suddenly, unexpectedly, homeschooling.
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Do you have a kid with psychomotor overexcitability or ADHD? I sure do! Leo is a climber. Leo could climb out of his crib before he could walk. We had to buy a crib tent to keep him contained. Otherwise, he would get into trouble in the wee hours of the morning. I remember when he…
Sensory STUFF (Overexcitabilties, intensities, SPD, ADHD, anxiety, behavior… call it what you will) Schizz recently had a birthday and our little family celebrated with a trip to glow bowling. Have you ever been glow bowling? It is a blast: loud music, flashing and twirling lights, disco balls, everything glows in the dark… all while bowling!…
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,…
A million, billion, trillion, quadrillion times this: http://thoughtcatalog.com/amanda-mancino/2014/06/how-does-an-island-feel-raising-gifted-children-in-a-world-that-turns-its-back/ “…didn’t have the have the heart to make him march with the band. I kept him home.” This article popped up on my newsfeed today. I read it, I cried, and then I proceeded to read it three more times before printing it to keep for always….
