Phillipians 4:6-9 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever…
Author Archives: Heather Laurie
Regression Rather Than Progression
Regression (dictionary) = lose of skills….. ouch Does that mean all our hard work for the last few months or years is worth nothing? Has it all faded away like the mist on a summer morning? While many homeschooling families are breathing a sigh of relief that the testing came back wonderful or the workbooks are…
Wordless Wednesday: Multi-Sensory Teaching Yellow
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…
Homeschooling Mommy Guilt
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…
Who put a Letter in my MATH?
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…
Gluten Free Friday is back!
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!…
A Quick Update- From The Hospital Yet Again
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…
Battling OCD Loops
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…
Dying young, when your finish line is in sight much too early
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…
A+ Multi-Sensory Interactive MATH review
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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