular sets anymore, but I know Toys R Us has a selection of science sets that are similar (theirs are bigger sets though and cost a bit more.) Considering that he likes things like paperclips to play with, something like a science set of magnets or rocks/minerals might peak his interest some, though you would probably have to help him read the books (we had to with Kota.) I've found with her, that she really doesn't like to read because at times it is a struggle, but finding different ways to get her interested, like giving her science expereriments to do, she really doesn't think of it as reading. It's just something fun to do and then she's learning that reading isn't always such a chore or lesson.

Right now she's into cooking so we've been doing a lot of recipe reading, rather we're making something out of a box or out of the cookbook. I've always held the opinion that I don't care if they're reading the cereal box so long as they're reading so it makes me excited to see her get into cooking where she does have to do a lot of reading.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 12:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Yep, the motivation to read doesn't matter so much as that they end up reading.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Zmom, I love your thinking!! That is a great idea and I think he'd love it. Maybe it would inspire him to make his own words out of paper clips!

War, that is a great idea as well. We have this store called American Science and surplus. I bet he'd go CRAZY there!! Thanks!!

Seamonkey, thank you too!!!

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
Julie, my son gets excited about weird things too. His favorite thing to get is new underwear. His second is new pajamas..lol

Use the regular paper clips for words and the colored plastic ones for him to make pictures.

Scooterrific
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07-08-2005

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 12:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
<---gets excited about new underwear, too!!!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, January 25, 2007 - 12:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
<----- new socks make me giddy.