Our education struggles for our gifted little boy

Links pertaining to home schoolers, gifted home schoolers, individual blogs, etc.

• GHF giftedhomeschoolers.org/blogs.html Gifted and Homeschooling: Blogs from Around the World Posted at 3:22pm on Thu, May 21 2009

• Suki Wessling's blog www.parentclick.com/BlogPost.html?id=1134 She's in Santa Cruz, a homeschooler, and a marvel at ideas Posted at 10:45am on Thu, May 28 2009

• Homeschool Legal Defense Association www.hslda.org/join/default.asp If you homeschool, keep this link close Posted at 1:57pm on Sun, Jun 07 2009

• California Homeschool Network californiahomeschool.net/default.htm Already this group has been so helpful I can't even begin to describe it. Posted at 2:01pm on Sun, Jun 07 2009

• Balderdash & Blokus balderdashandblokus.blogspot.com/ Knowing many things doesn't teach insight but exploring many things can prove to be rather fun! Posted at 1:12pm on Tue, Jun 09 2009

• Ramblings of a mom on a roll... www.homeschoolblogger.com/MOMflippedisWOW Unschooler at home. Posted at 1:14pm on Tue, Jun 09 2009

If we've found a great place for worksheets, craft ideas, etc., you'll find the links here

• Super Kids www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/mixed/mixed1.shtml Form your own math worksheets Posted at 6:19pm on Thu, May 21 2009

• About HomeSchooling: Geography homeschooling.about.com/od/freeprintables/qt/geogprintables.htm For geography worksheets Posted at 5:22pm on Thu, May 21 2009

• TLS Books Free Worksheets www.tlsbooks.com/scienceworksheets.htm Printable worksheets Posted at 6:22pm on Thu, May 21 2009

• Moving Beyond the Page www.movingbeyondthepage.com/ Very popular curriculum for homeschoolers of gifted children. Posted at 6:25pm on Thu, May 21 2009

• Speekaboos www.speakaboos.com/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=SEMhome Fun educational resources including worksheets, etc. Posted at 2:29pm on Fri, May 22 2009

• Teaching Ideas www.teachingideas.co.uk/index.shtml This is an outstanding site from the UK that is chock full of fun ideas and lesson plans. Posted at 7:37pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009

This is developmental information, how to handle certain behaviors, things to help grow a healthy kid

• Perfectionism Article from Hoagies www.hoagiesgifted.org/perfectionHG.htm Perfectionism affects most gifted kids. See what Hoagies has to say about it. Posted at 2:30pm on Fri, May 22 2009

• Hoagies Gifted 101 www.hoagiesgifted.org/gifted_101.htm Think your child might fit the "gifted" category? Did you know there was more than one? Check it out. Posted at 7:49pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009

• RI Gifted and Talented Page www.ri.net/gifted_talented/character.html Great page on identifying the gifted and talented, including the myths and misconceptions. This is also where I got the information from my page "Genius can be deceiving" Posted at 7:55pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009

Studies that affect your child's education, public, private, or otherwise

• Crisis in the Kindergarten www.allianceforchildhood.org/sites/allianceforchildhood.org/files/file/kindergarten_report.pdf Study that shows why play is necessary to a child's natural development. Posted at 6:09pm on Thu, May 21 2009

• 2007 ALEC Education Report www.alec.org/am/pdf/2007_ALEC_Education_Report_Card.pdf Want to know the statistics on public education? Here's one place to find them. My state ranked 40th that year. Yeah, 40th out of 50. Not great. Posted at 7:47pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009

As this website wasn't compiled to necessarily promote homeschooling over any other method, and since all children are different, these are other approaches to learning you may need to look into.

• The Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning www.nipissingu.ca/jual/ This journal seeks to bring together an international community of scholars exploring the topic of unschooling and alternative learning, which espouses learner centered democratic approaches to learning. JUAL is also a space to reveal the limitations of mainstream schooling. Posted at 6:14pm on Thu, May 21 2009

• The Gifted Kids Struggle in the Regular Classroom www.helium.com/items/1012134-the-gifted-childs-struggle-in-the-regular-classroom One story about a six year old suffocating in a school that cannot manage his mind Posted at 1:28pm on Fri, May 22 2009

• Baby Center Article "Gifted Children in Regular Classrooms" community.babycenter.com/talk/a7919315/gifted_children_in_regular_classrooms? Article about the inequities of "special education" when it comes to gifted children Posted at 7:40pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009

• Eduratio www.eduratio.be/advocacy.html How to advocate for your child in a regular classroom Posted at 7:41pm on Mon, Jun 08 2009