Taking An Eclectic Approach To Homeschooling Your Gifted Child
Taking an eclectic approach to homeschooling when your child is gifted or twice exceptional makes sense. In fact, I believe it to be one of the best ways to engage and challenge a gifted learner. Here are all the reasons why. We are an eclectic...
Psychomotor Overexcitabilities And Gifted Children: What You Need To Know
This continues our overexcitabilities series for parents of gifted children. Today, the focus is psychomotor excitabilities and gifted children. Gifted children with psychomotor overexcitabilities display extreme energy and activity levels. Due to...
The Importance Of Play For Your Entire Family
It's easy to think of examples of how play helps young children and preschoolers. But what about older kids, teens, and even adults? The importance of play for your entire family is significant and the focus of our discussion today. The Power Of...
A Guide To Overexcitabilities And Gifted Children
Overexcitabilities and gifted children go hand in hand. This is a guide to everything you need to know about overexcitabilities and how they affect our gifted children. Polish psychologist/psychiatrist Kazimierz Dabrowski developed the theory of...
5 Things You Need To Know About Homeschooling Gifted Kids
If you are homeschooling a gifted or twice exceptional child, it probably looks a lot different than you expected. Today, Colleen is sharing 5 Things You Need To Know About Homeschooling Gifted Kids. This a a real life, honest look at what it is really like!...
Homeschooling Your Gifted Child With Interest-Led Learning
One of the advantages of homeschooling your gifted child is the ability to incorporate their interests and passions into your learning. But how does it work in real life? This is a snapshot of what homeschooling your gifted child with interest-led learning is all...
Our Gifted Homeschool Curriculum For Multiple Grade Levels: 2021-2022
Finding gifted homeschool curriculum can be a challenge for homeschooling parents. Having a chance to take a peek inside someone else's homeschool is one of the best ways to get inspired and learn what works. With this in mind, I am sharing everything we are...
Can I Help My Child Become More Optimistic?
When your child is struggling with a negative mindset, it can affect all aspects of learning and family life. That's why a question that often comes up is "Can I help my child become more optimistic?" The answer is most certainly, "Yes." This episode of the Raising...
Homeschooling Middle School Using Your Own Interest-Based Curriculum
As gifted and twice exceptional children move into the middle school years, using an interest-based curriculum can help smooth the transition. We created our own interest-based curriculum for homeschooling middle school in my family, and it has been an integral...
Homeschooling A Gifted Child Who Struggles With Reading
"My child is really struggling to learn to read. How is this possible when we know she is gifted?" This is a question that comes up from so many parents who are homeschooling a gifted child who struggles with reading. In this episode, we talk specifically about...
