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Informal education and homeschooling: a perfect match

The marvelous thing about homeschooling your child is -- you can tailor every lesson to meet your child's needs. If your child is a hands-on...

Memorial Day's 'teachable moments'

We live in a mid-sized American town (about 45,000), not far from a military base. We're home to a lot of veterans, not to mention plenty of active...

Juggling homeschool and the home office

Can two self-employed individuals homeschool a child with autism?? The answer is... sometimes.In my imagination (and sometimes, in real life) we...

What's wrong with appropriate, compliant kids with autism

Two of my least favorite words in the English language are "appropriate" and "compliant." I hate the words even more when they...

Homeschoolers with special needs can volunteer too!

When we homeschool our kids with autism, or ADHD, or any other special need, we're usually thinking about THEIR needs. We knock ourselves out to be...

Homeschool Resources - Why Kids and Science Museums Go Together

When my kids were small, both my husband Peter and I worked for science museums. We were science geeks, and we even got engaged in the planetarium!...