The Homeschool Advantage - by Colleen Kessler (Paperback)

About the Book

"This book provides parents with practical tools to teach and engage their children at home. By focusing on their children's strengths and passions, rather than on their limitations, parents can foster a love of learning that will last a lifetime. Kessler encourages both new and experienced homeschooling parents, caregivers, and educators through strengths-based, child-centric practices and anecdotes designed to help children thrive. With a conversational and informative voice, Kessler guides parents to grow their children's social skills, cognitive development, and creativity, all while building a lifelong love of learning"--

Book Synopsis

Focus on your child's strengths and passions to support lifelong learning

This book provides parents with practical tools to teach and engage their children at home. By focusing on their children's strengths and passions, rather than on their limitations, parents can foster a love of learning that will last a lifetime. All children have passions, talents, and interests that can be promoted and developed, supporting their achievement and wellbeing. In this book, readers will gain a deeper understanding of how to shift their mindset from focusing on deficits to tapping into a child's strengths. Whether their child has a passion for reading, sports, theater, or anything else, this book will help parents focus on the passions of their homeschooled child.

This versatile book will encourage both new and experienced homeschooling parents, caregivers, and educators. It describes strengths-based and child-focused educational practices and offers clear instructions for using them inside any home, with any age learner. The book features anecdotes from homeschooling parents and children from around the world, and it will help parents spark a love of learning that will last a lifetime!

• Discover how a strengths-based approach to homeschooling can help your kids thrive
• Learn how to foster your children's social, cognitive, and creative development at home
• Get practical tools for enriching childhood and creating a homeschool you'll love
• Build a deeper connection with your children by fostering a shared love of learning

This conversational and informative book is essential reading for homeschool parents. It inspires parents to empower their children to approach life with curiosity, enthusiasm, and confidence.

From the Back Cover

PRAISE FOR The Homeschool Advantage

"As homeschooling grows in popularity, The Homeschool Advantage offers timely insights and inspiration to make learning fun and rewarding for the whole family. Filled with Colleen Kessler's personal reflections as a homeschooling mom, along with practical tips and endless encouragement, this book is a valuable resource for both new and experienced homeschooling parents."
--KERRY MCDONALD, Author of Unschooled: Raising Curious, Well-Educated Children Outside the Conventional Classroom

"Colleen Kessler has been the most loyal advocate for homeschooling over the last 15 years. She bends over backward to help everyone interested in homeschooling AND because of her dedication she understands the nuances, challenges, and advantages. As a homeschooling mom myself, there's no one I would trust more than Colleen."
--RACHEL MARIE MARTIN, Founder of Finding Joy and Author of Mom Enough: Inspiring Letters for the Wonderfully Exhausting but Totally Normal Days of Motherhood

"Homeschooling isn't about the method or curricula you use; it's about tailoring education and experiences for the best learning environment for your child. Colleen Kessler empowers you to trust yourself and the homeschooling process by keeping your child front and center in every decision you make."
--CINDY WEST, M.Ed., Author of Homeschooling Gifted and Advanced Learners

About the Author

COLLEEN KESSLER, M.Ed., is an award-winning educator, educational coach, consultant, and advocate for the needs of differently-wired children and their families. She spent 10+ years in the traditional classroom, where she worked with gifted students and developed programs that focused on students' passions. After leaving the classroom, Colleen had her own twice-exceptional kiddos and began homeschooling them. Since then, Colleen has founded Raising Lifelong Learners--a website and podcast where she shares tools, stories, and advice on homeschooling and teaching neurodivergent children.