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, [...]
I’m going to commit to coming back to my blog. I miss it, and it is so awesome to have a journal of one’s thoughts, theories, experiences, and every day life.
I went to Wal-Mart to pick up Spiderman 3 that the children were all clamoring for, and decided to pick up a bunch of reduce [...]
Since I posted a couple pages about how the right-brained, creative child learns to read, I wanted to follow it with the post that inspired them. During my insomnia night I posted about, I was able to create a post to some questions asked at the Life Without School blog that flowed from my fingertips [...]
I have been putting together some handouts to help explain to those parents concerned about their right-brained learner coming to reading later why this happens. In my pages section to the right, I have a page called Typical Right-Brained Reading Traits that lists the typical traits that right-brained people tend to exhibit when they are [...]
Here I am in the middle of the night, wide awake. This happened about a month ago as well. It’s frustrating when I’m lying there knowing I need my sleep. On the other hand, when I give in to the inevitable and embrace it, I am astounded by the level of creativity that emerges from [...]