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Gifted Homeschooling
In the last five years,
there has been a tremendous change in the number of
parents of gifted children who are homeschooling their
children for part or all of their curriculum. The
reasons for this are many - increased availability of
educational resources and support communities on the
Internet, generational differences in parents seeking
more time with their children, and the increased
educational backgrounds of women in general.
Some parents find
themselves homeschooling because of personal preference,
while other finds themselves pulled into it from because
of suboptimal experiences of their children at school or
horrible experiences balancing dual careers and
school-student mismatches.
Some families who leave school decide that they'll never
go back, while others take a wait-and-see attitude that
builds on their students' interests and development.
Parents of children with dyslexia or other twice
exceptionality may find it particularly tempting to
consider homeschooling in the elementary or middle
school years - homeschooling offers these students an
opportunity to have individualized work in their area of
weakness, but also accelerated work for particular
strengths.
Gifted dyslexic students and those with writing
difficulties or auditory processing problems may find it
particularly satisfying being able to choose classes of
conceptual interest and challenge that they would never
the opportunity to enjoy in public school. Keyboarding
and computer-based discussion sessions may allow
students to express their ideas more fully than classes
which may demand handwritten output or discussions
taking place in rooms with high background noise.
It's much easier to be a gifted homeschooler today -
besides the interesting online coursework - there's also
much more opportunity for out-of-class time that offer a
chances to develop specific talent areas, experiment
with advanced coursework, or apprentice with mentors out
in the community.
If you want to see what sorts of things we've been up
to, check out
Homeschooling at Our House.
From our blog, you may find various articles of interest
like
Creative Class Parents Turning to
Homeschooling. College-bound homeschoolers
have quite a lot to be proud of...including a higher
acceptance rate at Universities like Stanford, and
higher scores on all standardized tests, including the
SAT. Daniel Pink, author of Free Agent Nation,
writes more about homeschooling
here. More
homeschooling articles are available at the
Genius Denied site, the
Davidson Institute for Talent Development have said at
at least 50% of their scholars have been homeschooled
for at least part of their education.
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