One of the biggest challenges for homeschool parents is teaching reading, and for a homeschool parent with children who have special needs, that big challenge can seem almost insurmountable for many. Teaching Special Needs Children to Read in the Homeschool can have extra challenges too, as you need to understand what the learning block is,…
Category Archives: ADHD/ADD
Hard Days in Homeschool~Facing the reality of special needs and learning disabilities
This is hard to write, but there are days that homeschooling is so hard, you want to crawl in a hole. Why? Some days no matter how you explain a concept, you feel as you are failing, as a teacher in teaching your child something new. If you happen to ask someone else who isn’t…
Educating the Strong Willed, I don’t need to know this Child…Creative Unit Studies
First, be ready to get creative. And by creative, don’t let them know they are learning something unless you have too…Grammar is going to be one of those. Now, I am not saying that all educational activities should be fun. In fact, children must learn to not be entertained. However, history, science, geography and Bible…
Watchminder 3 Review~Helping your child stay on track.
Do you have a child who struggles staying on task? Do they get “lost”? What about you? Watchminder 3 ($69) may be a little gadget that will help. It is a watch that you are able to set to alert or remind you or your child to the tasks ahead of them or that they…
New Series Starting Up Next Week for those with Struggling Learners. Helping Your Learning Abled Child.
I am excited to let my readers know about an opportunity that my family has been blessed with. I contacted Learning Link Technologies after another blogger contacted me explaining the company was looking for review bloggers with struggling learners. Since I have three with different issues, I contacted them, and we are now on our…
Supermom? I am NOT! Organized? Nope, Not Me.
I posted on Facebook about how I was getting our homeschool in order. I posted about having printed a few planning forms, and that now I needed to fill them out. Well, someone though that meant I was organized. HA! My work area looks like a bomb hit it. Seriously, it does, though I do…
Distracted Homeschooling-ADD, ADHD, or just a Curious Personality?
Many days go very similar to this in our home. I will be trying to do a few plans for our school. The phone rings, and I end up chatting with someone I haven’t talked to in months for about 10-15 minutes. During our conversation I have to remind all my children what they are…
-
-
Here I share about my world. My world as a stay at home homeschooling
mother, christian, wife, woman, child of God. It is about my life as a farmer’s wife, as a cook, a baker, a nurse, a teacher, a woodworker, a housekeeper, a farmer (yep, I drive tractors, pick up hay bales, and other farm duties), a gardener. So, what you read here, is me, as a transparent sometimes hot headed, passionate, and opinionated person. -
-
-
-
-
-
-
I started working hard on November 12, 2012. I hope to lose a total of 62 lbs, but realize that may not be a realistic goal. My biggest goal in this, is to be healthier and to feel better!
Created by MyFitnessPal - Nutrition Facts For Foods
-
-
Peace Creek on the Prairie-Journey of a Christian Homeschool Mom 
Promote Your Page Too -
