by Podcast Team | Aug 5, 2020 | Creativity, Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast, self-directed learning
We speak a lot around here about lifelong learning, that self-motivated pursuit of knowledge not based on a required set of circumstances but learning for its own sake. When our kids are younger, they usually seem pretty content to follow our...
by Cindy West | Aug 3, 2020 | Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool
Yes, you CAN homeschool gifted kids! In fact, you can do it quite well since homeschooling affords you the wonderful opportunity to meet unique needs perfectly. While each family’s situation certainly requires homeschooling to be tailored to specific needs,...
by Colleen Kessler | Jul 31, 2020 | Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool
Since I began searching for alternate paths of learning for my twice-exceptional son many years ago, and changed my thinking enough to gather the courage to pull him out of school to pursue homeschooling, I’ve watched the population of homeschoolers with gifted...
by Podcast Team | Jul 29, 2020 | Anxiety, Family, Giftedness and Intensity, Podcast
The frustration is real; your intense kiddo might be having outbursts you can’t explain, or doesn’t relate to others his own age or has a sensitivity to stimuli that is overwhelming, or any combination of the three or more! None of the professionals...
by Colleen Kessler | Jul 27, 2020 | Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool
The world is always being divided into two camps – ketchup or mustard, Mac or PC, cat person or dog lover, and those who love math versus those who shudder at the mere mention of mathematics. Whether you’ve got a kiddo who can’t get enough equations...