Middle school can be a challenging time. There are so many changes in a few short years for most kids. There are some things you can do to make things easier.
Laura Sowdon
Auditory Processing Disorder is when a person’s brain has trouble making sense of words and sounds. Here are my tips for how to adapt your homeschooling to help a child with APD.
Do you have a child who is struggling to learn the difference between “b” and “d”? Today, I have a cheap and easy way to make your homeschool more multi-sensory!
Time-outs never seemed to deliver the promised good behavior and self control. I found a new way to use time-outs that works.
Rewarding children for good behavior is a long-standing tradition. But how to implement it in a way that works in your home school?
Learning to write is hard. Writing is a complex task. It requires muscle strength in the arm, wrist, and hand; visual perceptual skills; fine motor control; and hand-eye coordination. In order for a child to learn to write it is important to address all those skills. And most of them […]
Scissors teach wonderful skills, build the brain and body connection, and prepare kids for real-life problems.
Valentine’s Day is a great chance to change up our routine and get some great fine motor activities into our day. Here are some of my favorite activities.
While I know it is common for college students to have jobs, I won’t be asking that of any of my kids. I think college is enough of a job for most kids.
How do you work on teaching writing beyond copy work? These ideas can get your student writing more, in a gentle way.