BlogFrog

I am!  Well, I'm trying to.  I was in the process of writing an email to the 5M4SN team when I saw this question on the sidebar.

Cristy,

Great minds think alike!  I had tried to get something like this going at 5MFSN, but it never really took off.  So now I'm working on starting it up over at Parker's blog:  http://www.prayingforparker.com.

I've got a ton of ideas lined up, just need to get the button created.  Which is the part I couldn't do if my life depended on it.  sigh.  But I'm hoping to get it taken care of this week. 

Parker turned 5 in November,  He's still doing a pre-school curriculum and winds up going rather slow as he tends to have to take rather long 'surgery' breaks.  erg. 

But I just try to remember that it's his speed that is important.....when he's ready.  He LOVES to learn, and I've had such a wonderful time putting together a curriculum just for him. 

Let's keep in touch, k?

Let's definitely stay in touch!  I read a lot on your blog the last couple days.  You have such great ideas!  I feel at quite a loss at times in even getting started.

I home school my children- my 3 yo isn't technically school age yet- but his chronic illness already affects our school.  I'd love to find other blogs that deal with life fit around doctor's visits, crisis, etc.

I have homeschooled my 13 year old boy who has severe cerebral palsy for about 10 years.  He has done remarkably well.  An agency that has changed out life and provides the training for our homeschooling program is NACD.  Check their website at www.nacd.org.  They are amazing!

It has been very difficult but worthwhile.  If you need more information let me know

 

I have been thinking about this a lot latley. My 4 year old daughter has quad CP and is currently addending a preschool program in the public school. However, she will be 5 by the time the next school year starts and they will do nothing but push her into a kindergarden classroom that I do not believe she is ready for. She loves the kids and social interation is really the bulk of the reason that she is attending school to begin with. I am so conflicted because I can't give her the social aspect at home and really have no clue what I would do for "school" at home as she is non verbal and her motor skills are very poor. She is increadably smart and learning how to make pattens, her colors, and numbers, to name a few but I would have no clue how to make that into school for her.

We participated in NACD for a while but there was to much patterning for me. What they wanted me to do was impossible to do by myself and I got frusterated and stopped the program.

ANY thoughts on this from more seasoned special needs mommies would be greatly appreciated!  

We did the NACD for awhile also. All my help dried up for the patterning and so we stopped going. It's expensive if you can't get the help you need to do everything they suggest. I'd like to go again but we'll have to see.

I'm not homeschooling. My daughter has high-functioning autism/Asperger's, so she really needs to be around other kids to work on her socializing!

I homeschool my son and also use NACD.  Sam has been on program since he was 18 months old.  I blog about our program and homeschooling ideas on www.suemayer-specialneedsmom.blogspot.com.  Check it out and let me know of topics that interest you.  Sam will begin to attend school half days next year if his health permits which is a big "IF".