Dear World, let’s talk. I’ve been spending hours upon hours on character training, talking about kindness, respect, reading books that model healthy social relationships, and you seem insistent on highlighting my kid’s intelligence. We know he’s smart. He knows he’s smart. He’s been told since he was 1. In fact, he’s overconfident in his own…
Author: Heather
Globe trotting English teacher turned home schooler to three curious little people
It’s Not that Simple! – Big Emotions and Major Life Events
recently it’s becoming clearer that his unwillingness to approach these subjects is actually much more closely related to Emotional Overexcitabilities (OEs). He feels things so deeply that things which would, for others, be joyful, end up being excruciatingly overstimulating. The tooth fairy isn’t fun. She’s terrifying in the anticipation of when/what/how much.
Chain Reactions in Slo-Mo
I love domino runs for what they teach kids – the planning, patience, fine motor control, cause & effect, variables, spatial reasoning, and our kids love the cool effects, especially when we film it in slow motion and they get to watch them fall again & again.
Homeschooling – 2 week update
When you engage your kids, every day is a homeschooling day.
Easy Solar Eclipse T-Shirts
The eclipse is only 2 days away, and we wanted to do something to at the same time Anticipate what we’re going to experience with the eclipse (though we’re in a 70% zone) and Create something memorable to commemorate the event. We’re not highly crafty, and I wanted a project the kids could really own….
A Scooter, a Walker, and a Tricyclist – a tale of processing speeds
We’re all outfitted with different brain processing speeds. They’re innate characteristics of how we’re made. They are NOT intelligence. Some of the most brilliant people I know take a long time answering a question, and the opposite rings true as well.
Wonderschooling 