| "We home school, in the words of Annemarie | | | | extremely beneficial for parents to be aware of: |
| Roeper, to educate for life rather than simply to | | | | (1) why their children seem different, and |
| educate for success." | | | | (2) that the difference is real and necessitates |
| In the aftermath of the 911 bombings, when Lisa | | | | unique parenting and educational approaches. |
| Rivero was finishing writing this book, realization | | | | I cannot adequately describe the relief I felt when |
| came to her of exactly how profound of a | | | | I finally met other parents who, like me, were |
| statement this actually was. She says, "I began to | | | | accused of being pushy when their young children |
| understand on a new level. We don't learn about | | | | taught themselves to read before school age, or |
| architecture or read great books or study world | | | | who felt helpless as they watched their child's |
| countries in order "to home school." We home | | | | extreme and painful sensitivity, or who struggled |
| school so that we're free to learn about life in its | | | | to keep up with the reasoning powers of a |
| unpredictable complexity. We home school to ask | | | | six-year-old asking a question a minute." |
| questions and to seek answers for ourselves, to | | | | This book, and its 400 pages, is a wealth of |
| put ourselves in another's place, to begin to forge | | | | information! Chapters cover subjects such as: |
| new connections and relationships for a new global | | | | Traits of Giftedness, Social and Emotional Needs, |
| community, to do our small part as citizens of the | | | | Intellectual Needs, Learning Styles - Learning With |
| world." | | | | a Difference, Creating Your Home School |
| Says author, David H. Albert, author of "And the | | | | Approach, Your Creative Home School Toolbox, |
| Skylark Sings with Me: Adventures in | | | | and chapters on Paperwork, Documentation, & |
| Homeschooling and Community-Based Education, | | | | Testing, Special Topics, plus so much, much more. |
| "Giftedness, whether of the intellectual or other | | | | In her book are also sections on Resources for |
| varieties, exists on a continuum like most other | | | | Gifted Children, References, publishers who offer |
| characteristics." | | | | curriculum for gifted students, websites to help |
| Parents of gifted children face unique challenges | | | | parents of gifted children, software companies, |
| that are seldom discussed or taken seriously by | | | | and more. If you think your child is gifted, or you |
| other parents or school personnel," says Lisa. | | | | are looking for support in educating your gifted |
| "While parents should not become preoccupied | | | | child, then I would seriously recommend that you |
| with a child's potential nor should they organize the | | | | check into owning this book. I believe that you |
| entire family around the gifted child, it is | | | | can glean a lot from it! |