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Rivero, Lisa – Understanding Our Gifted, 2003
This article offers the following advice for parents of gifted students who wish to home school: have patience with the children and with yourself; practice the arts of home schooling and parenting; and persist in the face of complexity. Parents are urged to be flexible in accommodating changing learning style preferences. (Contains 2 references.)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Home Schooling, Parent Student Relationship
Rivero, Lisa – 2002
This book is intended to be a comprehensive guide to home schooling the gifted child. Part 1 focuses on how giftedness affects the choice to home school and how being gifted shapes a child's personality, behavior, and education. It also examines the parent's dual roles of parent and teacher and suggests keeping a Home School Journal. Part 2…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Home Schooling
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Rivero, Lisa – Roeper Review, 2002
Maslow's (1971) theory of primary creativeness is used as the basis for a self-actualization model of education. Examples of how to use the model in creative homeschooling are provided. Key elements include digressive and immersion learning, self-directed learning, and the integration of work and play. Teaching suggestions are provided. (Contains…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Discovery Learning