Interest-led homeschooling can get complicated when you have children with varying interests. Here’s how we make it work! One morning last week, my oldest son yelled and asked me to come into his room. “I’m with your brother. Give me a minute!” I yelled back because I am super serene and classy like that. I…
This overview introduces social pragmatic goals in speech therapy as well as examples of how these goals contribute to your child’s increasing social ability. When my child was first diagnosed with social pragmatic language disorder, I was not surprised. Part of my college education included a minor in communication disorders, so I was familiar with…
To paint a picture of what strength based, interest-led learning entails on a daily basis, for all of 2022 I am sharing our interest-led weekly homeschool lesson plans. I will also be checking back each week to be completely transparent, and let you know exactly what we did, and maybe more importantly, did not do….
With one homeschool graduate in college this year and my youngest working through his freshman year of high school, one of the questions I am asked most is what our days and weeks look like, when taking an interest-led, strength-based approach to learning. To paint a picture of what this type of learning entails on…
After almost a decade of teaching my children with learning differences, this is, by far, my best advice for helping a struggling learner. “I am not sure he is ever going to learn to read.” I said this to my husband, over coffee and through tears one morning about a year ago. My then twelve…
If you are homeschooling a child with dyscalculia, you may have already been asked this question by your child. “Why is math so hard?” When my son was in second grade, math was a big deal. His class practiced timed tests every day (the same way I did 30 years earlier) as a way to…
Research shows that one of the best ways for children with learning differences to really grasp and retain learning is with a multisensory approach. This easy hands-on homeschool science program is designed to create hands-on learning opportunities for children from preschool to high school! When my son and I sat down to discuss what he…
I am trying to get to the bottom of this. Why Is My Child With ADHD So Explosive About Schoolwork? Over the course of the last few years, I have seen my share of meltdowns. iPads have been broken, replaced, and then broken again. We patched up a giant hole in the wall when we…
We have been homeschooling with audiobooks for almost a decade. At first, I treated them as extras. Now, I’ve come to see them as a valuable resource in our homeschool. Here’s why. Last week, my son’s doctor asked him about school (always a good time for a homeschool mom). He told her all about the…
Is hands-on high school really possible across academic subjects in our high school? This year, I intend to find out. This is our hands-on plan for high school homeschooling in the 2021-2022 school year. I dropped my oldest off at college two weeks ago. (My heart still hurts typing this…) Two weeks in, he is…
Practicing math skills is an essential part of our early elementary homeschools. This is an innovative approach to helping our kids learn their math facts and practice math skills. It uses Roblox and is an educational tool that your child will love! Using educational games has made all the difference in our homeschool. My son…
We leave in two weeks to take my oldest son to college. Two weeks. I have a lot of feelings about this (a lot of feelings). As we have been working to prepare all the things for his dorm room, fill out the paperwork, pay all the bills, and register for classes, I have been…
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