Special Needs

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Homeschooling Over the Rainbow – Part 1
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)…

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…

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…