Recent Homeschool Blog | Gifted Children PostsI'm Still Sort of Really Qualified to Homeschool a Gifted Child. . .I Thinkby Valorie Delp31 Dec 2008 03:40 AMThis is part of a series. . .if you missed the first two blogs you may want to go back and read part one and part two. Realizing My Skill as THE Homeschool Teacher I'm not a math dummy. I'm Still Sort Of Really Qualified to Homeschool a Gifted Childby Valorie Delp30 Dec 2008 05:41 AMA big thanks to Andrea for letting me share our adventures with Alex over the past year or so. In case you're just joining us. . .Alex is our son and he is a little bit smart. This is part 2 of a series about choosing curriculum for him. I'm (Sort Of) Really Qualified to Homeschool a Gifted Childby Valorie Delp29 Dec 2008 05:48 AMA big thanks to Andrea for inviting me to share in the adventures of homeschooling our kids who have grown a bit since the last time I wrote. The last time I wrote, I had two children that I was homeschooling full time. Homeschooling is just a matter of timeby Andrea Hermitt19 Dec 2008 09:44 AMThis morning I read the story of a young homeschooler named Julia Nepper who is working on two Associates degrees at 14. Prodigy or not (she doesn't like that word), her capabilities clearly outpaced the traditional school schedule. Homeschooling Our Gifted Son: The Hunt for "Gifted Curriculum"by Valorie Delp30 Jan 2008 06:15 AMI have to first say that it's not necessary to find curriculum specifically for gifted kids if you have a highly gifted child. But someone recently asked me a question about whether or not you should go deeper or wider when homeschooling a gifted child and what do you do about curriculum. My Son's Science Project Is Out of Controlby Valorie Delp05 Nov 2007 07:12 AMI could've just as easily entitled this: What to Do When Your Gifted Child is Smarter Than You Are. It's an idea and a concept that many parents of truly gifted children struggle with because the reality is that gifted children are often smarter than their parents in something. Homeschooling My Gifted Son. . .When the Others Are Not Part 2by Valorie Delp16 Feb 2007 09:35 AMYesterday I wrote about a conversation in which my oldest asked about whether or not it was okay to not be as smart as her little brother. Homeschooling My Gifted Son. . .When the Others Are Notby Valorie Delp15 Feb 2007 08:49 AMOne of the biggest challenges in homeschooling our gifted son is our other children. They are bright. . .but not gifted. Perhaps it would be a little easier if our son was the oldest, but he's not. Homeschooling My Gifted Son: The Basicsby Valorie Delp25 Jan 2007 10:44 AMI have to tell you that although my son can measure trajectory, play chess in his mind several moves ahead, and has a deep fascination with bioluminescent animals. . .he still has to be taught the basics. It is true that he intuits quite a bit of information. Why We Are Not Testing Our Gifted Sonby Valorie Delp07 Jan 2007 07:20 AMI have found an interesting irony as we have discovered that our son is gifted. There is now this 'push' to have him tested to see exactly how 'gifted' he is. Yet if we were to find out and quantify his giftedness, there are very few resources for home schooling gifted kids. 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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