Lisa Jobe, JD

How to Nurture Your Gifted/2e Homeschool Learner’s Love of Learning

Gifted and twice-exceptional children naturally exhibit joyful curiosity as they learn about the world around them. Their rapid discoveries keep parents on their toes as soon as our infants become mobile, keeping their environment safe for their constant explorations. Yet, too often, that curiosity wanes as they reach school age and have less time to discover and explore their interests. This disconnect frequently exasperates with age as they become more busy, more focused on academic goals, and more aware of external pressures to achieve. Homeschooling can provide a crucial gift of time for our learners to discover interests, explore passions, and retain this natural love of learning. How, then, do parents provide these opportunities? In this conversation, we will discuss strategies for identifying and exploring our learners’ unique interests; share ideas for building authentic and meaningful project-based learning around these interests; and explore how these interests can be integrated into other learning goals.

Discover ways in which gifted/2e learners’ unique interests can be discovered and nurtured; gather ideas for building authentic and meaningful project based learning around learners’ interests; and learn how these learners’ interests can be integrated into other learning goals.

Lisa Jobe is a nationally-recognized expert in supporting gifted/2e homeschool learners and their families on their unique learning pathways. Lisa pivoted from her corporate law career to homeschool her own profoundly gifted sons and has spent nearly two decades teaching and serving as an advocate in the gifted community. Lisa is co-founder of Sequoia Gifted and Creative LLC, supporting families on their personalized learning journeys. She is also a doctoral student at Bridges Graduate School in Cognitive Diversity in Education, where she is conducting research to better support gifted/2e families. Lisa serves on several national boards and gifted organizations and both writes and presents on issues important to families. She is on the GHF Board of Directors, serves in the NAGC Member Advisory Group, supports parent groups as a SENG certified facilitator, and leads GHF’s Virtual Gifted/2e Co-Op. Reach out to Lisa anytime at sequoiagifted@gmail.com.