by One Unique Mom | Feb 1, 2017 | Gifted Homeschooling, Homeschool
Curriculum Homeschooling provides the opportunity for parents to customize curriculum based up individual student needs (Ray, 2002). Students who desire to focus upon a specific content area can revolve their education plan around his or her unique gifts and/or...
by One Unique Mom | Jan 31, 2017 | Gifted Homeschooling, Homeschool
Gifted? What is gifted? Who are the gifted? That are the questions that people have been asking for decades. Over the past century, giftedness has been defined as those who have a higher IQ. However, researchers are finding that...
by One Unique Mom | Jan 31, 2017 | Homeschool
America is one of the most diverse nations in the world. Travel to a major city and you can experience different cultures from around the world in different areas of the city. The experience can leave a person in awe at the creativeness of human nature. The same...
by One Unique Mom | Jan 31, 2017 | Gifted Homeschooling, Homeschool
Since the enactment of No Child Left Behind, gifted and talented programs have faced numerous hurdles. No Child Left Behind has taken focus off individual learning and placed the focus upon all students meeting a standard at the same rate (Gentry, 2006). NCLB...
by One Unique Mom | Jan 31, 2017 | Gifted Homeschooling, Homeschool
“Parenting a gifted child can sometimes be a lonely journey” (Nilles, 2014, p. 8). Gifted children often have asynchronous development, which causes a mismatch between their mental abilities and their mental maturity (Winstanley, 2009). A young...
by One Unique Mom | Jan 22, 2017 | Homeschool
Many public educators doubt the benefits of homeschooling (Butler, 2000). Despite the ever-growing databases of research on the benefits of homeschooling there remains several myths. The most common myths are included below. 1) Homeschooling produces social...
