A Class Project

“Elizabeth, click here, now hit images..now hit print…send it to the printer marked Brother” ” Okay, get it out of the printer” “Let’s cut them out and glue them on the sheet” and out comes a picture.  One of four that we are required to look up, print and label.  They must all be from a certain time in history.  Yeppers…it is class project time.

I, like so many of you, have to LOVE the days when our children be them our special needs ones or our typically developing ones, have NO homework.  They come home with the happy news but it is me who does the happy dance right along with them.  And on the flip side, when I hear about a project, I think ” Ugh, what is do when?” “How should we plan the time to do this?” ” How do I break this up for Elizabeth so she can do it and learn?” Continue reading

Messages Come In Many Forms

It certainly has been a while since I have posted but circumstances beyond my control i.e. so many illnesses, have made that happen.  I got to thinking today about an Easter so many years ago.  We were on vacation to a place in Florida, it was a great place, nice and hot and filled with many activities to do.  Of course we were touch limited in our   ability to attend a lot of those functions as Elizabeth was so young and therefore so much more in the throes of the SPD that made her so afraid always. Continue reading

WHAT MAKES A TRIP INTO PUBLIC A BIG ENDEAVOR

Due to my whole family being ill with the stomach flu, I chose to rerun a post, hope you like it.:

Everyday we all go about our business in the world, some days we go to the store, the library and a coffee shop. Some days there are no errands to do so we get a day at home. Really, for so many people there is no second thought given. But in my world, in my day to day life, so much thought is given to every venture out into public Continue reading