Category: Gifted
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Another step in the schooling journey – Italian Elementrary
This Thursday, we’ll take another turn in Mariah’s schooling journey. She’ll begin first grade in Italian elementary school. We’ve been homeschooling since she finished kindergarden – technically since May when I was home for my summer break. I never expected I’d homeschool. After all I was a product of public school, earned a degree in elementary…
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The H word
Whelp. I’m coming out. Coming clean…we’re homeschooling. Technically I suppose we’ve been doing it since June, but now we’re getting serious about it. By serious I mean we bought curriculum and have somewhat of a plan. That plan? Some regular time carved out for school work with the curriculum. You guys. It’s not a detailed…
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Philosophy Change
As an education major in college, I was required to write a “Philosophy of Education” paper. All I remember about the assignment is that we had to write it. I have no idea what I wrote about. I feel like it was early in my program courses, but it seems to make sense to have…
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The G Word
One of the things I’ve been dealing with privately is the discovery that Mariah is indeed a “gifted” child. It’s been an interesting label to come to grips with. Of course we’ve always known she was smart and ahead of the curve with her verbal and reading skills. It’s why we sent her to French…