Not too long ago, when my daughter would wake up telling me she felt sick, I wouldn’t feel her forehead and send her back to bed. I would instead feel total panic. My first reaction was to say, “you look fine. Go to school and have them call me if you still feel sick.” Her…
A while ago, I discovered that our district does not have a newspaper or a magazine for student content. This bothered me because I had an intuitive feeling that this type of planning and writing would be very good for our students’ current disdain for lack of interest in writing. I had time (sort of)…
For Christmas my father sent me the new Kindle Fire HD 8. He and I spend a lot of time reading and talking about reading together. He loves his Kindle and wanted to be sure I had one that worked. My old Kindle hadn’t been working for a while, but I hadn’t noticed much because…
When I work with gifted kids, I’m amazed by their lack of understanding about what interests them. They know how to surf the net exhaustively for Youtube videos that make them laugh, but not what skills and practices further their interests. Developing interests and passions is critical to these students. Many people out there tell…
My Christmas break has been fraught with arguments, yells, and occasionally the slam of a door. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had a wonderful holiday. Living with gifted children is just this way. I grew up in an argumentative family, so I’m used to and prone to it. My husband did not. His house might’ve…
Recently after commenting on KJ Dell’Antonia’s FaceBook page about how I manage homework in my house, she asked me to explain my ten minute per subject rule better. She said it didn’t sound possible (it isn’t always). We took an hour to chat about it. She told me my concepts and parenting methods sounded a bit…