We have been home-educating/homeschooling our child since she was a baby. This means she doesn’t go to school or follow a set curriculum like other kids her age. Instead, she learns by exploring. She makes mistakes and finds her own unique way of learning. She has the freedom to choose what, when, and how she learns.
Teaching Word Families with Movable Letters
This year, we made progress in reading and writing. We are learning the “ock” word family these days —words like rock, sock, and block. These…
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How I Taught Sight Words to My 6-Year-Old with Down Syndrome
We started our reading journey with phonics. When my daughter turned 6, I introduced sight words to enhance our reading experience. However, what didn’t work…
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Epic Road Trip to Baralacha La Pass (16,000+ ft) – A Homeschooling Family on the Road.
This year, we planned a road trip to Lahaul Spiti, and it turned out adventurous, especially for our daughter V, who had never been at…
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A Hands-On Way to Teach Indian States to My Child with Special Needs
Few years ago, we started using geography puzzles with pegs to improve fine motor skills and then moved to foam puzzles to challenge those tiny…
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How I Teach My Child with Down Syndrome Word Building with Movable Alphabets
Our journey of learning letter sounds started when my child was about 4 or 5. I have been getting many questions on the videos/posts where…
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Fun Games to Learn Number Recognition.
Teaching math and helping kids understand math can be hard if you’re a homeschooling parent. I always prefer hands-on activities, play-based learning, or games. These…
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Hands-On Learning: Addition Skills for Kids With Down Syndrome
This year, I started teaching the concept of addition to V. As a homeschooling mom, I still feel scared when it comes to teaching math,…
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How We Developed Writing Skills in Our Homeschool: Tips and Techniques.
In our homeschooling journey this year, we focused a lot on tracing. This practice resulted in letter formation. It also led to writing words and…
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A Big Milestone: My Child with Down Syndrome Learns to Write Words.
Her love for letters and their sounds is growing day by day. A few days ago, she amazed me by writing some of her favourite…
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How My Child with Down Syndrome Learned Jigsaw Puzzles: Tips and Skills That Helped Her.
Recently we moved to a 108 pieces puzzle. Looking back, it has been a challenging journey. There were lots of tears, failures, surprises, excitement, and…
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Fun DIY Activity to Teach Kids Big and Small Concepts
Planning to make your child learn about big and small concepts in a fun way? Then try this DIY activity I found online and made…
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My Child with Down Syndrome Can Read a Book Now!
After learning phonics and sight words, this girl has begun reading phonics books. Her love for reading is growing every day, so I bought her…
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Geoboard Activities: Strengthening Little Hands
I focus a lot more on fine motor skills and problem-solving skills for V. This wooden geo board is a great activity to learn the…
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Learning About Continents- Hands On Activity
Last week we introduced Continent Puzzle for hands-on learning after V started showing interest in making her world map puzzle. I bought this amazing puzzle…
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Why We Homeschool Our Child with Down Syndrome!
My child has Down Syndrome and we have been home-educating/homeschooling her since she was a baby. This means she doesn’t go to school or follow…
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Learning Letters & their sounds.
Investing in magnetic letters was the best thing I ever did. Veda started spending 90% of her day in front of the fridge, playing with…
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