Praying for Parker

Mountains to Climb

I came across this short video, Mountains to Climb, that touched my heart in ways I don’t even have the words to express. I believe that there are times when truths are put in such ways as to address our spirits and mere language is unable to do...

Published Sat, Feb 23 2013 8:05 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, faith, Mountains to Climb, Mormon Channel

Montessori Inspired Snow Art Activities

What do a toilet paper roll, potato masher and a bit of big bubble wrap have in common? They all helped in our Montessori inspired snow art activities! The snow found us yesterday. All 14+ inches of it. It began early in the morning and didn’t...

Published Tue, Jan 29 2013 9:17 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, Art Activities, Montessori inspired activities, Montessori inspired art, crafts for children

Visual Tracking and Tactile Activities

Who knew that simple buttons and Velcro would work magic for visual tracking and tactile experiences. I love simple and cheap therapy activities, especially if I can put them together myself in less than 15 minutes. Score. I’m working on Parker’s...

Published Sun, Mar 03 2013 7:27 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, Meeting a kid's sensory needs., fine motor skill activities, sensory pyramid, pre-reading activities, Visual Tracking Activities, pre-writing activities

Granny Bread: A Homemade Bread Recipe

Around this joint all the grocery stores sell Granny Bread. It’s soft, squishy, spongy white bread. People love it. I remember when you could buy it at the Day Old Store for a whopping .80 cents a loaf. Then all the grocery stores got together to...

Published Mon, Jun 03 2013 7:42 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: From Scratch, frugal living, DIY, Recipes, easy recipes, homemade bread recipe, cheap recipes, living on a dime, homemade bread

Fundraising and my medically fragile child with special needs

I know I’ve told this story before. But I’m going to tell it again. It helps to give a bit of insight into what it is like to raise a medically fragile child with special needs. When Parker was being life flighted up to PCMC the first time...

Published Wed, Jun 05 2013 6:09 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, fundraising, Therapy, Life With Special Needs, special needs parenting, fundraising ideas

Making my way out the other end: Faith

Things have turned for the better around here. Parker is still producing grand amounts of snot, but we’ve been able to keep him home. The EKG is still on Monday, but my heart’s a little bit calmer about that. I tend to go through periods where...

Published Wed, May 01 2013 10:57 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, faith, Life With Special Needs, Family and Friends, special needs parenting, friendsthip

Self Worth

April hasn’t been the best of months so far. I don’t know why, but if it could go wrong, be exasperating, insulting, heart wrenching, or simply exhausting, this has been the month for it to happen. There’s still a couple of weeks left...

Published Thu, Apr 18 2013 1:18 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Life With Special Needs, standing up for myself, loving myslef, having faith in myself

Easy Biscuit Recipe Better Than KFC’s

At our house we refer to it as “Quickie Chickie”, that famous drive through chicken that comes home to you in the iconic red and white box. Did you know that the very first Kentucky Fried Chicken was opened here in Utah? Yup. Biscuits and...

Published Thu, Mar 28 2013 8:43 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: From Scratch, Recipes, prepping for hard times, Biscuit recipe from scratch, Easy Buscuit Recipe, Biscuit recipe using butter, Kentucky Fried Chicken Biscuits, Clean Eating, Biscuits made without shortening

Sensory Table Ideas……and Sanity

I see them all over Pinterest. Sensory table ideas complied with such care as to be considered works of art. Children playing happily with naught a grain of bird seed out of place. That’s not always how it is at my house, which is why I finally...

Published Wed, Apr 03 2013 8:22 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, homeschooling, home school, sensory boxes, Sensory Tubs, sensory table activities

College and the Kid with Special Needs

McCall is my 3rd kid. She is beautiful, intelligent and feisty. Emphasis on the feisty. I have no idea where she got that quality from. (ahem) McCall switched from majoring in nursing to majoring in special ed. I won’t lie, Reed and I have tried...

Published Tue, Oct 08 2013 10:15 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, Life With Special Needs, special needs parenting, continuing education, BYU, UVU, special education

Halloween Sensory Bin Activities

I love me some Halloween. I think it’s because Halloween is October and I love both Fall and October. I remember so well the excitement my kids brought to Halloween and I work to try and encourage that same excitement for the Brave Hero. First on...

Published Wed, Oct 16 2013 8:38 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Life With Special Needs, Sensory Tubs, special needs parenting, Halloween sensory bins, Halloween activities

How too many in this world view those with special needs.

I had to check to make sure that this was a satire site. The post, entitled Belgium: Senate Approves Measure Allowing Doctors to Euthanize Children had to be something from The Onion, right? It couldn’t be reality. It couldn’t really be reflective...

Published Fri, Dec 13 2013 12:23 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs, Life With Special Needs, Politics of Special Needs, murder, euthanasia, Belgium

How to Color Rice for Learning and Crafts

Colored rice is a staple in this homeschooling Mama’s manipulative arsenal. Montessori transferring activities, craft projects, lessons on color, weight and volume are just a few ideas colored rice can be used in. I spent an hour last week whipping...

Published Sun, Jan 09 2011 9:20 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling

A Giveway! Mama K’s Aromatic Play Clay!

You know that at our house we are all about the tactile learning. Hands on. Interactive. Using as many senses as possible. There are lots of play doughs on the market. But I’ve had the same issue with everyone I’ve tried. They stink. As in...

Published Sun, Feb 20 2011 10:21 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Special Needs Homeschooling, Stuff We LOVE!, down syndrome, Reviews and Giveaways!, tactile learning activities, homeschooling a child with special needs, Mama K's Play Clay

A Swag Bucks Tutorial

Christmas is officially on it’s way. I know this because right next to the Halloween stuff that showed up in August, stores around here are beginning to put out their Christmas stuff. ahem. For those of you looking for a way to help pay for your...

Published Mon, Oct 18 2010 10:12 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Fantabulous-ness, Cheap and Easy, Stuff We LOVE!, down syndrome, Special Needs, Tutorials, Swag Bucks

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