Archive for Homeschool and Education

John’s IEP Meeting for 2012

Sep 15, 2012 No Comments by

John’s IEP meeting went very well on Friday. I have to say I was very impressed with the team this year. His teacher and associates are wonderful as is the other staff members. We have several goals we are working on with him this year. Math, comprehension, reading, handwriting, a behavior goal and speech. I [...]

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Return To Public School

Sep 12, 2012 No Comments by

The boys have returned to public school on a part time basis. Dustin is now in 9th grade and attending a local special needs Jr High and High School combined. Actually this school will educate past a typical 12th grade level, and the kids can attend to the age of 21 if the need is [...]

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Back To School 2012

Aug 20, 2012 No Comments by

We are days away from heading back to school here. This year John is going to attempt public school again. I am dual enrolling him, which means he will attend public school in the mornings and I will home school in the afternoons. My end goal is to get him back into school full time, [...]

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Autumn Themed Printables

Aug 20, 2012 No Comments

Here are some links to Autumn themed worksheets and activities to use in home schooling. Apples 4 The Teacher ABC Teach Ed Helper  Teacher Vision A to Z Teacher Stuff Kid Zone  Kid Zone Math  DLTK’s  *image from classroomclipart.com            

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Monthly Themed Units – September

Aug 20, 2012 No Comments

Here are some great resources to guide you through the month of September, when teaching your student or child. Great printables and activity ideas. Ed Helper ABC Teach First School Enchanted Learning AtoZ Teacher Stuff  *image from classroomclipart.com      

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Back To School Themed Printables

Aug 17, 2012 No Comments

Here are some links to Back To School themed worksheets and activities to use in home schooling. A to Z Teacher Stuff ABC Teach Ed Helper Teacher Vision  DLTK’s    

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Learning Time and Waiting with the iPad

May 23, 2012 No Comments

One of the biggest things I’ve seen so far with the iPad usage and John is learning about time and waiting for preferred activities. These have been our biggest meltdown triggers in the past. I am using a free lite clock app and a visual timer app for him. Right now he is waiting for [...]

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Monthly Themed Units – March

Mar 04, 2012 No Comments

Here are some great resources to guide you through the month of March, when teaching your student or child. Great printables and activity ideas. Ed Helper ABC Teach Enchanted Learning First School Apples 4 The Teacher *image from ClassroomClipart.com

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Spring Themed Printables

Mar 04, 2012 No Comments

Here are some links to Spring themed worksheets and activities to use in Home Schooling. ABC Teach Ed Helper DLTK’s Teacher Vision AtoZ Teacher Stuff Kid Zone     *image courtesy of  APerfectWorld.org

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Time Change May Be Confusing To Kids With Autism

Mar 04, 2012 No Comments

It’s that time of year. Changing our clocks either an hour forward or an hour back, depending on the season. Springing ahead we have found to be not as difficult as the Fall transition of turning the clocks back an hour and making dark around 5pm. We gain more daylight in the Spring and it’s [...]

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St. Patrick’s Day Themed Printables

Feb 29, 2012 No Comments

Here are some links to St. Patrick’s Day worksheets and activities to use in Home Schooling. Ed Helper ABC Teach Super Teacher Worksheets Family Education Teacher Vision *image from unknown source on web

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Windows Of Opportunity Make A Huge Difference

Jan 24, 2012 No Comments

This statement in the title of this post really holds true in so much of life, though I find it extremely true in trying to teach kids with autism. I have said many times that it is difficult to home school the boys. I have also said that it takes a lot of thinking outside [...]

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Homeschool Skedtrak

Jan 11, 2012 No Comments

I want to introduce you to Homeschool Skedtrak. Click the link to learn more about it. I discovered this the other day while on twitter. It sounded interesting and so I checked it out. Homeschool Skedtrak is a FREE online lesson planner, scheduler, and tracking system rolled into one.  It’s hard enough homeschooling two autistic kids, not to [...]

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Monthly Themed Units – January

Jan 10, 2012 No Comments

Here are some great resources to guide you through the month of January, when teaching your student or child. Great printables and activity ideas. AtoZ Teacher Stuff  Ed Helper ABC Teach The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids Enchanted Learning First School Apples 4 the Teacher DLTK’s  *image from ClassroomClipArt.com

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Where Did Everyone Go?

Nov 28, 2011 No Comments

You may note my sarcasm on the title to this post but I am just in amazement here about the lack of response and follow up to our education situation we have gone through over the past several months. I was cleaning out my emails this morning and realized, I have not heard from anyone. [...]

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Winter Themed Printables

Nov 25, 2011 No Comments

Here are some links to Winter themed worksheets and activities to use in home schooling. Apples 4 the Teacher ABC Teach Ed Helper Teacher Vision AtoZ Teacher Stuff Kid Zone Kid Zone Math DLTK’s First School *image from OpenGraphicDesign.com  

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Monthly Themed Units – December

Nov 25, 2011 No Comments

Here are some great resources to guide you through the month of December, when teaching your student or child. Great printables and activity ideas. Family Education AtoZ Teacher Stuff  Ed Helper  ABC Teacher The Old Farmer’s Almanac For Kids Enchanted Learning First School Teacher Vision Apples 4 the Teacher *image from ClassroomClipArt.com       [...]

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Alphabet and Counting Boards

Nov 13, 2011 No Comments

I got this idea from John’s teacher about a month ago before I pulled him from public school and started home schooling him. I was making these for him at home to work on his alphabet and counting skills. Now we are using this regularly in our learning at home. He really likes this. It’s [...]

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Thanksgiving Themed Printables

Nov 05, 2011 No Comments

Here are some links to Thanksgiving themed worksheets and activities to use in home schooling. Enchanted Learning  Family Education Teacher Vision First School Soft Schools ABC Teach AtoZ Teacher Stuff Ed Helper *image from classroomclipart.com  

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Monthly Themed Units – November

Nov 05, 2011 No Comments

Here are some great resources to guide you through the month of November, when teaching your student or child. Great printables and activity ideas. AtoZ Teacher Stuff Ed Helper ABC Teach The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids Enchanted Learning First School *image from classroomclipart.com  

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