SPED Homeschool Team Dawn Spence My first year of homeschooling, I allowed myself a lot of grace and just had fun. We used unit studies to grow and...
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A Customized Guide for Renewing Your Homeschool for the New Year
By Dawn Spence and Amy Vickrey It is that time of the year when the whole world starts reflecting on resolutions and making new goals for their year....
An Interview with 30-Year Adoptive Special Needs Parents
Peggy Ployhar I had the privilege this month of interviewing my parents, Joe and Margie Prenosil, who have been special needs adoptive parents for 30 years! I hope you...
How to Know When You Have Done Enough this School Year
by Shannon Ramiro This time of year, many of us are wondering how we could have done better this year, how we move forward the rest of this school...
What My Child Needs to Learn Before First Grade
By Amy Vickrey, MSE Many times I hear questions about what children need to learn at young ages. What curriculum should parents be choosing and using? At what level do...
Gearing Up for the School Year Through End of Summer Learning Adventures
By Shannon Ramiro Whether or not you have taken advantage of the many seasonal adventures only available during the summer months, there are still a few weeks left to use...
How to Gracefully Transition Your SPED Homeschool into the High School Years
By Peggy Ployhar How NOT to Transition I wish I could say I was calm, cool, and collected when I transitioned my oldest into high school, but I wasn’t. Instead,...
8 Tips for Planning Your Homeschool Year with a Struggling Learner
By Kimberly Vogel Planning a new homeschool year energizes some and sparks fear in other homeschool moms. Personally, I enjoy planning, but scheduling a year for a struggling learner reminds...
Popular Special Needs Homeschooling Acronyms
By Peggy Ployhar, SPED Homeschool Founder & CEO Have you ever looked at an acronym only to have to put it into your favorite search engine to come...
Making Homeschool Work: Balancing Homeschool and Work in 2021
by Melodie Sontag, SPED Homeschool community member My first year of homeschooling was initiated by the public school’s response to COVID. My son was in 3rd grade and,...
