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 [...]
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
Help! My Child Won’t do His Schoolwork!
May 2, 2013 4 Comments
It’s April. The weather is warming up. The birds are returning to their nests. Summer is just around the corner. And the natives are getting restless! Have you noticed that, although this is the time of year of new life and rebirth, it is also the time of year that school can [...]Share and Enjoy
Homeschooling With CurrClick Online Homeschool Classes
March 28, 2013 Leave a Comment
I’m often asked how I manage to homeschool our 5 school-aged kids while occupying one preschooler. Simply imagining the logistics of teaching all of our different ages and grades is overwhelming. Finding strategies for streamlining schoolwork is a large part of homeschooling the large family. Using unit studies and computerized curriculums are a [...]Share and Enjoy
Signs of Dyslexia
March 20, 2013 3 Comments
Signs of Dyslexia You may be wondering if you or one of your family members have dyslexia. There are signs and characteristics that parents and teachers can look for. If your child has 3 or more symptoms and there is a family history of dyslexia, you should consider having your child tested when they turn five. Signs [...]
