Tips for Challenging Students | How We Find Ways to MOTIVATE Gifted Learners

I really like Jessica as the host for the show as well as how the show seems to be more responsive to what people are asking. Still miss Shane, but this was a great move for the show too. As another commenter mentioned- a great follow-up to this episode would be how to use MP with a challenging child- academically, behaviorally, etc.

My child is a very motivated learner, and I was concerned whether school was challenging enough for him. He is a child who needs to be busy. Instead of having him skip a grade —I didn’t want him to experience burnout— my husband introduced him to chess. He loves it. It’s just challenging enough while still being a lot of fun for him. I think activities like that are a great way to introduce a fun challenge for a child.

This was great to hear. Sometimes as a homeschooler I want to prove that my kid knows all the things, but Paul’s point about being well rounded not lopsided is helpful. I think also helping kids develop skills is important. Let them cook with you, learn how to build something or draw. There are many ways to challenge kids beyond giving them more book work.

I really needed this! I have a 1st grader who is extremely bored. So I decided to give ONE subject above the grade she’s in now. Not the whole curriculum. That way she still masters 1st grade materials but now gets to be challenged by Latin! She’s satisfied now!

Lol, I totally misunderstood the title. I was looking for advice on how to engage my challenging child 😆

Great points 👌🏻

A gifted student often carries a few challenges for how their brain is. In regard to Tanya’s student who is “perfect” in learning and performing but had hard time with comprehension was likely due to the working memory challenges. Many gifted kids often struggle with working memory. That gap is often hard to be understood by neurotypical others. I’m glad that that student learned way to cope with his working memory challenges as Tanya mentioned.

I really needed to hear this conversation today. Thanks again as always for your insights!

I really can't imagine Memoria Press not being rigorous or challenging enough. I have a 6th grader who moves through the curriculum quickly and smoothly. But is he just going to score well on that final famous men of the middle ages, book of birds, Christian studies, or geography test OR he is he going to truly know the material? We go over a previous lesson, drill questions, and/or flashcards daily. He has much more time and mental energy to do those things then my other student. I could have had him skip a grade somewhere along the line. But I felt his time was much better used to focus on gentle mastery. I love that Tara said learning and mastery are not the same.

Possibly a spacey question: what is a math notebook? Does she mean workbook?

I read Demon Copperhead, after listening to Tanya. 😳It was TOUGH (like East of Eden). I need to circle back now like Tara and read David Copperfield.

how about a video on the opposite? i use MP with my autistic daughter,