We took Parker to school last week. Not every day and not all day long. Nope. A couple of days and a couple of hours per day. By Friday Parker was sick. By Sunday he was sicker. When my medically fragile kid gets sick during the healthy season, I know that homeschooling my child with… [Continue Reading]
Sensory Table Ideas……and Sanity
Apr 3, 13 by 3 Comments
I see them all over Pinterest. Sensory table ideas complied with such care as to be considered works of art. Children playing happily with naught a grain of bird seed out of place. That’s not always how it is at my house, which is why I finally went on a search of ideas to help… [Continue Reading]
Special Needs Parenting
Mar 12, 13 by Leave a Comment
For the last couple of years the faucet of our kitchen sink has leaked. Not just a little under the sink leak. Nope. This leaked so badly that the ceiling in our family room has had a hole in it with a bucket on the carpet underneath to catch the drips from the faucet above…. [Continue Reading]
Homeschooling a Medically Fragile Child with Special Needs
Aug 22, 12 by 6 Comments
Homeschooling this year is going to require a new focus: Teaching a child with significant hearing loss. I’ve got calls in to Utah’s School for the Deaf and Blind as well as into Parker’s Home and Hospital teacher. Sad fact in Utah is that supports for kids with special needs are hard… [Continue Reading]
Using plastic Easter Eggs to teach sight words.
Mar 25, 12 by 3 Comments
So much of any holiday is out of Parker’s grasp considering that he isn’t able to eat by mouth. Let’s face it, food and holidays go hand in hand. Instead I try to incorporate the fun in other ways. Like in sight word lessons. We are on a label everything kick over here. I followed… [Continue Reading]
Make Your Own Snow Paint and an Alphabet Activity
Feb 7, 12 by 4 Comments
Yesterday Parker painted his alphabet letters with snow paint. Super simple stuff. Half glue, half foam shaving cream. Stir. I have a paint brush shown in this picture. I quickly discovered that Q-tips were much easier to use. I may have been too lazy to run downstairs to grab Parker’s art smock. I may have… [Continue Reading]
