“How am I supposed to teach all these kids at once?” If there’s ever been a thought that repeats itself on a loop during your homeschool days, it might be this one. The never-ending tug-of-war—one child glued to your side and needing guidance every step of the way, another begging for independence, a gifted kid…
I love sharing stories of other parents parenting and homeschooling gifted kids. This is Heather’s… Billy is gifted. He is 5 and knows how to add, subtract and is really learning how to read and write well (when he feels like it). He loves technology (he could work the iPhone at age 2) and…
The phrase “project-based learning” might conjure up images of color-coordinated folders, trifold posters exploding with glitter glue, and Pinterest-worthy perfection. But for the neurodivergent kids—those asynchronous thinkers brimming with ideas and creativity, yet often struggling to bring projects to completion—real project-based learning looks very different. It can be beautiful, yes, but not in the ways…
If your house is anything like mine, there’s a bucket—or several—of LEGO bricks somewhere in the mix of homeschool chaos. Maybe they’re neatly sorted by color (bless you), or maybe they’re scattered under couches and embedded in the soles of your feet (more relatable, honestly). Either way, those little plastic bricks are full of BIG…
He sat at the kitchen table with his pencil hovering over a blank sheet of paper. Ten minutes passed. Fifteen. When I gently asked if he needed help, the answer was sharp and closed: “I can’t do this. This is stupid.” The paper was shoved aside and he stormed out of the room, tears already…
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