Resources
Teaching Elementary Writing: WriteShop Junior Review
Teaching writing to my kids with dyslexia has always been a struggle in the elementary years. Their difficulties with reading and writing have a huge impact on their ability to write sentences, paragraphs, and stories. My goal for teaching writing to my dyslexic...
I’d Love to Meet You
One of the highlights of my year is when I travel around the country each Spring and Summer and speak about my experiences homeschooling my eclectic brood of outside the box learners! This year I'll be in Nashville, Tenessee, Atlanta, Georgia, and Pasadena,...
Have the Good Math Teacher Every Year: A Teaching Textbooks Review
Growing up in school, there were years when math was painful. Â I didn't understand the concepts. Â I didn't get the help I needed. Â I felt lost a lot of the time and began to really dislike math. Then there were years when my teacher got it. Â He or she...
Do Dyslexia Worksheets Really Work?
As the non-dyslexic mother of 7 dyslexic kids (and wife to one dyslexic husband), it has taken me some time to come to terms with the idea of  worksheets and dyslexia. It probably doesn't help that I am a producer-type who practically drools over checklists of any...
Our Experience With Classical Conversations Challenge A With Dyslexia
Can a 7th grader with dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD succeed in Classical Conversations Challenge A program? We are wrapping up our first semester of Challenge A. The rumors are true. The Classical Conversations Challenge program is, well, challenging.  However, it is...
Homeschool Curriculum: What We’re Using for 1st and 4th Grades
After homeschooling our 8 kids for the past 20 years, we'll only be homeschooling 4 kids this year! Believe me, it seems like a walk in the park compared to having all 8 of our kids at home - usually with babies and toddlers in the mix. Â Ahhh, those were the days!...
Homeschool Curriculum for 4th Grade – Reader Picks!
I received a message from a reader via the Homeschooling With Dyslexia Facebook Page a few weeks ago asking for help choosing homeschool curriculum resources for a newly diagnosed dyslexic 4th grader. Wow! Â What an amazing response from all of you. In fact, the...
What To Do When Your Reading Curriculum Isn’t Working
I am asked all the time by homeschooling parents what to do when their child isn't making significant progress with reading. Â I so get this. Â For years I struggled with teaching reading because my kids just weren't catching on. Â Because of that I switched reading...
Is All About Reading a Complete Orton-Gillingham Program?
Last week I received another email from a concerned parent questioning whether All About Reading, the reading program that we use in our homeschool with our dyslexic kids, is a complete Orton-Gillingham (O-G) Program. Â There seems to be some confusion in this area....
Get a Referral to Learning Ally from All About Learning Press
Our kids are back in major audio book listening mode, listening to audio books for long stretches, only surfacing from time to time to eat and play. If you haven't explored the world of audio books for your dyslexic child yet or are interested, read this post on the...
Best Sources for Audio Books
As the homeschooling mom of a houseful of kids with dyslexia, one thing that I cannot live without is access to lots of good quality audio books. Â While I could just about keep up with reading aloud to my kids when I had one child (no joke), having 6 (of my8) at home...
All About Reading Review
It's one of a parent's worst nightmares. Â Your child can't read. Â When you have a child that is obviously bright but cannot read your mind goes all sorts of bad places. Â Something about fear and worry makes the mind of an anxious parent extremely creative - able to...