I mentioned in a previous post about my oldest son’s journey with understanding his anxiety and depressive nature. About a year and a half ago, it escalated into a full blown crisis. Ever since then, we’ve partnered together as I support him as he tries to understand how to get it under control, first of [...]
A question came up on my Homeschooling Creatively list about sleep pattern differences. One of the “temperament traits” of a right-brained learner is that they are almost always night owls. From the responses given to the original question, my yahoo list is full of these right-brained night owls. Further, in the autism spectrum world, extreme [...]
I’ve been so blessed to have an amazing journey of learning through understanding and supporting my children as they find their passion and purpose in life. As I matured in this knowledge, my friend Rebecca (who I met on an on-line forum!) from Illinois and associated with the In-Home Conference for their state, asked if [...]
Like most little people, my children have enjoyed screen-time entertainment. Interestingly, though, as they became teens, most of them only watch limited TV; to those particular programs they enjoy, like Mythbusters, or a periodic special movie.
But no child has benefited from TV to an obvious level as I have seen with William. No matter how [...]
I wrote a post about how my 13-year-old son living with autism identifies himself as “autistic”. He likes being autistic. I both love that he feels this way, and at the same time, have some uncomfortableness with it. This post is sorting through why I feel unsure of his label of “autistic.”
I think what surprises [...]
I am one of the authors over at Life Without School and the blog post I wrote went up and gone before I noticed to make mention of it. This was one of those posts that wrote itself. In my passion for the right-brained, creative learner, I have an adage that says: They love to [...]
I have shared on this blog here and here how my artist son used this creative outlet as part of his process toward writing. I also used drawing samples from my builder son in a traditional comic book format as well that depicted some of his process toward writing. On my Homeschooling Creatively list, we [...]
I had an article published in Home Education Magazine back in January-February, 2008, and I finally got around to putting it up as a page on my blog. It is continued support and guidance for those with creative learners as it pertains to their reading path in joy.
So many creative learners become fluent readers [...]
I came home yesterday and heard some instructional talk coming from behind the couch, which is William’s “quiet time area”. Hhmmm, what’s going on? I was excited to discover this:
I was excited for several reasons. First, there was a time when Eli eagerly sought out “pupils” for Lego instruction (and [...]
I currently have two adult children, by society’s standards and their age identification process. My oldest recently turned 21, and my next will be 19 at the beginning of summer. Both have been unschooled all their lives. Both have found their passions. Both are working out their purpose.
Abbey, my only daughter, [...]