Today I am kicking off a series called “Nurturing the Pre-School Years” but be prepared that this may not feel much like our modern education system’s version of “preschool.” I’m simply referencing the time in a child’s life before they start school and giving you some ideas about what to do during that time. Want to listen instead? So let’s talk…
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It’s that time of year again…clean notebooks, freshly sharpened pencils, earlier bedtimes and of course, our homeschool curriculum choices. We homeschool in terms, so scheduling for me is like planning three “mini-years.” Because our terms last for 3 months, I am able to evaluate where the kids are at, how they’ve grown and what changes we need to make each…
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Growing up I spent a lot of time outdoors. We lived on a dead end street that opened up into a large wooded area. A creek ran through the middle and behind the houses. The neighborhood kids and I would climb trees, build forts, jump the small creek and walk along its edge. I got scrapes and bruises and head lice…
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Listen instead: I can still see it now. Each of my children around age two or three would have the same experience, laying on their belly staring at a beetle. Little fingers extending toward the fat bug. Darting eyes keeping up with the skittering critter crossing our back porch. Excited nerves mustering the courage to touch it. It was their first nature…
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If you have children with special needs, there’s no doubt you’ve heard the term “life skills” and have been told how important it is to foster independence in your kids. Although I firmly believe that relationship must come before this, we are now at a point in our therapy where we can focus more on this type of thing. My…
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