******UPDATE****** Sometimes super-silly as described here works as well. ********************* The key to dysregulated kids is figuring out how to re-regulate them. So simple, right? NOT. Here are some strategies that have worked recently with our kids: Art. As I posted before, art therapy can double as regulating and healing. Even if your child won’t...
We’re excited to announce the official re-launch of our orphan and widow care ministry. The new website is live at www.thegrafted.com. We are also launching online area collaborations. If you’re interested in starting one in your area, let us know.
Day 240 The girls repainted their room recently. This is what one of our biggest complainers enscripted above her bed. We will be walking her in to read it frequently. Day 241 A streak of warm spring weather got us out to the beach to celebrate PJ’s birthday. It was Kayla and John’s first time...
Check out my guest post at the Kidville blog.
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year...
Day 233 We learned a lot at our field trip to the home of the Preakness. Day 234 The girls decided to beautify the exterior of the house. Day 235 Kayla’s working on her vertical for next season. Day 236 We studied rain forest animals. Aren’t these toucans great? I love colored pastels as an...
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year...
When we started homeschooling, PJ was already spelling above grade level and Mia wasn’t reading yet. I falsely assumed that she needed to be reading better to spell so we started the year without spelling. Then, I started doing more research and realized that reading could be taught using encoding (spelling) and decoding (reading). We...