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Neurodivergent learning
Two kids, two profiles, one kitchen table. Lessons from learners whose strengths and needs do not fit a one-size-fits-all day.
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Field notes from the unboxed life.
Everything here is written from inside the experience: a working mother of four learning to homeschool neurodivergent kids in real time. Take what helps. Leave the rest.
What we write about
Ten questions we’re living with.
Not a curriculum map. A record of the questions a real family is carrying right now.
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Mastery over grade levels
Move forward when understanding is real. A child may be advanced in one subject and rebuilding foundations in another.
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Working while homeschooling
80+ hours every two weeks, with learning woven into early mornings, evenings, weekends, and whatever margin we can make.
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Curriculum & resources
Books, tools, programs, and people we actually use—what fits, what we dropped, and why.
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Executive functioning
Planning, sequencing, and follow-through taught through trips, projects, and everyday life—not just worksheets.
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Experiential learning
Museums as classrooms, parks as labs, kitchens as chemistry. Learning that starts in the senses and stays in memory.
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Technology & social media
Screens with guardrails and conversations that help kids think for themselves in a feed designed to think for them.
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Life skills & purpose
Cooking, budgeting, and self-advocacy—the skills that can carry a child further than any single test score.
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Learning outside the classroom
History where it happened, science in nature, culture through people and food. The world as the curriculum.
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The messy middle
The plans that worked, the plans that did not, and what both kinds of week teach us about how our family learns.
A series in progress
Unboxing childhood: year one.
The decision, the daily reality, the wins, the misses, and what we’re learning about how our kids actually learn. Written as it happens, not polished in hindsight.
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