When my boys were younger, we had a map of the world rug on the floor in our dining room. Everyday, as part of our morning routine, we would hop from one continent to the next, and sing a song. “North America, South America, and Antarctica, too. Europe, Asia, Africa, and don’t forget Australia, Woo!”…
My son really enjoys and has a natural affinity for money math. He used to “play” with quarters, dimes, nickles and pennies while his older brother did homework. Before he was able to skip count, he knew that ten dimes were a dollar. I think it worked so well for him because it was practical…
My youngest has a love affair with all things Harry Potter. It began a few years ago, when we realized that he could listen to the audio books in the car, as a way to calm down stressful trips and to give him access to books that would be difficult for him to read on…
Every Friday, I share a new, fun, hands-on activity here as part of our 52 Weeks of Fun-Fridays series. Three full months in, I am so glad to be doing it. Not only is it helping me and my sons, but I have also heard from many of you that adding a little something fun…
I worked at the campus library in college. It was the best job I ever had. I was in charge of cataloging and shelving new books. This meant I not only got to see many of the new books coming into the library, but I also was paid to wander to book stacks, all afternoon,…
Since committing to sharing a weekly activity back in January, I have been amazed at the results. My son loves having a “thing” to plan and look forward to each week. I love having him engaged and having something that is hopefully helpful to share with all of you. In fact, one of the best…
We talk about the spectrum a lot around here. “Spectrum” is used to describe many of my boys’ diagnosis. In addition to the autism spectrum, ADHD and mental illnesses are also frequently referred to as being “on a spectrum” of severity and symptoms. It occurred to me this week, we have never really learned about…
Finding a social skills activity that is actually engaging and fun for my boys can be really, really difficult. Most are designed to carefully break down cultural and social norms that we take for granted. It’s good, because that is the need that requires a little extra help. It’s bad because they can be incredibly…
We began our human body unit study this year, on our very first day of school. My youngest son was continuing to have digestive issues and has other chronic conditions that made his life miserable at the time. Studying our bodies and how they work seemed like a good way to at least help him…
When we made the decision to homeschool, I immediately noticed one significant benefit – no more test anxiety. My son stressed constantly about his next test, and then the next. Every Thursday night was a disaster, as we studied for his weekly, Friday morning spelling test. Never mind the annual week of standardized testing. It…
My youngest has always had a natural affinity for math. He was the first one in his preschool class to understand the concepts of addition and subtraction (and apply them). I never worried about which math curriculum to use with him. He seemed to respond well no matter what we used. He would shout out…
This has been a tough week for us. Like whoa. So tough in fact, I almost gave up and did not plan an activity (not just for the blog, but honestly, for my son as well). It’s exactly why I wanted to do this year’s 52 Weeks of Activities in the first place. I know…
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