Homeschooling a distractible child
By Kathy Kuhl Homeschooling a distractible child can be nerve-wracking. You step away for two minutes and your distractible one has mentally drifted to a far galaxy, physically left the room, put on a favorite costume and started pretending, or all of the above. “I’m sorry!” he says. “I didn’t mean to!” “I forgot!” she […]
Is your child time-blind?
by Kathy Kuhl (Part 2 on helping kids be more punctual. Part 1 is here.) What’s worse: being chronically late—or having a child who is? Either way we feel frustrated and helpless. In my last post, I recommended four ways to train your children to be more aware of how long it takes them to […]
Help your child be more punctual, part 1
by Kathy Kuhl A Wall Street Journal article headline declared, “We know why you’re always late.” I thought, “I’ve been found out!” Though I’ve learned how make myself punctual (usually), I know the looming guilt of being late again and disappointing people who think being punctual is just common courtesy. How can we help our […]
Secrets of Social Success
(Part 3 on finding the right extra-curricular activities) By Kathy Kuhl Last time, I wrote about helping your child with learning challenges get ready for their new group (a club, scouts, choir, or the like.) But for some kids, getting the work done and getting the gear together is the easy part. It’s the social […]
Review: The Mislabeled Child by Drs. Brock & Fernette Eide
The Mislabeled Child by Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide. Review by Kathy Kuhl Whether you want clear explanations of particular learning problems, their causes, tools for identifying them, or practical solutions, The Mislabeled Child by Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide is a helpful and clear guide. They help families identify and build on their children’s […]
Book review: Smart but Scattered Teens
by guest reviewer Ben Balserak for LearnDifferently.com Smart but Scattered Teens: The “Executive Skills” Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential by Richard Guare, PhD, Peg Dawson, EdD, and Colin Guare. Content: This book covers how parents whose teens display weak “executive skills” should go about training their child to perform well both inside and […]
Help and humor from Carol Barnier
By Kathy Kuhl Carol Barnier wrote two books I reviewed, How to Get Your Child Off the Refrigerator and On To Learning and The Big WHAT NOW Book of Learning Styles. She has three websites on: Teaching distractible and fidgety kids, Appreciating the gifts God gave us, in our children and ourselves, even when those […]
Need help managing your time on the computer?
By Kathy Kuhl Here are two helps I learned about at the same 2012 LDA conference. I do not guarantee this software. I have not tried StayFocusd yet. I pass them along for you to consider. If you have Google Chrome, you may likeStayFocusd, an extension that lets you limit how much time you spend […]
Free online magazines & journals
Practical Homeschooling Magazine’s online home features articles, a virtual mall, and more from Mary Pride. Home School Enrichment Magazine Digital Edition is available by subscribing here. SAGE Journals Online offers access to dozens of academic journals including the fields of education, special education, neuroscience, medicine, and other more. Free access until October 15, 2010. (And once you register […]
Homeschooling kids with ADHD: a Boston College professor collected stories
In August, Peter Gray, leading textbook author, Boston College research professor, and Psychology Today blogger, asked parents for stories about their experiences homeschooling children with ADHD. His results are here.