Learning one size doesn’t fit all
BevK February 28th, 2006
http://washingtontimes.co…92925-3040r.htm
This family is a good example that homeschooling really is about tailoring education to the needs of the child. That’s something that schools have a very hard time doing with highly gifted children.
Eight-year-old Adora Svitak is a published author, has appeared on national television and has spoken before high school audiences. Her 10-year-old sister, Adrianna, is an accomplished violinist and is first chair in the Seattle Youth Symphony.
The sisters have been home-schooled by their mother, Joyce, and father, John, for seven years — an educational choice that was “accidental,” according to their mother.
“We were trying to find the right school for them, but they were so young, no school would take them and so advanced they didn’t fit in regular preschool, so we ended up with lessons for home-schoolers,” Mrs. Svitak explained in a recent phone interview.
