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Now that the schedule has allowed it, I am so excited that this new homeschool year is allowing me to be back and sharing new posts on homeschooling, speech-language help, and more. Last year when she started 8th grade, we made the command decision to switch from homeschooling her to having her do Laurel Springs, a private online school. Since I knew I was not going to homeschool high school, I did not want her first year not being homeschooled to be Freshman year, where grades count for college, so we switched last year. Finding a balance between homeschool time and outside activities is a challenge, but the thing I’ve learned is that it is hard to homeschool if you never at home, which leads me to number one of my… 5 tips to help you have the smoothest homeschool year ever Don’t overschedule.

Earlier this month, I took a new Speech Pathology  job that allows me to see clients, supervise Speech-Language Pathology Assistants, and contribute to the company website. For my first post with them, I wanted to share with parents just how easy it is to use books that you already have to help promote your child’s speech and language skills! Books can be a wonderful way to help support your child’s speech language development. Reading to your child, even if you feel they aren’t paying full attention to the story, helps foster language and literacy skills while building vocabulary and joint attention.