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Social Stories and When They Go Wrong
For his 13th birthday, Logan finally received his own personal cell phone. We really had to talk up how awesome this was as he was oblivious to why he would want one. It helped that his little sister thought this… -
Homeschooling with Autism: Making Dad Principal
I don't know about anyone else that homeschools but we have recently taken the drastic move of accountability here in The Rogers Academy. If you read my blog at all then you have heard me lamenting how our work just… -
Homeschooling with Autism: Sounding smart when questioned
Being eaten by the shark at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. Love the face! I'm just gonna say it. There are going to be people that either disapprove of homeschooling or think you aren't qualified to do it… -
Joining a Different Age Group
You know what I love best about homeschooling? The fact that I can tailor the age group that Logan gets to play with according to his developmental age not his chronological one. It has made all the difference in th… -
Homeschooling Weekly Wrap Up
Well the week is over. Are we done yet? Nope. In our defense, we are never done on Fridays. We do shortened days on Mondays & Wednesdays because of out of the home activities. There was a time when I try to… -
Homeschooling with Autism: Taking Care of Sensory Needs
Let's talk about what you originally pictured when you began homeschooling. A vision of children sitting quietly at the table to get their lessons done . Everyone can stop laughing now. That doesn't happen in any h… -
Forget about grade levels : Homeschooling with Autism
As we walked into church this morning, inspiration struck me for today's post, You see, church is the only place where we assign an actual grade level for the children. For Madison , our typical child, we looked at… -
Examples of the zone of proximal development
Someone commented on my previous post about the zone of proximal development that examples would be nice. It is my heartfelt desire to help other parents just like others have helped me. In that spirit, here are som… -
Fitting Music in to Homeschooling
As a parent who home-schools you want to do everything in your power to educate your children. Am I right? You can quickly get overwhelmed at the possibilities,especially this time of year when everyone is postin… -
10 Things for a Homeschooling Family
Source: Stephanie on Pinterest With all the back to school sales going on, now is the perfect time to buy for the homeschooling families that you know. If you don't homeschool then you might wonder what a great pr…
