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Well I now have my list of library books and DVDs. I have on a waiting list for some and others I will pick up today. I will review each of them and let you know how the strategies work with Sophie.

Embracing play teaching your child with autism (DVD)
Breakthroughs how to reach students with autism [...]

Where does Sarah Palin stand on education? I have found a paper she wrote when she was running for governor. It explains what she planned for the state of Alaska. As a side note, Sarah Palin will homeschool! She has enrolled her high school age daughter in IDEA in a distance learning program of Alaska.
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So I said I would share my trials and tribulations, well unfortunately it has been mostly the latter. My attempts to homeschool this week went like this.
I got out my beloved copy of goodnight moon. I pulled my Sophie in close and opened the book and started to read. Sophie grabbed the book, looking closely [...]

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Fun? I thought so! [...]

When I first started homeschooling, I complicated everything, ok I still do on occasion, but I have learned that learning is simple. God gave our children an inquisitive nature. They want to explore and learn about the world and we can find ways to teach them in every day things

Things you can teach while baking [...]

I recently watched a DVD that has been advertised on this site called Teach Me to Talk, by Laura Mize, Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist. The DVD was 90 minutes long and taught six strategies to teach your child to talk.
It is aimed at toddlers who are delayed in speech, not at children with autism which is [...]

Now that I am getting through the shock of letting my oldest child beginning public school this year, I have realized I have quite a challenge in front of me. I thought I had this homeschooling thing down, I am an old pro by now, and then life threw me a curb ball. I have [...]

My Opportunity
Dear Lord, I do not ask
That Thou shouldst give me some high work of Thine,
Some noble calling, or some wondrous task;
Give me a little hand to hold in mine;
Give me a little child to point the way
Over the strange, sweet path that leads to Thee;
Give me a little voice to teach to pray;
Give me [...]

It is ironic that one of my first post on this site will be of an ending to homeschooling for my oldest child. This year, after hours of discussion and many tears and prayer, my husband and are considering letting her attend public school. I still feel shock in writing this.
Our last stipulation is a [...]

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