Each new school year I hand over a “parent report” to the child’s new teacher. I wrote a blog post about it at my personal site a couple of years ago. I still think it is one of the most powerful tools in my special needs mom arsenal. Our report is about five pages long, though I’ve also…
Tag Archive: school
Homework Strategies
Ah…now I remember what takes the shine right off of back to school – back to homework. The child brought home her first ever second grade homework packet yesterday. Yeah, it didn’t go so well. It didn’t help that the homework arrived on a Tuesday. We have gymnastics right after school on Tuesday and don’t…
Surviving “Too Many Balls In The Air”
The holiday has passed, the change of season seems to be upon us – something I am nothing short of thankful for. It’s this time of the year I get energized, my mood is much happier, the bounce is added to my step. If this morning is any indication, it’s a good thing it is….
The Blues
I apologize for the brief delay in posting today. I will blame it on re-entry issues from our wonderful, but routine-zapping camping trip. That and the start of school just a day later seems to have put my schedule (and my brain) in a blender on high speed. Meanwhile, I picked the child up from…
Special Exposure Wednesday: First Day Of School 2011
School started today, much to the boy’s delight. Here he is scanning the road for signs of the bus. And no, he wasn’t giving anybody the finger, he was just flexing them one by one, <a href=”http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/category/special-exposure-wednesday/”><img title=”specialexposurewednesday” src=”http://www.5minutesforspecialneeds.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/specialexposurewednesday.jpg” alt=”special needs wordless wednesday” width=”286″ height=”255″ /></a> Share what you managed to capture. Spread the comment…
School’s Out for Summer
School’s out for the summer. Precious had her last day of kindergarten on Thursday. For the next two weeks, the girls will be babysat at home by a local teenager and will got to swimming lessons every morning. Precious will be starting at the summer ‘camp’ of her brother and sister’s daycare in the third…
Week of Lasts
Monday was the last day I could take the twins to preschool and run home for two hours of uninterrupted work at my desk. Yesterday was the last day of phonology group therapy for my boy…until the Fall. Today is the last day of preschool – a class picnic that moms and dads attend. Tomorrow…
We All Want the Same Things
I attended a gathering of parents with special needs children a couple of nights ago. There are a lot of things stirring in our community that bore discussion, but this phrase, spoken by one of the Dads there stuck in my head. We all want the same things… Our children may be different in various…
How to Handle a Fluke…
I arrived a few minutes before the bell that ends the school day. I realized that one of my friends was trying to get my attention and directing my gaze down the outdoor corridor outside my daughter’s classroom. I saw my daughter walking toward me with another friend of mine – fortunately one that has…
Connecting
DH and I met a lovely woman at the support group we attended last fall. Her son is similar in age to Precious and has a similar diagnosis; mild developmental disability. I emailed Steph a month or so ago and she, her husband and her son came over and hung out with our family for…
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