Sure! My sister-in-law does a week's worth of math in one day, then the next day she has her kids do a week's worth of history, then science, then language arts, and I can't remember what she does on the 5th day, but I know it's another "block" day. It works well for her kids because they can focus better on each subject.
@@KSLewisLearningHonestly this is genius and would probably work really well for my kids who just want to keep working on the first thing they work on that day.
Great question! You can take 3 paths: 1) You join a huge waitlist to get an IQ test with a child psychologist who does the testing for local school systems, but there are typically only a couple of them in the largest cities in any state. 2) You join a really huge waitlist with one of a handful of psychologists in the world who will give your child a qualitative (and more accurate) assessment of giftedness. The only group I definitely know of is in Bolder Colorado, but there are probably a couple others. 3) You read all the books and blogs you can find written by gifted education professionals, psychologists, and gifted organizations. Then you evaluate your own child based on that information. This is what works for most homeschool parents because they don't need to take advantage of a "gifted" program at a public or private school. If you have a profoundly gifted child, then getting an official IQ test would be necessary to take advantage of programs like the Davidson Institute has. Honestly, it should be fairly obvious that your child is behaving differently from their peers in the younger years, but as they get older they may learn to mask their giftedness in order to be accepted by kids their age. Other adults will also notice this difference and frequently comment on it to you, so it will not just be your personal bias about how awesome your kid is. Here is the characteristics list that was most helpful to me when I first started researching the topic: dev.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/my-child-gifted/common-characteristics-gifted-individuals/traits I've also got a video coming out in about 1 month of what giftedness looks like in my son right now which should help answer your question too!
Hi! I wanted to add that our county will allow a homeschooled child to still be tested for the gifted program in case you wanted to enroll them in public school at a later time. I haven’t done it yet but am curious about their assessment and it’s free.
I love and appreciate this video so much. Although I don’t believe to have a gifted learner at the moment, I found so much value in this video. I love the idea of blocking interests! Such a great idea for even adhd children who love to hyper fixate on specific topics!
This was really helpful. My son is 8 and I have four kids and know he needs a little extra and I’m just now trying to figure out how to do that!😅
Can you share more about your sister's schedule? Doing one subject a day?
Sure! My sister-in-law does a week's worth of math in one day, then the next day she has her kids do a week's worth of history, then science, then language arts, and I can't remember what she does on the 5th day, but I know it's another "block" day. It works well for her kids because they can focus better on each subject.
@@KSLewisLearningHonestly this is genius and would probably work really well for my kids who just want to keep working on the first thing they work on that day.
Hi sweet friend! I just wanted to ask how you would assess a child to see if they're gifted. Thank you! 🙏☺️
Great question!
Great question! You can take 3 paths: 1) You join a huge waitlist to get an IQ test with a child psychologist who does the testing for local school systems, but there are typically only a couple of them in the largest cities in any state. 2) You join a really huge waitlist with one of a handful of psychologists in the world who will give your child a qualitative (and more accurate) assessment of giftedness. The only group I definitely know of is in Bolder Colorado, but there are probably a couple others. 3) You read all the books and blogs you can find written by gifted education professionals, psychologists, and gifted organizations. Then you evaluate your own child based on that information. This is what works for most homeschool parents because they don't need to take advantage of a "gifted" program at a public or private school. If you have a profoundly gifted child, then getting an official IQ test would be necessary to take advantage of programs like the Davidson Institute has.
Honestly, it should be fairly obvious that your child is behaving differently from their peers in the younger years, but as they get older they may learn to mask their giftedness in order to be accepted by kids their age. Other adults will also notice this difference and frequently comment on it to you, so it will not just be your personal bias about how awesome your kid is.
Here is the characteristics list that was most helpful to me when I first started researching the topic: dev.nagc.org/resources-publications/resources/my-child-gifted/common-characteristics-gifted-individuals/traits
I've also got a video coming out in about 1 month of what giftedness looks like in my son right now which should help answer your question too!
Hi! I wanted to add that our county will allow a homeschooled child to still be tested for the gifted program in case you wanted to enroll them in public school at a later time. I haven’t done it yet but am curious about their assessment and it’s free.
I love and appreciate this video so much. Although I don’t believe to have a gifted learner at the moment, I found so much value in this video. I love the idea of blocking interests! Such a great idea for even adhd children who love to hyper fixate on specific topics!
@@meganrose22 I'm glad I could inspire you!