How we make learning work for our autistic child at home #schoolathome

It’s important to recognize that every autistic experience is unique, and finding the right learning environment and method that suits each child’s individual needs is crucial. 🌟 began attending a special education school recently. Before this, we were avid home schoolers for a number of years. However circumstances warranted her return to school (including me…

Autism Homeschooling: Start with Play

Last night I was invited to join a Clubhouse room on Autism and Homeschooling.  This awesome room was hosted by Desiree of ProjectHaans (find them on IG). If you are on Clubhouse, be sure to check her room out on Saturday nights!  It really made me reflect on our own homeschool (HS) journey, which began…

How a Day-in-a-Life Looks Like #autismhomeschooling

“Day in a life” I wrote this on IG a few weeks ago as part of a home-ed photo challenge. The purpose was to show how a day of home education looks like, and how we organize ourselves around work and play. To bust the myth that homeschoolers take it easy – well we do,…

Autism Homeschool Theme for the month: BIRDS

Last night, I spent hours planning out our homeschool BIRD activities. These are not supplementary to our online curriculum. They are standalone, holistic activities addressing various areas of a special child’s development. Including the need to have fun and enjoy playing with people! 

Building A See-Saw: the engineering way! #autismhomeschooling

Since our homeschool theme is on the book Let’s Go To the Park Playground! We thought it would be fun to build a see saw.  But being that mom who intellectualises everything (sometimes it is a fatal flaw, but am happy it works to our advantage this time 🙂), a brainwave zapped in. Why not…