RLL #92: Building Self and Setting Goals with Suki Wessling
These quirky gifted or 2e kids of ours are often "square pegs in round holes" everywhere they go, not just in school. Bringing them home helps them to thrive in their own way and often a self-directed, child-led homeschool approach helps them to discover who they...
RLL #91: [Audioblog] How to Help Your Kids Thrive When They Are Stuck Inside
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 entertainment," every family...
RLL #90: Cultivating Creative Writers with Celeste Davidson
Many of our brilliant and out-of-the-box quirky kids have vivid imaginations, and are true storytellers with the desire to create fantastic tales of their own. We can help these take shape by encouraging our kids to create their stories and by giving them...
RLL #89: Helping Our Gifted Kids With Social and Emotional Struggles
Around here, we define "differently-wired kiddos" as either gifted (higher than average intelligence) or 2e, meaning some neurodiversity in addition to being gifted. With higher ability and processing come social and emotional challenges; in other words,...
RLL #88: Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Kids with Jim Delisle
This week, Colleen has a conversation on the social and emotional needs of gifted children with Jim Delisle, her graduate school mentor and one of the nation's foremost experts on raising and teaching gifted children. Jim Delisle is an accomplished...
RLL #87: [Audioblog] 100 Hints That Your Child Might Be Gifted
Even experts can't really agree on a concrete definition of giftedness, but as parents, we have a pretty good idea just from watching our kids. Some of their behavior is puzzling, their reactions can be downright confusing, but they are all gifted, all...
RLL #86: All About Anxiety with Dr. Dan Peters
Anxiety can be an enormous problem for our gifted and 2E children. It can cause struggles in education, social situations, and lead to even bigger issues as our kiddos grow older. Just as important as helping our kiddos navigate anxiety is realizing that we...
RLL #85: Homeschooling Plans for 2020/2021
As another fall arrives, it is probably time for most of us to review our homeschooling plans (even if they are flexible plans) for our gifted and intense children. No matter how you choose to homeschool your kiddos, some decisions probably need to be made soon to...
RLL #84: Exploring Education and Executive Function with Seth Perler
Does your differently-wired child struggle with getting things done or remembering the steps necessary to accomplish a task? These are some of what is called executive function skills. The official definition of executive function is a set of...
RLL #83: [Audioblog] Socialization and Your Gifted or Intense Child
As homeschooling parents of these intense, quirky, brilliant kiddos, we are often asked about socialization. It doesn't seem much of a problem when these kiddos are constantly sharing their latest discovery or talking about subjects of interest at length with us,...
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