I have come to believe that homeschooling is one of the best things we could do for our children. Especially our Alcohol exposed children, as we can modify our curriculum and learning environment to best suit their educational needs. We can wiggle and move when we need to and I have ample opportunity to instill the behaviors and morals of our Christian faith.
The suggestions that follow are from my own personal experience and may not suit your specific child. But thus far, this seems to be what works for us. My best advice is to use as many modalities as possible to teach your FASD child so that they may be able to retain some of what they have been taught.
I have given you links to the publishers, but I suggest you look for used curriculum on e-bay, vegsource.com (homeschool section), or contact your local homeschool group to find out when they will be holding a used curriculum sale.
If you are interested in homeschooling, please click here to contact "Home School Legal Defense Association". They can tell you the laws and what you need to do for your particular state.
Reading / Language Arts
The Reading Lesson
When my bio daughter was in pre school, I vowed then that I would never have the patience to teach a child how to read. And then I adopted our boys from Russia. I started out my ESL (English as a Second Language) reading class with "The Reading Lesson". This is a simple, easy to use curriculum for your beginning readers, and if you choose, you can have some back up help using the computer. I actually taught my boys how to read, we all survived, and our boys love reading. For more information about "The Reading Lesson" and to get a free lesson, click here.
Pathway Readers
We love Pathway Readers. They are wholesome readers that I can trust for my boys to read. They liked getting to know the characters and were really drawn into the stories. We also use the workbooks. If you want more info about Pathway, go to "Pathway Readers".
Sonlight
Go to Sonlight.com
Math
Math-U-See
MUS has been a real find for us. The boys really like the videos, and I like that I can play them over and over to help them retain what has been taught to them. My boys LOVE television and since they are not allowed to watch much TV, watching MUS videos feels like a treat to them. :)
To learn more about MUS go to "Math-USee" .