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Continue reading →: How to Homeschool Your Special Needs Kid
Do you need to know how to homeschool? Especially, your special needs child? For any child, it takes planning and organizing, but things are different when you have a special needs child. Honestly, it is a bit intimidating. When I first started homeschooling my oldest child (He is a typical…
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Continue reading →: Easter Baskets Any Kid Will Love
Everyone needs Easter Basket ideas when Easter rolls around! I do try to avoid tons of sugary candy, in fact, in our home, we use only sugar free candy and gum. My son was born with Prader-Willi Syndrome and he cannot eat a lot of regular candy. This genetic disorder…
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Continue reading →: Social Skills You Can Teach Your Special Needs Kid
In my naivety, I started teaching social skills to my young special needs son. He was only about 5 years old, when he learned the art of signing “Thank you.” Not only did he get the pleasure of watching so many ladies smile with great pleasure at his adorable signing…
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Continue reading →: 50 Spring Activities to Add to Your Family’s Bucket List
You can still make time for spring activities. It isn’t too late! While you and your family may feel a bit pent up from the Coronavirus #stayathome orders, planning spring activities helps everyone to look forward to the end of dreary days. Spring activities to bring sunshine to your day…
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Continue reading →: 20+ Indoor Screen-Free Activities for All Kids
Screen-Free activities become harder when so much of our lives are online. And, if you are in the middle of COVID-19 regulations to #stayathome, the kids are quite possibly restless! So, switch off those devices and make screen-free activities like these a requirement. Choose a daily project for the kids…
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Continue reading →: What is Special Needs?
The word special needs is often used in school and clinical settings. Many people misunderstand that to mean kids in wheelchairs only. While they are special needs, too, they are not the only kids who are. Special needs kids are: Google further defines special needs as a clinical definition of…
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Continue reading →: How to Teach a Homeschool Lesson to Your Special Needs Kid
Teaching a homeschool lesson when you aren’t a teacher and weren’t really planning on homeschooling can be a serious challenge. Especially when you feel like you just go thrown into the lake, and you are sinking! Even take care of your special needs kid’s Zoom therapy What about all those…
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Continue reading →: Tips to Organize Homeschooling for Your Special Needs Kid
When you set out to organize homeschooling, it can be a bit overwhelming, I admit. Since I have been at it for nearly 18 years, the task comes easier now than it did originally. But, still, I need to spend about a week getting ready for school every August. As…
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Continue reading →: Homeschool Curriculum Ideas for Your Special Needs Kids
Stuck on homeschool curriculum choices? Not sure which one you should use and which ones are actually legal for your state? Frankly, the choices are ever-growing, especially with the dawn of COVID and a new interest in homeschooling. So, how do you find a homeschool curriculum that fits your kids…
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Continue reading →: Special Needs Mom Travel Hacks
All special needs Moms need Mom travel hacks. It never fails that you either 1) Need to see a specialist across the country, or 2) Need a mini vacation to go see family. Or, just maybe you can get two for the price of one and go see a specialist, but…