New School Year Plan

We’re in uncharted territory on unstable ground right now, and I’m trying to build us a lovely homeschool home — yet here’s a wilderness and wild beasts both native and scary scratching at the door. What I’m saying is I have been battling an autoimmune disease balancing meds that help but make me weak and…

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Homeschooling & Intellectual Disability

I recently described this blog to someone as focused on Montessori, homeschooling and special needs. I realized though that I rarely give a lot of background on the unique challenges we’re up against some days, ie the “special needs” components (though I know I have from time to time mentioned them). Consider this post a…

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Our Montessori Homeschooling Week: Vol 8

Where to even begin with this busy week?  Goodbye April –> Hello May! April 29th – May 5th On Sunday both our girls made their first holy communions. *swoon* Misc Fun:  Yesterday, we took a beach trip and had a visit with good friends in Pensacola. There was a Crawfish Festival going on, and we spent…

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Our Montessori Homeschooling Week: Vol 7

Alright, alright, alright… let’s get right down to business. In exciting family news, the girls make their first holy communion tomorrow, the kids’ violin recital is in a week, my sister got ENGAGED today (I hope I’m allowed to proclaim that Megs because we are EXCITED), and as always we continue truckin’ along with school….

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Montessori Homeschooling Week in Review: Vol 6

Each week I look back trying to remember what we did over the past 5-6 days, and I draw a blank. I can remember that my oldest had a biopsy done to see if her “ringworm” she’s had for several years is actually psoriasis. I recall getting new eyeglasses, and I know we had a…

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