Hi! I am the mother of 3 active kids! My oldest son is 10 and is a special education child...My daughter is 9 and is mildly dyslexic...and my youngest son is 4 and ACTIVE!!! My oldest two have asked me repeatedly to teach them at home, but I am scared that I can't pull it off with their "issues", but at this point, I really feel like I can do at least as good as their teachers, if not better. But I don't want to "jump in" too fast...any advice?? What curriculumn should I look at? What should I do about my son's speech therapy? Any tips would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!

I would highly recommend Christine M. Field's Homeschooling the Challenging Child. I'm not just saying that because she's a moderator here. This book was given me as a surprise gift from a friend. She saw it and immediately thought of me with my kids. It offers a lot of encouragement.

You CAN do this! If you feel God is leading you this way, no it won't always be easy but you won't regret obey Him and following His lead.

I would google dyslexia and homeschool curriculum to start with.

Here's a site from Christine M. Field's book: www.dyslexia-add.org . No I haven't seen this site since my kids don't have this but hopefully it'll help you. (hope you don't mind, Christine!)

God bless!

Kelly,
I think Chris gave you some good advice. None of my kids have been diagnosed with special needs, but I really believe that is only because we never had them tested. I'm convinced at least one of them, possibly two, would have been diagnosed with ADHD and one possibly with dyslexia. We chose not to have them tested, but instead to focus on them and their needs rather than on the diagnosis (in my family, especially, being "labeled" would have been a very negative thing for them, and we didn't want to do that). That being said, you CAN homeschool kids with special needs. Our pediatrician told me once that he believed homeschooling was the best thing for ADHD kids and other types of special needs kids, specifically because you can focus on what they need. We found ways to fit the curriculum to the child, rather than forcing the child to fit the curriculum. It was a challenge, and some days it was just plain hard! But it was worth every minute. Now that my kids are older I am really seeing the fruit of all that hard work, and I don't regret it for a minute.