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This Issue is Dedicated My Visual Spatial
Learner |
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Welcome
to Our World: The Gifted Visual Spatial
by
Amy Cortez, Editor - The Eclectic Telegraph
When
we first started homeschooling in 1999, I knew that my student was
gifted and really thought it was going to be such an easy journey.
Our first few months we used a purchased curriculum from one of
the more well known "homeschool friendly" curriculum providers.
My student literally "sucked" that dry in a few months
and was looking for more. I had pulled him from a private school
that was well known for academics because he wasn't being challenged
enough. I didn't want a repeat of that in our homeschool so we took
a trip to Florida when we reached the end of all the books this
purveyor of knowledge had sent as a "school year". While
on this trip, I realized that my student really had a different
way of absorbing ideas and had an intense memory for the obtuse
details. Talents I didn't have, but I admired.. When we returned
from our trip I "winged it" for the rest of that "school
year" using videos and trips to the library and museums. What
I found from this experiment was that my student, for lack of a
better description, saw most things in pictures and diagrams and
learned things from pictures and diagrams where I saw the world
as an ordered place and ran my life with lists and post-it notes.
[read on]
How
do I homeschool my gifted student?
by Amy Cortez, Editor - The Eclectic
Telegraph
Well, now, there's a question. If you have a gifted child you already
know how intense life can be. If you're just finding out that your
child is gifted, hang on for an exciting ride. [read
on]
What Do You know about Learning Styles?
Learning-styles-online.com
provides free information and tools to help you understand and use
learning styles effectively.
Learning
styles are a way to help improve your quality of learning. By understanding
your own personal styles, you can adapt the learning process and
techniques you use. This site is dedicated to helping you better
understand learning styles, as well as providing an easy way to
discover your own styles.
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Gifted
and Homeschooling
We brought our children home to give them an education that
knows no boundaries of intellect, and allows them the freedom
to learn within the comfort of our loving home.
I am a homeschooling Mom of three highly gifted children.
We use the educational philosophy known as "unschooling"
and prefer to allow our children to choose their learning
path.
View my complete profile about Me: Quiltsrwarm
I am a homeschooling Mom of three highly gifted children.
We use the educational philosophy known as "unschooling"
and prefer to allow our children to choose their learning
path.
View my complete profile
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Just
Enough, and Nothing More
Just enough discussion to make us think about
education and learning. Warning: may incite new ideas, life-long
learning and an opening of the mind.
From:
Tammy Takahashi lives in California with her loving husband
and three children, ages 8, 5 and 3. She is editor for the
California HomeSchooler magazine, publication of the Homeschool
Association of California. She has written for Home Education
Magazine, Live Free Learn Free Magazine, Life Learning Magazine
and others. She is also a regular contributor for the Life
Without School blog.
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Travelin'
With The Kid
blog.brightkidsathom.com
Read
about our adventures in our own back yard and on the road!
From a mom who has been homeschooling and traveling with
a highly gifted student for more than 5 years.
Windjammer
Ships and Pirate Adventures: Travelin’ With the Kid
Day 3: St. Bart's (Saint-Barthélemy)
Carnival in St. Barts, Beach Au Natural & Mick Jagger
Came to Town
The thing about traveling with The Kid is that you just
never know what is going to happen once you are on the road.
Read
about all of our recent adventures at
Travelin'
With the Kid
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Families
on the Road
The site for families who are on the road fulltime,
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Kids at Home
www.brightkidsathome.com
A practical website geared towards homeschooling and traveling with
gifted and talented students.
From a mom who has been homeschooling a highly gifted student for
more than 5 years. Here you will find ideas about how you might
homeschool your gifted student. You'll find ideas about how to homeschool
and travel. |
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Smart
or Stoopid test is purely meant to be a fun quiz to
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John
and Elizabeth Edwards are homeschooling thier children
while on the Campaign trail?
Elizabeth Edwards said she and her husband would hire a full-time
tutor to travel with the family. The experience would be an unforgettable
educational opportunity, she said, adding that other families have
taken their children out of school for mission trips or sailing
voyages around the world. |
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