The people behind All About Spelling (AAS) have released a new program called All About Reading (AAR). This program is geared specifically toward teaching reading to the dyslexic student. Oh, how I wish it had been available a few years ago when we were struggling! I am using AAR with one of my younger children, who […]
Homeschooling the Dyslexic Child: Spelling
January 25, 2013 by ·
SPELLING: For the past 4 years we have been using All About Spelling , which is an Orton Gillingham method designed specifically for dyslexics. Most experts recommend teaching spelling to dyslexics using an Orton Gillingham method. For more information and links to some curricula using OG methods, check out Susan Barton’s website Bright Solutions for Dyslexia, Inc. […]
Homeschooling the Dyslexic Child: resources for mom and dad
January 25, 2013 by ·
Ronald Davis’ book The Gift of Dyslexia (read a short review of this book here) was very helpful for me in making the decision to have our son professionally tested, as the evaluation exercises gave me confidence that our struggles were not just all in my mind. I also adapted some of the techniques I have used […]
Creating a Library for My Daughter
January 10, 2013 by ·
My first daughter was born shortly after my 40th birthday. I hope to be around for another 40 years, to walk as her companion through the many stages of a woman’s life. But I don’t take it for granted that I will be. I have already started a library for her, filled with books about faith, […]
Old School Education
January 3, 2013 by ·
I have always loved school. By 7 years of age I had already set my sights on an Ivy League education and on all the doors such an education would open for me. I got my first “B” in 6th grade, and feared—for a moment—that I had lost my chance to cross that hallowed threshold. […]
Visionary Womanhood
January 3, 2013 by ·
Do you seek to expand your vision beyond the walls of your own home and the confines of your time in history? The Best of Visionary Womanhood Volume I is now available and I have to say that WOW, it knocked my socks off! I was a contributing writer for this book, and I am […]
New Biblical Economics Course
August 17, 2012 by ·
R. S. Sproul, Jr. has a new 4 hour video course on biblical Economics. It looks good, and I will plan to include it this spring in our high school son’s Economics study. Click here to see a list of chapter titles. If you are reading via email and cannot see the embedded video below, […]
Learning Online…
August 17, 2012 by ·
Handiwork Joyous Home is offering a free “Beginning Stitches” hand embroidery tutorial on their blog. It is a PDF with accompanying audio to help you follow the stitches. I was surprised to learn that girls used to learn these skills as young as 3 years old! I don’t know how to embroider, so I am […]
Hope in Christ, Not in Curriculum
August 6, 2012 by ·
August is an exhilarating month for me. I always look forward to the start up of our homeschool. By the time August rolls around all the school books have been bought, lesson plans are prepared, and the schedule has been tweaked. Nothing has happened—yet—to ruin my idyllic dreams that this will be the most productive […]
Passages
June 24, 2012 by ·
We were so blessed this week to win tickets to the amazing exhibit Passages. This traveling exhibit showcases over 300 Biblical artifacts. There are ancient fragments of Scripture from the Dead Sea Scrolls, papyri, early translations in many languages, rare and beautifully illuminated manuscripts, early copies of the Pilgrim’s Geneva Bible and John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s […]
