6 Ways to Evaluate Handwriting in Your Homeschool
Here’s an article that you can take and use right away, especially to track the progress of your child with dysgraphia or other fine motor skills issues! Many kids struggle with fine motor skills, yet they are not severe enough to warrant OT services, either through a school district or private services. Here are some […]
Why are Teaching Vowels So Important in Phonics?
When children learn the letters, they typically learn the names of the letters and then the sounds. Often in electronic toys or preschool curriculum, a variety of sound are attached to the symbols of the letters, like ant and airplane. Some letters have a name that embeds the sound with the name, like m and […]
VATK Learning Styles in Homeschool
VATK is a popular term that refers to how kids bring information into the brain when they are learning. There is a difference between using Learning Styles and Multisensory Learning in a homeschool environment. VATK is an important feature of both Learning Styles and Multisensory Learning, but the teaching is slightly different. In order to […]
10 Tips to Help Your Child With Anxiety
Anxiety impacts learning, as well as functioning in daily life. Children experience anxiety in the same way adults do, even though their stressors may look different. However, children don’t reason the same way adults do, so irrational fears can seem very real to a child. If a child has extreme anxiety, parents should seek the […]
Homeschool Teacher Supplies List (with Unique Learners in mind)
In the last article, I shared my list of student homeschool supplies. The supplies on my teacher list are for materials that I use in the planning, preparation, and managing of our homeschool. I am sharing my full list of things I use each year. Some of them are for younger kids and some are […]
Best School Supplies List for Homeschool Kids with Special Needs
I get so excited about school supplies for our homeschool! I love when school supplies are arranged on the shelves at the stores during back-to-school season! If you are new to homeschooling, you may be wondering whether you need to buy your kids the same kind of supplies as the plethora of lists that are […]
12 Ideas For More Breakthrough Summer Reading For Kids
Reading in the summer helps all kids keep their reading skills sharp. Unfortunately, many kids with dyslexia or other reading disabilities often dread just picking up a book. Here are 12 quick, easy ways you can encourage more summer reading from your child! #1. Make many books available. We have books throughout our house, mostly […]
3 Tips for Parenting an ADHD Child
Does your child have ADHD? Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is a common childhood mental health disorder that affects about 9% of children in America, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. However, the diagnosis of ADHD has been on the rise for the last several years and it’s an issue that parents, […]
How to Interpret a Kid’s Behaviors
When parents and teachers talk about kids with special needs, they are often referring to a specific diagnostic label. A diagnostic label describes the patterns of a child’s behavior. A diagnostic label explains why a child may be struggling in one area of learning academic skills, like reading, writing, or math. Diagnostic labels may be […]
How to Teach Paragraph Writing in Your Special Needs Homeschool
Are you homeschooling a kids with special needs like Dyslexia or Autism? Does your kid cry and have a meltdown for every writing assignment? Do you avoid doing writing in your homeschool because it is just so hard for your child? Have you gone from one grammar and writing curriculum to the next searching for […]