Archive for October, 2007
By Mimi Rothschild In case your not familiar with the different learning disabilities that educators have identified and defined, below is a comprehensive list of definitions related to learning disabilities that Dr. Jean Lokerson has put together. I highly recommend that you homeschooling parents become familiar with the terms in this list so you can better recognize if [...]
By Mimi Rothschild Check out the book list below, it’s specifically geared towards students with disabilities. I only included part of the list, you can click the links to find more great books! Let me know what you think and what you discovered. I’d love to hear some of your recommendations! This list has been sorted by [...]
By Mimi Rothschild Here’s part two! I’d love to hear your thoughts and also about how your homeschooling experience is going this year! How Can You Stretch Students’ Thinking? Here are some general questions for students to consider when summarizing either fiction or nonfiction: What happened? Who was involved? What was the outcome? Is the [...]
By Mimi Rothschild Do you know the importance of summarizing? Do you even fully understand what it means to summarize? Summarizing is an amazing tool that homeschool students should master because of the benefits it provides when used properly. Learn more about summarizing in the article below. Let me know what you think! Thanks so much! What Is It? To [...]
By Mimi Rothschild More and more homeschooling parents have asked me about Attention Deficit Disorder and the best way to homeschool their children who have ADD or ADHD. I found this list of ADD/ADHD resources online, I thought I’d share it with everyone. “Excerpted from Teaching Strategies: Education of Children with Attention Deficit Disorder. Effective classroom [...]