Creative Home Schooling: A Resource Guide for Smart Families

by Lisa Rivero

Overview

About the Author

Lisa Rivero, a freelance writer, began home schooling her son after second grade. She leads a book discussion group for home schooled children, and participates in several cooperative learning groups, including both home schooled and traditionally schooled children. She has taught gifted and creative learners in elementary classrooms and in college.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780910707480
Publisher:	Great Potential Press, Inc.
Publication date:	12/28/2005
Pages:	401
Product dimensions:	8.48(w) x 10.86(h) x 0.85(d)

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Introduction

This book is not about our journey. As I did my research, I gradually began to put together the kinds of resources that I wish I'd had when we started. I decided to write the kind of home schooling book I wish I'd had--one that is informed by the research and scholarship of gifted education and home schooling advocates as well as by the wisdom of other families of home schooled gifted learners who agreed to be interviewed and to share their experiences. You'll meet these families in Chapter 1 and throughout the book. Their experiences and examples offer refreshing alternatives to the stereotype of home school parents who pull their children from school only to push them to go higher and faster or to hide them from the rest of the world. You'll meet parents who seek to discover what learning is all about. Sometimes this means scrambling to keep up with their children's young, quick, creative minds!

...We are grateful. Home schooling is certainly not for everyone, but for us and for thousands of other families, home schooling offers a respite from sometimes inappropriate education, or in some cases, a long-term or near-permanent alternative to formal education. It is my hope that other families can realize the sense of joy and wholeness home schooling can bring, including reduced stress and the freedom to learn according to the child's need. I hope that this book will serve as a source of support, inspiration, and information for other parents who are considering home schooling a child who is intense, creative, and wonderfully complex.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
Part 1. At Home With Gifted Children
Chapter 1. The Decision
Chapter 2. Traits of Giftedness
Chapter 3. Social and Emotional Needs
Chapter 4. Intellectual Needs
Chapter 5. Learning Styles: Learning With a Difference
Chapter 6. The Full-time Parent/Teacher
Part 2. Creating Your Home School Approach
Chapter 7. Getting Started
Chapter 8. Curriculum Matters
Chapter 9. Unschooling and Self-directed Learning
Chapter 10. Studying Individual Subjects
Chapter 11. Classical Home Schooling
Chapter 12. Unit Studies: What's the Big Idea?
Part 3. Your Creative Home School Toolbox
Chapter 13. Paperwork, Documentation, and Testing
Chapter 14. Special Topics
Chapter 15. Home School Resource
References
Resource Index by Ability Level and Subject
Index
About the Author
Table 8.1 Curriculum Planning Grid
Table 12.1 Capitalizing on Learning Strengths
Table 13.1 Weekly Learning Record and Planner
Table 13.2 Home School Report Card

What People are Saying About This

David S. Lawyer

a must read for any home schooling parents and useful for any teacher of gifted students.
— Nebraska Association for Gifted Newsletter

Editorial Reviews

This terrific book is for homeschooling parents and more - there is information for schooling parents, school teachers, gifted teachers, and more, on gifted children, learning styles, internet resources, and so much more!
— Hoagiesgifted.org

Carolyn Kottmeyer

Creative Home Schooling For Gifted Children by experienced and expert homeschooler Lisa Rivero is a solid, accessible, "user friendly" guide packed with advice, information, ideas, and insights on homeschooling especially gifted children. From designing an effective and educational homeschooling curriculum, to administering tests to preparing for college, Creative Home Schooling For Gifted Children is a well-rounded resource and highly recommended for parents of intellectually gifted children of any age and who are striving to keep those children academically engaged, challenged, and achieving.

Midwest Book Review

This book will at once reassure anxious parents that they are not alone in this voyage.
—author of And the Skylark Sings with Me, and columnist, Home Education Magazine

David Albert

Lisa Rivero is one of the best writers of information on home schooling, an increasingly important topic.
—publisher and editor, Gifted Education Press

Maurice Fisher

Fantastic how-to and resource tips are everywhere you look. I hope 10,000 librarians buy this book!
—Manager, Waukesha Public Library and author of A Guide to Home Schooling for Librarians

David Brostrom

From parents to teachers to camp counselors, this is a great guide for any educator.

Bookpage

Even if you don't homeschool, this book gives insight into the process of educating a gifted young person.

Outlook

The uniqueness of this book derives from Rivero's mastery of the subject and her extraordinary ability to meaningfully weave educational research findings, parent comments, and information from various resources.

Gifted Education News-Page