A number of families raising and educating their gifted and twice-exceptional children (2e) have begun blogging about their family's experiences. The blogs can range from serious to amusing, educational to emotional, or a combination of any and all of these. The key to reading them is in understanding that each family -- each individual -- will have a unique experience to share, yet there will be sufficient commonalities that we can learn from each other and (hopefully!) avoid reinventing the wheel. It can be an incredible relief for a family who has chosen an alternative route to educating their gifted or 2e child to discover that there are others like them, that others have made similar choices and followed the same path.

Following are some of the blogs created and maintained by gifted homeschooling families. As you might expect, linking to these sites is not an endorsement by GHF and we won't necessarily agree with everything posted. Please consider the value of a diversity of opinions!

• Einstein's Momma - Mothering a Highly Gifted Child  "Confessions of an astonished mother who ended up with a child who is much, much smarter than either of his parents."
• SarahG: Slow to Adapt
• Mariposa Academy: Educating Our Gifted Child
• Gray's Academy: Homeschooling My Gifted 5 year Old Daughter Z
• Liberty Lyceum: Liberty Lyceum Blogspot
• Red Sea School  "Adventures in the Great Homeschool Experiment"
• Balderdash and Blokus  "Knowing Many Things Doesn't Teach Insight But Exploring Many Things Can Prove To Be Rather Fun!"

For more information about homeschool blogging, you may also want to read Andrea Rennick's article "Your Homeschool Blog" (Home Education Magazine, Nov/Dec 2005).

For a general perspective on raising gifted children, see the Gifted Exchange blog by Laura Vanderkam.

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If you would like to share your blog with others or recommend someone else's, please send the links to webmaster@giftedhomeschoolers.org!