by Jennifer Vail | Jan 7, 2021 | Homeschool, self-directed learning
Whether we’re strewing or following an interest-led unit study, I love having stacks of books around on topics my kiddos are excited about. We’ve gone through some pretty interesting obsessions, spent years following rabbit trails, and immersed ourselves...
by Jennifer Vail | Dec 28, 2020 | Anxiety, Family
I like to say that I hold several Google University degrees. I am an incessant, constant, chronic researcher. I cannot seem to ever learn enough or have my curiosity quenched. What’s that beautiful flower growing on the side of the highway? What ever happened to...
by Jennifer Vail | Dec 21, 2020 | Family, Giftedness and Intensity
If only I had a dollar for every time someone found out about my children’s giftedness and scoffed, “Wow, that must be nice.” I’d be quite the wealthy woman. Comments about how easy we must have it when raising such smart kiddos, dismissals of...
by Jennifer Vail | Dec 14, 2020 | Family, Giftedness and Intensity
“Oh, NO!” I sobbed, hot tears of desperation streaming down my face. “I can’t take another one!” My two-year-old had just glanced up at the clock and announced what time it was. The clock used only Roman numerals, and she was...
by Jennifer Vail | Dec 11, 2020 | Family, Giftedness and Intensity
“But… what’s wrong with him?” I was sitting across from the counselor we’d been seeing every week for six months, desperation leaking from my eyes and filling the small room with a heaviness we both felt. On the walls were graduate...