Taking a break from normal routines helps you regroup and re-energize. Make crafts, bake cookies, watch holiday movies and visit family.
Homeschooling for the Holidays
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life skills
When to Talk to Your Kids About Dating
This is a question I have a strong opinion on. I think the best time to start talking about dating is significantly before your child starts dating.
The Homeschooler at the County Fair
Competing in the country fair became a wonderful addition to our homeschool art program, and helped my kids learn to win and lose. I entered too so I could display the traits I was trying to teach.
Summer Fun – Cooking with Kids
Cooking is one of my favorites activities to do with kids. There are some ways to change it up to make it more interesting as part of your summer fun.
Why Swimming Lessons Should be Part of Your Summer!
Swimming is a great, healthy hobby. But I think you should put your kid in swim lessons because of what it does for your child outside the water.
Metacognition and Executive Function
Metacognition is an important part of Executive Function. And it is a skill that can be strengthened and worked on just like any other.
Do I need to wear a bonnet to homeschool?
Educating your child is a full-time job and there is nothing wrong with living in this century to do it! You don’t have to homestead to homeschool.
Autism and Facial Expressions
Autistic children often struggle with recognizing facial expressions and body language. I have some tips on how to play some games to work on these skills.
Middle School: What Really Matters
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.
Mom Help: Keeping them Busy!
Sometimes as a mom, you need to do things like cook or clean. What can you do with your little one? Leet me give you some ideas.
Failure and the Non-typical child
As a parent to more than one non-typical child, I have to work harder to help my children experience success. And give them tools to overcome their failures.
Tools Instead of Toys
Toys are great. But sometimes you want to actually DO something instead of pretend to do something. That’s where kid-sized tools come in.