What’s the ONE homeschool tool you can’t live without? Over the years I may have said different things: A library card, a laminator, the Internet (haha! Who couldn’t!?) but consistently the number ONE tool we use all the time is our printer. Or should I say PRINTERS. Many years ago I bought a refurbished monochrome […]
Laminate This! A Tool for Homeschool
I never thought I needed a laminator until I bought one. After several years on the shelf, I finally started to put my laminator to good use. It isn’t the fastest machine out there, but according to my husband it is “a really good one because it goes slow and gets the bubbles out”. I’ll take […]
Notebooking with Writing Delays
I love notebooking. Actually, let me rephrase that. I love the IDEA of notebooking! My bigger kids, when they were homeschooled, kept notebooks for grammar and writing, journals, and history and science. Since my natural tendency is to avoid textbooks and fill in the blank workbooks (although we have used those), notebooks fit the bill. […]
My New Laser Printer: How to Print E-books
I got my new laser printer!! Yes, yes I did. It actually showed up on Saturday, but besides taking it out of the box, I didn’t have time to do anything with it until late last night. It took me a few hours (YES HOURS) to get it set up! I have a factory reconditioned […]
Free Planner/Journal Page
My apologies if you came here for the free planner page! I am going back through old posts, refreshing or deleting things that aren’t working for me anymore. The planner page I had created, while functional, was ugly and rather than keep directing people to something that they don’t really want anyway, I got rid […]
BrainWare Safari at Homeschool Buyer’s Co-Op!
Most of you know how much my son has struggled. Between the developmental delay, dyspraxia, and speech/language delays from apraxia of speech, he’s dealt with it all. His visual and auditory processing are rather slow, and he could really use some help in this area. I have been researching computer programs we could use, and […]
Geek Squad stole my laptop
Well, actually I gave it to them, and they shipped it off to… Seattle? I’m not sure where it goes when they need to do work on it, but I know it leaves our locale. I haven’t been blogging because 1.) I don’t have my laptop, and because of this 2.) I have to fight […]
Visual Schedules for Special Needs Kids
My son uses a visual schedule for his morning routine. It works, somewhat, but when the OT gave it to me I didn’t realize we were supposed to cut the cards apart so that I could put them in the order that is needed for each day. Some days are better than others, but overall […]
Where is your homeschool going?
I belong to Menus4Moms, and in my email newsletter today there was a link to this great website. Design Your Homeschool is a site that will walk you, step by step, through setting up your homeschool with a concrete set of goals and choosing curriculum. I wish I’d seen this site 11 years ago, and […]
Pencil grips & penmanship
My 5 year old son has trouble holding a pencil. He brings his ring and middle fingers forward, in front of his pointer finger. I’ve tried our usual “Hold up the flag” trick with him, but he just brings his fingers over the tape and it doesn’t work. As a result, his grip is very […]