Skip to content

Tag Archives: dyslexia

Miracles Do Happen

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Apparently Rye’s talk with God the other day helped.
Last night he sat down, completely of his own free will while Don and I were watching TV in another part of the house, and wrote a 2 page, single-spaced story about himself.  No one asked him to do this.  There was no assignment he was trying [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Learning Disabilities, Special Education, homeschool | Also tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut

Monday, November 8, 2010

Rye’s Reading.
As a part of our homeschool work I make Rye read a part of his reading assignment out loud every day as he is dyslexic and I need to make sure he is reading all of the words correctly.  Also, this way he can ask me how to pronounce words as we go or [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Learning Disabilities, homeschool | Also tagged , | Comments (1)

Homeschool: Reunited And It Feels So Good

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Yes, we are officially homeschooling again.
And now we’ll need a few days to decompress from the ‘heightened state of awareness’ lifestyle we’ve become accustomed to living.
Because when you are a special needs child or the parent of a special needs child and you are dealing with lower functioning public schools [of which there are way [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Special Education, homeschool | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

How The Outdated Public Education Model Creates A Rise In ADHD Diagnoses And Lowers Creative Thinking

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

This is a great video.  It is about the current public education model and how it is based on the times of the Industrial Revolution and harms as many kids as it helps.  As Don and I seriously contemplate pulling our son out of public school again [as we see daily that it's doing him [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in IEPs, Learning Disabilities, Special Education | Also tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

The Stress Effect

Thursday, September 30, 2010

The Good News: After a few days at home, Rye is back to himself.  Perky, animated, grounded.  His usual bouncy self.
The Bad News: The cause of his mental distress was and is his school situation.
This will have to be addressed.
This is the direct result of our state pushing for and insisting on mainstreaming all kids [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in General Bipolar, Learning Disabilities | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Happenings…

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Things are clicking along here.
The good news is that the home life is good, Rye is doing well at home and has *so far* [I have a feeling this is about to change] what is probably his best school attendance ever.  He has only missed a couple of days so far this year and for [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in General Bipolar, Learning Disabilities, Life In General, Special Education | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Homeschool: The How And What

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

This is not our first time around on homeschooling.  We did it for over a year in the 4th-5th grade.  At the point I pulled Rye out of 4th grade, he was falling behind academically and was extremely frustrated by the school environment. Which, for us, meant nearly daily meltdowns at home.  I pulled him [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in Learning Disabilities, homeschool | Also tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

People With Perfect Children Are Perfect Parents

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Alright, I’ll be honest.  I am not feeling the love today.
Normally I start my morning out reading a little bit of a certain pretty & friendly site to start my day.  The site is light, mindless, it’s beautiful,  and without conflict, pain, or struggle.  I find this very appealing first thing in the morning.   In [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in ADHD, General Bipolar, Learning Disabilities, Special Education, homeschool | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (6)

The IEP Meeting

Monday, March 22, 2010

Well, it’s done for now.  It was very tense and 2.5 hours long and we still didn’t cover everything.  But we did get Rye a shortened day.  And he will no longer have Social Science or Science classes for the rest of the year.  We’ll just focus on reading, writing, and math.  I’m happy with [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in IEPs, Learning Disabilities, Special Education | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)

The World Is A Classroom

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

I was watching “19 Kids and Counting” tonight and Michelle Duggar said this about her kids and homeschooling, the world is a classroom.   I thought it was great.   Because it’s so true.  And I wonder, is “out-of-school schooling” better for some kids that “in-school schooling”?  Could be.  And I may have one of those kids.
Now, [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in ADHD, General Bipolar, IEPs, Learning Disabilities, Special Education | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

The Fear And The Confusion

Thursday, January 28, 2010

One of the things we deal with on a nearly daily basis is Rye’s fear and confusion.
Despite the fact that he is very social, outgoing and somewhat daring, Rye has a lot of fears.  Many of them are common for children his age and many of them are exacerbated by the fact that he naturally [...]

  • Share/Bookmark
Filed in ADHD, General Bipolar, Learning Disabilities, Special Education | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)