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Teaching Communication Skills

  Homeschooling provides our children opportunities to interact with a variety of individuals. It’s important to be diligent in teaching communication skills. Whether at home, church, with extended family, or somewhere within our community, my children enjoy socializing. As they model the behaviors they see around them, it’s important that I monitor their conduct. I
teaching children with asperger

3 Big Tips for Girls with Asperger’s

  My youngest daughter was diagnosed with Asperger’s when she was six years old. The diagnosis both saddened me and gave me relief. Finally, I knew why my daughter behaved the way she did! I set out to educate myself on how to help her, both socially and educationally. Learning About Asperger’s Reading all those
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The Homeschool Wormhole

  You know how so many science fiction books feature a wormhole that allows the hero to skip about through time? Well, I discovered an actual wormhole last week. Before last week I was feeling behind and tired and disorganized. No matter what I did, no matter how hard I pushed, I couldn’t get the
benefits to taking a walk

The “Power” of Walking

  We’ve all heard of power walking and have seen “power walkers”, but what about the “power” of walking? We can learn a lot from Madeline’s teachers who had the girls out walking rain or shine. We have been on vacation for a week now with one week to go. Throughout our vacation, we have
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