RLL #12: What About Relaxed & Interest-Led Homeschooling for Gifted Kids? | A Listener Question
Raising Lifelong Learners
English - May 08, 2018 07:00 - 25 minutes - 18.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 187 ratingsCourses Education Kids & Family education creativity exploring gifted homeschool homeschooling learning parenting playbasedlearning unschooling Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Angie worries that she's not doing enought to challenge her gifted kids because of something a well-meaning pedatrician said to her at a well-visit. Her family enjoys a relaxed and interest-driven, self-directed type of homeschool environment, but she's concerned that it's not enough for the kids and that her doctor is right -- that they'll struggle with underachievement and problem behaviors as they grow.
I share my thoughts in today's episode, but would love to hear yours, too. Head over to the shownotes page at the site: RaisingLifelongLearners.com/episode12 and tell us what YOU think about self-directed learning in the comments! We're all better together.