Life is funny. If you had told me, even just two years ago, that I’d be homeschooling one child let alone all three, I would have burst out laughing. We didn’t set out to homeschool. Homeschooling found us. Our oldest child floundered in public kindergarten. Within a few short months, our joyful learner’s smile was gone….
Educating Gifted Children: Learning to Let Go
When my oldest was struggling in kindergarten, we scrambled to find an answer. We searched for missing pieces that, once in place, would make everything… easier. After a few months in public school, our curious little guy’s smile had disappeared and we wanted our joyful learner back. We talked to the school, of course, but we did…
Academic Acceleration
Education can be such a funny little world. For example, we have all this research (you can read more here, here, and here) suggesting that retention is not all it’s cracked up to be. This is not new information and yet our schools retain kids all the time. At the same time, we have all this research…
