The Raising Lifelong Learners podcast helps parents — especially homeschooling parents — encourage their differently-wired kids to learn, explore passions, cultivate creativity, and become fascinated by the world around them. Join host Colleen Kessler — educational consultant, gifted specialist, author, and speaker — for interviews, audioblogs, tips, and encouragement to help your differently-wired kiddos become lifelong learners — children who know that they can find the answers to anything they want to know if they can just view their world with play, passion, and fascination.
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Intense Children and The Holidays: A Parent’s Guide
For intense children, the holidays can be a difficult season. Find out how to help your intense kids during the holidays, and get some much needed tips for navigating the chaos and overstimulation that comes with the season. The holidays are upon us and our intense kids can make that quite a challenge. […]
The Social Emotional Needs Of Gifted And Neurodiverse Children
The social and emotional needs of gifted and twice exceptional children are a common concern for parents. How do we help strengthen and support our neurodiverse children as they navigate social development and emotional regulation? The Challenges Of Raising Gifted And Twice Exceptional Children: Social Emotional Needs Asynchronous Development First, let’s define asynchrony […]
Homeschooling High School: Transcripts, Mom-Guilt, And Finishing Strong
Homeschooling high school with an interest-led approach can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be! These practical tips and tricks for assigning grades, creating transcripts, and managing the worry and guilt will help you and your child finish strong. Grades For Interest-Led Learning It can be difficult to know where to start […]
Homeschooling High School With Interest-Led Learning
There is a misconception that interest led learning is not appropriate for a high school education in your homeschool. The good news is that all the same benefits of interest-led learning still apply in the middle and high school years. Does Interest-Led Learning Really Count For High School Credit? One of the first objections […]
Interest-Led Learning In The Early Years: Preschool and Beyond
Curious about Interest-led learning for your younger child, but not sure where to start? This will guide you through letting your child take the lead beginning in preschool and on into the elementary years. Following your kids’ curiosity and crafting your homeschool around their interests can be a powerful way to motivate learning. When […]
Interest Led Homeschooling: Helping Your Child Find Their Interests
How do we help our kids find their interests? What can we do to foster them and what happens if our kids change interests? These are all good questions and worth exploring as we move into a more relaxed, eclectic, interest led, child driven approach in our homeschools. What Is Child-Led Learning? Child-led […]