Little Homeschool in the Valley

19/04/2023

24/03/2023

This is A’s favorite place when we travel to Florida! I’m so excited that it’s coming to Tennessee!

24/03/2023

Life skills!

14/02/2023

Roses are red,
violets are blue,
we've got 41 Virginia State Parks
just for you!

31/01/2023

It's National Plan For Vacation Day! I can help you with that.
I'm so excited! Visit me over at Wander With Denise Travel for more information!

Tomorrow is National ! Who else is planning an Epic Vacation to the most Awesomeness place in the Universe? 🌎

18/01/2023

One thing I love about homeschooling is the ability to travel with my family. In the past year we have been to Mexico, Haiti, and the Bahama's. And we spent all kinds of time in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. I have decided to help other families like ours and become a travel advisor/agent. I'm taking alot of courses right now to be able to plan travel (I can plan Disney, Universal, some cruises, and resort stays, as well as National Geographic trips, and I am CLIAA certified) my ultimate goal is to become an Autism Certified agent. If anyone is interested in my services they are free to you so follow my business page to see what else I have been up to! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089588312679

Luxury and Adventure travel. Group travel. Family Travel. Neurodivergent friendly travel.

16/01/2023

30/01/2022

I’m gonna rock a lot of worlds with this post, but I have to say it…. Whole Body Listening is NOT best for all kids- some kids NEED movement and sensory input in order to learn. These kids are also taught to ignore and suppress their body’s needs (which isn’t fair or possible for all) and often internalize that they are the “bad” kid because of this.

10/12/2021

On the road adventures!

16/09/2021

Wrapping mummies for World History, and making an Ark out of Leggos.

14/09/2021

My baby girl didn't have the best start to her second year at college yesterday. I'm so proud of her, that she could speak about it to help others understand and feel less alone ❤

First day back at college was a lot. By Sophie James

Very overwhelming, with lots of new comers, lots of anxiety over first lessons back and a teacher told me off for having the wrong lanyard.

I ended up having a meltdown (in the middle of a room full of people). Tears and tears, staring faces and Joel trying to get me to stand up and take me into another room.

Sometimes meltdowns are like an internal dialogue between me and myself, so I can't hear what anyone else is saying - I'm just hearing my own voice saying "AH I DON'T LIKE THIS!"

Joel ended up getting me into another room where I sat down and cried more, finally I called my parents who told me go ask for help. So, I asked for a teacher at student support and they helped me calm down and gave me the correct lanyard. I felt a lot better.

It wasn't a great day, I struggled a lot; but most of all, I struggled with a lot of self doubt. A lot of thinking I can't do something or somehow something will go wrong and I HATE being told off. So when something did go wrong, everything felt wrong. Sometimes, it's like a train of bad thoughts - one will start and then others will begin to follow making me overly worried all the time.

I think I'm in some need of Mindfulness and I'm starting today☺️

08/09/2021

More learning fun….and horseback riding!

07/09/2021

First day fun!

05/08/2021

This is huge for E! He has always had such a difficult time interacting appropriately with pets. For some reason it’s been different with these guys! They are special ❤️

02/08/2021

What is deschooling? Here is a great article!

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/deschooling/

Deschooling gives you permission to let go of how you've always thought learning had to be and explore unexpected, outside-the-box ways of learning.

10/04/2021

Autism rule number one million something ....just because your child watches the Tweetsie Railroad Train on YouTube 6-8 hours a day, 7 days a week doesn’t mean he is ready to ride the Tweetsie train. Elijah has been obsessed with trains for a while, and also afraid of them. We haven’t been able to do Dollywood with him in a while, because of their train.

We thought he was ready, he even thought he was ready. We planned a ride on the Tweetsie Train for Elijah. He anticipated this for weeks. He was so excited. He made it to the “station” area and he just couldn’t handle it. It was too much. It was all too much, the people, the noise, and the big loud train with its loud whistle. I rode the train with Alex. I was sad, I feel like Autism won the battle today. But, we keep fighting, one day Elijah will get his train ride, if that is what he wants to do! We will keep working on it!

20/02/2021

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If you know a teacher PLEASE pass this along!
We have signed up over 55,000 students! 😃
Teacher just needs to register the class with an email to get the link! We usually go into all of the schools to perform this throughout the year. It’s now virtual and FREE!
Yes, homeschool too!
click link below 👇

https://titanicpigeonforge.com/titanic-literacy-production

18/02/2021

https://youtu.be/h6QFt8CPS9s

Tune in at 2:15p ET / 11:15a PT on Feb. 18 for NASA's coverage of the Perseverance rover landing on Mars. You'll see a live video feed of the landing activit...

13/01/2021

This happened! It’s sort of a big deal for us!

30/12/2020

We love trains, playing pretend with food, video games, board games, painting, looking at the moon, playing with our cousins, babies, pets, and we have a new kitten! We have had a very laid back December here! Things will be getting busy soon though! School will be back in session, and mom will be working from home full time with the VDH after a week of on site training! 2021 is going to start off very busy for our little school!

30/12/2020

Best wishes from our family!

08/12/2020

In this unusual holiday season as well...please be empathetic of your child's experience during the holidays☺❤.

04/12/2020

How to use The Twelve Days of Christmas as the framework for a unit study

04/12/2020

Great ideas!!