Homeschooling with A.D.H.D. Parenting with L.O.V.E.
It happens to all of us. We start off in mid-summer with the homeschool planning and around late July, we really kick the back to school stuff into high gear. 🙂 Then by mid-September, we’re feeling the blahs of the daily school routine. (Interestingly, the same thing happened when I sent my kids to publicKeep Reading…
Have you already started the new school year? If so, you might have found that your kids are struggling to recover from summer break. I wrote a post about how to ease your kids back into a school routine over at Thinking Outside the Sandbox Family that might help. 🙂 Today is also another editionKeep Reading…
Running low on inspiration for summer activities as a family? Today we’re sharing 10 simple ways to have a fun summer with your kids! This week also marks another edition of the Laugh and Learn parenting and homeschooling linky! Be sure to check out our features from last week and read this week’s newest postsKeep Reading…
Last Friday was the last day of the school year and the last day of our Great Homeschool Public School Experiment. Our kids were only in public school for seven months, but it really and truly felt like forever. Naturally, we sent the kids to public school to help them learn. The strange thing isKeep Reading…
Week 16 of 52 Weeks to a Healthier You is here! Woohoo! We’ve covered some of the basics such as meal planning, getting enough sleep, and walking for fitness. But this week is a fun week, because it’s all about YOU! We don’t think about the value of alone time for moms very much, but weKeep Reading…
Today is the last day of our series The Great Homeschool Public School Experiment! And today we’re talking about the last thing we’ve noticed since our kids have been in school: unwelcome attitude changes. It’s no secret that all kids act out on occasion and ours have been no strangers to that rule. We’ve dealtKeep Reading…
We’re on to Day 5 of The Great Homeschool Public School Experiment! Today I’m giving you an honest look at all that “alone time” you picture when you think about sending your kids to public school. On some of my worst homeschooling days, I’d fantasize about how “free” I’d be if my kids were inKeep Reading…
Welcome to another entry in The Great Homeschool Public School Experiment series! Today, I’m sharing how we had to adjust our schooling and living schedule to make room for public school. It’s also time for another edition of the Laugh and Learn linky, so be sure to check out our favorites from last week andKeep Reading…
When you have the bright idea to start public school in the middle of the school year, you kind of miss out on all the back-to-school sales. So, we had to cut a few financial corners to afford school shopping. But we managed to get it done! If you decide to put your children inKeep Reading…
We have two boys in our family with ADHD. Since one has classic ADHD with hyperactivity and one has limbic ADHD (which is characterized by a distinct lack of energy), they require very different parenting styles. Complicating this issue is the fact that we also have a daughter with ADHD and both my husband andKeep Reading…
As you all know, we made the decision to put our kids in public school last month. After homeschooling for six years, it was … a difficult transition to say the least. Our kids had never stepped into a school before and their only ideas of what school is like came from TV, so theyKeep Reading…
Hey, mom! Take a quick second to look at your life. What are you doing right now? Are you reading this post while talking on the phone? Or waiting in a parked car? Or eating? (Please tell me you’re not reading this post while driving.) It’s no secret that all of us are busier thanKeep Reading…
If I was to sum up the last ten years of my life as a parent in one word, it would probably be “homeschooling“. We planned to homeschool Tigger as soon as we found out we were pregnant and we’ve stuck with it from the very beginning. But …. Last month, we decided to putKeep Reading…
We’ve been homeschooling for six years now…and we’re about to make a huge transition in our family. (I’ll be talking about that in an upcoming post.) But there’s no doubt that homeschooling has changed our family life….for the better. Since most of us have ADHD, homeschooling has been a challenge but it’s also been aKeep Reading…
Did you know there are different types of ADHD? It’s true! Unfortunately, the names of these might differ, depending on who you ask, which can be confusing. For example, is it ADHD or ADD? Are they same? I’ve been reading the book “Healing ADD” by Dr. Daniel Amen off and on for the past coupleKeep Reading…
When you first thought of “homeschooling“, what did you envision? I talked about my homeschooling dream a few months back when I shared my Homeschool Mom Confession at The Mommy Mess. In short, it was to have all of my kids sitting quietly at the dining room table – kind of like the one-room schoolhouse inKeep Reading…
When I first learned that our daughter had ADHD, I was full of questions: What is ADHD? What are the treatment options for ADHD? Should I change my parenting style? Can we manage ADHD without medication? I Googled and poked around some online sites and found a few great ones (I’ll be sharing those later inKeep Reading…
Two of our children are living with sensory processing disorder. Since SPD is such a broad disorder, it can involve all kinds of symptoms that affect every sensory system of the body. One of the biggest issues for both of our kids is SPD tactile seeking. (By the way, tactile is just a fancy wordKeep Reading…
Homeschooling moms have the dual challenge of serving as parents AND teachers during the day, which means we often have to deal with a homeschool tantrum or two on occasion. Yay! Not. When a child throws a temper tantrum, it can disrupt the entire school day. And if you’re homeschooling more than one child, itKeep Reading…
Last week, I shared the beginning stages of our journey toward an official sensory processing disorder diagnosis. Today I’m passing along four sensory processing disorder parenting tips that are helping me relate to my children. Empathy is an important part of positive parenting. When we identify with our kids’ feelings, we can adjust our parenting approachKeep Reading…
Sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a somewhat controversial topic in the medical community. Some physicians, including my children’s primary physician, either do not believe that it is a real condition or they feel that it is simply a symptom of another issue. For a while, I tended to agree with these “experts”. I had noticedKeep Reading…
