Posts by SkySunSea

I love The Critical Thinking Co. They have workbooks that my daughter has a great time working through. And they aren't your traditional academic workbooks. www.criticalthinking.com We used their books for our...

Karne, Thanks for the clarification. Yep, the above is just based on what very, very limited knowledge I have about the curriculum. So what I wrote above should be read with the emphasis on my qualifiers like "may be...

Karen, Have you made a decision yet? I am writing because I am very, good, old friends with the primary person behind the new charter. She is very smart herself and has wonderful, bright kids. I think Waldorf can work for gifted...

I love reading about all your kids - the younger ones who are doing all those things I can barely remember now..to those who just blow me away with their talents, interests and abilities. Thanks for sharing My dd, age 10 (Just turned...

Awww..no advice, really. This just made my heart hurt. My dd, 10, still likes us to read to her, sometimes that is. She is also a very fast reader. We read YA novels to dd at age 7 - dragon books (Eragon) and some other SF books. I...

Please check out my post in Learning at School. Thanks! http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1211468

Hey all, I am looking for anyone who has experience with the Sandra Kaplan model for teaching gifted kids (Dr. Sandra Kaplan of USC). I went and visited a school on Wednesday that is a modified homeschool program that uses this model....

Thanks for all your replies. I am concerned about depression, because she has mentioned that too me - she really doesn't like school. She isn't active in any sports outside of school right now, she isn't much of a joiner, but we did...

So, my daughter doesn't read all night long - she'd love too, I am sure. Instead, she reads at school. All. The. Time. Since dd was identified as potentially having Aspergers Syndrome by the school psychologist, I have been reading...

Heavenly, I don't have any particularly good wisdom or insight, just some empathy and understanding. I am sorry you are going through this. This happens so often, all I can think of is that it is no wonder that so many of our...