My son has always been a challenge to educate.  He's a really good boy and very smart, but it's been hard to find a school that is t...

On Saturdays, it's my job to teach my 11-year old son, because my husband does it all week.  I teach Language Arts and Art.  Language Ar...

I know my blog is called "Straddling the Gap," but these days my whole family is straddling lots of huge gaps.  The kids are so bu...

You would think when you live in one of the hottest places in the United States that schools wouldn't get started until after Labor Day....

At the beginning of the school year I wrote about my ADHD child that was lacking executive functioning; that is, he can’t organize himself ...

So school has been in session for several weeks now and it's starting to get difficult for my dear son.  Maybe that's not quite righ...

Most people make resolutions in early January.  In our house we make resolutions in August and September.  Our son CJ will begin 5th grade i...