Homeschooling Your Differently Wired Child
“Adapt and let go of the stuff that doesn’t bring you joy and bring your kids a love of learning. Switch it to make it fun and make learning the goal, not the product the goal”
Divergent thinker? Twice Exceptional? Gifted? Dyslexic? Differently wired kids? Are you homeschooling your differently wired child? Feeling overwhelmed, beaten down and just not sure what to do? This episode is filled with guidance and inspiration from a mom that has been raising and homeschooling her own four uniquely wired children.
Collen Kessler~Raising Lifelong Learners
Colleen Kessler is an explorer, tinkerer, writer, educator, creator, and a passionate advocate for the needs of gifted and twice-exceptional children. The author of more than a dozen books for parents, teachers, and children, Colleen is an award-winning educator, educational coach and consultant, with a B.S. in elementary education and a M.Ed. in gifted studies. She is the founder of the popular podcast and website, Raising Lifelong Learners and has launched a vibrant new community for quirky families called The Learner’s Lab, full of creative lessons, problem solving activities, critical and divergent thinking games, and the social-emotional support differently-wired children and teens need most. Her newest book, Raising Resilient Sons: A Boy Mom’s Guide to Building a Strong, Confident, and Emotionally Intelligent Family will be released this December by Ulysses Press.
What you will find in this episode
- From the classroom to home- Why homeschooling her differently wired kids was not originally in Colleen’s plan
- The difference between teaching in a classroom and homeschooling
- How their family’s homeschool has evolved over the years
- The pervasive myth of being gifted
- What is the difference between a high achiever and a gifted person?
- What to spend your homeschool budget on
- The unique tools that Colleen uses to support the flourisher writer in her daughter
- Helping your differently wired child thrive
- Cherishing the intrinsic desire to learn, resiliency and emotional intelligence
Colleen offers so many golden nuggets of wisdom in this episode; from building resiliency, raising our kids to be who they are and not who we want them to be, to what a typical day looks like in their household. Let me know if you have any lingering questions that you would like answered after this interview.
Resources
The Learner’s Lab | A Raising Lifelong Learner’s Community https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/the-learners-lab/
Colleen’s new book- Raising Resilient Sons: A Boy Mom’s Guide to Building a Strong, Confident, and Emotionally Intelligent Family
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