Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
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We are now homeschooling eighth grade. I wanted to share our relaxed homeschooling curriculum choices for this year. With Caroline's input, I've put together an interesting collection of materials that should make for a good year. As a general rule, eighth grade is the time for relaxed homeschoolers to prepare their child for high school …
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One of the things I am passionate about doing on this website is helping parents of differently wired children. I've shared many parts of my journey as I've tried to unlock what my daughter needed in order to thrive as a person. In the process, I've sought out the knowledge and wisdom of other homeschooling moms with special needs kids. Although …
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When I submitted my name to review Helping Your Child with Language-Based Learning Disabilities, I thought it would be worth checking out as something to maybe refer to from time to time. I thought it would be worth knowing about the book in case it might be helpful for some of my readers either now or in the future. I had no idea it was going …
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There are so many warnings out there to enjoy your children when they are little because the tween years hit and things are never the same again. It's strongly implied that the years are difficult and the parent-child relationship becomes a constant struggle. I'm here to say this was not the case for us. Our daughter is wrapping up her tween …
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We recently completed our first standardized testing. This is not required in our state, but I did want to get a snapshot of where Caroline is at this point in our relaxed homeschooling journey with a gifted/2e child. I had the opportunity to do a Stanford Achievement Test with her as part of doing a review of Homeschool Testing Services so I …
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This year we officially start middle school with sixth grade. How is that possible? But it is! We've settled into our relaxed homeschooling approach as it is the best way to do homeschooling for our little family. Although I would really like to be an unschooler, I know after trial and error it won't work with my highly creative and imaginative …
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I only know the parenting life with a differently wired child so I fully admit that I may be biased with what I am about to say. But I think more than any other child, a differently wired child needs a cozy life. All children will benefit from one. But a differently wired child needs one. Why is this? I think there are a number of …
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Over the past several years, I've written numerous times about our challenges with parenting and church. But some things have happened over the past few months that made me realize I needed to write an update regarding children who struggle with church and how it has played out in our family. I think it's especially important because I'm hopeful it …
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Last winter we had Caroline tested and it confirmed what I had slowly figured out on my own. Caroline is what is called twice-exceptional meaning she is both gifted and has learning challenges. Getting the diagnosis was a huge relief for all of us since it gave us some definite answers regarding how to best parent and homeschool her. At that time, …
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I don't have too many parenting regrets at this point. Sure, I wonder if we've made the right choice about certain things, but we've prayed and researched and made the best decisions we could with the insight we had at that moment. But I remember realizing at one point that I had stopped seeing my child as a beautiful gift from God and instead as a …
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I recently had an epiphany after trying to explain twice-exceptional (2e) to someone who, for whatever reason, fails to understand it or chooses not to understand it despite my trying on more than one occasion. While processing my disappointment and frustration with this person basically blowing off my explanation of the professional testing we had …
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One of the most popular homeschooling programs currently available is Classical Conversations (CC). When CC came to our area a few years ago, I explored it as an option even though we are relaxed homeschoolers. I taught for a year in a Classical Christian school and therefore was very familiar with classical education. CC offers a number of …
