by Podcast Team | Feb 24, 2021 | Family, Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast, self-directed learning
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...
by Colleen Kessler | Feb 16, 2021 | Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool
It started out an easy, relaxed conversation, and then the mom at the library asked me the question I most dread answering… “What curriculum do you use with your kids?” I always stammer and then feel like a deer caught in the headlights. I mean, how...
by Colleen Kessler | Feb 1, 2021 | Homeschool, self-directed learning
There’s been a lot of discussion about medicine and how the human body works in our homeschool lately. Honest questions generated by our world today, coupled with a little bit (ok, a lot) of anxiety around getting sick, increased my kids’ interest in...
by Podcast Team | Jan 6, 2021 | Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast
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...
by Podcast Team | Oct 28, 2020 | Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast, self-directed learning
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...