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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RLL #77: Asynchronous Development in Gifted Children
The label “gifted” conjures up images of beautifully wrapped presents with neatly tied bows, images that are a stark contrast to the reality of giftedness: asynchrony. There can be huge differences between a gifted child’s physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development. A gifted child can have the intelligence of an adult with the social-emotional […]
RLL #76: Creating the Adventurous Family with Rachel Rainbolt
Gentle parenting, natural homeschooling and simple living can seem like lofty goals for many of us, but are they really? Colleen explores these ideas and more with Rachel Rainbolt of Sage Family, who has created a lasting culture of connection and respect in her family by living a lifestyle of playful, personal growth with […]
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RLL #75: [Audioblog] Dear Tired Mama of Gifted Kids
It’s been a long day already, and you haven’t even taken your first sip of coffee. You didn’t get to bed until well after midnight because the oldest couldn’t shut his mind down and wanted, no needed, to talk about every single, swirling thought he’d ever had. Listen as Colleen shares an audioblog — an article […]
RLL #74: Solving the Transcript Problem with Maya & Nina Serna
In this episode, Colleen meets the Serna family to discuss how self-directed learners Maya and Nina solved a real-world problem in the course of their studies. Maya and Nina realized that there was a genuine need among teen homeschoolers to track learning and activities as they pursue their interests. They developed the mobile app, […]
RLL #73: [Audioblog] Falling Unexpectedly In Love with Homeschooling My Gifted Child
We don’t always know what we need or what our kids’ need in this journey to raise them as lifelong learners, and sometimes what is absolutely right happens in the most trying of circumstances! In today’s episode, Colleen shares an audioblog — an article that first appeared on the site — written by contributor and […]
RLL #72: Profoundly Gifted Kids and Radical Acceleration with Michelle and Elliott Tanner
Today, Colleen speaks with Michelle Tanner and her profoundly gifted son, Elliott, about the wonderful journey they’ve taken to radically accelerate Elliott to college at the tender age of 11. Their story proves that no matter what area our kiddos excel in, we can be empowered to see them for who they are, nurture […]