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...
by Colleen Kessler | Oct 19, 2020 | Family, Homeschool
You’ve heard of the 80/20 rule, I’m sure. Usually it means that 20% of the people in an organization do 80% of the work, but it means something different to a homeschool mom. To homeschool parents it may represent the 80% of people who declare they could never...
by Colleen Kessler | Sep 14, 2020 | Homeschool
Math is everywhere, and while textbooks are a basic tool for teaching math, we don’t have to chain ourselves to one resource. Grounding math in reality enables our kiddos to process the subject with a firmer understanding of the concepts...
by Colleen Kessler | Aug 8, 2020 | Homeschool, self-directed learning
If any single subject causes kids and homeschool parents to suddenly start shaking in their boots (freshly muddied boots from a recent nature walk, of course), it’s math. Not just math. Math. Math is a polarizing subject, either eagerly entered...
by Podcast Team | Aug 5, 2020 | Creativity, Giftedness and Intensity, Homeschool, Podcast, self-directed learning
We speak a lot around here about lifelong learning, that self-motivated pursuit of knowledge not based on a required set of circumstances but learning for its own sake. When our kids are younger, they usually seem pretty content to follow our...