Name: Great Homeschool Conventions (Columbus)
Start: 2025-04-24T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-04-26T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Columbus, OH

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June 16, 2009 at 2:29 am
NamastePlatypus
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Hello all! My name is Leah and I am the mom of two boys, Junah ( 16 monthes) and Easton who is a fresh four. NEVER thought I would HS but life has little surprises. Easton is on the Autism Spectrum, ( Sensory Seeking Sensory Proccessing Disorder and mild Aspergers.) and when I learned about what school would mean for him I started down a different path. My aunt who is more like a sister has really blessed me with so much wisdom. When I heard of her HS I wasn’t surprised but when I learned HOW they do it I thought it was crazy talk. ( they are relaxed learners guided with the CM approach.) As my boys grew I found more and more drawn to this approach. I am in the process of getting some books ( would LOVE your favs!) and starting to really take this on more full time then the few days here and there, We spend all day outside so what better time then now!? I am feeling very excited and overwhelmed. I wish more then anything that I had a local support here but I have not found one yet. ( any Little Rock families?….chirp chirp chirp….) There is a good chance that we are moving back to Atlanta in the next year though and I KNOW I will find more local fams then! ( we are military)
So that is why I am here, hope to find some fams like ours since we are in the major minority here. A little about ME, I am a passionate lady about all things natural ( NOCIRC, LLL, non vaxing, natural living family) We are gluten and casein free for e ( if you ask him if he can’t have it he will say we both can’t have it) Look forward to learning along with him and you ladies!
June 16, 2009 at 3:09 am
Mamasong
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Welcome! I hope you feel at home here, right away I can tell you that we have two major things in common… we are also a military family (army, san antonio) and our middle child is on the spectrum with mild aspergers. There are actually several families here with ASD children including the dear folks who run SCM. On their sister-site, Intentional Parents, they share a lot about their family journey through autism, it is very helpful and encouraging. At any rate, you are surrounded by friends and kindred spirits here, I hope we have many great discussions in the days to come 😀
Rachel
June 16, 2009 at 3:21 am
caroline4kids
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Welcome again from another naturally-minded military mom! (Redstone Arsenal, AL) You will find wonderful book suggestions here. If I could say one thing about CM it would be to start SMALL. 🙂 For small children I would just load up the library bag and read for as long as they can stand, write letters in salt (my four year old’s favorite activity lately), and get outside and look for bugs to watch–non stinging ones of course. 🙂 We put feeders all over for birds too.
My youngest is four and I have decided to let her be little for a long time. Charlotte didn’t require much of anyone under six and I’m actually going to try and follow her advice this time. Lately, we are working toward sitting for longer periods of time listening to books without pictures. She makes it about 10 minutes!
I would HIGHLY recommend the All Day Seminar available from this site. It really has some awesome gems of wisdom. I have watched it twice and need to do it again.
June 16, 2009 at 3:33 am
NamastePlatypus
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YEAH I am not alone!!! Can’t wait to get to know you better!
June 16, 2009 at 11:56 am
Malissa
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I am an autism mom (my dd age 12 and my ds age 10) plus I have 2 others ages 8 and 6 (dd and ds respectively). I wish my mom had homeschooled me when I was growing up. I was a military kid and went to 12 schools in 10 years (I was able to stay at one school for my last 3 years of high school). I hated moving around because every time I would make friends, it would be time to move again. It would have been nice to know that one thing would stay the same everytime we moved. I actually went to 3 different school in the 6th grade alone. I think it is great you homeschool your kids. CM is a great way to go. One resource that Sonya has here is “Laying Down the Rails.” You can start with that and it will make your homeschooling years much better. I wish I had, had that book when my kids were little. It works great with autism kids. Also, check out the book “The Anguishing Blessed Journey.” I bought it at my homeschool conference and red it, in its entirety, in one sitting. Very easy to read. God Bless You!
June 16, 2009 at 1:16 pm
NamastePlatypus
Member
I think I am going to love it here!
I have been really active on DiaperSwappers and Mothering.com but since J is SET on diaps and it was killing the paypal! and mothering is not what it used to be. I feel like I am entering a new chapter of our lives and need different support, I can’t wait to get you know you all better!
June 16, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Pam H
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Hi Leah,
I’m very new to this site and the CM way of education myself. I also have a son on the spectrum. He was dx with PDD-NOS in Jan of 07, Timothy is 5yo. I am so glad Rachel posted about the Safer’s site called Intentional Parents. I didn’t know it was there to help. Thank you, Sonya.
I bought Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock many many years back. In fact, mine is an ex-library book. It has been a blessing to my family. I think Sonya’s 106 Days of Creation is a similar resource.