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by GrannySimplicity
Mon Jan 07, 2013 11:07 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Quick Question - schooling multi-ages
Replies: 6
Views: 2271

Re: Quick Question - schooling multi-ages

Thank you. She does help him with some of his schoolwork. One thing she did on her own was ask him to sit with her on the couch when she does her independent reading. She reads the stories to him. She is getting her own reading practice in, but says she is reading to her brother so that he can hear ...
by GrannySimplicity
Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:34 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Quick Question - schooling multi-ages
Replies: 6
Views: 2271

Re: Quick Question - schooling multi-ages

thank you for the lovely response. The ideas are very good ones. My daughter is doing the Beyond Little Hearts for His Glory and our son is doing Little Hands to Heaven. The biggest problem that we face is that our son is very low functioning autistic. Unlike those with the higher functioning Asperg...
by GrannySimplicity
Sun Jan 06, 2013 1:06 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Quick Question - schooling multi-ages
Replies: 6
Views: 2271

Quick Question - schooling multi-ages

I have a what may be a dumb question but here goes. I have a daughter who is nearly 7 and a son who is nearly 5. due to my son being severely delayed (has classic autism and developmental delays) I have to do nearly everything with him either as a visual or hands-on activity for him to learn. unfort...
by GrannySimplicity
Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:04 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Holiday Schedules
Replies: 10
Views: 2264

Holiday Schedules

With all the posts about schedules, I wanted to ask this question. How do you schedule your homeschooling during the busy holiday season? Do you take a couple of weeks off as they do in public schools or do you only take a couple days off? Do you follow a full schedule or lighten it up a bit? We are...
by GrannySimplicity
Thu Dec 13, 2012 4:49 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: What is one scheduling tip that has helped your school day..
Replies: 14
Views: 3117

Re: What is one scheduling tip that has helped your school d

I am always looking at ways to make the days go easier. This is my second time around with homeschooling, having homeschooled 2 of my now adult children. I found that this go round, I am able to do the days more smoothly. Here is what I am doing differently with my younger children. 1. They each hav...
by GrannySimplicity
Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:36 am
Forum: Main Board
Topic: What are some tips that help your school day run smoothly?
Replies: 14
Views: 2684

Re: What are some tips that help your school day run smoothl

I have to admit that my typical day sounds very different than most of yours through reading the board. We live fully off-the-grid. I charge my netbook and cell phone on a small solar power system. Other than that, we don't use electricity. This means that we do everything the old way, including han...
by GrannySimplicity
Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:48 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: A Door is Peaking Open
Replies: 8
Views: 1924

Re: A Door is Peaking Open

Thank you for the replies. We had another little breakthrough with DS last week. He was moping around all morning and I just couldn't get him out of his mood. After a while, I asked if he wanted his paints. That gave me the first attempted smile of the day. When we got the paints out, he started pai...
by GrannySimplicity
Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:12 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: A Door is Peaking Open
Replies: 8
Views: 1924

A Door is Peaking Open

We are in our 3rd week of HOD and the kids are really enjoying it. Our 6 yr old dd still has the attitude of "is that all I had to do today?" and loves the routine. She especially enjoys all the reading and artwork. Her confidence in reading is beginning to grow. We read the history reading assignme...
by GrannySimplicity
Tue Oct 23, 2012 1:52 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: So excited!
Replies: 16
Views: 2798

Re: So excited!

Praise God! It is so wonderful how things seem to simply click. It is as though the Lord flips a switch inside of our dear ones and they suddenly are able to put it together.

Your precious one did beautifully.
by GrannySimplicity
Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:56 pm
Forum: Project Photos
Topic: Special HOD Moments
Replies: 1
Views: 10496

Special HOD Moments

I wanted to share a couple of photos from last couple of weeks. This first one is of our daughter (age 6) reading a book to our son (age 4). http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/a512/GrannySimplicity/Homeschool/397349_2436148561047_1780835139_n_zpsc5760afe.jpg These next 2 are a couple showing the wa...
by GrannySimplicity
Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:49 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Special Adaptations We Made
Replies: 4
Views: 10237

Re: Special Adaptations We Made

Thank you Lee Ann. Honestly, I believe that it is the Lord's grace and blessing that is helping me to teach our son. Going by what the "professionals" and public schools told me in regards to expectations of his ability to learn, he is already doing things they never thought he would do. I know in t...
by GrannySimplicity
Tue Oct 16, 2012 2:14 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Special Adaptations We Made
Replies: 4
Views: 10237

Re: Special Adaptations We Made

Thanks Carrie. He is loving it. I have tried other preschool programs/curriculums over the past 2 years and they just didn't fit. This curriculum, while I understand that it was not designed to be a special needs curriculum, is easily adaptable. One of the aspects that I really appreciate is the lac...
by GrannySimplicity
Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:18 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: OT (sort of) Need writing ideas
Replies: 6
Views: 1541

Re: OT (sort of) Need writing ideas

Thanks for the ideas. She sits at her little school desk that a friend gave her. The new pencil seems to be helping.
by GrannySimplicity
Fri Oct 12, 2012 12:51 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Carrie - I may have made an error in posting
Replies: 3
Views: 1228

Re: Carrie - I may have made an error in posting

He is loving it! As I have mentioned, he is all smiles when he sees me take the manual off the shelf. At story time, he will run over to the couch and climb up to have a snuggle while we read. It is such a change from the way it used to be.
by GrannySimplicity
Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:40 pm
Forum: Main Board
Topic: Carrie - I may have made an error in posting
Replies: 3
Views: 1228

Carrie - I may have made an error in posting

Earlier tonight, I posted, on the LHTH board, about how I am adapting the LHTH activities to match my son's physical ability level. I later noticed that all posts were to start on this board. I am sorry if this messed something up.