Shannon Ramiro Recently I had the privilege of interviewing a friend of mine, Karrie Cannell, about her international special needs adoptions. I hope you enjoy her story as well...
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10 Resources for Modified Instructional Reading Texts
Peggy Ployhar One of the biggest struggles in teaching a child who struggles to read is finding content that appeals to their intellectual level as well as their instructional...
Let’s Talk Levels – Reading and Book Levels That Is
Faith Berens, M.Ed., Reading and Dyslexia Specialist & HSLDA Special Needs Consultant When it comes to reading levels, choosing books at just the right reading level can help your child enjoy reading...
Creative Methods to Help Special Needs Children Achieve Goals
SPED Homeschool Team During the homeschool struggle with special needs, it’s not uncommon to feel like you are treading water or getting nowhere. Standard educational and developmental goals are...
Does Your State Require Homeschool Evaluations?
By Peggy Ployhar and Mary Winfield One of the biggest stressors for new homeschoolers is trying to figure out what is required of them in their state. It can...
How to De-stress Choosing Homeschool Curriculum
By the SPED Homeschool Team Other than choosing to homeschool, the biggest decision we have to make is choosing homeschool curriculum. This decision is filled with a lot of...
Using Lexile Scores to Help your Struggling Reader
By Tracy Glockle Lexile scores for books can seem like a foreign language, a secret code of numbers and letters that seem to make no sense. But when you crack...
An Interview with Cheryl Swope, M.Ed, SPED Homeschool Board Vice-Chair
Interview provided by Cheryl Swope, M.Ed.Interviewer: Brian Phillips, CiRCE Institute Author of Simply Classical: A Beautiful Education for Any Child, Cheryl Swope is an advocate of classical Christian education for...
Classical Education Can Benefit ANY Child
By Cheryl Swope, M.Ed Some parents and educators have the misconception that classical education is only for “smart kids.” It is not difficult to understand why someone might think this...
Writing, Reading, and Other Homeschooling Essentials
By Cheryl Swope, M.Ed “Ever since the dawn of time, man has needed to work.” Thus began my eleven-year-old son’s thinking paper. The topic: why he should have been cleaning...