Dawn Spence During this time of COVID-19 closures and the world’s reliance on the web for information as well as learning, it all can be overwhelming to navigate what...
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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 We Enhanced Communication Skills in Our Homeschool
SPED Homeschool Team Communication is more than just speaking; it is the underlying framework that determines how well we relate with others, the wider community, and the world we...
Persevering Through the Challenges of Teaching Reading
SPED Homeschool Team Few moments match the exhilaration of your child reading for the first time. When his eyes light up and he sees a word he can read,...
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...
Learn from Our Experience – Testing in Your Homeschool
by SPED Homeschool Team Each state requires different things from homeschoolers, and sometimes that means incorporating testing in your homeschool. Other times, parents prefer testing in order to get...
Helping your Struggling Reader to Find Books
By Tracy Glockle We all want our kids to enjoy reading, to know what it feels like to get lost in a book, but for many of our kids with...
30+ Free Online Assessment Tools for Evaluating Your Struggling Learner
By Peggy Ployhar Understanding your child’s rate of progress, possible learning deficiencies, or level of mastery in a specific subject can go a long way when homeschooling a struggling learner....
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...
