RLL #107: Learning as an Unschooling Family with Robyn Robertson
I truly believe that the best way we can educate our gifted and twice-exceptional (2E) kids is through homeschooling with self-directed learning and unschooling. Self-Directed Learning vs. Unschooling? Self-directed learning is a self-motivated pursuit of...
If He’s REALLY So Smart… When Gifted Kids Struggle
“Boy is he an EXTREME thinker! If he actually took the time to sit and focus on his work, he could accomplish anything…” As helpful and positive as his preschool teacher thought she was being, words like this can set some of our most...![RLL #106: [Audioblog] Young Gifted Children | Reflections from Parents](https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RLL-106-featured.png)
RLL #106: [Audioblog] Young Gifted Children | Reflections from Parents
Did you just know that your child was gifted from the start? You know, that feeling down deep in your gut that something was different about your tiny tot, but you weren’t able to completely pinpoint it? Or maybe you went straight to a search engine...
101 Reasons Eclectic Homeschooling Works for Gifted Kids
It started out an easy, relaxed conversation, and then the mom at the library asked me the question I most dread answering… “What curriculum do you use with your kids?” I always stammer and then feel like a deer caught in the headlights. I mean, how...
RLL #105: Parenting ADHD and Autism with Penny Williams
Parenting our neurodiverse kiddos, whether gifted or twice-exceptional kiddos (including autistic and ADHD), is just plain different. Typical parenting books and practices won’t always work when we’re trying to find ways to help our children become the...Welcome!
Hi! I’m Colleen, gifted specialist, educational consultant, author, speaker, and homeschool mom of four gifted/twice-exceptional kids.
Grab a cup of coffee, some of that chocolate you’re hiding from the kids, and join me as I learn, experiment, and explore with my kiddos — and hopefully inspire you a little in your journey alongside smart, quirky, creative kids, too!
