If you’ve been around Abundant Life for any time, you know that most of my kids learn differently because of something called dyslexia. I have had a love/hate relationship with coming to understand this style of learning. On the one hand, dyslexia causes reading, writing and spelling to be so painfully difficult. On [...]
10 Books About Dyslexia That I Read Again and Again
May 21, 2013 7 Comments
If you’ve been around Abundant Life for any time, you know that most of my kids learn differently because of something called dyslexia. I have had a love/hate relationship with coming to understand this style of learning. On the one hand, dyslexia causes reading, writing and spelling to be so painfully difficult. On [...]
Four Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Attend a Homeschool Convention
May 20, 2013 8 Comments
It’s that time of year. The school year is winding up. We’re making our summer bucket lists and pulling out the shorts and flip flops. Ahhh…summer. Time to relax. Time to take a break from the intensity of the school year schedule and have some fun. Even as we read the final chapters [...]Share and Enjoy
Living With Dyslexia: Expectations & Reality
May 15, 2013 6 Comments
I don’t know why the end-of-year conferences with my kids’ educational therapist makes me so nervous. It is a strange thing really. My kids’ improvement in reading, writing and spelling, or lack thereof, really isn’t related to how well I teach, feed or parent them. But somehow it still feels like it. If you’re [...]Share and Enjoy
Top 10 Toys That Encourage Creative Play
May 14, 2013 7 Comments
Having a large family living in a small house can be a real challenge. Finding bed space, organizing clothing, designating homeschool areas and carefully managing storage needs are critical lest the house be overrun with messes and stuff. One way we have managed our stuff is to focus on toys for our kids that [...]Share and Enjoy
In Which I Make a Homeschool Blogger Confession
May 9, 2013 9 Comments
It has come to my attention that there is a common misconception among blog readers that bloggers somehow live exemplary lives, that somehow they have managed to go through live unscathed, or shall I say less-scathed than the general population. This will come as no surprise to those that know me. My life [...]
