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Nathan has handwriting issues too.Not to the extent his older sister has them ,but he still reverses some numbers .His writing often contains capitals in the wrong place and writing that is not uniform in size[at all].Writing is like pulling teeth even in math-its 15 times faster for me to write the...

With the student workbooks,can I re use them ,or should I buy a new one for each child.Up till now I have been copying pages,but then I felt guilty after an article called 'homeschooling legally'. sorry Carrie
Are project packs less demanding than DITHOR?

Happy Box Day

Happy Box day.Check out the thread on schedules-I think its a sticky at the top of the main board

I love the that each guide I buy for Nathan,is also an investment for Stanley.

I dont have a child with Downs syndrome but I did want to encourage you I think your plan sounds flexible and good and I think putting the two younger ones together is a great idea. Your goal is excellent .

I love HOD.Nathan is doing Bigger .We have finished week 11. This week he made bird nests and he is loving John Audubon.He sounds like a boy very similar to Nathan.We managed to go bird spotting this week and we managed to look closely at the ducks because of the snow.We could see their feathers and...

We had another good week with LHFHG.I actually took some pictures this week ! My favourite part was how he had the memory verse memorised.Stanley had a freak accident[ fell climbing onto a chiar and hit the table with his face]and needed to have some stitches in his mouth. I think this played into h...

Wow Thankyou for sharing

If you count England as overseas-? Bigger[ so far ] has needed things like chocolate ,coloured paper ....looking at birds[that could be intresting in China. :D ]balloons and plastic combs .a flashlight..mostly its stuff we keep in stock.I cant find ziploc bags in any supermarket here- plastic bags-b...

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I have a 9 yr old who struggles with handwriting.When my Ds was in Beyond -i used G+D B ,I gradually added in the copywork.I think at first I had him write some of the bible verse .Then I would write a line of the poem,and he would copy just that line. In Bigger now ,I write some of R +S for him.So ...

You have done really well to have the children enjoying learning ,especially with a child who has struggled at school. You have established a routine . You have made sure they have a firm grasp of math facts.Time spent cementing the basics in usually pays off. Dont look at grades ,look at progress. ...

I found Tony Attwood's book helpful.Some other resources I found helpful [you may already have these-but just thought it was worth a mention]
Social Stories -carol Gray [Younger kids]
Comic Strip Conversations [ Older kids ]