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“At Compass, we are solving for the accessibility and affordability of quality therapy for neurodivergent kids. We are running a pediatric therapy service for toddlers and young kids dealing with late talking, autism, apraxia, stuttering, unclear speech, or other similar disorders. Our therapists have years of experience working specifically with young children, and we are seeing real demand from parents who are stuck on long waitlists elsewhere and can’t afford private treatment.”

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"Your Summer Survival Guide
School’s out. Screen time is up.
Summer screen time jumps fast: younger kids log over four extra hours a week when school’s out.¹

"Common Sense Media and Aura Parents built the Summer Survival Guide to help families make summer downtime a little smarter, with eight weeks of expert-picked books, shows, movies, and podcasts to keep kids curious, entertained, and learning just enough during the summer months.

"No chore wheels. No laminated schedules. Just a better way to enjoy summer downtime."

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/summer-survival-guide?lid=ua4dszydrs2o&utm_source=braze&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=media_Summer_Survival_Launch_20260614

Juneteenth explainer for kids!

"On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, officially ending slavery in the Confederate States. From that day on, all people who had been enslaved there were free - well, sort of."

Juneteenth | Kids Discover Online On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation went into effect, officially ending slavery in the Confederate states. From that day on, all people who had been enslaved there were free—well, sort of.

🚨 ACTION ALERT: SCA 5 Moves Forward in the California Legislature 🚨

SCA 5, authored by Senator Dave Cortese, is moving quickly through the Capitol and could permanently exclude charter school students from future education funding. If approved by the Legislature and later by voters, this language would be written into the California Constitution.

You can read the bill here: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SCA5

What you need to know:

• Charter school students are public school students.

• SCA 5 creates a new education funding account but limits the funding to school districts.

• Because charter schools are not legally considered school districts, charter school students would receive none of this funding.

• Charter schools already receive less funding than many district schools.

• This proposal would increase that funding gap over time.

• Because this is a constitutional amendment, it would be very difficult to fix later.

Please take two minutes today to make your voice heard.

✅ Submit your opposition using this easy advocacy form: https://chartercenter.quorum.us/campaign/FundAllPublicStudents/thanks/

✅ Find your Senator and Assemblymember: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov

✅ Call their offices and share your opposition.

Phone Script:

"Hello, my name is __________ and I live in __________.

I am calling to respectfully ask Senator/Assemblymember __________ to oppose SCA 5. Charter school students are public school students and should not be excluded from future education funding. Charter schools already receive less funding than district schools, and SCA 5 would create an even larger funding gap.

Please oppose SCA 5 unless it is amended to include charter school students equally.

Thank you for your time."

Every call, email, and advocacy form will make a difference.

Please take action now and then please share this post with your friends, family and groups. Thank you!

A new bill aims to equalize school funding - but it leaves out charter school students! Please click the link to easily send a letter asking the California Legislature to amend this bill.

All Public School Students Deserve Equal Funding. SCA 5 Says Otherwise. Take two-minutes to email your Senator now!

https://bethhankoff.substack.com/p/my-essay-about-proper-school-behavior

Celebrate Juneteenth at the San Jose Public Library
https://www.sjpl.org/juneteenth/

The child you're calling lazy may already be working twice as hard as everyone else in the room.

You just can't see it.

For some children, getting through an ordinary day requires an astonishing amount of effort. Not because they aren't capable. Not because they don't care. Not because they aren't trying. Simply because their brain and body don't communicate as efficiently as other people's.

Conditions such as dyspraxia (Developmental Coordination Disorder), some forms of autism, ADHD and other neurodevelopmental differences can affect motor planning and coordination. This means that tasks many of us perform automatically can require significant concentration and effort.

Imagine spending your entire day having to consciously think about things that other people do automatically. Holding a pencil. Fastening buttons. Using scissors. Carrying a tray. Pouring a drink. Keeping your balance. Remembering where your body is in space. Writing down your ideas before they disappear from your head.

Most of us don't think about these things. We just do them. But for some children, every one of those tasks requires planning, concentration and energy. What looks like a simple action may actually involve dozens of small steps that their brain is having to actively manage.

This affects both gross motor skills and fine motor skills. Gross motor skills are the larger movements involved in running, jumping, balancing, climbing, catching and coordinating the body. Fine motor skills involve the smaller, more precise movements needed for handwriting, drawing, cutting, fastening clothes, using cutlery and manipulating small objects.

What people often see is the outcome. The messy handwriting. The unfinished work. The dropped ball. The child who avoids sports. The child who takes longer than everyone else. The child who appears distracted or reluctant.

What they don't see is the effort.

They don't see the child who is already tired before the school day has properly begun because getting dressed, managing fastenings, finding belongings and organising themselves required far more energy than it should have. They don't see the child trying desperately to listen to the teacher whilst simultaneously concentrating on how to hold a pencil, keep their writing on the line and stop their hand from aching. They don't see the constant frustration of knowing exactly what you want to do, but not being able to make your body do it as easily as everyone else.

And perhaps that's the hardest part.

Not the struggle itself, but watching everyone around you seem to do those same things effortlessly.

Imagine spending years trying harder than most people realise, only to be described as careless. Imagine pouring huge amounts of effort into something and still falling behind. Imagine hearing "slow down", "concentrate" or "try harder" when trying harder is exactly what you've been doing all along.

That frustration doesn't disappear. It builds. Not over days, but over years. It chips away at confidence. It makes children doubt themselves. It makes them wonder why things that seem so easy for everyone else feel so difficult for them.

The truth is that some children are carrying an invisible workload every moment of every day. By the time they get home, they are exhausted from managing things that most people never have to think about.

So before you judge the child who is struggling, look a little closer. You may be looking at a child who is working harder than anyone else in the room.

You just can't see the effort.

College articles for homeschoolers!

Beyond AP - the college credit opportunity few people know about:
https://www.the74million.org/article/beyond-ap-the-college-credit-opportunity-few-people-know-about/

Free CLEP exam preparation: https://modernstates.org/

The Calm College Method: https://edentrepreneur.org/articles/the-calm-college-method-a-new-approach-to-the-college-application-process/