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Life and Homeschool with Neurodivergent & Outside the Box Kids. Homeschooling as a Neurodivergent family!

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Behavior is Communication, what else are their actions saying?
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An adaption of another iceberg drawing. This one reminding us to remain curious about behaviour that challenges us...
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How to Use Minecraft in Your Homeschool insideournormal.com/minecraf…
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My New Favorite Digital Homeschool Planner insideournormal.com/digital-…
My New Favorite Digital Homeschool Planner ~ Inside Our Normal

My New Favorite Digital Homeschool Planner ~ Inside Our Normal

I was really nervous about trying a new digital homeschool planner since our spreadsheets were working for us.  But Syllabird is worth it. 

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How to Teach an Outside the Box Kid insideournormal.com/product/…
How to Teach an Outside the Box Kid Workshop ~ Inside Our Normal

How to Teach an Outside the Box Kid Workshop ~ Inside Our Normal

Homeschooling can be a great choice for kids who need to learn differently.  But how do we teach them differently when all we know ourselves is a

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How to Teach an Independently Responsible Learner at Home insideournormal.com/how-to-t…
How to Teach an Independently Responsible Learner at Home ~ Inside Our Normal

How to Teach an Independently Responsible Learner at Home ~ Inside Our Normal

Recently I was given a copy of Teach by Dennis Dinoia, which gave me ideas on how to teach my kids to become independent in their learning. It was also encouraging to me to read about how some of...

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Healthy Eating Unit Study Bundle insideournormal.com/product/…
Healthy Eating Unit Study Bundle ~ Inside Our Normal

Healthy Eating Unit Study Bundle ~ Inside Our Normal

Everything you need to start your Unit Study on Healthy Eating! Lapbook with lesson plans Themed handwriting practice in both print and cursive (53 pages)

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Starting The College Search As A Homeschooler insideournormal.com/thiel-co…
Starting The College Search As A Homeschooler ~ Inside Our Normal

Starting The College Search As A Homeschooler ~ Inside Our Normal

A Homeschool Graduate joins us to talk about what about the college search and transition. Bob shares what he wish he would have known as a homeschool grad going to college.

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Homeschool Success Pack insideournormal.com/product/…
Homeschool Reset Pack ~ Inside Our Normal

Homeschool Reset Pack ~ Inside Our Normal

Thinking of making the switch to homeschool or want to create a homeschool vision for your? The activities inside this pack will help you plan a homeschool that fits your unique family.  No two...

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Java Programming for Beginners, a High School Elective Option insideournormal.com/java-pro…
Java Programming for Beginners, a High School Elective Option ~ Inside Our Normal

Java Programming for Beginners, a High School Elective Option ~ Inside Our Normal

This year, my 8th grader asked for a Computer Science elective.  She was ready for a real world programming language after several years of Lego Robotics and other coding activities using Scratch....

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Evan-Moor Science Workbooks Encourage Exploration insideournormal.com/evan-moo…
Evan-Moor Science Workbooks Encourage Exploration ~ Inside Our Normal

Evan-Moor Science Workbooks Encourage Exploration ~ Inside Our Normal

Using workbooks for science is new this year, we have not studied science this way before.  I’m not usually a fan of workbooks in homeschooling because there are so many other ways to learn than...

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Welcome to our Neurodivergent Homeschool insideournormal.com/neurodiv…
Welcome to our Neurodivergent Homeschool ~ Inside Our Normal

Welcome to our Neurodivergent Homeschool ~ Inside Our Normal

Neurodivergent is an exciting new word meant to represent all of the different ways our brains are wired and an acceptance that having a brain that is wired differently is not "weird" or "defective"...

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The Homeschool Coding Teacher You Will Love insideournormal.com/homescho…
The Homeschool Coding Teacher You Will Love ~ Inside Our Normal

The Homeschool Coding Teacher You Will Love ~ Inside Our Normal

so I'm actively looking for programming opportunities and classes for him outside of the robotic competitions.  When I heard about Eureka Champs Online Coding Classes it sounded like a great opport...

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Mom to Mom Quick Guide to Sensory Challenges insideournormal.com/product/…
Teaching the Editing Process in Your Homeschool Writing with WriteShop 1 insideournormal.com/homescho…
Teaching the Editing Process in Your Homeschool Writing with WriteShop 1 ~ Inside Our Normal

Teaching the Editing Process in Your Homeschool Writing with WriteShop 1 ~ Inside Our Normal

One of the biggest things that attracted me to WriteShop was that, like the program we used last year, my student was in control of the topic of each writing assignment.  This choice was important to...

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Native American Cursive – Bundle Special insideournormal.com/product/…
Native American Cursive - Bundle Special ~ Inside Our Normal

Native American Cursive - Bundle Special ~ Inside Our Normal

26 pages of Cursive  handwriting practice  Suggested Grades 3rd-8th Featuring trivia celebrating the diversity of the First Americans Tribes included:  Chickasaw, Osage, Crow, Sioux, Blackfeet,...

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What Makes a Great Online Math Program? insideournormal.com/online-m…
What Makes a Great Online Math Program?

What Makes a Great Online Math Program?

I love using online resources to teach my kids math, but not all online math programs are created equal and provide the same results. 

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Inside Our Homeschool… Where Focusing is a Challenge insideournormal.com/homescho…
Inside Our Homeschool... Where Focusing is a Challenge ~ Inside Our Normal

Inside Our Homeschool... Where Focusing is a Challenge ~ Inside Our Normal

Our homeschool has always been full of energy and active kids who like to listen to a story for a minute and then are off to do something else.  It was hard to keep up.  It took awhile to learn that...

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Inside Our Homeschool… Working Mom, Homeschool Dad insideournormal.com/working-…
Inside Our Homeschool… Starting to Homeschool Again After a Loss insideournormal.com/homescho…
Inside Our Homeschool... Starting to Homeschool Again After a Loss ~ Inside Our Normal

Inside Our Homeschool... Starting to Homeschool Again After a Loss ~ Inside Our Normal

Losing my husband in 2019, going from a family of five to a family of four, has been a world of adjustment. Grief is an insanely heavy weight to carry. That's what I remember the most about all of it...

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4 Life Skills for Teens to Teach in your Homeschool insideournormal.com/4-life-s…
4 Life Skills for Teens to Teach in your Homeschool ~ Inside Our Normal

4 Life Skills for Teens to Teach in your Homeschool ~ Inside Our Normal

The closer I get to launching my kids into the world as adults the more I am motivated to make sure life skills for teens is a part of our homeschool in an intentional way.  With Outside the Box kids...

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