We are a homeschool family, and no matter how engaging I may be, sometimes I lose the boys’ attention. When it happens, I ask them… “What would you like to learn about today?” “What questions would you like answered?” I know. You’re calling me brave or utterly foolish, but it never fails that I am…
Category Archives: Education
Try This Tuesday #9: Educational Picture Ring
This week, we are welcoming PsychMamma, who has discovered a great way to extend the use of all those holiday greetings from friends and family! EDUCATIONAL PICTURE RING by PsychMamma Every year we receive a plethora of photo cards and photos when the holiday season rolls around. Jenna loves to look at the pictures and…
Try This Tuesday #8: Color Swirl
I have been thinking about ways to expand Try This Tuesday to include some different ideas and perspectives, and one of the ideas I had was to ask some of the participants to “guest post.” So over the next few weeks, several of our readers will be sharing their ideas on this site. For our…
This Just In: IEP Edition
In my recent post Learning to Make Sense of an IEP, I asked for everyone to share their favorite resources on the topic of advocacy and special education. Between this site, my own blog and some emails, I got a bunch of responses and wanted to compile them here for the benefit of all of…
Try This Tuesday #5: Preparing for Kindergarten
My son has been showing some nervousness about starting kindergarten next week. Although there is an open house tonight for the students from his class and their parents, I was concerned that it would be too overwhelming for him to really take in much information. After getting some input from the autism consultant last week,…
Learning To Make Sense Of An IEP
Each time I go through the process of working with Michael’s team to write an Individualized Education Program (IEP), I get a little bit better at it. Maybe by the time he graduates from high school, I’ll have it down! Thankfully, there are a lot of great resources out there to help parents learn how…