Why Homeschool? Appropriate Socialization
Do you spend all of your work and free time with only people who are the same age as you? Why not? Can you only socialize with those people who the same age as you? In families, much like in...
Do you spend all of your work and free time with only people who are the same age as you? Why not? Can you only socialize with those people who the same age as you? In families, much like in...
Bright kids get bored in classroom settings and slower kids tend to fall behind. How is this helping either child? Study after study has shown that by reducing the student/teacher ratio you can effectively increase the education and excellence in...
“Why do you homeschool?” is a question that we get asked often by polite and curious people. Impolite people generally give us “the look” and change the subject. But, this is often THE question in the whole educational debate! For...
Much to my chagrin, not all crafty, frugal projects involve fabric, yarn, thread, beads, glue, glitter, or bling of any type. Sometimes, they fall into the realm of my hubby. They involve (gulp!) woodworking skills. Woodworking (except at its most...
Teenage boys eat all the time and tend to sleep quite a bit, too (can I get an ‘AMEN’ from the mamas?). Mine even like to snuggle up with a blanket to read, play a hand held game, or to...
Here is another photo finish courtesy of my Dad. He is good to humor me when I leave a project over at his house and have forgotten to take a picture to record the finish. He puts up with me!...
Well, enough people have asked me for an update on how oldest kiddo is doing during this 48 hour EEG, that I decided to put up a little bit of information (and a photo). He has given me permission to...
Today was the day that I took oldest kiddo to the Pediatric Neurologist that works at the Children’s Hospital in Macon. He is Dr. Trasmonte and he is very good at what he does. Among other things, he conducts research...
I feel like I have been horribly neglectful of my blog this week. For that, dear readers, I do apologize. There is something so terribly humbling about waiting for a child to receive medical testing and results back. To know...
Once in a great while, I will find a subject that is difficult for me to write about. Autism Awareness is one of those topics. It’s not because I am unfamiliar with Autism. I am intimately aware of this subject...