suddenly, unexpectedly, homeschooling.
This may sound silly, but sometimes I feel like articles and books find their way to me at the absolute most perfect moment. As if they somehow knew that I needed them. Yesterday, I attended a robotics lecture and demonstration with the kids. They loved it! The three sat, mesmerized, for the entire lecture. Leo…
At the risk of appearing pathological, here goes nothing… Leo is afraid of the television [and I may be to blame]. Leo was born busy. He’s spirited. He has spunk. Actually, Leo was a mover and a shaker even before he entered the world, but that can be a story for another day. As an…
I often say that Leo is a 0-60 type of kid, and he always has been this way. He’s 0-60 with his emotions, his movements, his ideas, and his development. Many gifted learners reach developmental milestones extremely early. You read about children who sing entire songs at six months, children who walk at eight months,…
I’ve been thinking about asynchronous development lately. Last week, we were on vacation. While at the beach one afternoon, the kids were busy collecting various shells. Suddenly… “Dad! Doesn’t this shell look just like the Leaning Tower of Pisa?!” Schizz and I could see the resemblance. I really would love to see the world through those big…
“You’re gonna WHAT?!?” I am going to homeschool next year. I am suddenly, unexpectedly homeschooling. If you had told me this two years ago, I would have burst out laughing. I am an educator, a former public school employee, and a public school advocate. I believe in public schools.So… what happened? The short answer is that we…
Leo is my little artist. Sometimes he’ll sit down and paint something absolutely amazing, like this one from last summer: Other times he’ll draw something that looks age-appropriate, like the one he came home from school with today: Then you ask him about it and he’ll sigh dramatically and say, “Muuuuum! That’s the dry, cool air…
