Posts by Panthira

I'm confused on what the term "unschooling" means, sometimes. I mean, I know it means child-led learning, but then somehow it feels as though it's become too enmeshed into other styles of living. I don't know. I think what you...

My son is going on 6 yrs old, and he's always been homeschooled. I've been finding it a challenge to keep up with him and his need to be mentally stimulated. He will follow me all day long begging for mind-challenging activities and...

Thank you for sharing, Lillian. We missed the conference this year, and it was nice to hear your voice. You are so beautiful, btw, and everything you said made perfect sense. I really thought the kids in the video spoke well, about...

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I'd be interested as well... I know there are patchwork camp shirts, but I've never made anything like that, nor would know how!

You sound like a V-S learner to me. Even your thread title is misspelled, yet your writing is fine. That's something I would do, because I often feel a need to pull the word up in my head visually - which takes a huge amount of effort...

Such a complicated question. My DS2 sounds a lot like the OP's kid. Loves books, and I just finished reading a 13 chapter book to him a few minutes ago - all in one sitting - yet he has no interest in really reading. He's really into...

OP, your kid does sound gifted. How gifted, who can really quantify? I have a friend that believes giftedness just means how well you read, how well you understand what you read, and she doesn't believe there are different forms of...

I will probably get slammed for this, but I don't believe reading early, and recognizing numbers and letters, is always an indicator of giftedness. My kids have never read early, and didn't particularly recognize letters (although one...

Great ideas. Not sure what a work box is, but I'll look it up in a few. I love the idea of having activities planned without the rigorous time schedule behind it. I think that would work out well. And the card idea is brilliant. I think...