Originally posted October 28, 2023 As first time parents, especially when neither of us had worked in childcare, we were pretty clueless when it came to developmental milestones. In some areas, our firstborn was very intelligent: he could repeat anything you said almost verbatim, he knew the names of most animals and he knew hisContinue reading “Early Intervention”
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Understanding Sensory Processing Needs
Originally posted October 14, 2023 Every person has a unique make up of how their body takes in sensory stimulii, the brain translates it into a message and sends it out. But for some people, the wires of communication work faster or slower, take detours or short-cuts and sometimes even the brain misunderstands the messagesContinue reading “Understanding Sensory Processing Needs”
Handwriting With Special Needs
What Led Us to Homeschooling? I have been wanting to share about Jackson’s handwriting experience for a long time now. This was our (both mine and John’s) biggest concern for Jackson going into kindergarten. We worried that without extra time and attention, he would not be able to keep up with the other kids inContinue reading “Handwriting With Special Needs”
Thankful
This year has been extremely hard for me, but as it is coming to close I have so much to be thankful for. John and I decided to test out the housing market to see if we could sell our home in Tennessee and move closer to John’s work across the border in Virginia. WithinContinue reading “Thankful”
Welcome to the Coffee, Swings & Dinosaurs
Welcome friends and family! As I continue to write posts, I will try to tag many of them so that they will fall into three major topics listed on my homepage: Therapies, Autism Corner and Homeschooling. That way if you want to focus on a certain topic you can just click into it. Of course,Continue reading “Welcome to the Coffee, Swings & Dinosaurs”
Coffee, Swings & Dinosaurs 