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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Feb 24, 2021 • 48min
RLL #107: Learning as an Unschooling Family with Robyn Robertson
We are convinced homeschooling is the best way to educate our gifted and 2E kids, through self-directed learning and unschooling. This week, Colleen speaks with Robyn Robertson of Honey, I'm Homeschooling the Kids about unschooling. The conversation continues at https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/episode107
Feb 17, 2021 • 14min
RLL #106: Young Gifted Children | Reflections from Parents
Research shows that parents are pretty accurate when identifying their young children as gifted. Today's episode is an audioblog of a post that first appeared on the website, where Colleen asked parents to think back to when their young children were infants or toddlers and share in their own words what traits and characteristics made them realize their child was gifted. More over at the website, rll.bz/podcast
Feb 10, 2021 • 51min
RLL #105: Parenting ADHD and Autism with Penny Williams
Today, Colleen speaks with Penny Williams of Parenting ADHD and Autism about how we really need to be okay with who our neurodiverse kiddos are and learn how to celebrate their differences. Parenting them takes intentionality. This is a terrific conversation to glean wisdom from two parents who have faced struggles that are common in parenting atypical kids.
Feb 3, 2021 • 40min
RLL #104: A Conversation on Mindset with Shawna Wingert
Today, Colleen and Shawna Wingert have a conversation about mindset, specifically to help gifted and 2E families move away from rigid and inflexible thinking. They also discuss the incredible resources inside the RLL membership community, The Learner's Lab.
Jan 27, 2021 • 41min
RLL #103: Entrepreneurial Mindset with Brian Weisfeld
Today, Colleen speaks with Brian Weisfeld, girls' entrepreneurship advocate and author of The Start Up Squad, about how encouraging an entrepreneurial mindset can be a key component to helping all kids, boys included, to develop important life skills, follow their passions, and reach their full potential.
Jan 20, 2021 • 42min
RLL #102: A Conversation about Connection with Shawna Wingert
This week, Colleen has a conversation with Shawna Wingert about connection: how important it is to foster connection with your kids, encourage the relationships between siblings, and build a culture of connection as a family and as part of your community.
Jan 13, 2021 • 55min
RLL #101: Project-Based Learning with Cindy West
Listen as we speak with Cindy West of Our Journey Westward about how she has used project-based learning to interest and excite in her homeschool, and her recommendations on how to get started on the path to this form of learning in your own home.
Jan 6, 2021 • 37min
RLL #100: A Celebration of 100 Episodes
We're celebrating our 100th episode with favorite snippets and comments from the past 99 episodes, all related to our quirky, gifted, and/or 2e families.
Dec 16, 2020 • 25min
RLL #99: Guest Host Shawna Wingert Reads from Raising Resilient Sons
Today's episode is guest-hosted by Shawna Wingert of Different by Design Learning who shares the first chapter of Colleen's book Raising Resilient Sons: A Boy Mom's Guide to Building a Strong, Confident and Emotionally Intelligent Family.
Dec 9, 2020 • 51min
RLL #98: Enjoying Literature with Kendra Fletcher
In this podcast, Colleen speaks with Kendra Fletcher, long-time homeschooler and teacher of all things literature, on how enjoying the study of literature helps our kiddos to see it's importance for themselves and for humanity.
