Learning Disabilities: A Blessing Learning disabilities, I propose it is a loaded diagnosis, I call a blessing. Some will call it a crutch. Others will say it is a tragedy, a malady of disorders and hardships, one wouldn’t wish on their worst enemy. But, I know some things, just a few things about learning disabilities. And I want to share them with you. If you know me, you know that I barely made it through high school. I managed to …
My child couldn’t read either. I hear you. And I see you. I know the worry and I know, the concern. And I cannot tell you the magic formula to help your child read. But I have a few things I want to tell you, some encouragement, and maybe a little hope. My son, who is now a Marine, is married and has a cat, could not read well beyond the “normal” time frame for which a child “should” read. …
It is safe to assume if you are reading this, you are a curious a mom. The title “mom,” rarely doesn’t have some descriptive attached to it. Soccer, bad, good, working, stay-at-home, world’s best, foster, adoptive, step, certainly I have left off a few, but you get the gist. Mom is a mixed bag of love, reward, joy, pain, and sleeplessness. It is only fair I warn you spring chicken moms, yes, newborns are hard. The terrible twos were invented by …
Creating an Atmosphere of Chill for your LD Child Welcome to post 5 in the Help my Child has Learning Disabilities Series. Today I am writing to you about atmosphere. No matter if you are dealing with an LD child or not, take a moment to take stock of the environment around you. The atmosphere you are in matters. I want to use an example that has nothing to do with LD to emphasis how atmosphere impacts us. It is …
So as not to bombard you with links in a post, this post goes along with Creating an Atmosphere of Chill. I am creating this product recommendation post for atmosphere helps. It does include affiliate links, cause a girl’s gotta buy groceries. Laundry Product For laundry detergent, there is the option of making your own. I am including that recipe at the bottom of this post (jump to recipe ,) you can use essential oils to add a touch of …
Homeschooling A Disabled Learner: Ten Things to Consider Welcome back, this is post #5 in the Help! My Kid has Learning Disabilities summer series. And today I have TEN things to consider when homeschooling a disabled learner. Here is the countdown! I loved homeschooling. I have said this, I know. But, here I go again, we have run the gamut of schooling. 3 graduated from home, 1 is graduating in the fall from public high school, and two have their …
