suddenly, unexpectedly, homeschooling.
To test or not to test, that is the question. As a school psychologist, I am often asked my opinion on testing. Since starting this silly little blog, I receive oodles of messages about testing for giftedness. Deciding whether or not to test your child is a difficult one, and I know this firsthand because Schizz…
A Homeschool Day in the Life 2015 As a rookie homeschooler, I have been delighting in the recent posts over at Simple Homeschool. Every year, Simple Homeschool runs a series of guest posts called A Homeschool Day In The Life. Honestly, I’ll mourn the series a bit because I’ve enjoyed it that much. It’s fascinating to me to…
This week, I watched RISE: The Extraordinary Journey of the Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted. This hour-long documentary, which features twelve exceptionally and profoundly gifted individuals ranging in age from children to young adults, was produced by the Daimon Institute for the Highly Gifted. In this age of reality shows, many of which I believe to be potentially damaging…
FTC Disclosure: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links.* The words standardized testing make me cringe. Truly. We are living in a standardized-testing-obsessed society, and it only gets worse every year. Our culture is more concerned with “standards” and assessment of those standards than it is with deep, genuine learning. In this age of teaching to the test, the act of…
As we hop into 2015, I am reflecting on the past year of blogging, and blog hopping. If you had told me this time last year that I’d have a blog, I would have burst out laughing. If you had asked me what a blog hop was, I would have scratched my head in confusion. What a difference a year…
Our Homeschool Day - Joyful Learning Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. ~Benjamin Franklin Today, I’m going to tell you about our homeschool day, as it relates to traditional schooling and joyful learning. This whole homeschooling thing can be so much fun. I’m realizing that it is…
