A homeschooling mom on Facebook.com/motivatedhomeschooler asked for advice for her homeschooled teen and I thought other parents might have the same question. If you or your homeschooled teen is forgetful, distracted, or disorganized, listen to this episode of The Homeschool Sanity Show.
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Teaching Tip of the Week
This week’s teaching tip is to make room for Christmas activities in your homeschool. Use my funny winter writing prompts for writing. Above all, allow Christmas to be a peaceful, joyful time in your homeschool, rather than a stressful one.
Organized Homeschool Challenge of the Week
The Curriculum Review Challlenge
How to Help Your Homeschooled Teen with A.D.D. Links
- my interview with Carol Barnier on homeschooling distractible kids.
- Life of Fred math
- Konos‘s high school curriculum
- electives in junior high and high school
- an apprenticeship in an area that interests him
- focusatwill.com
- quarterly checklist I created for schoolwork
- Organizing Solutions for People with ADHD by Susan Pinsky
Christmas Break
The Homeschool Sanity Show will be on Christmas break until 12/29/15 when I’ll share how 2016 can be your most organized homeschool year ever.
Have a happy homeschool week!
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Being a mom of a child with involved developmental issues, Jan knows first-hand the feeling of wanting to “fix it.” The NeuroDevelopmental Approach for Life is dynamically effective for changing the structure of the brain so individuals move through life more efficiently.
Have you ever felt like there was a glass ceiling above your head and prayers just weren’t being heard? Have you ever experienced God’s divine intervention where you just knew it was Him and there were results to prove it? Come, listen, and be inspired by a God that moves mountains for moms. On this podcast, we will share one particular story of a mom whose adopted daughter had a great many learning struggles that caused her to feel worthless. Low self-esteem is very prevalent among children that have labels such as ADD, ADHD, and dyslexia as well as those that are adopted.
Living in a household where the environment is negative is no fun for anyone. There are many factors that could cause this undesirable situation to be happening in your home. Some such factors can actually result in symptoms of learning struggles and even labels like ADD, ADHD or dyslexia. I am not saying your child might need a label – far from it! You just need to know what the possible causes are and what you as a parent can do to change them. Some of these causes that are affecting your children negatively could be something that you have never thought about and the simple solutions might surprise you!
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