Jan Bedell, PhD, Master NeuroDevelopmentalist If you are a parent of young children today or you teach your children at home, chances are very good that phonics is your...
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Planning for a Simplified Spiritual Life
Peggy Ployhar I have always been pretty good about scheduling and to-do lists. The engineer in me loves to write out plans, figure out the best method for getting...
Holiday Treats from Our Homes to Yours
Ingredients 2 cups mashed sweet potatoes 4 oz. coconut oil, melted and cooled ½ cup carrot, cooked and mashed ¾ cup plum, peeled and processed in a blender 2...
Homeschooling Strategies for Language Disorders
Peggy Ployhar The United States Department of Health states that “approximately 7 to 8 percent of children in kindergarten” struggle with a language disorder of some type. Why then...
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...
Tips for Creating Routines and Teaching Independence
Amy Vickrey, MSE Some children seem to learn new skills quickly and effortlessly, almost as if they were born doing them. For other children, it’s not so easy. We push and...
The Greater Benefit of the Homeschooling Journey
Peggy Ployhar Teaching a child how to hike parallels the larger tasks of homeschooling and parenting. Hiking, as well as homeschooling and parenting, may have many technical pieces of...
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,...
Therapists are People Too – Working with Therapists in Your Home
By Amy Vickrey, MSE In my time as a teacher, I worked with many therapists. They are wonderful people with a wealth of information and resources! I also had the...
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...
