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Resources for Traveling with Intense Kids

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 4 Comments

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Traveling with Intense Kids | My Little Poppies
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Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley
Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Raising Poppies, a community for parents of gifted and twice-exceptional children. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram
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Traveling with intense kids is no small feat. One must tackle the planning, and the packing, and the travel itself. Then, there is the question of how to keep those intense children occupied and engaged while on your trip. Of course, you’d also like for those children to sleep. And then there is the aftermath. All…

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Thrice Exceptional: How to Encourage Twice Exceptional Girls

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Thrice Exceptional: How to Encourage Twice Exceptional Girls {Guest Post from Sophie Miller of ThinkFun} | My Little Poppies
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Production Coordinator at ThinkFun
Sophie Miller is a Production Coordinator for ThinkFun, a board game company where she helps to organize how games are made! She also contributes regularly to their blog. She is a recent graduate of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where she majored in Creative Writing and minored in Black Studies and Art History. In her free time, she enjoys creating music and making fun crafts!
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  • Thrice Exceptional: How to Encourage Twice Exceptional Girls - May 15, 2017

Today, I’d like to welcome Sophie Miller. Sophie is a Production Coordinator for ThinkFun, one of our family’s favorite game companies! She is also a regular contributor to the ThinkFun blog. Today, Sophie is here to talk about twice exceptional girls. I’d love for you to weigh-in with your experience once you’ve finished reading! Thrice Exceptional:…

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Gifted, the Movie: Bring Tissues

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 2 Comments

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Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Raising Poppies, a community for parents of gifted and twice-exceptional children. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram
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  • How to Take a Structured Summer Break this Year - May 22, 2020

I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I don’t read movie reviews. Or book reviews for that matter. I also try not to watch previews or read intros. I don’t even read the back of the book before I read it. (Weird, right?) There is so little is left to the imagination…

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When Your Child Is Academically Beyond You

By Shawna Wingert 3 Comments

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When Your Child Is Academically Beyond You {Guest Post from Shawna Wingert of Not the Former Things} | My Little Poppies
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Shawna Wingert writes about motherhood, special needs and the beauty of everyday messes at www.nottheformerthings.com. She is an accidental author, a passionate speaker and has been a part of special needs discussions on Today.com, Autism Speaks, The Mighty, For Every Mom, Simple Homeschool, and The Huffington Post. She has written two books - Everyday Autism and Special Education at Home. Shawna lives in Southern California with her voice actor husband and two awesome sons.
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  • When Your Child Is Academically Beyond You - March 2, 2017

Today, I’d like to welcome one of my favorite people, Shawna Wingert. Shawna is an amazing homeschool mama to two outside-of-the-box learners. I connected with Shawna early on in our homeschool journey and I am so thankful I did! I love her honesty, her openness, and her love for her boys. I am over-the-moon excited…

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The 5 Best Homeschooling Decisions We’ve Made

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The 5 Best Homeschooling Decisions We've Made {Guest post from Laugh, Love, Learn} | My Little Poppies
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Lucinda Leo homeschools her gifted daughter and 2e son in England. She blogs about parenting differently-wired kids at Laugh, Love, Learn and about homeschooling at Navigating By Joy.
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  • The 5 Best Homeschooling Decisions We’ve Made - February 13, 2017

Today, I am thrilled to welcome Lucinda Leo. I first “met” Lucinda through the Gifted Homeschoolers Forum blogger community. I am a huge fan of her work and I honest-to-goodness wish she didn’t live all the way across the pond because I know we’d have a lot to chat about over a cup of coffee……

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Gifted Voices: A Series of Personal Stories

By Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley 2 Comments

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Caitlin Fitzpatrick Curley
Cait is a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children, and an unexpected homeschooler. She loves nature, good books, board games, strong coffee, and dancing in her kitchen. Cait believes homeschooling *can* be almost all fun and games!

Cait co-hosts The Homeschool Sisters Podcast and is co-founder of Raising Poppies, a community for parents of gifted and twice-exceptional children. Cait is also founder of the Family Book Club at My Little Poppies, a fantastic community of book-loving parents and the Gameschool Community at My Little Poppies, a vibrant community of gameschoolers.

Cait is a contributing writer for Simple Homeschool. Her work has also appeared on The Huffington Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, GeekMom, and many others. You can find her on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram
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  • Stuck at Home? A Throwback Summer Can Help! - May 23, 2020
  • A Summer Idea List for A Surreal Summer 2020 - May 23, 2020
  • How to Take a Structured Summer Break this Year - May 22, 2020

Parenting a gifted or twice-exceptional (2e) child can feel like a lonely venture. Parents of gifted children often feel like they cannot discuss their child’s giftedness due to the many misperceptions associated with the “gifted” label. The word “gifted” conjures images of beautifully wrapped presents with neatly tied bows. These images are a stark contrast…

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poppies Hi, all! I'm Cait. I'm a school psychologist, mom to three amazing children... and unexpected homeschooler. Our days are filled with delicious books, incredible games, and a patchwork of creative resources. I truly believe homeschooling CAN be almost all fun and games!
Homeschooling *can* be [almost] all fun and games!

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