Raising Lifelong Learners
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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 282
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
RLL #163: How do we let go of our older children and give them the space they need?
Colleen tackles another listener question - "How do we let go of our older children and give them the space they need?"
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RLL #162: Motivating Your High Schooler - My Best Homeschool Tips
It can feel overwhelming when we think about homeschooling teens through the high school years, but it doesn't have to be! In this episode, Colleen shares her best advice and tips to help your high s…
RLL #161: Practical Strategies For Helping Anxious Kids
Colleen concludes this series all about children with anxiety with a practical and honest discussion of stragtegies we can use to help our anxious kids.
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RLL #160: Anxiety and Learning
This episode continues our series, all about managing anxiety in gifted and twice exceptional children. Today, Colleen discusses the reality of learning when a child is anxious and how we can help.
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RLL #159: Physical, Emotional, and Behavioral Symptoms Of Anxiety
In this episode of the Raising Lifelong Learners Podcast, Colleen continues a new series, all about anxiety and our atypical kids. This discussion includes information about the physical, emotional, …
RLL #158: Anxiety vs. Stress vs. Perfectionism In Children
This new series is all about homeschooling a child with anxiety. Today, Colleen kicks it off with a discussion of the differences between stress and anxiety, as well as the impact of perfectionism on…
RLL #157: Navigating Summer Learning With Gifted And Twice Exceptional Kids
Summer is just around the corner. Navigating the summer months with your gifted and twice exceptional child can bring on a new level of challenges. Colleen shares her family's plans and offers resour…
RLL #156: Why Community Is So Important For Gifted And Twice Exceptional Kids
In this episode, Colleen shares the unique role that community plays in the life of a gifted and twice exceptional child. She discusses why it matters and how to go about finding the right community …
RLL #155: Perfectionism and Your Gifted Child
In this episode, Colleen talks frankly about the impact of perfectionism on gifted children and how parents can help.
RLL #154: The Power Of Reading For Gifted Children (Advanced Readers And Social Emotional Learning)
In this episode, Colleen and Shawna discuss the unique role reading and story can play in the life of a gifted child. They share information on how to help an advanced reader and the role of books in…
RLL #153: Inquiry Based Learning For Gifted Kids
This series is all about equipping our kids for the future with a sense of wonder, adventure, joy and encouragement. Today's topic is a discussion about inquiry based learning - what inquiry based le…
RLL #151: Play-Based Learning In Your Homeschool
RLL #150: Future Proofing Our Kids In An Ever Changing World
This new series is all about equipping our kids for the future with a sense of wonder, adventure, joy and encouragement. Today's topic is an introduction, all about "future proofing" our kids in an e…
RLL#149: Moms With ADHD Homeschooling Children With ADHD
This continues our series all about homeschooling a child with ADHD. Today, I'm sharing my own experience as a mom with ADHD homeschooling my own children with ADHD. This episode includes research ab…
RLL #148: Motivating Your Child With ADHD
We continue our series all about homeschooling a child with ADHD. Today, Shawna Wingert joins Colleen to share 7 tips for motivating your child with ADHD.
RLL#147: Homeschooling Tips For Wiggly Kids
RLL#146: ADHD And Your Homeschool, An Overview
RLL#145: Emotional Overexcitabilities And Your Gifted Child
In this episode, we continue our overexcitabilities series for parents of gifted children. Today, the focus is on emotional excitabilities and gifted children. Colleen discusses what these overexcita…
RLL#144: Imaginational Overexcitabilities And Your Gifted Child
In this episode, we continue our overexcitabilities series for parents of gifted children. Today, the focus is Imaginational Overexcitabilities and gifted children. Colleen discusses what these overe…