First Post

I guess a few lines about myself and LM would be in place...

I am currently out of work and the biggest part of my life right now is raising my daughter who has just turned four. LM is not a typically developing child and there is no agreed professional opinion regarding her. There is a wide range of labels of varying degree of optimism, which could probably stick to my daughter, ranging from “speech impaired”, to “ASD”, to “late bloomer”, to “visual-spatial learner”, etc. All of these labels would probably give some truth about her, with a bit of tweaking, but at the same time would neither fully, nor entirely correctly describe her.

Lables, even the most optimistic, are large-stroke, confining and static. My daughter is unique, limitless and changing - just like any other child. And just like any other child’s, her path will be different from anybody else’s. My job is to help her start it confidently and firmly, and work on her strengths and her challenges while taking into account her learning style .

I have shifted my focus away from looking for a label, particularly since at least at this stage and within the area covered by our post code, the practical benefit of it is close to nil. I have been doing quite a bit of research and, with the help of some prefessional advice, started my own “DIY home-based intervention”, and I learn as I go. LM is a bright child and a quick learner provided she is given the opportunity to learn her way. She has been doing great and she has kept surprising me with the things she can do.

I decided to start this blog to keep some sort of a record of the different things we are doing. I hope this will keep me better organised and will give me a sense of direction. LM is a very visual learner, which is why I create a lot of DIY props as I cannot always find what I need at an affordable price. I have been taking a lot of inspiration from the blogs of other homeschooling mums and have also come up with a few ideas of my own, which I will be sharing here too.

I will be happy to meet other like-minded people online – you are welcome to my blog!

LM’s Mum