https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:18:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-826060 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:07:04 +0000 catgirl 826060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>AW, this thread is so lovely! Ornella, another language is priceless knowledge - yay. So proud of all the YLF kiddos... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-825437 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:28:51 +0000 Ornella 825437@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks ladies. </p> <p>Mochi, it is fascinating to watch the process of child's learning the new language, but in fact I find everything children do equally so. It is truly amazing to think that someone who was born not that long ago and had only physical needs now has such complex emotional and intellectual life as well. Raising a child, I feel, is like to opportunity to reset myself - as he grows and makes sense of the world with his still unpolluted mind and innocent heart, I go back to certain parts of myself and literally relive my childhood. </p> <p>Una, I've just had a chance to look at the Battle of the Books link. What a brilliant incentive. I volunteered as a reading mentor with 9-10 year-olds a couple of years ago and I know what a nightmare it is when kids don't want to, or even worse still can't, read that well. I found it so upsetting.<br /> But to have kids dive into books in this way and promote thorough reading in a novel way - I'm all for it. Especially when there are so many other tempting entertainment options.<br /> Congratulations to your boy's team, good luck in the next stage but more importantly - happy reading. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-823047 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:31:36 +0000 Echo 823047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, that is AMAZING! What a fast learner you have on your hands! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-823045 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:29:53 +0000 Echo 823045@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations to your DS! That is fantastic! My boys have joined Battle of the Books each year, but have not made it past their in-school competitions. But my 7th grade son is going to his school finals for the geography bee! My kids are not particularly athletic, and it is great that schools have more options for kids now - Battle of the Books, Spelling Bees, Geography Bees, Model UN, FBLA, Debate/Forensics, etc. They also have math competitions and current news competitions in the middle school grades, although I don't think those extend beyond the school to district/region/state. I think they had many of those things when I was in school, but they weren't nearly as popular as they seem to be in my kids' school now. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-822879 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 00:34:38 +0000 Mochi 822879@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That's amazing, Ornella! Must be pride-inducing as well as fascinating to watch the process happening (and intimidating as well, knowing you haven't got a chance of catching up) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-822750 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:33:02 +0000 MsMary 822750@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ornella, SO AWESOME!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-822498 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:15:18 +0000 Ornella 822498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love this thread and here's my contribution. Well done YLF babies (and Marines too)!</p> <p>My son, who had only started kindergarden in October, had by Christmas learnt German language so well that we actually ask him (5.5 yo) to translate for us. </p> <p>After several frustrating weeks at the beginning, this is something that not just makes me feel relieved, but very proud too. Most importantly, life is easier for him now. And, when he starts school in September, he won't feel left behind. </p> <p>It is a very, very weird feeling to not understand what my own child is saying. It is also frightening as we're nowhere near his level of using the new language and we can't shield him from bad things others may say around or to him. So, we must step on it more. </p> <p>We can't assess how good he is, but form just listening to him and hearing that his sentences simply flow, with no pausing, there's no thinking about words, to us at least he sounds so confident and comfortable. Yes, we've heard it's easy for kids to pick up new languages and yes, he was already bilingual which apparently helps as he's already familiar with the concept of different language, but even our new friends here are shocked by the speed at which he had progressed. </p> <p>Thanks for listening and thanks for the opportunity to brag. Leaving the spotlight for another proud mum now </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-822321 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:24:02 +0000 anne 822321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would have been sooo into that too!!</p> <p>Good on your son! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-821953 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 03:56:42 +0000 rae 821953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cool! And fun! Great competition; it is nice to see one that tests reading comprehension and memory recall over straight memorization of a list of facts. Congrats!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-821033 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:02:32 +0000 MsMary 821033@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my gosh! That sounds like a blast!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-820937 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:43:36 +0000 catgirl 820937@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My son begs to watch the Regular Show!</p> <p>Battle of the Books is something relatively new where kids who want to do it are assigned 13 books or so by grade. They have to read all the books, and then they form teams of 3 and have to answer questions about details in the books. Like, "In which book did a character scoop icy water from a stream?" They have 30 seconds to write the answer, give it to the judge, and then state out loud the full title and author. It was pretty tricky and some of the books were quite hard for 3rd grade. The champs in the school go on to district, then state, then nationals. I was so proud of DS for reading all the books, and he has a phenomenal memory for fiddling details. </p> <p>Here's a link if you want to know more:</p> <p><a href="http://battleofthebooks.org/" rel="nofollow">http://battleofthebooks.org/</a></p> <p>I would have been totally into this in grade school! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-820680 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 23:42:38 +0000 Mochi 820680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah, I want to know more about the Battle of the Books! Please explain. In the meantime, kudos, congrats and yay! Also to MaryK, RoseandJoan, and anyone else I missed or upcoming brags as well. </p> <p>My kid is awesome too....(and remember, she's 24 so has had a lot of extra time to accumulate bragworthiness). Storyboard artist at Pixar...worked at Cartoon Network where her team was nominated for a short animation Emmy! Unfortunately I can't find the episode free anywhere; I think you have to buy it on iTunes or something. But here's a clip from the episode "Mordecai and the Rigbys (The Regular Show):</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8LRzW0B7IQ" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8LRzW0B7IQ</a></p> <p>Sorry to hijack the bragging. I think all the kids here have such cool moms, there's no way they can end up anything but fabulous! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-820593 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:19:10 +0000 Anonymous 820593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congrats to your son, Una! You have every right to be proud! Battle of the Books is a reading incentive program, right? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-820539 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:41:38 +0000 Caro in Oz 820539@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Books - check.<br /> Now you just have to get him interested in clothes:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-820465 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:48:01 +0000 Anonymous 820465@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay for R&amp;J's kiddos! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-820455 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:41:55 +0000 RoseandJoan 820455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Three Cheers for the YLF bairns!</p> <p>hip hip....hooray.</p> <p>I am so proud of my eldest for attending mainstream school and receiving the coveted star of the block badge.</p> <p>I am so proud of my youngest for learning to write her name and neatly too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-820389 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:35:40 +0000 Anonymous 820389@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hooray for the outstanding spawn of Una and MaryK! </p> <p>I love books! I love fitness! These are my kind of offspring!</p> <p>*standing ovation*</p> <p>Ooh-rah!!!!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-820374 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:25:43 +0000 pil 820374@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i'd like to know more about Battle of the Books too, Una.</p> <p>MaryK, how awesome about your son. Did the Sargeant give him/send you a letter? My friend's son is in the Army and received a similar (I think) recognition and they have a nice letter. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-820321 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:47:26 +0000 MsMary 820321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hooray! And, uh, what is the Battle of the Books?</p> <p>My kiddo's sargeant nominated him for Marine of the Quarter! And he scored 296 out of 300 on his Combat Fitness Test -- better than all the guys with whom he works! Ooh-rah!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/mommy-brag-time-my-sons-team-won-battle-of-the-books-at-his-school#post-820220 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:33:54 +0000 catgirl 820220@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know this is not that big a deal, but his team is going on to the district-wide competition! I am busting with pride - they did so well yesterday. It is just crazy to see your child become competent at something and show it to the world, even if it's just a little thing like this. </p> <p>Moms, brag about your kiddos here! </p>