Recent Homeschool Blog | Talented Children PostsWhat does American Idol and Homeschooling have in Common?by Andrea Hermitt25 May 2008 08:06 PMWhat does American Idol and Homeschooling have in Common? David Archuletta: 2008 American Idol runner up is officially a student at Murray Highschool in Murray Utah. On the Idol set, he had the obligatory (and by law) three hour a day tutoring that working minors must get. Teaching Them against their Willby Andrea Hermitt09 Jul 2007 07:55 PMSometimes, you have to insist your homeschoolers learn subjects they are not necessarily fond of. (Of course, if you are an unschooler, you will take exception to this statement.) While your child may be gifted or talented in an area or two, they will want to ignore other areas. Homeschoolers Should Not Impose Rules on Each Otherby Andrea Hermitt20 Apr 2007 12:00 PMI was recently chastised by another homeschooler for placing a label on my child. I mentioned that my child qualifies as "gifted" according to certain standards, and that the other was "talented" at computer science. Homeschooling Talented Children: Allowing Talents to Evolveby Andrea Hermitt06 Feb 2007 03:28 PMIn my most recent blogs I wrote about homeschooling talented children. I pointed out that when you homeschool talented children, you first need to identify their talents. Once your child's talents are identified, you must then nurture their talents. Homeschooling Talented Children: Nurturing Talentsby Andrea Hermitt06 Feb 2007 08:43 AMIn my last blog post, I wrote about identifying the talents of your homeschooled children. I distinguished between what I believe to be gifts and talents, and explained that while small minorities of children are considered gifted, I believe that every child has a talent. Homeschooling Talented Children: Identifying Talentsby Andrea Hermitt05 Feb 2007 10:30 PMThere are gifted children, and there are talented children. I believe that every child has a talent or a gift. It is our duty as parents to discover and harness those talents and gifts. In schools, the terms 'gifted' and 'talented' usually go hand in hand. Recent Blog Comments Allinformation says... "I don't know if this would be helpful to you or not, but Bison Educational Systems is a website that has proficiency test questions and answers that allow you to pick and chose, then print for your child to take." Allinformation says... "This is a really great resource to use!" In Homeschooling Resource of the Day: HomeSchoolViewTube.com |
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