Teaching yellow….
Taste Yellow- lemon 
Feel Yellow- dryer warm sheet or flowers which will smell and feel great
Draw Yellow multiple yellow utensils crayons, markers, chalk
Write the word Yellow- worksheets/chalkboard/whiteboard
Kinetic exercise with Yellow- stretching to the sky, like flowers popping out the ground every spring
This is how I taught my daughter her colors after years of trying. Even specialists were not able to help us. Yellow was the first color she learned. I hope you enjoyed!
The weight that many of us carry wrapped tight around our heart is guilt, anxiety, and worry. I see the smiling faces that say ‘Everything is going just fine,’ in a sweet southern accent. Inside you are gray, scared, and anything but that smiling face. Deeply concerned that you have done a disservice to your…
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2+2=4 Ahh the good old days when math made sense! Then suddenly 2+x=4 and in a flash your child is arguing the addition of a LETTER into the math world of numbers. Black and White Thinking Meets Abstract Late elementary school math started sneaking in simple algebra and my child balked. At first it was…
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Surprise my time in the hospital has helped me get more organized! One of the first things I really wanted to restart was my Gluten Free Friday blog linky. I started this week off with my own Gluten Free Sandwich Bread recipe! Click on the white squirrel and follow the link to Gluten Free Friday!…
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Yeap, I’m in the hospital yet again. My brand new port was a dud. I had to have a surgery to take the port out of my left side and put another one in my right side. The new port is working and I am once again getting TPN, after a 5 days hiatus of…
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The best advice I ever got about OCD came from a developmental pediatrician with decades of experience. *STOP- take a deep breath and calm your voice and body *ENGAGE THE CHILD IN THEIR LOOP- Get down on their eye level and get into their bubble. *ENGAGE IN THE LOOP IF POSSIBLE- therefore validating you understand…
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2 Timothy 4:6-7 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Everyone has a someday. I’ll teach the kids to bowl someday. I’ll go whitewater rafting next summer…
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A+ Multi-Sensory Interactive MATH is an online, CD, or workbook based math program. My pretty little 2nd grade assistant helped me review this program. We used the online program. I signed my daughter up. Super simple and you are guided the whole way. Took just a few minutes. Then my daughter was ready to learn! Of…
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How to use lemons to help your sensory intense child! Lemons are so strong in color, flavor, and taste that they can fufill a sensory seekers needs and help to curb a sensory defensive child’s needs. – Oral Sensory Seekers- Lemons can be sliced and let your child suck on the piece for the intense…
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Parents come to homeschooling from many different angles. Some were home schooled and desire to continue the same learning with their child. Others come to the decision to homeschool through research and an urge to create a different learning environment then the local public school. When dealing with special needs issues there is a large…
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