ADHD Homeschooling: Balancing Consistency, Novelty, and Sanity
So, what is to be done when our kids so desperately need two antithetical things (consistency and novelty), especially in regard to homeschooling?
Homeschooling
A HUGE list of educational TV shows & book series for elementary kids!
On top of having some great homeschool curriculum, we heavily supplement our learning with books, book series, and TV shows that cover the same content in our lessons. (I will be discussing how this helps ADHD kids in an upcoming post.)
ADHD Homeschooling: Hacks, Tricks, and Tips for Making It Work
When people ask how homeschooling with ADHD is going, I usually reply, “It’s going so great. I mean…it’s messy and chaotic and loud and frustrating and most of the time I want to pull my hair out. But it’s the best decision we ever made.”
Transitional Kindergarten: Homeschooling Our Little Enigma
While homeschooling Little Brother is sometimes confusing and frustrating, it’s also very exciting. I’m looking forward to enjoying this transitional kindergarten year!
3rd Grade Homeschooling End-of-Year Recap & Review
We have just finished up our FIRST year of homeschooling and the completion of Ezra’s 3rd grade year! June 1st marks our first day of year two! As we moved through the summer of 2019, I spent a lot of time just trying to figure out where Ezra was, academically speaking. Some areas needing improvement … [Read more…]
Recovery & Coronavirus Quarantine: Life in the Post-Injury Twilight Zone
It’s been 17 days since I broke my leg in three places. It’s also been 1,118,681,654 years since this virus quarantine stuff started. At least that’s how it feels.
Little Free Library: a social-distancing-friendly way to get kids out of the house
I think all of us moms are reeling from the current world happenings due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Many moms used to sending their kids to school have been thrust into a homeschooling environment overnight. Even us homeschoolers are adjusting to a new normal that doesn’t include field-trips, co-ops, playdates, and trips to the local library. Even going to the park or playing with the neighbor kids seems too risky! While our local libraries are still offering online ordering and curbside pickup (hallelujah!), I’ve been thinking a lot about another avenue to practice social distancing while still getting your kids out of the house. May I introduce you to Little Free Library.
Fracture: an update on our unexpectedly-upended family
I’m out of town and broke my leg in 3 places. Our family is fractured, splintered, and stretched further than ever before. This is SO HARD on all of us.
Escape {Homeschool Mama Musings}
Homeschooling is loud and messy and cluttered and chaotic and overwhelming and frustrating and LOUD. But it’s also beautiful and rewarding and heartwarming and, dare I say, even peaceful sometimes. I still treasure my alone time, and I still seek out snippets to be away from my kids. That desperate need to escape my kids is just gone.
Beauty in the {Homeschooling} Mess: A Mini-Blog
I was sitting down to type this out as a status, but realized it would be extremely long. So I decided to come here and sweep away the cobwebs and write for a few seconds. Homeschooling is going well. A much longer post is coming. But with everything else on my plate (a part-time job … [Read more…]