Teaching a child to read is no easy feat. It’s a pretty Herculean task regardless of special needs. You need to take into account many factors like developmental age, readiness, learning style, etc. The main thing to remember is that sometimes it just takes repetition and more repetition. How many
Improving fine motor skills to help with handwriting is a crucial therapy subject in our home school. What is a therapy subject? A therapy that goes into the planner to be done on a consistent basis that helps with other subjects. Because we home school, we don’t get the luxury
There’s no better place to learn about American History for homeschooling families than Disney’s Magic Kingdom. There is a whole land dedicated to early American History called Frontierland and Liberty Square. With hands-on learning in this interesting area, you never have to struggle to teach American History again. Attention to
Have you ever wondered if you can can count any activities at Disney Parks as educational? Do you need to do some educational activities to show your school skipping out to go to a Disney Park is worthwhile? All of the Disney Parks worldwide are ripe with educational activities that
Several times a year Epcot is the host to several International festivals that provide a great way to introduce even more learning opportunities at Walt Disney World. Today we’re visiting the Flower and Garden Festival that takes place at Disney’s Epcot and throughout World Showcase every spring. Studying Plants &
How can a trip to Walt Disney World be educational and still be fun? Walt Disney World compromises of 4 theme parks. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios. There are a plethora of educational activities throughout Walt Disney World. Enough for you to have to make a multitude of
I have always been fascinated with other cultures and countries, but teaching geography isn’t the most exciting thing on my list. Travel? That’s another story. When we can’t travel to learn about new places, we learn the geography of places we are talking about in history. In years past
We love elephants here in Autismland. I collect them and have them in almost every room of the house. It seemed like a no brainer to use all the empty toilet paper tubes we accumulate during the week to make this fun elephant toilet paper tube craft (thank God for
Nothing screams fun homeschool science lesson like something you can make and eat. I’m a fat kid so if I can eat it then I’m happy as a lark. Help your kids build their very own solar oven then make s’mores in them afterwards. You probably have everything you need
Have you ever thought about what literature selections might be appropriate for your homeschooling program while visiting the Disney Parks in Florida? Using literature that ties into Walt Disney World and its magical parks is a great way to get students of any age interested in reading I’ve gathered up