Yesterday Parker painted his alphabet letters with snow paint. Super simple stuff. Half glue, half foam shaving cream. Stir. I have a paint brush shown in this picture. I quickly discovered that Q-tips were much easier to use. I may have been too lazy to run downstairs to grab Parker’s art smock. I may have… [Continue Reading]
Welcome to Beirut by Susan F. Rzucidlo
Feb 6, 12 By · 9 Comments
Bright and early Saturday morning I headed up to a Utah Parent Partner meeting at the Utah Family Voices offices. It seems as though there are a few at Parker’s Pediatrician’s office who think I might be good at this kind of stuff….pointing parents in the direction of needed resources. Personally I think everyone else… [Continue Reading]
How we are teaching Parker to read.
Dec 5, 11 By · 7 Comments
The program I’m sharing today isn’t my original idea. It was taught to me by a spec ed teacher. I have seen it show up in various parts of other reading programs. I’ve taken the wheel, and instead of reinventing it, honed it to meet Parker’s unique learning style. I started by taking pictures of… [Continue Reading]
Outfitting a homeschool room by shopping yard sales.
Jun 19, 11 By · 1 Comment
We took the plunge and created an actual homeschooling room for Parker. There are still things I’d love to be able to stock this fabulous space with. One of them was a light table. My friend over at Teach Preschool came up with a way to make her very own light box. Pure genius I… [Continue Reading]
Special Needs Homeschooling: The Homeschool Post
Nov 5, 10 By · 3 Comments
There are many things I am passionate about. My family. My religion. Living on Less Dr. Pepper Gardening Advocating for those with Special Needs Being a huge pain in the butt for my local legislative representative. heh. I’m also passionate about Homeschooling Parker. Yes, Reed is a Principal. Yes, there is a small groups class… [Continue Reading]
The Best Post on Sensory Boxes EVER. (maybe)
Oct 6, 10 By · 7 Comments
I LOVE sensory boxes. When working in pre-schools I used to LOVE coming up with all kinds of exciting things to stick into the big sensory boxes they had. Teeny little frogs? With little fish nets? Snag one. Stare it down. Let it loose again. (Okay. True confession time. We started with eight teeny frogs. … [Continue Reading]
