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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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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 about. What Is Interest-Led Homeschooling? Interest-led learning is exactly…
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 planning for the upcoming school year in our homeschool. …
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 Lifelong Learners Podcast is all about how you…
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 part of my teens’ success. In this episode of the Raising Lifelong Learners Podcast, learn…
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 giftedness and dyslexia with Marianne Sunderland from Homeschooling…
Homeschooling A Child With Dyslexia: It’s More Than Reading
Homeschooling a child with dyslexia has it’s own unique challenges and opportunities. The more we learn about dyslexia, the more we understand that educating a child with dyslexia is about more than just reading. In this episode, we talk with Marianne Sunderland, She has been homeschooling for 26 years and is considered an expert in…