Curriculum can change (and that’s okay. . .)

The first thing I did after we decided to homeschool was dive into researching what was available for curriculum these days. My motivation was two-fold. On one hand, our oldest had a team of therapists and resistant family members who were not convinced that homeschooling was a valid option for a disabled family (spoiler alert,…

Homeschooling during a Flare

The reality of homeschooling when you are a disabled family is that, sometimes, flares and school days will collide. It's during those collisions that I've realized two of the greatest factors to successfully homeschooling with disabilities is flexibility and grace. Neither of those are terribly easy for this recovering perfectionist but, cool thing is, just…

Fidgets and why Mama needed to De-school

It's pretty common in the homeschooling communities I frequent to see conversations popping up about de-schooling (especially over the last twelve months). Since neither of our kids have stepped foot in a traditional school I didn't give these conversations much thought at first until I realized, Mama needs to be de-schooled too! My own schooling…

Transitions

I never really noticed how many transitions were in the day until I tried to plan out our homeschooling schedule. Our first year of homeschooling was a weird mixture of optimism, enthusiasm, and perfectionism (on Mama's part). I think, in part, to prove to our children's therapy team that homeschooling really was a valid option…