Special Needs

DECEMBER 10, 2022

SOS: A Life-Saver for Help with Spelling

Guest post by Orton Gillingham for All Spelling can be challenging for anyone, but throw in a word that makes no sense phonetically and it can throw students for a loop. The word might be…

JUNE 24, 2022

Summer Homeschooling Children With Special Needs

Sponsored post by Time4Learning The challenges you face with your children with special needs don’t go away just because it’s summer. You may even feel more challenged during these months…

JUNE 23, 2022

Homeschooling Twice-Exceptional Students

Post sponsored by Boluo School I was 38 when I learned there was a term for what I am.  I always thought that term was, “smart, but bad at math.” As it turns out, the term for what I…

JUNE 13, 2022

What is Dyscalculia?

You may have heard of dyslexia (difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols) and dyspraxia (a condition affecting physical coordination), but have you heard…

MARCH 14, 2022

Homeschool Curricula For Dyslexia and Dysgraphia

When teaching a child with dyslexia to read, there are a few things to keep in mind, a specific dyslexia homeschool curriculum,  as well as some techniques to facilitate learning. First,…

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Discovering Early Signs of Dyslexia

Is your child struggling to read, spell, or write? Is he or she having trouble with math as well? Such struggles could be early indicators that your child is suffering from dyslexia, one of the…

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Homeschooling Over the Rainbow – Part 2

This post is sponsored by Time4Learning. If you haven’t yet read part one, you can read that here. Struggling at School So began the first heartbreaking year for my daughter, Bella, when…

AUGUST 18, 2021

Homeschooling Over the Rainbow

This post is sponsored by Time4Learning. I can remember it as clear as day: the moment a dear family friend, Marta, (who happened to be a Speech Pathologist, and like a mother figure to me)…

JULY 27, 2021

Traveling with an ADHD Child

Guest post by worldschooling mom, Crystal Esteves When leaving to travel the world, our original plan was to visit one country each month, staying in 3-4 different towns, spending a week or…

JULY 16, 2021

Using Evernote to Homeschool Children with ADHD

Guest post by Dianne Willis The COVID-19 pandemic sparked a new interest in alternative schooling arrangements, such as "pandemic pods" and virtual schools. Notably, a United States Census…