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  • Story of the Orchestra
    Story of the Orchestra
    With CD!
  • My Big Book of Catholic Bible Stories
    My Big Book of Catholic Bible Stories
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  • The Little Red Hen
    The Little Red Hen
    Hooray for a good work ethic! The little red hen asks but receives no help in her efforts to put bread on the table. Yet all who wouldn't help would like to eat. In a refreshingly old-fashioned triumph of moral consequences, they don't get to!
  • Noisy Nora
    Noisy Nora
    Poor Nora! The loveable mousette experiences all the pangs of the child-in-the- middle, caught between the demands of baby brother and bossiness of big sister. Catchy meter, playful illustrations make for a wonderfully satisfying mouse's tale. Baby-Preschool
  • A Chair for My Mother
    A Chair for My Mother
    A remarkably beautiful story told by a young girl whose mother is a waitress. Since they lost all their furniture in a fire, they've been saving mother’s tips in a jar – so they can buy a big comfortable chair for their whole family to enjoy – daughter, mother and grandmother. Life has its ups and downs, but there’s always lots of love. Ages 4-7
  • Caps for Sale
    Caps for Sale
    Be dramatic! Shake your fists! Stomp your feet! You and your toddler will have so much fun with this wonderful story, in which common sense prevails over temper tantrums! 3-7

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  • Character Sketches From the Pages of Scripture, Illustrated in the World of Nature
    Character Sketches From the Pages of Scripture, Illustrated in the World of Nature
    Institue in Basic Youth Conflicts

Disabilities

VSA Cinderella at Franklin Park 3/5-3/14

Stop the "r" word - take the pledge

Children's books on disabilities

Down syndrome - books for parents

Lose the Training Wheels workshop - Fairfax 3/29-4/2

Lock Laces for kids who can't tie shoes yet

No tie shoelaces, lock laces, curly laces for kids

Bumbo seats - great for babies with Down syndrome!

ASL: Christmas carols, hymns and patriotic songs

Down syndrome and abortion - are we missing something?

Little Buddy GPS child tracking system

Loudoun County occupational therapists - in home visits

Will babies with Down syndrome disappear?

The Power of the Powerless

Patrick Henry Hughes - disabled or differently abled?

Loudoun special needs: Athlete to Athlete November 15

Jonny Curtis sings the National Anthem

Support Special Olympics

Down syndrome - cultural litmus test for compassion

Down syndrome news: Orlando Eagle Scout

Down syndrome books - new for parents and children

Down syndrome button and creed

Sarah Palin on Obamacare and rationing

Abercrombie & Fitch guilty of discrimination, appeals - again

WrightsLaw - 4 free Florida conferences

House health care bill labels "retarded"

Why the Left hates Sarah Palin: Trig

Inspiring video - Dancing beyond disability

99 Balloons - bloggers scooped Oprah by over a year

Born without arms or legs - but living life large

Got Disabilities? Beware Obama health plan

Down syndrome awareness: My Sister, Alicia May

Happy Birthday, Helen Keller!

Down syndrome and wandering

Kids w/disabilities? NACD help - Front Royal VA 5/21

Special needs, senior care - free access to providers 4/24-4/27

Special needs children are a gift

Best Friend on Wheels

Obama, Special Olympics and Jonny

Sarah Palin's address to 2009 Special Olympics

Children with disabilities - free vital records guide

The Miracle Worker - must see family movie

Children's books on disabilities

Conference on Faith and Disabilities 2/28 Landover, MD

Special ed parents: Wrightslaw conference in Bowie MD 3/19

Down syndrome song - God Doesn't Make Mistakes

Special Olympics feature - thank you, Sports Illustrated

99 Balloons - update

Child with Down syndrome denied life insurance - any advice?

Palin and Special Needs families

Wasilla reader: Special needs poem

Down syndrome: mother/child pictures

Loudoun County Public Schools inclusion: token or authentic?

Sarah Palin - advocate for Down syndrome, special needs

Johnny the Bagger

R is the new n-word - time to bury it too.

Once upon a time there was a retard

CPAP for child with sensory issues - suggestions, anyone?

Down syndrome - the joy and beauty

Alex Barton - Florida wants to hear from other families

Sign language for kids

Fenway Park Disability Awareness Day - Autistic man sings anthem

Rescue Squad Special needs registry - Purcellville

Coming home from Camp Easter Seals

Down syndrome dolls - what do you think?

Another Down syndrome prom king

Loudoun: Athlete 2 Athlete kickball clinic

Being "special" and self-esteem

Young man with Down syndrome rocks on So You Think You Can Dance

Alex Barton: the whys and hows of inclusion

Alex Barton voted out of kindergarten

Special Ed, IEPs, Wright's Law, and empowered parenting

Church bars severely autisic boy from Mass

Prenatal diagnosis? Pressure to terminate? Read this first -

Loudoun County Public Schools - school nurse problems

Speaking with parents of special needs kids Thursday 4/24

99 Balloons - update from Matt and Ginny

The IEP process: Wrightslaw equips parents

Homeschooling special needs kids - your input needed

Loudoun County Public Schools and beyond: hyper-vigilant school nurses?

Born with Down syndrome, in love with life

Loudoun County - WaPo on Very Special Arts' new play

Loudoun County: Very Special Arts - "The Old Homeplace"

Down syndrome - save lives, sign petition, please

More good press on Down syndrome

Autism - more than meets the eye

Special Ed in Loudoun County: overcoming the bigotry of low expectations

Kids with disabilities need responsibilities too!

Special needs kids - model search

To moms and dads with special needs kids

Autistic student scores big time!

Waterford Elementary gets A+ on inclusion

Special Ed: Important info for parents

Memo to Loudoun Schools: Retarded is an "N" word

Special ed in Loudoun - who hired this guy?

Special ed in Loudoun County - one parent's perspective

Pre-natal diagnosis? Be not afraid

New site for lives touched by disabilities

How a young man with Down syndrome is making the world a better place

My life - quick and random thoughts

Parenting Q & A: how to treat people with special needs

Inclusion: help for DC/northern Virginia parents

Inclusive Schools Week

Do we over accomodate for children with disabilities?

Children with Disabilities? You need to plan ahead

An open letter to Loudoun County Parks and Rec

Do mothers of big families and/or kids with special needs face more judgment? Take 2

Mr. Rogers on disabilities - and other wisdom

New movies about siblings with special needs

For mothers of kids with special needs

Virginia Special Ed regulations - proposed changes

Special education in Loudoun - one battle won

Loudoun County Public Schools - calling all Special Ed families

Do mothers of big families and/or kids with special needs face more judgment?

Starting a church group for parents of kids with disabilities - reader needs your input

Life planning for kids with special needs - northern Virginia workshop

Special Education - law and advocacy

Patrick Henry Hughes - transcending "disabilities"

Tribute to a son with cerebral palsy

Theology and Down Syndrome: Reimagining Disability in Late Modernity

On prejudice, disabilities, and hypocrisy

Bill seeks support for parents of children with Down syndrome

Special Needs Cheerleading Team on Good Morning America October 1

Disabilities and prejudice - working through it

Special Needs Cheerleading Teams bring out the best in all

For Jonny, Down syndrome rocks!

Prenatal diagnosis - raising public awareness and eliminating fear

Encouragement for families blessed with children with Down syndrome

Prenatal testing for Down syndrome demands better information for parents

Down syndrome - the ethics of prenatal testing and abortion

Disabilities and the church

Why I call them the Downzers

Ten Commandments for parents of kids with special needs

Kids with disabilities - coping with the stress on marriage

99 Balloons - update

99 Balloons - God uses the weak and the small

Curtis Boys at the Challenger Little League Tournament

Guest blog: A mother's reflections on her daughter with Down syndrome

Books for parents of kids with special needs

Children with Down syndrome and the mothers who love them

How a young man with Down syndrome is making the world a better place

American Sign Language - now you can see it demonstrated online

Loudoun County moms of kindergartners with DS meeting tomorrow

Loving a child with autism

Lessons learned from a bagger with Down syndrome

Daniel - does this kid look sick to you?

A rant that maybe only moms of kids with special needs will understand

Loudoun County Very Special Arts - Japanese Fairy Tales

Joy has little to do with outer circumstances

For parents of kids with learning disabilities

The continuing attack on babies with Down syndrome

How's Your News?

Down syndrome: thoughts on prenatal testing

Every life matters

The future of my guys with Down syndrome

The busy lives of my guys with Down syndrome

Having a baby with Down syndrome can bring out the best

Kids with disabilities need responsibilities too

Extra help with shoelaces and chopsticks

Kids with disabilities need the same things all kids need!

Non-slip soap for kids - great stocking stuffer

Something to cheer about: Athlete-to-Athlete

Celebrating the birth of a baby with Down syndrome

The church and inclusion

The strongest dad in the world

New book on Down syndrome

Teaching kids about disabilities

Easter Seals needs your vote

Toys for differently-abled kids

Fan Mail

Sweet news: Down syndrome wedding

Down syndrome entrepreneur

What you should know about Trisomy 18

Camp Easter Seals

Stunning rebuke of Planned Parenthood

Entertaining Angels

Sweet Baby James Update/ Thoughts on Adoption

More on Jonny

Jonny - for the benefit of my neighbors who do not want to know him

The purpose of my blog and my writing

On prejudice and disabilities

Love this!

Wisdom and perspective

Warning on kids in cars

When it comes to Down syndrome, who's teaching whom?

27 Kids

A young adult with Down syndrome

The other side of motherhood

Down syndrome babies deserve a better welcome

Please pray for Emily

For mothers with medically fragile children

The Beatitudes for Friends of Exceptional Children

Parenting Q&A - grocery cart support

Sunday Update - 2 new sites

Down syndrome and prenatal testing

God's role in birth defects - Part 3

God's role in birth defects - Part 2

God's role in birth defects - your thoughts, please

Parenting Q&A #8 Destructive Behavior

Thanks for answered prayers

More on prenatal tests

New test for Down syndrome - good news or bad?

Is the Left Softening on Abortion?

A Camera for Jonny

Elisabeth Elliot on Judy Squier

Dressing kids with disabilities

Jonny and "Your Song"

Entertaining Angels

Disabilities P. S.

Emotional disabilities

Disabilities - Take 3

Who's really disabled?

Disrespecting Disabilities

Lookin' good at Special Olympics

The slipperiest slope of all

About that extra chromosome. . .Down syndrome rocks!