Fun and Games for Special Parents
You can't always find the respite care you need to take a break from your children, but if you can steal a moment now and then, you can have a little fun online and maybe blow off some steam. Try these time-wasters and guilty pleasures, and you may even get a few good ideas for entertaining your kids, too.
Site of the Day
Looking for somewhere good to surf? Stop by this Site of the Day listing for a daily destination of interest to parents of children with special needs. Listed here are the sites or pages featured each day in November 2009. For more sites, visit the index.
Fun 911 - Emergency Parent-Powered Playthings
When the playdate goes on past your planned activities, or a party starts to poop out, or the weather keeps kids unexpectedly indoors, you need some emergency supplies to keep the good times going. Here are nine things you can pull from the pantry, the closet, and the recycling pile for a little fun on the fly. Many of them offer additional sensory or learning benefits, too, so you don't have to …
Site of the Day
Looking for a site that appeared in past years as a Parenting Special Needs Site of the Day? Check here for sites featured in 2008.
Looking for a site that appeared in past years as a Parenting Special Needs Site of the Day? Check here for sites featured in 2008.
Parenting Special Needs Site of the Day
Looking for somewhere good to surf? Stop by here first for a daily destination of interest to parents of children with special needs, to parents in general, or to anyone looking for diversion or guilty pleasure.
Looking for somewhere good to surf? Stop by here first for a daily destination of interest to parents of children with special needs, to parents in general, or to anyone looking for diversion or guilty pleasure.
Fun Things to Do Today
Running out of inspiration? Here's a handful of things to do -- with your kids, or for your own procrastinating self -- to keep you informed, amused and occupied.
Running out of inspiration? Here's a handful of things to do -- with your kids, or for your own procrastinating self -- to keep you informed, amused and occupied.
Alphabet Soup Quiz
Test your knowledge of common special-needs acronyms with this quick and silly quiz.
Test your knowledge of common special-needs acronyms with this quick and silly quiz.
Site of the Day
Looking for a site that appeared in past years as a Parenting Special Needs Site of the Day? Check here for sites featured in 2006.
Looking for a site that appeared in past years as a Parenting Special Needs Site of the Day? Check here for sites featured in 2006.
Alphabet Soup Quiz: Special-Education Edition
Do you know your IEP from your FAPE? Test your knowledge of special-education acronyms.
Do you know your IEP from your FAPE? Test your knowledge of special-education acronyms.
Have a Little Fun with a Weekly Quiz
A weekly multiple-choice quiz offers 10 questions related to entries in the Parenting Special Needs blog at About.com, with one humorous answer among the more serious ones.
A weekly multiple-choice quiz offers 10 questions related to entries in the Parenting Special Needs blog at About.com, with one humorous answer among the more serious ones.
Site of the Day
Looking for a site that appeared in past years as a Parenting Special Needs Site of the Day? Check here for sites featured in 2005.
Looking for a site that appeared in past years as a Parenting Special Needs Site of the Day? Check here for sites featured in 2005.
Question of the Day
A daily poll on issues concerning children with special needs, their parents and families.
A daily poll on issues concerning children with special needs, their parents and families.
Site of the Day
Looking for a site that appeared in past years as a Parenting Special Needs Site of the Day? Check here for sites featured in 2007.
Looking for a site that appeared in past years as a Parenting Special Needs Site of the Day? Check here for sites featured in 2007.