Comments on: Common Sign Abbreviations http://fivejs.com/life-skills-for-kids-common-road-abbreviations/ Homeschool and Educational Resources to Help Parents Raise Lifelong Learners Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chick Hatchershttp://fivejs.com/life-skills-for-kids-common-road-abbreviations/comment-page-1/#comment-2888 Chick Hatchers Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:06:16 +0000 http://fivejs.com/?p=4145#comment-2888 This is such a valuable lesson that so many overlook - inlcuding my parents and the schools I attended. In college I took a drive to Canada and I remember vividly seeing a sign with "FWY" and saying outload "Is that the Fortway we want? Wait a minute... What's a fortway?" I thought my friend was going to wreck the car from laughing so hard! (Or, as we used to say back in the day, "Have a cow.") I had never before seen a sign for a freeway, that I know of. (I actually think that I thought all roads were free, back in the day.) mychildsview.blogspot.com .-= Chick Hatchers´s last blog ..<a href="http://mychildsview.blogspot.com/2010/03/dryer-safety-works-for-me-wednesday.html" rel="nofollow">Dryer Safety - Works for Me Wednesday</a> =-. This is such a valuable lesson that so many overlook – inlcuding my parents and the schools I attended. In college I took a drive to Canada and I remember vividly seeing a sign with "FWY" and saying outload "Is that the Fortway we want? Wait a minute… What's a fortway?" I thought my friend was going to wreck the car from laughing so hard! (Or, as we used to say back in the day, "Have a cow.") I had never before seen a sign for a freeway, that I know of. (I actually think that I thought all roads were free, back in the day.)

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]]> By: Traceyhttp://fivejs.com/life-skills-for-kids-common-road-abbreviations/comment-page-1/#comment-2883 Tracey Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:31:56 +0000 http://fivejs.com/?p=4145#comment-2883 Hadn't thought about this - although I should have, since one of my daughters recently asked how to pronounce the word "etc."! Thanks for the reminder! .-= Tracey´s last blog ..<a href="http://girlstogrow.blogspot.com/2010/03/live-well.html" rel="nofollow">Live Well!</a> =-. Hadn't thought about this – although I should have, since one of my daughters recently asked how to pronounce the word "etc."! Thanks for the reminder!
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]]> By: Ranahttp://fivejs.com/life-skills-for-kids-common-road-abbreviations/comment-page-1/#comment-2882 Rana Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:52:09 +0000 http://fivejs.com/?p=4145#comment-2882 That's so true. I never thought about that, but eventually they would need to know those. .-= Rana´s last blog ..<a href="http://freetolearnanlovinit.blogspot.com/2010/03/post-it-note-tuesday_09.html" rel="nofollow">Post It Note Tuesday!</a> =-. That's so true. I never thought about that, but eventually they would need to know those.
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