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100+ Homeschooling Gifted Resources
Challenging the Gifted Mind Homeschooling is daunting for anyone. Factor in the child who has an intense need for more mental challenge and any homeschool mom would find herself feeling overwhelmed. Because these children learn, understand and assimilate information at a faster rate, they become bored quicker and lose interest thinking they have mastered a given problem or puzzle. This post contains affiliate ad links. They have a constant need for more, more information, more challenges, more puzzles, and more knowledge. Have you ever had a child come in from playing outside on a hot day, and they get a glass of water and drink it down…
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Social Instruction for the Gifted Child
Children need instruction. They need to be taught how to interact in social situations. This is especially true of children who have a tendency to be intense. Emotional, physical and social intensity coupled with over-excitability are often seen in the gifted child. Which is why they have such a deep need for social instruction. This post contains affiliate ad links. It seems that children who have gifted abilities struggle to find their place in the world. In talking with other moms, and reading through several books, I’ve learned that this phenomena is not an isolated issue but exists across the population of gifted children. Of course, there may be exceptions…
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Embracing Gifted Intensity
If you are the parent of a gifted child and haven’t learned about gifted intensity you most likely have experienced it. Emotions are a part of every human life. Emotional Intensity is as natural for a gifted individual as breathing. Children who have minds that process neurological functions at a faster rate also process emotions at a faster rate. Parenting Children with Gifted Intensity As parents to a gifted child, we can choose how we will respond to emotionally intense moments. We can choose to embrace the reality that our children are intense and learn to work with and teach coping skills. We can choose to embrace the heart matter realizing…
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Web Resources for Parents of Gifted
Did you know that being a parent of gifted learners is not easy? In fact, sometimes it’s incredibly hard. I used to think something was wrong with me because I just couldn’t understand why my child acted so differently from other children his age. I mean, I knew he was smart. But, it seemed so strange for a 3 year old to write in perfect cursive without being taught to do so. And, what 6 y.o. reads encyclopedias for entertainment? Those things… are just… well, weirdly, yet excitedly, different. Right? And, the emotional differences were far different, and I simply didn’t understand it. I used to feel so very alone. I used…
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A Ready Guide for Parents of a Gifted Child
Raising a Gifted Child, Book Review Being an homeschool mom to an academically and creatively gifted child can seem quite intimidating. Especially if, like me, the mom doesn’t feel quite qualified enough for the task at hand. Finding a how to guide would be a great help wouldn’t it? Disclosure: I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. I was not compensated for this review however I may receive a small commission on products purchased through links to external sites. That’s pretty much what Raising a Gifted Child by Carol Fertig is. A guide for parents of a gifted child. It has become a ready reference…
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Favorite Pinterest Boards for Homeschooling Gifted Learners
Homeschooling is hard enough but factor in homeschooling a child with gifted abilities and sometimes you can feel overwhelmed, frustrated and alone. But I am not alone on this journey and neither are you. One of the best places on the web to find resources for, well just about anything, is Pinterest. Which is why I am sharing with you my favorite Pinterest boards for homeschooling gifted learners. Just click over and click Follow to get all great Gifted Homeschooling Pins in your Pinterest feeds. Be sure to see my 10 Favorite Pinterest Boards to Pin To for even more Pinning awesomeness. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to…
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Tips from the Coach for Keeping Gifted Children Active
Interview with Chris Quickert from The HomeSchool Gym As a mom to an academically gifted child, I sometimes wonder if I keep him active enough. I know that physical activity is vital to a healthy body. Given the choice of outside play and indoor play, he will usually choose indoor play. Although, he can at times spend hours swinging on the swing. I want to make sure that I am not only providing opportunities for him to be active but that I am guiding him to be motivated to be physically active as he gets older and into his adulthood. I’m blessed to live near a large metropolitan city.…
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Science Study for Gifted Students
Overview of Survival on the Reef My favorite resource for gifted and advanced learning materials is Prufrock Press. So, I was thrilled as a reviewer and affiliate marketer when I was given a free copy of Survival on the Reef by Colleen Kessler in exchange for my honest review. At Great Peace Academy we are spending our school year exploring the animals that live in the waters of the earth. Because of that, I feelSurvival on the Reefis an excellent resource for my son who is a gifted learner to dive in and explore more information than is generally presented in text books. This activity book guides students in scientific…
