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  1. My 12 YO daughter has recently gotten interested in writing fanfiction (specifically Hunger Games, etc.) and I'm looking for a safe, age-appropriate place online where she could share her stories and read others'. Has anyone come across anything like this? Or any other ideas? Thanks!
  2. You might also want to consider hiring a tutor, especially if you live near a university that trains special education teachers. Then you would have more free time to work with your other children. My son has struggled with similar issues off and on, and it does seem to help to have someone else working with him part of the time.
  3. I would find out what services are available in your area first. Many communities, especially those with universities, have private programs, often covered by insurance or at low-cost, that will get you the specialized help you might need without having to put your child in school full-time. If you have access to a university, there may also be special education students who would be willing to tutor your child (and they can use this as "in the field" experience). Side note: My son has suspected Asperger's, and we've ended up just keeping him at home and working on the skills that he needs to develop (primarily social and reading). He also participates in some extracurricular activities.
  4. We used Alfred's ,too. It's very easy to follow, even for kids.
  5. I think it sounds fine. That's great that she's got an interest in horses. I would just be careful not to ruin it for her by trying too hard to make it educational. You can always add in more things later, but it sounds like right now the most important thing is making this adjustment to homeschooling in the most positive way possible.
  6. We ended up skipping the activity guide. Even though my kids love crafts, they didn't really like the activity guide. Just reading through the book worked great for us. You can always check the library or Pinterest for a couple of activities to go along with the time period you're studying if your kids really want to do something. But if you like having all of your resources in one place, the activity guide is great for that.
  7. We did SSL for fun and then threw in Getting Started With Latin. It was a nice, gentle approach that got us ready for Henle Latin the following year. DD was in 4th grade when we started, but my younger kids also loved SSL.
  8. He may be too young, but it may also be something that doesn't come naturally for him. My son was still having trouble with blending at 8 years old and we finally started memorizing the list of blends and it made a huge difference in his reading ability. It wouldn't hurt to at least try a couple and see if that makes an improvement. I was also not a fan of having kids memorize the most common 300 words, but that also really helped with fluency. We also used OPGTR, starting at 5.
  9. We got the Lyra brand pencils and colored pencils and they are great. I think Amazon has them. Michael's often has big packs of watercolors, etc. for back to school. We got some a couple of years ago and are still using them. I agree that great supplies make art/craft time so much more pleasant.
  10. Sounds like you've gotten some great advice here. My 9 year old is the same. What's worked best for us is to just keep putting him in those situations again and again and trying to stay calm ourselves (not always successfully!). We've also taught him to take deep breaths and to step away when he starts to get upset. After a few minutes, we ask him to try again. It's a process.
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