The following is a brief recap of my talk at the 2022 Homeschooling Children with Special Needs Summit. You can access the full recordings here. Children are born with an innate desire to learn All children want to learn. They come into this world wired to touch, taste, explore, and investigate the world around them. …
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Choosing homeschooling curriculum is hard enough for any family but it is especially challenging for children with special needs. Many wonderful homeschool curriculum materials either are insufficient for our children or don’t work for them altogether. Navigating the world of special ed curriculum and services at times feels overwhelming. But the good news is that …
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As a long-time homeschooler, I often get approached by mothers looking for better educational solutions for their children. I hear all kinds of stories about what hadn’t worked for them in a school environment. The most heartbreaking stories involve children with learning differences whose prior educational experiences not only failed to teach them properly but …
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It occurred to me, as I was preparing for my talk at the Homeschooling Children with Special Needs Summit, that parenting a child with learning differences is like riding a seesaw. It’s all about maintaining balance. When you push on the right side, you need to make sure to push on the left side, to …
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My kids are not broken! When I mention to people that two of my children have dyslexia, I often get well-meaning advice, sometimes from perfect strangers, about this method or that tutor or some other magic wand that would cure dyslexia and turn my kids into bookworms. So many people seem to believe that my …
How to homeschool children with dyslexia by capitalizing on their strengths and nurturing their confidence When one of my children was eight years old, she was diagnosed with severe to profound dyslexia. The person who tested her suggested that I lower my expectations and focus on the basics of English reading. Fortunately, we had already …
