Not Back to School: A Day in our Life

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“Beep! Beep! Beep!” Silence. “Beep! Beep! Beep!” Groaning, sighing, then stumbling, running, bathroom door slamming. My boys don’t always like to get up in the mornings. I finally got D1 an alarm clock because my 30-minute wake-ups with him were getting OLD. Yes, it can take him that long to just wake

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Assessment Time & Special Needs

Well, as D1 is a third grader this year and that state requirement looms before us, I have been trying to figure out how we will handle it. There is no possible way that he can take a timed, fill in the bubble type test. Thankfully, the state of Washington also gives us

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Third time’s a charm?

I sure hope so, since this will be the THIRD time I will begin to homeschool D1 and D2. E has agreed to let me pull the boys and homeschool them. D1 will continue with his 2 hours a day of resource room, although the logistics of that aren’t totally worked out yet.

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Home Therapies for Special Needs

Okay, I need some help. There is a possibility that I may be able to pull the boys back out of school, provided I can locate some special needs resources for home use. I found some things, and I need feedback. If you have experience with any of these, please PLEASE post me

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Why do people DO that?

I found out yesterday that my son’s speech therapist at the homeschool extension program told the extension director that D1 is going to public school and is no longer enrolled. OH this upsets me! All I am doing is checking out our options: What would the school do with him; where would they

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