A Quiet Simple Life with Sallie Borrink
Cozy and Simple Living, Homeschooling, Faith, Homemaking, & Books
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How old is your gifted child? When did you realize your child was gifted? My kids are 9, 8, and 8. (The 8 year olds are twins.) We realized my eldest was gifted probably before he was one year old. His first word was “owl” as he pointed to a picture while I was reading …
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How old is your gifted child? When did you realize your child was gifted? Was there a certain lightbulb moment or event? I have two children, my son, C who is 8, and my daughter, J who is 4. For my son, our lightbulb moment was when he started writing at 2 years old. Even …
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How old is your gifted child? When did you realize your child was gifted? My gifted child is almost nine years old. I began the process of realizing she was gifted when another blogger invited me to join a group of bloggers who wrote about their child’s giftedness. I think Caroline was seven at the …
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Do you like peeking into the lives of other families? I do! I love reading stories about how other parents handle parenting and education. I started wondering about the different stories behind parenting a gifted child. Parenting a Gifted Child I asked a group of parents with gifted children if they would be interested in …
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This year my curriculum post is going to be a bit different. (You can see my past ones here, here, here and here.) I’m writing about homeschooling a gifted/2e visual-spatial learner. Kind of specific, don’t you think? And yet that is the world that we live in at our home. 🙂 We’ve undergone a significant …
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The first time Caroline asked me a “hard” spiritual question I was not prepared. I love theology, discussing doctrine, reading meaty books, studying the Bible, etc., but discussing these topics with a little girl wasn’t on my radar! And yet many gifted and 2e children ask the hard questions, often long before you expect them …
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I know from reading conversations online that gifted and 2e children at church is often a big issue for Christian parents. And I’m going to say up front I do not have the answers for this. More than any other post in this series I’m going to raise the questions and I’m sincerely hoping others …
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Several of the posts I wrote in my 31 Days of Learning Differently series apply to parenting and homeschooling gifted/2e children in the Christian faith. If you aren’t familiar with that series, I did touch upon a number of topics related to disciplining children. The following posts would be helpful background to this topic of …
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The idea of giftedness provokes very strong feelings amongst parents. When some parents hear the words “gifted” or “2e” used to describe their child, they feel relieved. It might be the final piece of the puzzle regarding their high-maintenance child who simply doesn’t function like other children. When other parents hear the term gifted they …
