Many adults don’t know how to play. But play is essential to the human experience. Here are some ideas on ways you can play with your child at all ages.
How to Play with Your Kids
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Laura Sowdon
Educating the Tortoise and the Hare at Home
Remember the story of the slow but steady Tortoise and the fast but lazy Hare? We are supposed to admire the tortoise’s persistence and admonish the rabbit for taking a rest, but is that the best way to see this lesson?
Task Initiation: Executive Functioning Struggles and Little Ways You Can Help
Task initiation is the ability to start a task. It is something most people can just do. However, if you have ADHD, it can feel impossible.
Autism: Mad Scientist Toddlers
You made a child who needs to test all the laws of the universe for themselves. They believe in nothing they cannot taste, touch, break or destroy.
Chili: Eating a Rainbow in a Bowl
My family is enjoying warm, comforting foods, this spring. Our go-to recipe for chili is packed full of healthy ingredients and flavor. And is super adaptable.
Homeschooling With Dysgraphia, A Survivor’s Tale
Rae has dysgraphia and did every writing lesson “late.” But she was able to get A’s on essays in college at 17. This is how homeschooling helped her get there.
Accommodating My Homeschoolers
Accommodations aren’t just for public school and IEP meetings. There are things you can do in your homeschool to help your child get more from their lessons.
What does an OT like to see in an Easter Basket?
What does a developmentally appropriate easter basket look like? I’ve got some ideas. It doesn’t have to be all chocolate and plastic eggs!
The Alternative Parenting Pipeline
Before having kids, I really had no clue what kind of mom I would be. I didn’t even know there were so many choices of how to parent.
Understanding Executive Function Disorder
Problems with executive function can occur in people with ADHD, autism, and other learning challenges and be very frustrating for parents to understand.
Why the Outdoors is Amazing for Neurodivergent Kids
My husband and I started an Outdoor Service Guides group so our kids could experience scouting. Nine years later, I still think this is one of the best things we’ve ever done.
Why your ADHD child needs praise!
Did you know that neurotypical people get a boost of happy brain chemicals from a job well done? But that doesn’t work for us ADHD folks. Here’s why.
Teaching Horticulture at Home
I am once again starting seeds for our spring gardening experiment. I am now referring to it as an experiment, because we really are never sure what is going to happen in our garden.
Victory Gardening
Victory gardening was the cool thing to do in the 1940s. And now it is back! Is this the perfect way to add some science and life skills to your homeschooling?
Free Women’s History Month Lesson
This is the month where we honor women who did make history. Most of them had to work against the ideas of what made a “good woman” in their time.
Learning To Write with ADHD
Writing well is a challenge for students with ADHD. There are a few strategies you can use to help build your child’s confidence and skill.
Can You Homeschool Pathological Demand Avoidant Kids?
Pathological Demand Avoidance, co-occurs with ADHD or autism, and means that your child doesn’t want to do things just because they were told to do them.
ADHD + Coffee = Magic
Using coffee instead of medication helps some people with ADHD focus and get more done! Why does this work and should you try it? Learn more!