Teaching Tips
Are you Afraid to Teach Your Kids With Learning Differences?
In my last post, I asked the question of whether or not language-based learning difficulties like dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia are learning disabilities that need to be 'fixed' or learning differences that need teaching differences. We also talked about the...
Strategies for Teaching Math to Kids With Dyslexia
40-60% of students with dyslexia also struggle with math. Just as with teaching reading, there are effective strategies for teaching math to kids with dyslexia. This post and giveaway are sponsored content on behalf of Teaching Textbooks. All opinions are my own. Why...
Homeschool Charter Schools and Dyslexia
This article will discuss the pros and cons of joining a homeschool charter school for children with dyslexia. Despite a growing awareness of dyslexia, the traditional school setting continues to fail to offer students with dyslexia the kind of individualized...
My Homeschool Success Formula
Are you looking for a formula for success as you homeschool your struggling learners? This is the closest thing you will find to a formula for a more peaceful, purposeful homeschool. When our family first started homeschooling in 1996, our motivation was to be able to...
How Important is Academic Success?
How important is academic success to overall success? The answer may surprise you! We're continuing our 5-days to a more confident homeschool series. Read the entire series starting here. I'm going to start this post with a story - my story actually. It's important...
Help! My Homeschooler is ‘Behind’
One sure way to lose confidence in your homeschool is to worry that your homeschooled child is behind grade level. Welcome back to the 5-Days to a More Confident Homeschool Series! This week we're looking at the things that trip us up and knock our confidence as we...
Helping the Discouraged Learner
How our kids react to learning plays a huge part in how effective our teaching is. When our kids are discouraged learners, our teaching is ineffective and this is one of the biggest reasons we lack confidence as we homeschool our kids with dyslexia. Yesterday we...
5 Days to a More Confident Homeschool
Would you like to have a more confident homeschool? When we first started homeschooling 20+ years ago, I had big plans. Yup, my kids were going to be the super kids whose knowledge and educational excellence would set me apart from others. Education had been very...
How to Teach Sight Words to Kids With Dyslexia
Hello and welcome back to day 4 of our 5-day series on How to Teach Kids With Dyslexia to Read. Click here to read the series from the beginning. Today we're looking at an extremely effective way to teach sight words to kids with dyslexia. What Are...
How to Make a Quick and Effective Mid-Year Homeschool Assessment
Feeling off track in your homeschool? Make a quick, mid-year homeschool assessment to put your mind at ease. I talk to a lot of homeschool moms. We come from all walks of life but we all have this one thing in common; we all feel like we're not 'doing enough'....
Making Standard Curriculum Work for Children with Dyslexia
There are so many great curricula out there for us to choose for homeschooling our children, but what about kids who struggle with dyslexia – are we stuck using only materials they can read? Do we need to throw away all the curriculum they can’t read? This article is...
What Homeschooling Kids With Dyslexia Really Looks Like
I talk to lots of parents who are pulling their kids with dyslexia out of school and choosing to homeschool. They've done the research and have their ducks in a row but the actual day to day teaching is still a mystery. Because I've been homeschooling for so long, its...