Beyond the Box Learning

Three things you need to do to successfully homeschool your struggling learners...

Learn the 3 most important things that I have learned over my many years of homeschooling kids with dyslexia and ADHD.

They may surprise you but they are foundational to providing the individualized education they need.

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This episode is the recording of a post on my website: My Homeschool Success Formula

Links mentioned in this episode:

Six Attributes of Successful Dyslexics

Helping the Discouraged Learner (the affects of stress on learning)

Help! My Homeschooler is Behind: Find Freedom and Confidence by Rethinking Grade Levels

How Important is Academic Success?

5 Days to a More Confident Homeschool

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You can find all the links and resources mentioned in the post by clicking through to the article at the link above.

My web site, HomeschoolingWithDyslexia.com, exists to both encourage and educate parents and teachers of kids who learn differently. Kids who learn differently need to be taught differently.

Read my latest book, No More School: Meeting the Educational Needs of Kids With Dyslexia and Language-Based Learning Difficulties.

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Wondering how to motivate your struggling learners?

Today I'm interviewing Gina Riley, Ph.D. an expert on motivation who is also an educational psychologist, Clinical Professor, and Program Leader of the Adolescent Special Education Program at City University of New York – Hunter College.

She has over fifteen years of experience working with teens diagnosed with learning disabilities and emotional/behavioral disorders. She is known internationally for her work in the fields of homeschooling, unschooling, and self-directed learning.

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Fostering Motivation to Learn

You can find all the links and resources mentioned in the post by clicking through to the article at the link above.

My web site, HomeschoolingWithDyslexia.com, exists to both encourage and educate parents and teachers of kids who learn differently. Kids who learn differently need to be taught differently.

Read my latest book, No More School: Meeting the Educational Needs of Kids With Dyslexia and Language-Based Learning Difficulties.

Like this info? Sign up for my weekly newsletter for teaching tips, product reviews, and encouragement for your journey.

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What does it look like to homeschool in middle school with dyslexia?

Today we're looking at what kinds of learning is often taking place in middle school and what goals I like to work on to prepare our struggling learners for high school and beyond.

Read the article and find all the links mentioned here: How to Homeschool Your Dyslexic 7th Grader

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My web site, ⁠HomeschoolingWithDyslexia.com⁠, exists to both encourage and educate parents and teachers of kids who learn differently. Kids who learn differently need to be taught differently.

Read my latest book, ⁠No More School: Meeting the Educational Needs of Kids With Dyslexia and Language-Based Learning Difficulties.⁠

Like this info? Sign up for my weekly newsletter for teaching tips, product reviews, and encouragement for your journey.

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Many of the disappointments and frustrations that you are experiencing as you homeschool your kids with dyslexia stem from having the wrong expectations. Today I’m going to talk about some of those homeschool expectations and why adjusting your mindset surrounding them is good for you, for your kids, and for your homeschool. 

You can read the whole post here.

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My web site, HomeschoolingWithDyslexia.com, exists to both encourage and educate parents and teachers of kids who learn differently. Kids who learn differently need to be taught differently.

Read my latest book, No More School: Meeting the Educational Needs of Kids With Dyslexia and Language-Based Learning Difficulties.

Like this info? Sign up for my weekly newsletter for teaching tips, product reviews, and encouragement for your journey.

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After homeschooling my own seven kids with dyslexia for nearly 30 years, these are some things that I wish I had known back when I got started.

This episode is the recording of an article on my website homeschoolingwithdyslexia.com. Below you will find links that were mentioned in the article.

Link to the original article: 8 Things You Need to Know Before You Homeschool Your Kids With Dyslexia.

Link to the article: What is the Orton-Gillingham Approach to Teaching Reading to Dyslexics?

Link to the article: A Comparison of the Top Four Orton Gillingham Reading Curriculum for Teaching Reading at Home.

Learn more about my Parent Education Classes here.

Learn more about my Getting Started Homeschooling Packages here.

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My web site, ⁠HomeschoolingWithDyslexia.com⁠, exists to both encourage and educate parents and teachers of kids who learn differently. Kids who learn differently need to be taught differently.

Read my latest book, ⁠No More School: Meeting the Educational Needs of Kids With Dyslexia and Language-Based Learning Difficulties.⁠

Like this info? Sign up for my weekly newsletter for teaching tips, product reviews, and encouragement for your journey.

⁠Sign up here!⁠

Do you feel alone on your homeschooling with dyslexia journey? You don't have to do this alone!

This podcast is a recording of the post 3 Kinds of Dyslexia Support Groups and Why You Need Them

You can find all the links and resources mentioned in the post by clicking through to the article at the link above.

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My web site, HomeschoolingWithDyslexia.com, exists to both encourage and educate parents and teachers of kids who learn differently. Kids who learn differently need to be taught differently.

Read my latest book, No More School: Meeting the Educational Needs of Kids With Dyslexia and Language-Based Learning Difficulties.

Like this info? Sign up for my weekly newsletter for teaching tips, product reviews, and encouragement for your journey.

Sign up here!

Should I do school in the summer or not? This is the question I will answer in today's podcast episode.

This podcast recording is simply a recording of an article available on my website Homeschooling With Dyslexia.

You can find that article, ⁠Summer Learning With Dyslexia⁠, here.

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My web site, ⁠HomeschoolingWithDyslexia.com⁠, exists to both encourage and educate parents and teachers of kids who learn differently. Kids who learn differently need to be taught differently.

Read my latest book, ⁠No More School: Meeting the Educational Needs of Kids With Dyslexia and Language-Based Learning Difficulties.⁠

Like this info? Sign up for my weekly newsletter for teaching tips, product reviews, and encouragement for your journey.

⁠Sign up here!⁠

How to Help a Child With Dysgraphia with Occupational Therapist Cheri Dotterer

Cheri is an Occupational Therapist with over 20 years of experience in practice as well as a dysgraphia consultant. Cheri describes going to college as a way to figure out what was wrong with her! She also struggled with reading and writing from a young age.

In this episode, Cheri explains what causes dysgraphia and how to best work with kids to help them become confident writers.

Her book is Handwriting: Brain-Body Disconnect: Adaptive Teaching Techniques to Unlock a Child’s Dysgraphia for the Classroom and at Home

You can find Cheri online at dysgraphiaconsultant.com

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My web site, HomeschoolingWithDyslexia.com, exists to both encourage and educate parents and teachers of kids who learn differently. Kids who learn differently need to be taught differently.

Read my latest book, No More School: Meeting the Educational Needs of Kids With Dyslexia and Language-Based Learning Difficulties.

Like this info? Sign up for my weekly newsletter for teaching tips, product reviews, and encouragement for your journey.

Sign up here!

Kids with a growth mindset are more engaged and motivated learners. Here are some ideas of how to teach a growth mindset.

This episode is the recording of a post on my website, Homeschooling With Dyslexia.

You can see the post,  How to Teach Kids About the Power of a Growth Mindset, and access the links, downloads, and videos by clicking here.

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You can find all the links and resources mentioned in the post by clicking through to the article at the link above.

My web site, HomeschoolingWithDyslexia.com, exists to both encourage and educate parents and teachers of kids who learn differently. Kids who learn differently need to be taught differently.

Read my latest book, No More School: Meeting the Educational Needs of Kids With Dyslexia and Language-Based Learning Difficulties.

Like this info? Sign up for my weekly newsletter for teaching tips, product reviews, and encouragement for your journey.

Sign up here!

If you have kids who shut down when learning gets hard, you'll love this episode on how teaching kids to have a growth mindset can motivate them to press through those difficulties.

This episode is a recording of a post, Motivate Your Kids by Teaching Them to Have a Growth Mindset on my website: Homeschooling With Dyslexia. You can find that post here.

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You can find all the links and resources mentioned in the post by clicking through to the article at the link above.

My web site, HomeschoolingWithDyslexia.com, exists to both encourage and educate parents and teachers of kids who learn differently. Kids who learn differently need to be taught differently.

Read my latest book, No More School: Meeting the Educational Needs of Kids With Dyslexia and Language-Based Learning Difficulties.

Like this info? Sign up for my weekly newsletter for teaching tips, product reviews, and encouragement for your journey.

Sign up here!