Raising Lifelong Learners
Colleen Kessler
The Raising Lifelong Learners podcast helps homeschooling parents encourage their differently-wired kids to learn, explore passions, cultivate creativity, and become fascinated by the world around them. Join host Colleen Kessler -- educational consultant, gifted specialist, author, and speaker -- for interviews, audioblogs, tips, and encouragement to help your differently-wired kiddos become lifelong learners -- children who know that they can find the answers to anything they want to know if they can just view their world with play, passion, and fascination.
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Mar 2, 2022 • 46min
RLL#147: Homeschooling Tips For Wiggly Kids
This series is all about homeschooling a child with ADHD. Today, Colleen shares her best tips for homeschooling a child who struggles with sitting still and is often "wiggly" throughout their learning.
Feb 16, 2022 • 38min
RLL#146: ADHD And Your Homeschool, An Overview
In this episode, we kick off our new series all about homeschooling with ADHD. Today, our focus is an overview of ADHD, and how it impacts your child and your homeschool. Colleen also shares tips for successfully homeschooling your child with ADHD.
Feb 9, 2022 • 36min
RLL#145: Emotional Overexcitabilities And Your Gifted Child
In this episode, we continue our overexcitabilities series for parents of gifted children. Today, the focus is on emotional excitabilities and gifted children. Colleen discusses what these overexcitabilities are and how to support and help your child.
Feb 2, 2022 • 37min
RLL#144: Imaginational Overexcitabilities And Your Gifted Child
In this episode, we continue our overexcitabilities series for parents of gifted children. Today, the focus is Imaginational Overexcitabilities and gifted children. Colleen discusses what these overexcitabilities are and how to help your child.
Jan 26, 2022 • 32min
RLL#143: Intellectual Overexcitabilities And Your Gifted Child
This continues our overexcitabilities series for parents of gifted children. Today, Colleen explores intellectual overexcitabilities and gifted children.
Jan 19, 2022 • 35min
RLL #142 Gifted Children and Sensual Overexcitabilities
In today's episode, we continue our overexcitabilities series for parents of gifted children. Today, the focus is sensual excitabilities and gifted children. Colleen discusses what these overexcitabilities are and how to help your child.
Oct 20, 2021 • 25min
RLL #141: Eclectic Homeschooling Works For Gifted Kids
Taking an eclectic approach to homeschooling when your child is gifted or twice exceptional makes sense. In fact, I believe it to be one of the best ways to engage and challenge a gifted learner. Today, I am sharing 101 reasons why!
Oct 13, 2021 • 24min
RLL #140: Psychomotor Overexcitabilities And Gifted Children
In today's episode, we continue our overexcitabilities series for parents of gifted children. Today, the focus is psychomotor excitabilities and our gifted children. Colleen discusses what these overexcitabilities are and how to help your child.
Oct 7, 2021 • 29min
RLL #139: The Importance Of Play For Your Entire Family
It's easy to think of examples of how play helps young children and preschoolers. But what about older kids, teens, and even adults? The importance of play for your entire family is significant and the focus of our discussion today.
Sep 30, 2021 • 40min
A Guide To Overexcitabilities And Gifted Children
Gifted children tend to have multiple intensities. These intensities are also referred to as overexcitabilities. In today's episode, Colleen introduces the theory of overexcitabilities and shares support and encouragement for parenting gifted children with intensities.
