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6 Resources for Teaching Children with Dyslexia
If your child has dyslexia, you may worry that homeschooling will not completely meet their needs, or you may worry that you won’t know how to properly teach your child with dyslexia. That said, many homeschoolers have learning disorders like dyslexia and many parent teachers have learned to work around it, or even with it, to benefit the student. With the right resources and the proper knowledge, you can do exactly that.
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Sensory Play DIY Recipe – Herbal Play Dough
Play dough is beneficial to help strengthen little hands and get them ready for the pencil and scissor skills they’ll need in your homeschool. Together with herbs,with their own distinct smell, they work well to give kids a great sensory experience.
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How We Turned Our Home Into a Fun Learning Center
When we made the decision to homeschool four of our five children, we knew it would be a big undertaking but we were also very excited about it. Two were in elementary school at the time and two in middle school. Because each pair was close in age, they would be doing very similar curriculums. So I needed to plan for the younger two, as well as for the older two.
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How to Supplement Your Homeschool Art Program
If you homeschool, then you should definitely have an art program. How detailed this program is and what it entails will vary based on your needs and that is the beauty of homeschooling – we get to decide for ourselves. However, there are some basic steps to supplementing your art program that you can use to get started.
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Why I Homeschool My Child with Autism
I have multiple kids on the autism spectrum but it was my oldest who had the most severe symptoms, at least when she was younger. She started therapies in public school at preschool age. In fact, she was three when she got her diagnosis and also started getting speech therapy from the local public school. She was completely non-verbal at the time. She then went to Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade in public school. After 2nd grade, we actually started considering homeschool and this would turn out to be a very good decision, at least for this child and the way she learns.
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Resources for New and Veteran Homeschoolers
Included in this article are some informative tips that will help any parent in getting started with the initial steps of homeschooling: including legal help for homeschoolers, information about Homeschool Support Groups by state, affordable curriculum suppliers, and everything needed to organize a homeschool record-keeping notebook.
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Sensory Play DIY Recipe – Perfect Homemade Bubbles
Enjoy hours of outdoor play with this non-toxic, and inexpensive homemade bubbles recipe. Homemade bubbles are great for those lazy Saturday afternoons and even during birthday parties!
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Is An All-In-One Curriculum Right for You?
Like a warm security blanket, the all-in-one curriculum arrives at a new homeschooling parent’s door.
For this parent, the thought of having to put together a curriculum from different sources seems impossible. There are so many, with so many different methodologies. Volumes and volumes have been written about how to homeschool and which curriculums are best. How can one choose?
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Free Sea Turtles Lesson Plan
This is a homemade Sea Turtles picture book project, designed with homeschoolers in mind. It’s fun, relaxing, and is a great way to assist children in learning about one of our planet’s most fascinating endangered species.
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The Best Books for New Homeschoolers
For parents who are newcomers to homeschooling or are just considering the idea, how-to books can be goldmines of information. The trick is to glean what will work for your family, and leave the rest. Here are some great resources. The Best Books for New Homeschoolers Cathy Duffy’s 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum Duffy…