My children are often dirty. Smudges adorn their cheeks, grass stains decorate their pant legs and their hair frequently holds the bark of a tree or flecks of hay from the hay stall. They fight with me about bathing (mostly in a good natured way) and their socks are almost never white for long. I [...]
How many of us have had trouble putting our highly disregulated adopted children to bed at night? Though we are beyond most of the bedtime issues we used to have, I remember those days of wondering if we would ever get a good night’s sleep again. Of course, there are many things we do to [...]
Are your hard to teach kids struggling with attention? Do you wish you could spice things up to gain the upper hand? Why not try interest led learning? Here is how to get started. Every day for a week start your school day out with a stack of good library books about a history or [...]
Sensory integration disorder can really throw a wrench in learning. We have discovered starting the day with a sensory activity can help kids adjust to their day and be ready for the “hard stuff” when it’s time to start. Set a timer for 20 minutes and let your sensory challenged child play before she starts [...]
I was tooling around on Twitter today and came across a great blog post about learning styles I thought would be helpful. Here is the link–http://heartofwisdom.com/homeschoollinks/four-learning-styles/