suddenly, unexpectedly, homeschooling.
Kids say the darndest things, especially those who read a lot! Schizz is currently feeding the kids a quick dinner while I finish a post and I just heard this: Schizz (agitated): “Leo! How did the soup end up all over the table?!” Leo: “I was fighting the Ninns!” Me, from the other room: “Fighting…
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,…
Leo is a bibliophile in a home full of bibliophiles. Once we had Leo assessed, it was suggested to us that we begin tracking what he reads for homeschooling purposes. It is often recommended that homeschooling parents maintain a book log. This is quite difficult to do, as Leo reads voraciously. He reads multiple books…
I wanted to share a favorite blog post of mine, Just Let Them Read Books by Jen Marten: http://teachfromtheheart.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/just-let-them-read-books/ I whole-heartedly subscribe to the author’s approach to reading. All year, Leo’s teachers insisted that his reading abilities hovered around the second grade level (outside testing would later show they were almost 6th grade). Yet, at…
