The Ultimate Get Organized in 2022 Challenge is a project I started because with two homeschooled, neurodiverse kiddos of my own, I understand how difficult it can be to keep up with all of the different challenges busy homeschooling Mommas face daily. Juggling family activities, lessons, meal planning, and everything else while trying to stay […]
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Oh, Momma. It’s important to me that I stop the mess in my home before it happens because it’s hard for me…almost impossible, to get myself organized when I’m overwhelmed by clutter. And, having two neurodiverse kiddos who are both challenged with staying organized, sometimes it can feel like an uphill battle trying to stay on
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My Big Wake Up Call to my Kid’s Love Language Before I was a mom, I believed my children would all be just like me! They’d love competitive swimming, 80’s music, and of course they would be extroverts and love to talk, and snuggle as much I do. Wow. How wrong was I? When I
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Difficult Journey to Discovery of dyslexia and slow processing speed My daughter began her homeschooling journey just like any other kiddo. Letter of the week, colors, number recognition, you know…the basic stuff. She progressed without issue. We moved through preschool and kindergarten, but I began to see some red flags as we inched closer to
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My Son’s Diagnosis of ADHD at Age Six By the time my son was six, he had been showing significant symptoms of ADHD. After several therapists, testing, discussions with his school teacher, and his primary care physician, we finally received the diagnosis of ADHD Combined led by Anxiety. This means he has two types of
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Free Homeschool Resources If you are anything like me, you don’t have hundreds of spare dollars just lying around to spend on homeschooling. Fortunately, there are many excellent free homeschool resources that will allow you to piece a curriculum together without spending a fortune. Below is an extensive list to get you started. How Can
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Family Game Nights are the BEST! Games nights are one of our family’s favorite activities. We make pupus (Yes….pupus. 😋 “Pupu” is the Hawaiian word for appetizers. YUM!), gather around the kitchen table, and bust out our favorite games. It is a long-standing tradition we all look forward to each week. How Can My Dyslexic
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The Beginners Guide to Roadschooling Roadschooling is a unique and exciting opportunity for home education using hands-on, immersive, on-location learning instead of reading about the topic in a book or watching it on a screen. Think of it as an extended field trip…but, better! I have been fortunate to work in the travel and tourism
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The Secret Ingredient when Emotion Coaching MY Kiddos When an emotional incident occurs, my son will literally go from zero to 282,934 at lightning speed. Faster, actually. Honestly, I think he breaks sound barriers with how fast he can emotionally get to that level. The latest incident involved my two kiddos wrestling and playing around
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It will be exciting, scary, overwhelming, and beautiful to start your homeschooling journey! Terrified, overwhelmed, and fueled with intense emotions, I walked my letter of intent to homeschool (whaaaaa…!!!!) straight to the principal of my son’s school. Then, I marched right into his first-grade classroom and handed a copy of the letter to his teacher.
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