Posted in Field Trips, Homeschooling, Out and About on May 1st, 2013 3 Comments »
We had a lovely adventure last Friday… We drove to the nearest light rail station, took the light rail into downtown Denver (an adventure in itself to us), and visited the Shakespeare Festival (a DPS event). We went to see our friend S. She is the young woman who was in my friend’s foster home [...]
Posted in Field Trips, Homeschooling on Mar 8th, 2013 2 Comments »
Yesterday we drove up to Denver to visit the Denver Museum of Nature and Science as part of a co-op class through our homeschool group. Specifically, we were there to see the Mammoths and Mastodon’s exhibit. It was an amazing exhibit, not only because of the wonderful artifacts and displays, but because it felt so [...]
Posted in Happy Monday, Homeschooling, Special Olympics, The "Big" Kids on Mar 5th, 2013 1 Comment »
Things that make me happy today: **Letters from K (dd#3) that came yesterday from Ghana! **And resources for M and R… …we are so blessed to live in a community that offers so much for children and young adults with disabilities. Some examples are: *Special Olympics! M is finishing up his basketball season and [...]
Posted in FASD, Homeschooling, Medical Stuff, Psychiatric Stuff on Sep 16th, 2011 3 Comments »
Individualized Education Program (IEP): An IEP describes an individualized educational program that has been designed to meet a child’s unique needs. Each child who receives special education and related services must have an IEP. Each IEP must be designed for one student and must be a truly individualized document. The IEP creates an opportunity for teachers, parents, school [...]
Posted in Homeschooling, Medical Stuff, Out and About, Special Days, The "Big" Kids on Sep 13th, 2011 4 Comments »
… it can’t have been a week since I last blogged! Ok… so maybe it has. The week zoomed by at warp speed… here are a few highlights: 1 blown truck motor 2 full days looking for a new truck for Joe 3 days (so far) of dd#2 visiting from Chicago… It’s been so good [...]
Posted in Homeschooling on Aug 16th, 2011 4 Comments »
Lots of changes going on in our homeschool lately. Good changes… I’m so excited about the school year! (Yes, after 11 years of homeschooling, I still get excited in the fall… the possibilities within each new curriculum book, the excitement of watching my children learn, and fun of learning new things myself.. I’ve never gotten tired [...]
Posted in Homeschooling, Wildlife on Aug 1st, 2011 3 Comments »
A couple of weeks ago, after d-a-y-s of rain, I started hearing an unfamiliar noise at night. It started about 10:00 at lasted late into the night… We are used to animal noises in the night… it’s common to hear coyotes howling, the baby deer crying, the neighborhood livestock neighing, braying, moo-ing, crowing, trilling, baaa-ing, cackling [...]
Posted in Homeschooling, Nature, Out and About on Mar 29th, 2011 2 Comments »
I was thinking yesterday that I should write a little about the drought we are having… maybe post a few pictures of the ground in the pasture cracked open, or of the scorched acres from the two wildfires our county had during the past week. (One just south of town, one just west of town… thankfully [...]
Posted in FASD, Homeschooling, Psychiatric Stuff on Mar 23rd, 2011 2 Comments »
Because of the kid’s disabilities, structure and predictability are the name of the game at our house… The days we are home are very structured, we do about the same thing at about the same time each day. This is not as important for R, who can usually manage a more go-with-the-flow kind of day, but [...]
Posted in FASD, Homeschooling, Psychiatric Stuff on Dec 31st, 2010 2 Comments »
I bought each of the four older kids a “Nook” for Christmas. (R got a different little expensive bit of technology.) I bought them back in October or November and spent the next month or so going back and forth between thinking it was a great idea… and thinking it was a stupid idea. I think the [...]
