Special Needs Homeschooling is on Pinterest!

I decided to make a Special Needs Homeschooling Pinterest account. Follow Me on Pinterest

Come over and see all sorts of homeschooling ideas, sensory ideas, and homeschooling in general. I have fallen in love with the Pinterest because I can see the idea. I am a visual learner and to see the end results suddenly makes the directions or ideas from other blogs make sense. I hope you come over and enjoy!

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Using art to teach the concept of Abstract Thinking

Through the years of teaching my kids the ABC’s, math basics, literature, and now more advanced subjects the hardest subject for my kids with autism is learning about the abstract.  I have been pushing this quite a bit recently because as my kids get to high school level work they will be asked to do more…

Meltdown at the Store, How do I help?

I was going through my FaceBook feed today to see an article appear again and again. Finally I had to take a peak at what was happening. I am glad I did. I found a new blog to add to my read list! Dear Shopper Staring at My Child Having a Meltdown in the Grocery…

Merry Christmas!

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas! I pray the coming year is a blessing to each and everyone of you! Have a GREAT Christmas and New Year!   Bookmark It Hide Sites

Holiday Tips for Special Families

If you haven’t been on the FaceBook page on a holiday then you should! I try to give at least hourly tips on making the day run smoother. Everything from sensory suggestions to navigating the questions about “are you still homeschooling?” Today I am going to start with some basic tips and ideas to get…

A rough November is finally over!

Had a great begining to the month of November. Got a month’s menu planned and shopped for. Things went great for that. Made plans for a simple, yummy stay at home Thanksgiving. The kids did wonderful homeschooling. We were on a roll. My newest little reader is trying to read everything that comes near her!…

Blog clean up and growth!

Hello everyone! I am taking it easy this weekend and most of next week. I went in this past week for a feeding tube change and ended up having a series of seizures I wrote more about that on our family blog, http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lauries Around here I am cleaning up links, pages, and in general spiffing…

Save some money on Thanksgiving!

 From my Prudent Pantry blog: Thanksgiving dinner prices are on the rise in a BIG way. If you are a reader for any length of time here you know I have been talking about rising food costs. All summer and fall the economic officials have been reassuring Americans that food inflation was just a normal rise,…

I fell for Mrs. Duggar

Last year my teen daughter and I went to the Midwest Homeschool Convention where the Duggars were speaking. My daughter is a big fan and kept Duggar watch the whole time. We saw them all over the place but she didn’t see the girls her age, or Mrs Duggar who she really wanted to say…

The weight of the education world on your shoulders.

Over the years I have had many conversations about homeschooling that start with, “what about algebra?” as their child crawls around our feet at MOPS (Mothers Of Preschoolers) making vroom noises. Or what about socializing with other kids despite the soccer game the kids are playing in at that moment. Times when the kids and family…