The home school schedule offers incredible flexibility for field trips. Unfortunately, there are many other considerations when planning field trips for special needs students. In fact, field trips are often the most stressful experiences for special needs home schooling parents.  

New places for most special needs children are often filled with excessive sensory input, new social situations, unfriendly venues for dietary needs, as well as toileting hurdles that can leave even the most prepared parent completely exhausted. But with careful planning and preparation, great adventures can be added to the home school calendar for a special needs child, even if it is only one well-planned outing each year. Read More …

By guest author Maggie Combs

It’s 10 a.m., and you haven’t showered or gotten dressed. Your teeth are unbrushed, and your coffee is cold. You have just reminded your toddler for the fifty-seventh time not to put his hands down the back of his pants. You expertly juggle your newborn in one arm while dishing out a moderately healthy snack for your toddler with the other. You are a mother, and you feel bone-weary. Our culture has offered up a solution for the frazzled and frantic mom who never manages a moment alone: self-care. Read More …