It's that time of year again...clean notebooks, freshly sharpened pencils, earlier bedtimes and of course, our homeschool curriculum choices. We homeschool in terms, so scheduling for me is like planning three "mini-years." Because our terms last for 3 months, I am able to evaluate where the kids ... Read More about Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices for Fall 2017
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Meeting Charlotte Mason: The Great Outdoors
Growing up I spent a lot of time outdoors. We lived on a dead end street that opened up into a large wooded area. A creek ran through the middle and behind the houses. The neighborhood kids and I would climb trees, build forts, jump the small creek and walk along its edge. I got scrapes and bruises ... Read More about Meeting Charlotte Mason: The Great Outdoors
Meeting Charlotte Mason: Nature Study
Listen instead: I can still see it now. Each of my children around age two or three would have the same experience, laying on their belly staring at a beetle. Little fingers extending toward the fat bug. Darting eyes keeping up with the skittering critter crossing our back porch. ... Read More about Meeting Charlotte Mason: Nature Study
How to Foster Independence in Your Kids with Zone Work
If you have children with special needs, there's no doubt you've heard the term "life skills" and have been told how important it is to foster independence in your kids. Although I firmly believe that relationship must come before this, we are now at a point in our therapy where we can focus more on ... Read More about How to Foster Independence in Your Kids with Zone Work
Speech Therapy on a Shoestring Budget
When our son was first diagnosed with autism, speech therapy was the very first therapy we approached. We began our autism journey in the school system so we took what was offered to us. We were given two thirty minute sessions a week; one of those sessions was group therapy and one was ... Read More about Speech Therapy on a Shoestring Budget
What is the Son-Rise Program®?
Disclaimer: this is not a sponsored post on the Son-Rise Program®. I am writing to educate parents because this program has sincerely changed our lives and the hope we have for our kids on the spectrum. If you've been around the blog for a while, you've heard me talk about the Son-Rise Program® ... Read More about What is the Son-Rise Program®?