A free gift for the 7th Neurodiverse Homeschooling Summit · November 29 – December 14, 2026
Exploring Math and Science Through Real Life Experiences
A free, curiosity-led guide for homeschool families of neurodivergent learners, ages 8 –15 — from Gloria Brooks's summit session, built around her NOTICE Framework.
If traditional math and science approaches have left your tween or teen frustrated, shut down, or convinced they' re "just not a math person," this guide offers a different starting point: the real world they're already living in. No drill, no pressure — just a curiosity-led way to notice the math and science woven through everyday life, and to let exploration do what worksheets couldn't.
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What's inside
✦ The NOTICE Framework — a curiosity-led approach to exploring math and science through real life
✦ Real-life experiences as the learning space: math and science noticed, observed, and investigated in the everyday world
✦ A gentle on-ramp made for neurodivergent learners, ages 8–15, who struggle with traditional approaches
✦ The companion guide to Gloria's summit session, "Exploring Math and Science Through Real Life Experiences"
✦ A free PDF from NatureGlo's eScience — yours to keep and return to
What is the NOTICE Framework?
N — Notice what is there
O — Observe and organize
T — Try a thinking question
I — Investigate patterns and relationships
C — Connect learning to real life
E — Encourage explanation
This guide is for you if…
🌿 You homeschool a neurodivergent tween or teen (ages 8–15) who has struggled — or shut down — with traditional math and science
🌿 You're looking for a curiosity-led, real-world way in: noticing, observing, exploring, and investigating instead of drilling
🌿 You'd love a small, kind starting point you can use right away, at home and out in the world
Meet your facilitator
Gloria Brooks, aka, NatureGlo, has been a teacher-facilitator since 1996 — thirty years in K–12 education. She founded NatureGlo's eScience to bring curiosity-led, real-world math and science to homeschool learners, including MathArt™ and Marine Biology, her yearlong, self-paced online explorations.
These days she teaches and learns from the road as a vanlife nature educator, following the patterns of the natural world wherever she parks. She's a featured speaker at this year's Neurodiverse Homeschooling Summit, where her session explores math and science through real life experiences.
Josh's rainbow mandala — a MathArt™ student's geometry in living color. Symmetry, patience, and a very good eye. This is what noticing grows into.
Who is this guide for?
The Right-Brained Creative
The child loves art, LEGOs, and stories, but shuts down when asked to memorize multiplication tables or follow rigid steps.
The Neurodivergent Thinker
(A Common Profile for a Struggling Math Student)
Diagnosed or suspected ADHD, Dyslexia, or Dyscalculia. Needs novelty and context to focus, not boring drills.
The Math Anxious
Smart kids who have lost all confidence. They think they are "stupid" because standard curriculum doesn't speak their language.
WHAT STUDENTS AND PARENTS SAY:
My hatred of math stemmed mostly from a learning disability called dyscalculia...Once I began thinking of math as the key to imagination, rather than the locked door that blocked creativity, I noticed a change in my art. My drawings no longer looked stiff and emotionless. My people seemed to be alive on the paper, smiling at me in their cartoonish way.”
Megan Boyer
MathArt™ Homeschool Student
My daughter loved the MathArt™ class she took through NatureGlo's eScience. I know she would have taken more but we moved to an area with poor internet connection availability which made the online meeting portion of the class not possible. She says it was one of the best homeschool classes she has ever taken!
Kelsi N. Stembel
Homeschool Mom
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