Maleeha is concerned. Following a student-led, self-directed model of homeschooling can definitely add up, cost-wise, and when you’re homeschooling insatiable gifted learners, it can be even more costly. These kids seem to eat programs and materials for breakfast. So, how can a parent get kids involved in their own learning, and fostering their curiosity,…
If you’ve homeschooled for any length of time, you realize (like I do) that your best predictor of success in this crazy journey is your own ability to be flexible and change things up from time to time. When you let yourself relax, and change things around from time to time, you end up bringing…
I don’t know about your kids, but mine are completely captivated by the How to Train Your Dragon movies and the new spin-off series on Netflix. Dragons are cool, and my kids adore imagining that they truly exist, though they go back and forth between dragons being friendly and them being ferocious killers. And they…
I know a bank where the wild thyme blows… Simple words. Beautiful words. Words that conjure images in the minds of young and old alike. Shakespeare. Are you intimidated by the thought of teaching your kiddos Shakespeare? I was. Until I bought Ken Ludwig’s book How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare. To say…
Here at the Kessler house, we tend to follow an eclectic interest-led style of homeschooling. Especially for my older kiddos, I like them to have some say in what they will study for the year. My oldest is fascinated by chemistry, and wants to play around with sulfuric acid. Since I’m not quite ready for…
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