Comments on: Creative Characteristics of Gifted Children & Homeschool http://livingwithlivewires.com/dont-fence-me-in/gifted-education Freeing Potential in Bright, Creative & Emerging Families Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:23:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anika http://livingwithlivewires.com/dont-fence-me-in/gifted-education/comment-page-1#comment-374 Anika Fri, 29 May 2009 07:44:29 +0000 http://livingwithlivewires.com/?p=202#comment-374 Great post! Too true, the opportunities are ever before us if only we might open our eyes to see. Simply stopping to smell the preverbial roses, can open up such wonderful discussions... "Mother why are the roses different colors, Mother why are they different shaped? Did you see these are tight and those are not? Mother do you wonder why these are clustered and these are spaced?" and so on.. What a grand opportunity for photography! Allowing documentation of nature, and when the wonderous nature walk is over, an opportunity arrises for the child to research the variety of roses IF they so desire... Perhaps it is enough to have noted the differences... Perhaps they will wish to learn of grafting, and planting etc, Perhaps the child will wish to learn the name of each rose in their language as well as in Latin, and make a miniture book or blog of their adventures... the possibilities are endless... When we do as you have so beautifully suggested and relax, emphasising exploration, nurturing their natural ability to closely observe differences in Nature... again excellent post. sorry for the ramble :) Great post! Too true, the opportunities are ever before us if only we might open our eyes to see. Simply stopping to smell the preverbial roses, can open up such wonderful discussions… “Mother why are the roses different colors, Mother why are they different shaped? Did you see these are tight and those are not? Mother do you wonder why these are clustered and these are spaced?” and so on.. What a grand opportunity for photography! Allowing documentation of nature, and when the wonderous nature walk is over, an opportunity arrises for the child to research the variety of roses IF they so desire… Perhaps it is enough to have noted the differences… Perhaps they will wish to learn of grafting, and planting etc, Perhaps the child will wish to learn the name of each rose in their language as well as in Latin, and make a miniture book or blog of their adventures… the possibilities are endless…
When we do as you have so beautifully suggested and relax, emphasising exploration, nurturing their natural ability to closely observe differences in Nature…
again excellent post. sorry for the ramble :)

]]> By: Annie Peters http://livingwithlivewires.com/dont-fence-me-in/gifted-education/comment-page-1#comment-22 Annie Peters Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:05:06 +0000 http://livingwithlivewires.com/?p=202#comment-22 I'm a bit behind on my reading, but this is a terrific post. You've put into words what I attempt to do with my sons. However, in the rush of life and with one eye inevitably on the lesson plans, it's so easy to fall back on workbooks. I only hope I live up to my (and apparently your) standard. Thanks for the reminder! I’m a bit behind on my reading, but this is a terrific post. You’ve put into words what I attempt to do with my sons. However, in the rush of life and with one eye inevitably on the lesson plans, it’s so easy to fall back on workbooks. I only hope I live up to my (and apparently your) standard.

Thanks for the reminder!

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