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.
Episodes
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Aug 12, 2020 • 18min
RLL #81: [Audioblog] Managing Perfectionism: 10 Tips for Helping Your Child
In this episode, Colleen gives a picture of what perfectionism looks like with gifted kids, what the effect can be on them and offers ten practical tips to help your child manage perfectionism, even in the areas they naturally excel in.
Aug 5, 2020 • 43min
RLL #80: Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School? with Blake Boles
In today's episode, Colleen speaks with Blake Boles, author of "Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?' about self-driven learning for our kids.
Jul 29, 2020 • 15min
RLL #79: [Audioblog] Mislabeled Behavior And Undiagnosed Giftedness
Today, Colleen shares an audioblog written by Jennifer Vail, who details her family's struggle to understand the cause of their son's baffling behavior.
Jul 22, 2020 • 1h 2min
RLL #78: College For All with Trent Thompson
Colleen speaks with Trent Thompson on how College For All can help students earn college credit towards bachelor's degrees while still in high school.
Jul 15, 2020 • 17min
RLL #77: Asynchronous Development in Gifted Children
Today, Colleen shares an audioblog — an article that first appeared on the site — written by Cait Curley on parenting the asynchronous gifted child.
Jul 8, 2020 • 44min
RLL #76: Creating the Adventurous Family with Rachel Rainbolt
Colleen explores gentle parenting, natural homeschooling, simple living, "adventuring" and more with Rachel Rainbolt of Sage Parenting.
Jul 1, 2020 • 11min
RLL #75: [Audioblog] Dear Tired Mama of Gifted Kids
Today, Colleen shares an audioblog - an article that first appeared on the site - to encourage you that you are NOT alone, tired mama of gifted kids.
Jun 24, 2020 • 43min
RLL #74: Solving the Transcript Problem with Maya & Nina Serna
In this episode, Colleen meets Maya & Nina Serna who have developed the mobile app, Homieschooler, to make record keeping simpler and transcripts easier to generate. Listen in to hear about these highly motivated teens and the tool they created that makes self-directed learning easier to track.
Jun 17, 2020 • 16min
RLL #73: [Audioblog] Falling Unexpectedly In Love with Homeschooling My Gifted Child
In today’s episode, Colleen shares an audioblog — an article that first appeared on the site — written by contributor and community manager, Jennifer Vail. She details how she came into homeschooling under duress but as a result, found a true, loving adventure with her quirky son.
Jun 10, 2020 • 55min
RLL #72: Profoundly Gifted Kids and Radical Acceleration with Michelle and Elliott Tanner
Today, Colleen speaks with Michelle Tanner and her profoundly gifted son, Elliott, about the wonderful journey they’ve taken to radically accelerate Elliott to college at the tender age of 11.
