by Podcast Team | Jan 27, 2021 | Family, Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Uncategorized
Here at Raising Lifelong Learners, we are very much concerned with promoting the social and emotional needs of gifted and twice exceptional children. Research shows that resiliency, adaptability, accepting rejection, and “bouncing back” from failure are...
by Podcast Team | Oct 21, 2020 | Family, Giftedness and Intensity, Podcast, Uncategorized
Whether it is the weather or illness or unusual circumstances that keeps us close to home, there will be times when our kiddos will be stuck in the house. And while we don’t think it’s best for parents to be the source of “24 hour a day...
by Podcast Team | Jun 17, 2020 | Family, Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast, Uncategorized
We don’t always know what we need or what our kids’ need in this journey to raise them as lifelong learners, and sometimes what is absolutely right happens in the most trying of circumstances! In today’s episode, Colleen shares an audioblog — an article...
by Podcast Team | May 27, 2020 | Family, Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast, self-directed learning, Uncategorized
Ever feel overwhelmed or scared that you just might not be doing enough in your homeschool? Not seeing those Instagram families in your own home? Feeling a little drained by those wonderful but intense learners? In today’s podcast, Colleen speaks...
by Podcast Team | Apr 29, 2020 | Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast, Uncategorized
When our differently-wired kids are struggling or seem bored with their studies, often we want to find out why and fix it fast! What if we first became observers of our kids, discovering what they’re great at and interested in, and then turned that around,...
by Colleen Kessler | Mar 11, 2020 | Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Uncategorized
It’s no secret that we’ve found great success homeschooling our gifted and differently-wired kiddos. After more than a decade spent working in the public school system, and seeing the benefits in our own family, I’m more convinved than ever that...