Homeschooling Year 2

So I finished Year 1 of homeschooling my oldest son (grade 5)...Overall it was a good year. One thing I have learned is that I need to be more organized!! I am one of those people who piles stuff but always knows where something is as long as noone moves my stacks. LOL




We have decided to homeschool all 3 boys this year. My oldest will be in 6th grade, second (ADHD) will be in 2nd grade, and third will be in Kindergarten. This should be an experience! :-)



I wanted to write about my convo with my son's 1st grade teacher. Obviously I won't name her as I don't want to cause any problems...Anyways this woman has been teaching for years. She has been nominated "teacher of the Year" at least once that I know of. She is an absolutely great teacher!! I personally felt that she bypassed the "red tape" and tried to help my son learn by using all sorts of different things. The funny thing was that when I contacted other parents they all said something along the same lines! She is definetely a wonderful teacher. Anyways. I approached her one day toward the end of the year. I told her I had debated on telling her some info but didn't want her to feel that she needed to hide it from administration. I had decided to go ahead and tell her and if she was questioned by administration she could tell them, therefore she wouldn't be caught in the middle. My info: I had decided to homeschool my second son this coming school year. Guess what she told me!!?!?!? She said I had made a good decision - that my teacher choice for this coming year were not the greatest (at least for my son). I was amazed!! I thought that same thing (along with other reason) but never thought she would agree! Doesn't it say something when a public school teacher agrees with a parent that the teacher choices for the next year are not the greatest? Flabbergasted but feeling extremely ...verified...(not sure if thats the word I am looking for but it seems appropriate)

No More Ridalin Treating ADHD without Drugs

If you haven't read "No More Ridalin Treating ADHD without drugs" by Mary Ann Block please do!! It is a fantastic read!!! The funny thing is that I had bought this book 2 years ago when I had issues with my 7yr old  in preschool but I had never read it! The author became a doctor because her daughter was sick and the doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong. It is very interesting. I can not stress the importance of reading this book. There is so much medical info that it takes a little bit to digest. Most of what she talks about I have learned over the last almost 8 years of dealing with my son. We learned he has a red dye sensitivity in Oct 08. We recently learned he has a high gluten sensitivity when I started baking my own bread with high gluten bread flour. He also has bad seasonal allergies and recently developed asthma as a reaction to his seasonal allergies. But the book also talks about how most ADHD kids are vitamin deficiency, particularly Vitamin D and magnisium. Another problem with ADHD kids is low blood glucose...which I had never considered. So my search for a doctor who would be willing to run some vitamin deficiency tests and supervise my suppliments. Our regular pediatric doc refused to do this. Needless to say that will most likely be the last time we see her...So my search continues for a "holistic" doctor (as our pediatic doc said).