Children all over the globe are fascinated by the periodic table of elements; but what does it mean? GHF Online is now offering two levels of chemistry for your element loving learner, to be taught by veteran instructor and gifted/2e advocate Jade Rivera. Introduction to Chemistry is your child’s chance … Continue reading
Got a science & nature geek in your house? A child obsessed with volcanoes, fascinated by lemurs, or busy hugging trees? Check out our environmental science classes with instructor Madeline Goodwin! In Intro to Planet Earth, we’ll be diving into the science of our planet’s non-living features: air, water, and rock. Perfect for … Continue reading
Does your child love Minecraft? GHF offers Minecraft classes in math and creative writing. Minecraft is also used for supplementary activities with the Pirates, Politics and Poets class. Sign up for any of these three classes to have access to a private server, too. The server is a safe multiplayer place … Continue reading
What do you get when you teach gifted kids about the great artists and their techniques? You get gifted kids who become great artists! This past autumn, I taught the GHFO class Painting Like the Greats. I had six fabulous students in my class, and together we learned about masters … Continue reading
By Christy Knockleby, GHF Online Instructor I kept my plans for the last class of Minecraft Math simple: I wrote up a scavenger hunt and asked the children to work on it in pairs. Then we played a Minecraft minigame, a version of TNT run, where players have to keep … Continue reading
You are cordially invited to attend an online art show hosted by students from the GHF Online class, Face and Figure Drawing. Throughout this past semester, students have expanded their art skills in drawing, focusing on the human form and its many features. Our students would now like to … Continue reading
by Lisa Lauffer Imagine your student shading her drawings as daVinci shaded the Mona Lisa, painting in bright swaths of color as Van Gogh painted The Starry Night, and sketching mathematical renderings as M.C. Escher sketched Ascending and Descending. Your child’s ability plus inspiration plus exposure to the masters’ techniques … Continue reading
by Madeline Goodwin, GHFO Instructor We live on a 127,56-kilometer-wide ball of rock hurtling through space at 108,000 kilometers an hour while spinning at 460 meters per second, which is composed of 32% iron, 30% oxygen, 15% silicon, 14% magnesium, and 7% other stuff. That ball of rock is surrounded … Continue reading
by Allison Stieger, GHFO Instructor In the fall of 2012, I had the privilege of being invited to teach an online class on Greek mythology for Gifted Homeschoolers Forum. The timing was good for me, as my two children were both in school for the first time that fall, and … Continue reading
Welcome GHF’s newest affiliate partner, Creation Crate! Creation Crate offers a monthly kit featuring everything you need to build their electronic project of the month. Creation Crate focuses on the hardware side of STEM, introducing hands-on projects that involve assembly, programming, and problem-solving. Use this GHF CREATION CRATE link to receive 10% off your first box. Learn something new and support GHF while you do!
