My Little Red Schoolhouse (Almost) Little Free Library
When I discovered the Little Free Library movement I thought they were so cute and such a great idea. If you aren’t familiar with them, they are …
100 Reasons To Homeschool Your Gifted Daughter
Have you thought about homeschooling your gifted daughter? Here are 100 reasons I thought of to homeschool your gifted daughter. 1. Time to develop a …
Dealing With Perfectionism In Our Children
Perfectionism can be a significant struggle in the lives of many children and adults. I consider myself a recovering perfectionist because I’m …
The Joys of a Gifted Child
Because gifted children demand so much energy and focus on the part of the parents, it can be easy to think only of the challenges of homeschooling …
Gifted Children and Transitions Between Activities
We’ve had a couple of significant aha moments that changed our parenting. One I mentioned in a previous post had to do with Identifying and …
Adjusting Expectations As the Parent of a Gifted Child
A few years ago I read an article called The Restless Ones (now archived) that was both comforting and disconcerting. It was comforting because after …
Parenting An Introverted Child
If you’ve read my writing for any length of time, you already know that I am extremely introverted and that I function best when I have lots and …
Gifted Children Who Don’t Fit In At Grade Level
We’ve homeschooled Caroline from the beginning. Although we’ve wavered a bit here and there due to the challenges of life (my chronic …
Relationship Homeschooling and Your Differently-Wired Child
When I started blogging in 2005, a woman named Karen with a blog named from the prairie left a comment on my blog which was then called Two Talent …
5 Tips For Homeschooling a Gifted Child
Today’s guest post about homeschooling a gifted child is from Andrea Townsley of The Townsley Times. It can be a challenge to stay one step …
Encouraging Quotes for Christian Parents
Parenting is a challenging calling. If you have a child who is wired differently, you have an extra special challenge. You also have a wonderful …
Identifying and Understanding Your Spirited Child’s Red Zone
I asked David to look through my tickler list of topic ideas and tell me what he thought I was missing. He immediately suggested writing about the red …