Do you have games in your house that your children can play over and over again and never grow tired? We do too! I love board games. I love how educational they are. I love the giggles they create too. Qwirkle Board Game ~ Our go-to game on rainy days. I love that you can follow [...]
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Encouragement for the Mother Dealing with Autism
I can still feel the pain in my fists. Bill had taken Lira outside to play and left me folding clothes in the floor of the living room. The week had been stressful. The diagnosis positive. Lira had an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Suddenly, the pressure was more than I could take. I twisted to my knees and [...]
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Homeschooling Our Child with Autism (PDD-NOS)
Making the decision to homeschool our daughter was difficult, and for a long time, each day was a struggle. When I first started homeschooling my daughter, I thought I had to teach her in a particular way, based on our public schools. I would get her up and try to start school promptly at 9 [...]
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How We Taught Our Child with Autism to Write
I was thinking about how we taught our daughter to use a pencil and honestly, I cannot take the credit. This was primarily done with the help of an occupational therapist but I do remember some things that might be helpful to you. Please note that I am not a therapist and have no official [...]
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How We Taught Our Child with Autism to Speak
Please remember that Autism Spectrum Disorders are very diverse and no two children are alike. I am not a therapist or a doctor. All I can share is what has worked for us but our techniques are not guaranteed to work for you. Lira was non-verbal until about 3 years old. All I wanted was [...]
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Autism: 1 in 88 Means Someone Special to Me
Statistics are really just numbers until you experience it first hand… until the number becomes a person. Looking back, I think I always knew that one day I would have a child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. I know that sounds strange, but I always was amazed by the people who had ASD. I felt [...]
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Teaching Your Child to Multiply on Their Fingers
If the multiplication worksheets and fact cards with visual cues have not helped… If using the graphics organizers and cups have not helped… If you are still struggling with a way to teach your child how to multiply, teach them to use their fingers. A video is embeded. Please click through to view. Linked with love [...]
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Teaching Your Child to Multiply (More Printables)
Just a note to say that I have extended the Multiplication Worksheets and Fact Cards with Visual Cues to include factors of 11x and 12x but I have also been thinking of another way to help children learn to multiply. One suggestion made in the book Visual Supports for People with Autism: A Guide for [...]
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Free Multiplication Worksheets & Fact Cards {with Visual Cues}
Recently, I have been reading Visual Supports for People with Autism: A Guide for Parents and Professionals (Topics in Autism) and knew that I would need help teaching Lira how to multiply. I needed a way for her to visualize the multiplication problems, not just so she would get the correct product but so that [...]
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Science with Curious George Silly Squares
Looking for an easy science project? Dunecraft has an amazing assortment of science products that your kids will love. (No, this is not a sponsored post. I just happened to get a few kits from Totsy, loved them, and wanted to share them with you.) I needed something to help explain non-vascular plants to the [...]
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