Gifted learners need individualized learning. This is often challenging, or nearly impossible in a traditional classroom setting, so many parents of gifted children have chosen to homeschool. Homeschooling allows parents to create a curriculum individually tailored to their child’s academic needs and interests.
Gifted learners can become easily bored if they are not stimulated academically. So how does a parent make sure their gifted learners stay engaged ?
- Provide high quality reading material. Check with your childrens’ librarian for lists of great literature for advanced readers.
- Let them follow their interests. Be flexible enough with your child to let them learn longer, farther, and more intensely on subjects that capture their fancy. Gifted learners need to go below the surface of most subjects to really stay interested.
- Allow them to work at their own pace. Don’t feel bound by grade levels. Gifted students may need to work one, two, or even three grade levels ahead of the norm in certain subjects in order to remain challenged.
- Integrate technology into their learning. Computers spark excitement in many gifted children because information is always available to them and can come in many forms - - in writing, pictures, or sounds.
The Time4Learning homeschool curriculum has many features which can benefit a gifted learner. It is educationally challenging, allows students to work at varying grade levels for each subject, can be completed as quickly or slowly as a student desires, and works with almost any learning style. The program can also be used as a standalone curriculum, or as a supplement to other materials.
To find out more about how Time4Learning can benefit your gifted child, click here for more information.
Posted under Gifted Learners, Homeschool, Online Learning, homeschool curriculum
This post was written by Kerry on December 30, 2008
