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This full text article by Kathryn Kearney features interviews with two families homeschooling extremely gifted children. The article explores the families' reasons for making this choice. The discussion also covers day-to-day practices and strategies employed by the families.
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This full text article by Kathi Kearney is a bibliography and resource list representing much of the written record in this century about gifted children and homeschooling. A majority of the readings discuss issues of exceptionally and profoundly gifted children who are homeschooling. The authors come from a very wide variety of educational, religious, and philosophical perspectives.
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This full text article tells the story of Molly Richman, a 16-year old high school senior who scored a 1560 out of 1600 on the SAT. She also received the highest scores (5) on five advanced placement exams: English, French, literature, psychology, and U.S. history. The other amazing aspect about Molly is that she was homeschooled. Read about her amazing siblings as well in this article by Pamela Winnick.
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This full text article by the Davidson Institute for Talent Development addresses some of the issues that commonly arise for homeschoolers, as well as suggestions that will help you find success should you decide to explore homeschooling as an option. The suggestions offered include the following: know the law; network; be flexible; get organized; see everything as a teaching opportunity; find a tutor or a mentor; enroll in classes; use the schools; meet standards; prepare for college. Homeschooling is not a decision to be taken lightly as it d...
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This full text article by Muriel Knope is a personal perspective on homeschooling. The mother who wrote it discusses her experience with trying to advocate for her child in the public school system. She also talks about her decision to pull him out of the system and educate him at home where his educational materials would be a challenge and of interest to him.
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This full text article by Christine Foster describes Stanford's perspective on admitting homeschooled students to their University. In addition, it highlights the pre-college experiences of several homeschooled students and discusses their transition to Stanford. Stanford University admissions office is becoming increasingly interested in homeschool students. Why? Because they have "intellectual vitality."
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This full text article by Barbara Kantrowicz and Debra Rosenberg reports on the growing number of exceptionally gifted children being taught at home. The authors explore some of the reasons for this trend. They also examine some of the practical issues involved.
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This full text article, by Lynn Schnaiberg, features an in-depth look at four homeschooling families. One of those families is homeschooling profoundly gifted children. Each of the families uses a different approach to homeschooling and each cites unique reasons for the decision.
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This full text article is the Table of Contents for The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook by Rebecca Rupp. This exhaustive and comprehensive sourcebook provides parents and teachers with information on all the resources needed to plan a well-balanced curriculum for the home or the classroom. From preschool through high school, it covers not only the basic academic subjects - the three R's - but also addresses interests that are off the beaten path of public school curricula, such as paleontology and meteorology.
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This full text article by Meredith Warshaw gives many tips and resources for parents who choose to homeschool their twice-exceptional child. Homeschooling is oftentimes a good option for twice exceptional children because it allows for different levels of individual subjects to be taught. It also allows one to focus on the child in the ways that work best for that particular student. However, successful homeschooling is extremely challenging for both the parent and child.
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