Why Self-Care Is Important For Our Children Too
Self-care has become an increasingly popular topic in recent years, and for good reason. As parents, we simply must take care of ourselves in order to take care of our children. But what about our kids, especially those who are gifted and twice exceptional?...
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...
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 with...
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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 very best...
RLL #104: A Conversation About Mindset with Shawna Wingert
Mindset is generally thought to be the attitudes or habits of an individual's mind that is formed by previous experience. These attitudes can predetermine a person’s response or interpretation to any given situation. Our quirky kiddos are not immune to...
RLL #102: A Conversation about Connection with Shawna Wingert
Today, we begin featuring a new type of podcast episode at Raising Lifelong Learners with Colleen Kessler, what we're calling "A Conversation About." Colleen will be meeting with Shawna Wingert of Different By Design Learning at least monthly to discuss...
RLL #101: Project-Based Learning with Cindy West
Over the years, I have seen many parents of often quirky, definitely "out of the box" thinkers struggle to get their kiddos invested in their own learning. One way to engage our gifted and twice exceptional kiddos at their own level is through project-based...
RLL #100: A Celebration of 100 Episodes!
It hardly seems possible we could be at our 100th Episode so quickly but here we are! These last few years have been a blast and we've had so much fun learning about our gifted / 2e / quirky, out-of-the-box kiddos while recording these episodes. We thought it would...
RLL #99: Guest Host Shawna Wingert Reads from Raising Resilient Sons
We all want to raise our kiddos to bounce back from adversity, stand up for what’s right, and nurture their relationships — helping them grow into the strong individuals they’re meant to be. The goal (and sincere hope) of Colleen's book, Raising Resilient...
RLL #98: Enjoying Literature with Kendra Fletcher
Nearly every level of learning involves literature in some form, but the study of literature is really more than simply reciting plot lines or following themes. In this podcast, Colleen speaks with Kendra Fletcher, long-time homeschooler and teacher of all things...
