Shari McMinn Shari Howard McMinn is a mother to 11 children through marriage, birth, and adoption. An advocate for adoption, homeschooling, nurtured childhoods, and a thriving life with unique...
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Separating Dyslexia from Dysfunction in the Kitchen
By Dr. Rebecka Spencer from Cherish Children Ministries I was reading an article recently about George Washington Carver and how he asked the Lord to help him...
Stephanie Buckwalter
Stephanie Buckwalter Stephanie Buckwalter is a curriculum developer and the creator of the ELARP™ Method of homeschooling for students who are two or more years behind grade level in...
Do Homeschool Students Need a Public School IEP?
by Sarah Collins, MS/ OTR/L from Homeschool OT and Casey Waugh, OTR/L In early 2017, my eight-year-old was hit directly in the eye with a Frisbee. He could...
Learning from the Homeschooling Mistakes I’ve Made
By Ali Sanders, SPED Homeschool Community Member Mistake #1 – Compared myself to other homeschoolers This never ends well. Sure, there might be the rare occasion that you...
Aha! Homeschooling Moments: Trusting Your Instincts
by Lindsay Kronmiller, SPED Homeschool Community Member As a mom of kids who learn differently, there have been moments I can look back on and pinpoint them as...
Train Up Your Child Instead of Teaching Your Student
by Ashley Lindsey, SPED Homeschool Community Member A new homeschool year was about to begin and my youngest, Landon, was about to start his kindergarten year. I enthusiastically...
Finding Extracurricular Activities that Fit Your Unique Learner
By Kathy Kuhl, from Learn Differently “Socialization”, the word all homeschoolers hate. This is not because we hate socialization, but rather the fact that relatives and even complete...
Homeschool Scholarship Programs for Educating SPED Students
By Allison Gentala, SPED Homeschool Community Member “Choice in education is no mere abstraction. Like its economic cousin, free enterprise, and its political cousin, democracy, it affords hope...
Using the School System to Inform Your Homeschool Program Direction
By Sarah Collins, OTR from Homeschool OT In early 2017, my eight-year-old was hit directly in the eye with a Frisbee. He could see the Frisbee leave his...