By Peggy Ployhar Many parents who homeschool children with special educational needs jump into homeschooling without much preparation. Unfortunately many times school situations, health conditions, or other factors must...
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Homeschooling Families Strengthened by Togetherness
By Debbi L. White As I write, I am sitting in my mother’s condominium, while she is in the hospital recovering from pneumonia. I left my home when she was...
The Importance of Family Traditions
By Debbi L. White Establishing annual family traditions builds security in children. It makes memories but does more than that. It creates a family culture that helps formulate its identity,...
Dealing with Intensity in Gifted Children
By Jennifer Duncan Intensity is a topic that parents of gifted children are likely very familiar with. Whether it rears its head in the form of emotional intensity or constant...
Using Workboxes to Support Individualized Learning
By Dawn Spence I first learned about workboxes and visual supports when I taught a self-contained classroom for children with special needs. I saw how the organization and the predictability...
How the DIR Method Can Help Your Homeschooling
By Mary Winfield Dr. Stanley Greenspan developed The Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-Based Model (DIR Method) in 1979. Dr. Greenspan’s work was a response to the growing need to help children...
The Then and Now of Special Education Homeschooling
By Peggy Ployhar When our family started our special education homeschooling journey almost 15 years ago, the homeschooling landscape was very different than it is today. From my experience homeschooling...
Look Before You Leap Into A New Curriculum By Following These 5 Simple Steps
By Peggy Ployhar Whatever reason prompts you to change your homeschooling curriculum, here are 5 steps to help you take a critical look at your choices before you invest your...
Beating the Rainy Day and Winter Blues
By Melissa Smith The Hurricane brought some strange weather to Texas this year. We’ve had ice storms (yes, plural) and unending gray and rainy days. While I am very thankful...
Reality Teaching Through Unit Studies
By Peggy Ployhar Unit studies are a hands-on approach to learning. Through multi-sensory activities and immersion learning, children relate to concepts, confront challenges, solve open-ended questions, and come face-to-face with...
