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Setting Limits

Monday, August 29, 2011

photo credit:  Brian Cameron, 2008
Well, getting back into a routine is proving to be a tad more difficult than I hoped it would be.  And the struggle can be felt throughout the land.   Setting limits.  Limits are not what Rye always likes but are what he desperately needs.  And so we set them.  And we [...]

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Back To School

Thursday, August 25, 2011

We started back to school today.
I’ll admit, it was a bit rough.  It’s hard to go from having fun all of the time to doing schoolwork.  But, we did it.  And we came up with a system for our daily routine going forward that I think is going to work for both of us.
Although we [...]

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The Conversation Is Changing

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

It’s funny, when you homeschool the most common comment you hear from other parents (or at least I hear, I can really only speak for myself) is “Oh, that is great that you do that.  I could never spend that much time with my child.  I mean, we need time apart and I enjoy the [...]

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Inclusion: The Death of Special Education?

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I have not been writing much these past few days but I have been reading a lot.  And one of the conversations I notice going on out there is the endless debate about who is to blame for America’s failing public school system.  And with regard to Special Education, does Inclusion work?
Now, for those of [...]

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Teaching Textbooks Love

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

I cannot begin to tell you how much I love Teaching Textbooks.
When we started this year [Grade 7], Rye would not use this program.  We tried a few sample problems from their website
http://www.teachingtextbooks.com/
and I loved it but because he is learning disabled and was used to having a live person teach him, he wanted [...]

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The Best Days

Saturday, April 2, 2011

I can’t help but think
that one day I will look back
on this time in my life
and think
these days
were some of the best days
of my life.

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ADHD: To Medicate Or Not To Medicate

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Every teacher and tutor Rye has ever had will tell you very clearly, he has ADHD.  I know it, we know, his pdoc knows it.  It’s obvious.  And has been since he was about 5 years old.  He has a very short attention span when it comes to traditional learning and it takes a very [...]

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Homeschool Road Trip

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Rye and I are on a road trip right now.
Road trips allow us to enjoy some of the best aspects of homeschooling.
Togetherness. Freedom. Flexibility.
Learning. Living.
Socializing.
And fun.

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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 [...]

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Sometimes I Wonder

Monday, November 1, 2010

if Rye is going to have a hard time making good decisions for himself as he gets older.  And sometimes it really scares me.  It’s tricky because at times he can be such a  mature and astute kid and can make really good decisions, is a good conversationalist and seems to really have his head [...]

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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 [...]

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