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- The 10 most commonly asked questions about
highly gifted children
by Kathi Kearney
- Who are the highly gifted? How many are there? How do I know??
These and many other questions answered...
- Ability
Grouping
a Position Paper of the National Association
for Gifted Children, in Grouping Gifted Children
- NAGC wishes to reaffirm the
importance of grouping for instruction of gifted students. Grouping allows
for more appropriate, rapid, and advanced instruction, which matches the
rapidly developing skills and capabilities of gifted students...
- Acceleration
a Position Statement of the National
Association for Gifted Children, in
Academic Acceleration
- Educational acceleration is one of the cornerstones of exemplary gifted
education practices, with more research supporting this intervention than
any other in the literature on gifted individuals...
- Acceleration
by David Elkind
- The author of "The Hurried Child" speaks out in favor of academic
acceleration for intellectually gifted children!
- Achievement
Trap: How America Is Failing Millions of High-Achieving Students from
Lower-Income Families
by Joshua S. Wyner, John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio, Jr., A Report by the
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation & Civic Enterprises with original research by
Westat, in Gifted Students At Risk
- There are far fewer lower-income students achieving at the highest levels
than there should be, they disproportionately fall out of the high-achieving
group during elementary and high school, they rarely rise into the
ranks of high achievers during those periods, and, perhaps most
disturbingly, far too few ever graduate from college or go on to graduate
school. [It] is not that high-achieving students from lower-income
backgrounds are suffering more than other lower-income students, but that
their talents are similarly under-nurtured... (requires Adobe Reader)
- Acronyms, Terms, and other things we need to
know...
collected by Carolyn K.
- My hg ds is si and v/s... Translation, please?
-
ADAAA
becomes law, strengthens 504 & ADA
COPAA, September 25, 2008
- The ADAAA overturns a decade of jurisprudence that has barred the door to
ADA eligibility for many people with disabilities, including epilepsy,
diabetes, intellectual and developmental disabilities, muscular dystrophy,
and cancer, among many others. The reforms in the law will apply to both the
ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act... Read the full
ADAAA (ADAAA requires Adobe Reader)
-
Are gifted children getting
lost in the shuffle? 30-year study reveals clues to the exceptional child’s
journey
- Gifted children are likely to be the next generation’s innovators and
leaders—yet the exceptionally smart are often invisible in the classroom,
lacking the curricula, teacher input and external motivation to reach full
potential. This conclusion comes as the result of the largest scientific
study of the profoundly gifted to date, a 30-year study conducted by
researchers at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and
human development...
-
Are you
Quick Smart or Multiple Thought Impaired? (The Positives of having ADD)
,
in Attention Deficit (AD/HD)
- I’m tall, I’m right-handed, and I have a short attention span. None of
these traits need to be fixed. Let’s take a look at some people whose
biographies or life history indicate strong ADD or ADHD behaviors.
[list of great achievers] It sounds to me that if someone says that
you have ADD you should consider it a compliment. Scroll a little
further, and be sure to read Carolyn's story! And don't miss
The Results Project bumper
sticker: Your honor roll student will be working for my Quick Smart Kid
- Arthur
Benjamin's formula for changing math education
a TED Talk
- Mathematician Art Benjamin offers a bold proposal on how to make math
education relevant in the digital age...
- Assessing Gifted Children
by Julia B. Osborn
- Testing versus assessment. These two activities are frequently discussed
together and criticized together, when, in fact, they are quite different
- Attention Deficit Disorder Resources
,
in Attention Deficit (AD/HD)
- Non-profit organization (based in Puget Sound WA, but membership
world-wide) dedicated to sharing ADD resources. Particularly good
collection of adult ADD resources - read
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Adults. Don't
miss their great article collection, starting with
From
Assessment to Treatment: Developing a Comprehensive Plan to Help Your Child
with ADHD (both articles by Sam Goldstein)...
- Before referring a gifted child for
ADD/ADHD evaluation
by Sharon Lind, in Attention Deficit (AD/HD)
- Parents and gifted educators are asked with increased frequency to
instruct gifted children to conform to a set of societal standards of
acceptable behavior and achievement -- to smooth the edges of the square peg
in order to fit into a "normal" hole. An extension of this trend is
reflected in an increase in referrals for medical evaluation of gifted
children as ADD/ADHD. To avoid mislabeling gifted children, parents and
educators may want to complete the following check list to help them decide
to refer for medical or psychological evaluation...
- Benny and Me: A Father Sees Himself Through
his Aspergers Son
by Mike Postma
- A father's story, Asperger's through the unique view of a gifted and
talented educator and his son...
-
Beyond Ritalin: Facts About Medication and Other Strategies for Helping
Children, Adolescents, and Adults With Attention Deficit Disorders
by Garber, Garber and Spizman, in Attention Deficit (AD/HD)
- For everyone concerned with ADHD, for those wary of medication, for those
who want to know more about Ritalin...
-
The
Calculus Trap by Richard Rusczyk
- The gifted, interested student should be exposed to mathematics outside
the core curriculum, because the standard curriculum is not designed for
the top students. Rather than learning more and more tools, avid
students are better off learning how to take tools they have and apply
them to complex problems. Then later, when they learn the more advanced
tools of curricular education, applying them to even more complicated
problems will come more easily...
The
Care and Feeding of Gifted Parent Groups: A Guide for Gifted Coordinators,
Teachers, and Parent Advocates
by Wenda Sheard
12 quick steps to form an effective advocacy group... (requires Adobe Reader)
Caring
for Your Introvert: The habits and needs of a little-understood group
by Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic, in
Personality Type
Science has learned a good deal in recent years about the habits and
requirements of introverts. It has even learned, by means of brain scans,
that introverts process information differently from other people (I am not
making this up). If you are behind the curve on this important matter, be
reassured that you are not alone...
College
Results Online
by The Education Trust, in
(Early) College Planning and Success Stories
Compare college statistics, including graduation rates, record of diverse
graduates, size, SAT scores, costs, and more...
Columbus
Cheetah, Myth Buster
on Sprite's Site
Disproving the top ten myths of giftedness via Stephanie
Tolan's wonderful essay, Is
It A Cheetah?
Scroll to the bottom to start with Myth #1...
Competing with myths about the social and emotional development of gifted
students
by Tracy Cross, in Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
As a wise person (Lao Tsu) once said, "Nothing is more difficult than
competing with a myth." Doing so, however, can create tremendous
opportunities for people. Myth 1. Gifted students should be with students
their own age...
The
Concept of Grouping in Gifted Education In Search of Reality: Unraveling the
Myths about Tracking, Ability Grouping and the Gifted
by Ellen D. Fiedler, Richard E. LAnge and Susan Winebrenner, in
Roeper Review
(available from Highbeam.com, by
subscription, or free trial), in Grouping Gifted
Children
Research offers answers to many common myths. Myth #2: Ability
grouping is elitist. Myth #3: Ability grouping inevitably
discriminates against racial and ethnic minority students. Myth #4:
Gifted students will make it on their own; grouping them by ability does not
result in improved learning or achievement for them. Myth #6: Assuring
that there are some gifted students in all classrooms will provide positive
role models for others and will automatically improve the classroom
climate...
Creativity
as an Elusive Factor in Giftedness
by Joyce VanTassel-Baska
Creativity is an elusive factor in its relationship to giftedness. Many
writers have alluded to the necessary but insufficient component of high
intelligence to activate creativity and the reality that many high IQ people
are not creative. So what is creativity and how do we foster it in children
and young adults?
Davidson
Institute Guidebooks ,
in Gifted Advocacy
Davidson Institute offers free guidebooks for parents and other gifted
education advocates, to improve their advocacy efforts. Don't miss
these great resources! Currently available guidebooks include:
(Guidebooks require
Adobe Reader)
Dear
Colleague Letter: Access by Students with Disabilities to Accelerated
Programs
by Stephanie Monroe, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Office of Civil
Rights (OCR), in Twice Exceptional
Recognizing the different levels and kinds of giftedness, Lovecky provides
insight into the challenges and benefits specific to gifted children with
various learning difficulties. Guides parents and professionals through
diagnosis and advises on how best to nurture individual needs, positive
behavior and relationships at home and at school...
or
Amazon.co.uk
Differentiation:
Asset or Liability for Gifted Education?
by Sandra L. Kaplan, in
Gifted Child Today
($), in Differentiation of Instruction
The proliferation of definitions and practices related to differentiation
has resulted in the overpopularization and subsequent diffusion of the term.
The question is whether the idea of differentiation is at the point when it
has lost its vitality for gifted students. But even now, educators of
the gifted can use the popularity of the concept of differentiation as an
important catalyst to support the education of gifted students as long as
they are clear about the intent of differentiation and the elements that
must be included in defining the concept in order for it to be an asset to
gifted students...
Distinguishing Myths From Realities: NRC/GT Research
Marcia Gentry and Karen Kettle, in Identification
of Gifted Children and Arguments and Red
Herrings
This quick summary dispels, with research citations, many of the major
myths about educating gifted children!
The
Divergent Thinker
by Deidre V. Lovecky
Divergent thinkers have a real preference for unusual, original and
idiosyncratic responses. Being a divergent thinker irritates and upsets
other people who often feel the divergent one should sit down and shut up,
and wonder why he or she can't just be like everyone else. It does not occur
to most people that the divergent thinker can't stop being divergent. One
cannot blend into a crowd if the crowd is so different from oneself that it
is not camouflage. It's like trying to hide an elephant in a flock of
chickens by telling the elephant to squat down and cluck a lot...
Do
Grades or Standardized Test Scores Make the Student? ,
in Gifted Education
If you have a very bright student, home-school him. My son was reading a
college-level book in third grade. Academically, we figured he'd learn and
grow regardless of the environment. We believed childhood should include
high school sports teams and clubs... We decided to leave him in public
school. To minimize frustration, we focused my son on learning, not
grades. If he could get a 100 on an exam without doing the homework, we
believed his time was better spent doing another activity in which he
actually learned something...
Don’t let
20/20 hindsight happen to you
University of Michigan Health Minute update, in
Depression and Suicide
Everyone needs to be on the lookout for warning signs of teen suicide, say
grieving parents and a U-M psychologist. The warning signs of
suicidal thoughts in young people are often confused with the “normal”
experiences of the teen years. But it is possible to learn to identify the
signs of risk...
Dyslexic
Advantage - Famous People with Dyslexia
Fostering the gifts and talents of all people with dyslexia. Read
vignettes on amazing people and who they really are...
The Edge
Annual Question — 2008:
When thinking changes
your mind, that's philosophy. When God changes your mind, that's
faith. When facts change your mind, that's science. What
have you changed your mind about? Why? Science is based on
evidence. What happens when the data change? How have scientific findings or
arguments changed your mind?
,
in Readings on Gifted ChildrenFrom The
Times: "Science has second thoughts about life. Even the world’s best
brains have to admit to being wrong sometimes: here, leading scientists
respond to a new year challenge" Read the changes, including those of
Howard Gardner
Wrestling with Piaget, my Paragon, and many other great thinkers of
our time...
Educational
Therapy for the Gifted: The Chicago Approach
by Leland Baska
While all mental health professionals who work for schools would like to
provide unconditional assistance in meeting their client's needs, the job
description for such individuals in public schools often interferes with a
strict adherence to this practice. Case loads are heavy, and the roles to be
performed many. What kind of counseling, then, can be delivered in a public
school context?
The
effects of acceleration on the social and emotional development of gifted
students
by Lynn Pollins, in Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
The potential effects of acceleration on the social and emotional
development of gifted students were examined from two perspectives. No
study, regardless of its orientation on these dimensions, has demonstrated
any permanent or significant negative effects of acceleration on social and
emotional development. There is no validity to the argument that
acceleration is harmful to the social and emotional development of gifted
youths...
The
elephant in the classroom
by Ellis Page and Timothy Keith, in
Grouping Gifted Children and
Gifted Students At Risk
Schooling in a homogeneous group of students appears to have a positive
effect on high-ability students' achievements, and even stronger effects on
the achievements of high-ability minority youth. Grouping does not seem to
affect negatively the achievements of low-ability youth. Indeed, ability
grouping seems to have no consistent negative effects on any group or any
outcome we studied. We assert that ability grouping may have positive
effects on gifted students' learning, the most important educational
outcome, and that these effects seem particularly powerful on gifted
minority youth...
ERIC
Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education
Now available directly on Hoagies' Gifted Education Page...
Education Research Information Clearinghouse (ERIC EC) provides digests
(research summaries) on a wide variety of topics related to the education of
disabled gifted children, plus FAQ's, bibliographies, and more
Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted Students: An
Underserved Population
by Miraca Gross
Our task as educators is to place the extremely, gifted child in the
environment that will least restrict her opportunities for socialization.
Research suggests that the inclusion classroom, with age peers, may not be
the most appropriate environment.
Executive
Function Primer
by Musings of an Aspie
A short (4 part) explanation of just what Executive Function (EF) is...
Existential
Depression in Gifted Individuals
by James T. Webb
Persons of higher intellectual ability are more prone to experience
existential depression spontaneously...
Indecent Exposure
Does the Media Exploit Highly Gifted Children?
by Elizabeth Meckstroth and Kathi Kearney
Whether the media exposure is accidental, or by
choice, families of highly gifted children must be careful, and aware of
their actions and responsibilities when dealing with the media and their
highly gifted children. Handy advice for all parents...
Factors in the
Social Adjustment and Social Acceptability of Extremely Gifted Children
by Miraca Gross, in Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
Whereas ability grouping with age-peers, or a
moderate degree of acceleration, may be an appropriate response to the
academic and social needs of moderately gifted students, they are not
adequate to the needs of the exceptionally and profoundly gifted. Extremely
gifted students require a carefully designed and monitored program of
radical acceleration, linked to ability grouping and individualized
instruction...
First-Year College Performance: A Study of Home School Graduates and
Traditional School Graduates
by Paul Jones and Gene Gloeckner, in Home
Schooling Gifted Children
Families who home school their children should not feel that the education
they are providing is inferior to the traditional K-12 education of their
neighborhood peers. Although not statistically significant, the average
first-year GPAs, credits earned in the first year, ACT Composite test
scores, and ACT English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science and Reasoning
subtests for home school graduates were all higher than traditional high
school graduates... (requires
Adobe Reader)
Fitting In and Speaking Out
by Martin
A boy's speech to his 5th grade class, about his Asperger's Syndrome...
From "the saddest sound" to the D Major chord:
The gift of accelerated progression
by Miraca Gross
Although the academic acceleration of gifted and talented students is
probably the most comprehensively studied and evaluated of all educational
interventions, many teachers are reluctant to accelerate gifted students for
fear they will suffer social or emotional damage. Yet research suggests that
"the bird that's tethered to the ground" is at much greater risk of social
isolation and emotional maladjustment through inappropriate grade placement
with age-peers
Free Online High School Courses
Originally compiled for high schooling victims of Hurricane Katrina, these
free resources offer high school courses for schooled, and homeschooled
students alike
 Gifted
Education Left Behind
The School Administrator, February 2007 feature issue, in
Gifted Education
This complete issue of The School Administrator, journal of the
American Association of School Administrators
on Gifted Education includes articles by administrators, gifted researchers,
and gifted education advocates. There are a variety of successful ways
to serve gifted students. Administrators, you can make the difference
between serving and failing the gifted...
Gifted
Education: Let's Do It
a YouTube advocacy piece
An overview of the importance of programs for young people who are gifted
and talented. Educators, administrators, and professionals from across
Kentucky weigh in on what needs to be done to support this important
population of students... but it applies in every state and country!
Gifted Education Professional Development Package
by Miraca U.M. Gross, Caroline Merrick, Ruth Targett, Graham Chaffey,
Bronwyn MacLeod, Stan Bailey, in
Professional Development
Essential information a teacher needs to understand the nature of
giftedness and talent; what the terms mean; levels and types of giftedness;
subjective and objective identification procedures; social and emotional
characteristics and needs of gifted students; underachievement;
teaching strategies and methods of curriculum differentiation to enhance the
learning of gifted students in the mainstream classroom; practical
strategies for the establishment and monitoring of ability, achievement or
interest grouping in classes, and the many forms of accelerated progression
through schooling...
Gifted Kids at Risk: Who's Listening?
by Pat Schuler, Creative Insights, in
Social / Emotional Aspects of Giftedness and
Gifted Adolescents
It is time to say clearly: bright kids are not better, yet they are
different; and because they are, they face different issues
Gifted LD: Just the FAQs
by LDinfo, in Twice Exceptional
What is a gifted LD student? Are there many gifted LD students? How and
when are gifted LD students identified? Is it easy to assess LD in a gifted
student? Are special education services necessary for gifted LD students?
Are there any services available other than special education? How does a
learning disability affect a gifted student outside of school? Do gifted LD
students tend to have any special emotional or behavioral issues? What
should a parent do?
Giftedness:
The view from within
by Martha Morelock, in Identification of Gifted
Children and Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
Martha Morelock introduces the Columbus Group's definition of giftedness
as asynchronous development, along with a developmental picture of
giftedness that extends beyond achievement
Gifted Readers and Reading Instruction
by David Levande, in Differentiation of
Instruction
The greater the ability in reading, the greater the need for a special
program commensurate with that ability
 |
|
The number one resource for all kinds of information about
exceptionally and profoundly gifted children, from development to
education, identification to programs, special Interests, organizations,
and more... By the Davidson
Institute for Talent Development |
- Gifted Kids at Risk:
Who's Listening?
by Pat Schuler, Creative Insights
- It is time to say clearly: bright kids are not better, yet they are
different; and because they are, they face different issues...
-
A
Guidebook for Twice Exceptional Students: Supporting the Achievement of
Gifted Students with Special Needs
from Montgomery County Public School Department of Curriculum and
Instruction, in Twice Exceptional
- To assist staff, parents, and the students in understanding the
identification process and in accessing appropriate instruction.
Covers identification, framework for success, interventions, and more...
(requires
Adobe Reader)
-
Harcourt
Assessment WISC-IV Technical Report #4 General Ability Index ,
in Inventory of Tests
-
GAI removes lower Short Term Memory and Processing Speed scores from the full
scale score, resulting in a score more highly correlated to giftedness... (requires
Adobe Reader)
-
Harcourt
Assessment WISC-IV Technical Report #7 WISC–IV Extended Norms
,
in Inventory of Tests
-
Extended norms are useful when a child’s score is the
maximum (ceiling) on two or more subtests (e.g., obtains scaled scores of 18
or 19 points)... (requires
Adobe Reader)
-
High-Achieving
Students in the Era of NCLB
the Fordham Institute on results of NAEP studies, by Tom Loveless, Steve
Farkas and Ann Duffett with forward by Chester Finn and Michael Petrill, in
Gifted Education
- While the nation’s lowest-achieving youngsters made rapid gains from 2000
to 2007, the performance of top students was languid. This pattern—big
gains for low achievers and lesser ones for high achievers—is associated
with the introduction of accountability systems in general, not just NCLB.
In spite of teachers' own personal beliefs, low-achieving students receive
dramatically more attention from teachers. Low-income, black, and
Hispanic high achievers were more likely than low achievers to be taught by
experienced teachers... (requires
Adobe Reader) Also read Laura Vanderkam's blog on the report
Did NCLB hurt gifted students?
-
High-Tech
Teaching Success! A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Innovative Technology in
Your Classroom
edited by Kevin D. Besnoy and Lane W. Clarke (or from
Amazon)
- Gives classroom teachers advice from technology education experts on how
the latest tools and software can be implemented into lesson plans to create
differentiated, exciting curriculum for all learners. Focused on
implementing technology in the four core areas of learning — math, science,
language arts, and social studies...
-
The Highly Gifted
by Kathi Kearney
-
Understanding Our Gifted columns, from 1988 to 1990. Topics
include School Placement,
The Early College Option,
Highly Gifted Children In Isolated Rural Areas,
Advocating for Highly Gifted Children, and many more...
-
Homeschooling
with Profoundly Gifted Kids
by Kathryn Finn,
in Home Schooling Gifted Children
- At the very least, parents of profoundly gifted children will need to
enrich the educational experiences their children receive from standard
schools. At the most, they assume responsibility for the whole learning
process... An excerpt from
High
IQ Kids: Collected Insights, Information, and Personal Stories from the Experts
-
How Can I Prepare My Child for Testing?
by Aimee Yermish, in Testing and Assessment
- There are some important things that kids should know about the tests
before they take them... Here are some ideas to prepare your child for
the experience of taking an individualized IQ or achievement test...
-
How
legitimate is the Flynn effect for the gifted?
by John D. Wasserman, George Mason University, in
Testing and Assessment
- Flynn effect has not yet been adequately demonstrated for all levels of
ability; there is some support for its validity with low ability individuals
(e.g., those with intellectual disabilities or learning disabilities) but
there is no substantive evidence for its validity with high ability
individuals (particularly those who are intellectually gifted)...
- How
to Tell if Your Child Is Gifted
by Brett Singer
- Most parents think their kids are brilliant. But is your child gifted? And
what does "gifted" mean anyway?
- I never wanted to be one of THOSE moms
by Barbara Cooper, in On A Lighter Note...
- I don’t want to sound like one of those horrible stage mothers – frankly,
I was in denial about all this. But my oldest daughter is a pretty special
child. I mean, ALL children are special but she’s special in a quantifiable
way. But...
-
- And then there is The
Apology. Why do we feel we have to apologize for what our children
are, for what we are?
-
Individual
Instruction Menu for Gifted Children
by Joyce VanTassel-Baska
- Recommendations are intended for consideration by those who know the child
well and can make informed decisions about the relevance and practical
application of a recommendation to an individual child's aptitude, interest, and
needs...
-
Inside-Out:
Understanding the Social and Emotional Needs of Gifted Children
by Linda Kreger Silverman
- Giftedness creates a different organization of the Self. Gifted children
and adults feel cut off from the rest of society—out of sync.
 | - “Why do you make everything so complicated?” |
| - “Why do you take everything so seriously?” |
| - “Why is everything so important to you?” |
Dr. Pat Gatto-Walden calls these “the terrible toos”: The gifted are “too”
everything:
too sensitive, too intense, too driven, too honest, too idealist, too moral,
too
perfectionistic, too much for other people! So they live with the great
secret, instilled
from early childhood on, that there is something inherently wrong with being
who they are because they don’t fit in...
Institute
for Research and Policy on Acceleration (IRPA) ,
in Academic Acceleration
A new Templeton Foundation grant creates this clearinghouse for new and
continuing research on gifted acceleration...
Internet
Investigations
Free full curriculum libraries and units available right on the Internet,
including units in Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Science, the Arts,
and lots more!
 Is
It A Cheetah? ,
in Metaphorically SpeakingStephanie Tolan's classic essay on the characteristics of a gifted child
in a regular classroom (Running cheetah graphic courtesy of
Diane Scanlon)
It
Isn't Easy Being a Genius
by Jim Collins, New York Times, in Social /
Emotional Aspects of Giftedness
LET me begin by making something very clear: I'm not a genius. Tomorrow,
25 people are going to find themselves making similar protestations - at
least most of them are ... here's a little insight into what the new fellows
experienced over the last few days and what they're going to have to deal
with...
Learning and
Understanding: Improving Advanced Study of Mathematics and Science in U.S.
High Schools
Center for Education, in Mathematically Gifted
Results of a 2-year effort by a National Research Council (NRC) committee
to examine programs for advanced study of mathematics and science in U.S.
high schools. The committee focused on the two most widely recognized
programs in the United States, and the only two of national scope: Advanced
Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB). The committee also
identified alternatives to IB and AP and addressed specific questions about
advanced study...
The
Least-Worst Educational Option
by Carolyn K.
As parents, we are faced with many choices regarding our children.
What's the best choice? Sometimes it's easy - one choice is clearly
"better" than another. But many times, the choice is not so obvious...
Leave No Gifted Child Behind
by Susan Goodkin, Washington Post, in Gifted
Education
Conspicuously missing from the debate over the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Act is a discussion of how it has hurt many of our most capable children. By
forcing schools to focus their time and funding almost entirely on bringing
low-achieving students up to proficiency, NCLB sacrifices the education of
the gifted students who will become our future biomedical researchers,
computer engineers and other scientific leaders...
Legend of the Pink Monkey
retold by Cici Clovis, in On A Lighter Note...
Us Pink Monkeys have a tough time finding one another...
Life
Among the 'Yakkity Yaks'
an interview with Temple Grandin, The Wall
Street Journal, in Asperger's Syndrome and
High-Functioning Autism
'Who do you think made the first stone spear?" asks Temple Grandin. "That
wasn't the yakkity yaks sitting around the campfire. It was some Asperger
sitting in the back of a cave figuring out how to chip rocks into
spearheads. Without some autistic traits you wouldn't even have a recording
device to record this conversation on..."
Math Curricula: How Do They Work for Gifted
Kids?
The question is often asked: How does my district's math curriculum work
for gifted kids? Here are some of the answers...
Math
is not linear and
Playing to Learn
Prezi presentationsLearn how we can make math more interesting for our
students, and why it should be this way. A Prezi is a non-linear
presentation...
A
Mathematician’s Lament
by Paul Lockhart
If I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a
child’s natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn’t possibly do
as good a job as is currently being done— I simply wouldn’t have the
imagination to come up with the kind of senseless, soulcrushing ideas that
constitute contemporary mathematics education. Everyone knows that something
is wrong...
Mayhem
in the Middle: How Middle Schools Have Failed America - and how to make them
work
by Cheri Pierson Yecke, The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, in
Gifted in Middle School
Those [middle schools] that embraced middle schoolism have lost their way.
Middle schoolism is partially based on the now-discredited theory... that
teaching complex material during that period will have damaging effects. It
is time for a thorough reform of middle grade education, including a new
focus on high standards, discipline, and accountability for student
achievement... (requires Adobe Reader)
The
"me" behind the mask: Intellectually gifted students and the search for
identity
by Miraca Gross, in Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
To be valued within a peer culture which values conformity, gifted young
people may mask their giftedness and develop alternative identities which
are perceived as more socially acceptable. The weaving of this protective
mask requires the gifted child to conceal her love of learning, her
interests which differ from those of age-peers, and her advanced moral
development. If this assumed identity does indeed bring her the social
acceptance she seeks, the gifted child may become afraid to take off her
mask...
Meeting
the Needs of High Ability and High Potential Learners in the Middle Grades: A
Joint Position Statement of the National Middle School Association and the
National Association for Gifted Children
,
in Gifted in Middle School
Curriculum and Instruction: Advanced middle grade learners thus require
consistent opportunities to work at degrees of challenge somewhat beyond
their particular readiness levels, with support necessary to achieve at the
new levels of proficiency... (requires Adobe Reader)
Misperceptions
About Giftedness Diagnosis of ADHD and Other Disorders
by Deirdre V. Lovecky
This article reviews some of the research about gifted children and mental
health disorders. There are three main issues:
- The Issue of Misdiagnosis: Are gifted children being misdiagnosed as having
mental disorders like ADHD when they do not?
- The Issue of Prevalence: What is the likelihood of a gifted child having a
mental disorder like ADHD?
- The Issue of Maladjustment: Are gifted children more prone to having
particular mental disorders than the average population?
Motivational Paralysis
by Anna Caveney, in Gifted Underachievement
Poor motivational health - an acquired form of self-sabotage that
mystifies observers and humiliates suffers... [handouts from Anna's
presentation]
A
Myth About College Planning: It's Not Too Early to Start!
by Avis Wright
A college planning checklist for middle school students and their parents,
from knowing your support personnel to studying the right subjects to moving
ahead with accelerated learning, distance education and advanced classes.
Time management and study skills are another important detail, and...
Myths
about Gifted Students
by Joyce VanTassel-Baska
Top ten myths and their realities, including references and resources.
#1 They are aloof, proud of their own abilities, and care little for
others. #3 They do not need special programs as they will be
able to perform at high levels regardless. #5: They benefit
from being the second teacher in the room, tutoring others in greater need
than themselves. And, Myth #6: They work well in randomly assigned
groups to ensure that the work gets done correctly... (requires Adobe Reader)
The
Myths of Gifted Education: A Contemporary View
an issue of NAGC's
Gifted Child Quarterly (FREE for a limited time)
More than 25 years after myths about gifted education were first explored
in GCQ, all 15 myths of 1982 are still with us and new ones have been added. ...
 A
Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students
The Templeton National Report on Acceleration (Free, download from this
link!), Differentiation of Instruction,
Gifted Education and
Academic Acceleration
Acceleration is a powerful educational ally, but it’s a strategy that
requires participation of parents as well as sensitivity to individual needs
and circumstances. For that reason, this report is designed not only to
persuade readers of the value of acceleration, but also to help schools
administer acceleration programs effectively...
Also read the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC)
reply
Acceleration in Schools: A Call to Action
A Nation
Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America’s Brightest
Students
The follow-up volume to A
Nation Deceived
.
A Nation Empowered "informs educators, parents, and policy makers of current
research on acceleration, how that information has been applied to
educational policy throughout the nation, and how educators can use the
findings to make decisions for their brightest students."
National Parenting Gifted Children Week Blog Tours |
Hoagies' Gifted
Read the great blogs posts, part of SENG & NAGC's National Parenting
Gifted Children Week each July!
Nonverbal Learning Disorders
by Sue Thompson, in Nonverbal Learning
Disorder
We are all familiar with "non-verbal communication," but few
professionals have been specifically trained to look for deficits in this
area. Although intelligence measures are designed to evaluate both the
verbal and nonverbal aspects of intelligence, educators tend to ignore
evidence of nonverbal deficiencies in students. Or worse, they brand
students with nonverbal learning disabilities as "problem" children...
 On
the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Children
by Tracy Cross (or from
Amazon)
A compilation of Tracy Cross' columns from
Gifted Child Today in a single
book. What we know, and what we don't know about the social and emotional
issues facing gifted children. Now updated with new information and
research...
The
Opportunity Equation: Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for
Citizenship and the Global Economy
The U.S. must mobilize for excellence in mathematics and science education
so that all students — not just a select few, or those fortunate enough to
attend certain schools — achieve much higher levels of math and science
learning. Over the coming decades, today’s young people will depend on the
skills and knowledge developed from learning math and science to analyze
problems, imagine solutions, and bring productive new ideas into being. The
nation’s capacity to innovate for economic growth and the ability of
American workers to thrive in the global economy depend on a broad
foundation of math and science learning...
Optimum Intelligence: My Experience as
a Too Gifted Adult...
by Carolyn K., in Gifted Adults
I know too much. I remember too much. I learn too quickly. I make people
uncomfortable. And it's hard to hide these things. I try. But it's hard to
spend your life hiding...
OSEP Policy
Letter Re: Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) ,
in Twice Exceptional
For a child to be eligible for services under Part B under the specific
learning disability category, there must be a severe discrepancy between the
child's achievement and intellectual ability in one or more of the following
areas: oral expression, listening comprehension, written expression, basic
reading skill, reading comprehension, mathematics calculation, or
mathematics reasoning. No mention is made in the regulations of any
exclusions solely on the basis of intelligence. All children, except those
specifically excluded in the regulations, regardless of I.Q., are eligible
to be considered as having a specific learning disability, if they meet the
eligibility requirements...
Overlooked Gems: A National Perspective on Low-Income Promising Learners
a monograph co-sponsored by
NAGC with the Center
for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary, and funded by
the Jack
Kent Cooke Foundation, in Gifted Students At Risk
This monograph provides the field of gifted education with a blueprint for
working in schools with children of poverty, for activating community-based
opportunities for them, and for forging new partnerships and collaborative
with universities and other agencies to deliver relevant services...
(requires Adobe Reader) Also available
in print version, High
Potential Learners in Low Income Settings
Parents' Perspectives of Early College Entrance For Profoundly Gifted
Children: Readiness Issues and 1st College Class Options and Testing for
Admittance and Choosing Enrollment Options
by Beth Wright, in (Early) College Planning and Success
Stories
A comprehensive look at early college, from soup to nuts!
Parallel
Play
by Tim Page, in The New Yorker, in Asperger's
Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism
We are informally referred to as “Aspies,” and if we are not very, very
good at something we tend to do it very poorly. Little in life comes
naturally—except for our random, inexplicable, and often uncontrollable
gifts—and, even more than most children, we assemble our personalities
unevenly, piece by piece, almost robotically, from models we admire. (I
remember the deliberate decision to appropriate one teacher’s mischievous
grin and darting eyes, which I found so charming that I thought they might
work for me, too.)
Plateauing
by Draper Kaufman, in Frequently Answered Questions (FAQs)
They tell me that my child has "hit a plateau" and his learning pace has
leveled off, and the other kids will now "catch up." What does this really
mean?
"Play Partner" or "Sure Shelter"? Why gifted
children prefer older friends..
by Miraca Gross, in Social / Emotional Aspects
of Giftedness
A recent Australian study compared conceptions of friendship held by
average ability students, moderately gifted and highly gifted primary school
students. Average ability display age-appropriate development, associating
friendship with sharing of material goods, reciprocal assistance with common
play interests. Gifted children, however, display friendship expectations
which usually characterise children some years older, associating friendship
with trust, intimacy and the sharing of deep confidences. Highly gifted
children particularly seek fidelity, and friends who will accept them as
they are - the "sure shelter"
Radical
acceleration and early entry to college: A review of the research
by Miraca U.M. Gross, in Gifted
Child Quarterly, in Academic Acceleration
and (Early) College Planning and Success Stories
Research provides strong support for the use of thoughtfully planned and
monitored radical acceleration as a process allowing educators to respond to
the academic and affective needs of a significant subgroup of the gifted
population. These students earn higher GPAs, and they are more likely to
complete college on time or early, earn general and departmental honors,
make the dean's list, enter graduate school, engage in research, and embark
on prestigious careers. Research also documents positive outcomes for social
and emotional development...
Radical Acceleration of Highly Gifted Children: An Annotated Bibliography of
International Research
by Miraca U.M. Gross and Helen E. vanVliet, a Templeton Foundation grant
project, in Academic Acceleration
The first-ever annotated bibliography of international research on highly
gifted children who graduate from high school three or more years early.
Tidbits include "Educators who most actively supported acceleration were
those individuals who had received some training in gifted education. Those
who were most vocal in their opposition admitted to having no such
training," "In all studies the attitudes of students towards acceleration
were positive both in terms of their academic needs and their social and
emotional needs. Students in all three studies reported high levels of
satisfaction, academically and emotionally, when the curriculum was
challenging and provided them with options, and when they were allowed a
voice in its design and execution," and "The percentage of individuals
married was about the same for men in all groups, with a slightly higher
rate of marriage for highly accelerated men. Women who were members of the
highly accelerated group were less likely to marry. Separations and divorces
occurred less often among the highly accelerated subjects." (requires
Adobe Reader)
Reading Levels of
Children's Books: How Can You Tell?
by Carolyn K., in Frequently Answered Questions (FAQs)
and Differentiation of Instruction
What is the reading level of this book my child is reading? The answers
may confuse you...
Recent
Brain Research for Teachers & Other Curious Souls (2013 update) by Wenda Sheard
After a background in critiquing research, learn about dozens of recent
research studies of the brain, and what they show. Updated for all the great
new research through 2013, don't miss this informative collection of
research.. (PowerPoint
presentation, click to download viewer)
Research
Synthesis on Gifted Provisions
by Karen Rogers, in Grouping Gifted Children and
Differentiation of Instruction
Dr. Karen Rogers updates (1999) her earlier synthesis of what the research
says about gifted educational provisions. Essential gifted education
provisions are listed, along with their effect on students when comparing to
other gifted students...
A
Response to the "All Children are Gifted" Comment
A speech delivered at the Indiana Association for the Gifted 1998 Annual
Conference, by Michael C. Thompson, in Gifted
Education
These are the times that try gifted educators’ souls. These are the
times when gifted education is under attack as never before. It is not
unusual for gifted education to come under attack. Gifted education has
frequently been the target of opposition and misunderstanding, such as the
confounded idea that equity is threatened by the excellence of gifted
education, when everyone knows that historically, excellent minds have
always been in the vanguard of the demand for equity.
What is unusual, what tries our souls at this moment in the history of
gifted education, is that gifted education is under intellectual attack, an
intellectual attack aimed at its very foundation. For perhaps the
first time in many of our careers, we are hearing scholars and educators
question whether gifted education is even valid, whether gifted children
even exist... Also read All Children Are Gifted
also by Michael C. Thompson
Role Models...
collected by Carolyn K.
| Grade Skipped and Successful
Individuals who skipped one or more grades, and are successful in their
fields... from scientist to actress to sports professional to Nobel Prize winners... |
| Notable Homeschoolers So many children
throughout modern history have been home schooled, and then become
highly successful members of our society... |
| 2e = Exceptional Squared!
Successful people who have capitalized on their exceptional learning
styles! |
Scholastic
BookWizard BookAlike
,
in Reading Lists
Find books at a similar level to books your child is already reading... a
handy tool!
Seeking
Teachers for Gifted Children
by Tamara Fisher, in
Unwrapping
the Gifted
If you are a teacher, chances are extremely slim that you learned any
extensive information about or strategies for gifted students when you were
in your teacher-prep classes. Of our thousands of higher education
institutions in America, only seventy-seven of them offer
coursework in gifted education... Then read
Seeking
Teachers for Gifted Children Part 2
Selection of Candidates for Early Admission to Kindergarten and First Grade
by Nancy Robinson & L. Weimer, in Early (or
Late) Kindergarten
Achieving an optimal match between child and challenge is a test of its
own for parents and teachers... There is plenty of evidence, as we
shall see, that bright children carefully selected for early entrance tend
to do very well indeed, both academically and socially. Why, then, is
this option utilized so infrequently?
The Silent Epidemic
A report by John M. Bridgeland, John J. DiIulio and Karen Burke Morison of
Civic Enterprises (requires
Adobe Reader), in Gifted Students
At Risk
Dropouts say their schools expected too little of them by Greg Tuppo,
USA Today
Most
Dropouts Leave School Due to Boredom, Lack of Encouragement, Report Finds
Commissioned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the report, The
Silent Epidemic: Perspectives of High School Dropouts, found that nearly
50 percent of 470 dropouts surveyed said they left school because their
classes were boring and not relevant to their lives or career aspirations...
Small poppies: Highly gifted children in the early years
by Miraca Gross, in Highly, Exceptionally, and
Profoundly Gifted
Highly gifted children are frequently placed at risk in the early years of
school through misidentification, inappropriate grade-placement and a
seriously inadequate curriculum. Additional factors are their own early
awareness, that they differ from their age-peers, and their consequent
attempts to conceal their ability for peer acceptance...
Smart as We Can Get?: Gains on certain tests of intelligence are ending in
some places
David Schneider, American
Scientist, in Testing and Assessment
Psychometricians have long been aware of a phenomenon called the Flynn
effect—a widespread and long-standing tendency for scores on certain tests
of intelligence to rise over time. And now they have another curiosity to
ponder: The tendency for intelligence scores to rise appears to have ended
in some places. Indeed, it seems that some countries are experiencing a
Flynn effect with a reversed sign...
Smart
Child Left Behind
by Tom Loveless and Michael J. Petrilli, in
the
New York Times
The new study, by the independent Center on Education Policy, showed that
more students are reaching the “advanced” level on state tests now than in
2002. This led the authors to conclude that there is little evidence that
high-achieving students have been shortchanged.
If only that were so. But like many miracle-drug claims, this conclusion is
deeply flawed...
The Socioaffective Impact of Acceleration and Ability Grouping:
Recommendations for Best Practice
by Maureen Neihart, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Although the academic gains associated with acceleration and peer ability
grouping are well documented, resistance to their use for gifted students
continues because of concerns that such practices will cause social or
emotional harm to students. Research indicates that grade skipping, early
school entrance, and early admission to college have socioaffective benefits
for gifted students who are selected on the basis of demonstrated academic,
social, and emotional maturity, but may be harmful to unselected students
who are arbitrarily accelerated on the basis of IQ, achievement, or social
maturity...
Staying Home From
School
by Lynn Schnaiberg
"A new breed of home-schooler is emerging, motivated ... by more
practical concerns ranging from school violence to poor academic quality to
overzealous peer pressure."
Still!
Unacceptable Trends in Kindergarten Entry and Placement
A position statement developed by National Association of Early Childhood
Specialists in State Departments of Education, in
Early (or Late) Kindergarten
Delaying children's entry into school and/or segregating them into
extra-year classes actually labels children as failures at the outset of
their school experience. These practices are simply subtle forms of
retention. Not only is there a preponderance of evidence that there is no
academic benefit from retention in its many forms, but there also appear to
be threats to the social-emotional development of the child subjected to
such practices...
Stories
of Acceleration
Belin-Blank Center, in Academic Acceleration
Read many stories, both positive and negative, of acceleration of gifted
students, and follow the links to even more stories, case studies, and
Personal Stories about the
effects of A
Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students...
Struggle, Challenge and Meaning: The Education of a
Gifted Child
by Valerie Bock, in Frequently Answered Questions (FAQs)
What do we want from the education of our gifted children? An eloquent
answer...
Surviving
or Thriving? Gifted middle school boys with learning disabilities
by Mary Ruth Coleman, in
Gifted Child Today
($), in Twice Exceptional
and Gifted in Middle School
Teachers often view gifted students as outstanding performers and see
these students as top picks for their classes. Yet, not all gifted-students
thrive in school. For gifted students with learning disabilities, school is
not always the most comfortable place. What have we have learned in the last
30 years? Terrific strategies to help gifted / learning disabled
children cope, in academics, testing, and in life!
Susan
and Goliath: A Seventh-Grade Girl's Skipping Odyssey
by Mary Reed, NAGC Parenting for High Potential
This was an odyssey in the true sense of the word with many twists and turns.
We all felt dizzy by the time it was over. The key for us, as a family, was
to make sure that this was what Susan wanted and that she was both
emotionally and mentally ready. Now that Susan’s second year of high school
is nearly finished, we feel vindicated. Susan did slay Goliath—not with a
stone, but with her intelligence and maturity.
Taking
Notes in Picture Form – A Powerful Strategy for Visual-Spatial Students
by Alexandra Shires Golon
Those who favor their right hemisphere (at least 1/3 of students) face
disadvantages in the regular classroom. One of these challenges is the
ability to take effective notes. In delivering strictly auditory lectures,
we ask those who think in images to translate their mental pictures into
words, write those words quickly, yet comprehensively, and then go back to
those words and create permanent mental images that they can regurgitate on
demand. For visual-spatial students, there is a better way! (requires Adobe)
Talent Development collected by Douglas Eby
Exploring talent and giftedness ~ information
& inspiration to enhance creative expression
Temple
Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds
a TED Talk, in Asperger's Syndrome and
High-Functioning Autism
How does the mind of an autistic / Aspergers person work? Not only
who these kids are, but what they need, and what we're doing wrong today.
The world needs these people! Every parent and teacher should listen
to this talk!
Texas Education Agency Released Tests, Answer Keys, and Scoring Guides ,
in Proficiency Testing and
Testing and Assessment
TAKS tests, scored right on the 'net, for grades 3-11 in reading,
mathematics, writing, writing prompt, and science, plus exit level / end of
course tests in many subjects. Use these tests to show your child's
above-level mastery...
Top
Kid
1985 Australian TV drama for children (YouTube, in 5 parts), in
Movies Featuring Gifted Kids (and Adults!)
This movie has helped more than a few gifted children self-identify and
begin the path to self-understanding...
Twice
Exceptional/Twice Successful: Back to School Strategies that Work
by Linda Collins
Twice-exceptional students also need intentional support that personalizes
a strategic educational plan in each class. This is not coincidental,
accidental, or unintentional support. The IEP/504 fulfills legal obligations
for special education services, but teachers may need a more detailed
intentional approach to helping a 2-e student in a particular content area,
a more focused, delineated, plan, especially if the student is attempting an
Honors or Advanced Placement class...
Underachievement
from the Inside Out
by Josh Shaine, in Gifted Underachievement
Perhaps the most upsetting part of being an underachiever with a lot of
potential is the accusation, first from your parents and then from yourself,
that you are somehow doing "it" intentionally...
Use
of the WISC-IV for Gifted Identification
Position Statement from the National
Association for Gifted Children, in Testing and
Assessment
It is recommended practice to derive the General Ability Index (GAI) when
there are large disparities among the Composite/Index scores. Flanagan and
Kaufman (2004), in
Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment, deem the FSIQ “not interpretable” if
Composite scores vary by 23 points (1.5 standard deviations) or more...
Using Current Research to Make Good Decisions About Grouping
by Karen B. Rogers, in NASSP Bulletin - no longer available free, but
available for a fee from Sage Publications, in
Grouping Gifted Children
High-ability and gifted students tend to benefit most from like-ability
grouping, because the strategy provides them with the opportunity to access
more advanced knowledge and skills and to practice deeper processing.
Guidelines include:
- • Group gifted students by their ability or achievement levels for the
majority of their school day in all academic core areas.
- • Provide enrichment opportunities, carefully differentiated learning
experiences, and acceleration opportunities to gifted students; Grouping
alone does not produce a substantial achievement effect
- • Use whole group and mixed-ability group methods (such as
cooperative learning) sparingly and perhaps only for socialization purposes.
There is no well-controlled research evidence to suggest any achievement
effect for this form of grouping with either highly able or gifted students.
Welcome
to Lake Woebegon, where 100% of children are in the top 2.5%
by Carolyn K., Hoagies' Nibbles
and Bits
100% of children are in the top 2.5% of children. It sounds ridiculous
when it is stated mathematically, but you hear it often in its common form:
"All children are gifted." No matter how you say it, it is still nonsense...
What Do the Tests Tell Us?
by Carolyn K., in Testing and Assessment
Many parents arrive in the world of gifted education with a report full of
tests results, supposedly defining their child as "gifted." But more
often than not, parents have more questions than answers upon receiving
those test results. And just as often, the short answers from the
psychologist, the school, the teachers, and other parents do more to confuse
than clarify...
What
Does Dyslexia Look Like in a Gifted Child? - Stealth Dyslexia
by Drs. Brock and Fernette Eide (YouTube)
A seven-minute excerpt from the Eide's online webinar on Stealth
Dyslexia...
What
is a Gifted Child?
NSW Assn for Gifted & Talented Children
Inc.
A good question to start with...
What is Highly Gifted? Exceptionally Gifted?
Profoundly Gifted? And What Does It Mean?
by Carolyn K., in Testing and Assessment
Levels of giftedness, test ceilings, questions that you want answers to...
What
Makes a Great Teacher?
by Amanda Ripely, The Atlantic, in
Gifted Education
We have never identified excellent teachers in any reliable, objective
way. Instead, we tend to ascribe their gifts to some mystical quality... For
this story, Teach for America allowed me access to 20 years of
experimentation. The results are specific and surprising. Things that you
might think would help a new teacher achieve success in a poor school—like
prior experience working in a low-income neighborhood—don’t seem to matter.
Other things that may sound trifling—like a teacher’s extracurricular
accomplishments in college—tend to predict greatness...
What
Parents Want Teachers (and Professionals) to Know
Compiled by Sarah Sheard, in Frequently Answered Questions
(FAQs)
Many parents of highly or profoundly
gifted children talk about teachers or other adults who either “get my
child” or “don’t get my child”. But what is “it” that they need
to "get"?
What We
Have Learned About Gifted Children 1979-2009
by Linda Kreger Silverman, in Characteristics
of the Gifted Child and Identification of
Gifted Children
Linda Silverman's summary of 17 now 28! years of
observations, including "Parents are excellent identifiers of giftedness in
their children," "the ideal age for testing is between five and eight
years," and "When parents fail to recognize a child’s gifts, teachers may
overlook them as well," " Gifted children are asynchronous," "Gifted
children have better social adjustment in classes with children like
themselves; the brighter the child, the lower the child's social
self-concept in regular classrooms,"...
When Special Ed is Special-er
by giftedguru.com
The question about IEPs and 504 accommodations comes up frequently with
regard to gifted learners. Gifted kids can have other conditions as well, so
just because your child’s gifted doesn’t mean him/her has no educational
issues that may require intervention. IEP vs. 504 accommodations...
Why Should I Have My Child Tested?
by Carolyn K., in Testing and Assessment
Intelligence tests, ability tests, achievement tests, test young, test
older, use this test, use that test... we all hear tons of tidbits of
information about testing, from the schools, from other parents, from
mailing lists, from professionals. Here are all those tidbits,
distilled into a comprehensive guide to testing our gifted children...
Why do my child's test scores vary from test to
test?
by Carolyn K., in Testing and Assessment
Why do children's test scores, on both IQ and achievement tests, vary
(sometimes dramatically) from test to test? There are so many reasons,
and most do not have anything to do with the child's intelligence or
ability...
Why
fun is important in learning and
Why fun is important in learning (Part 2)
by
Sean Slade, in The Washington
Post
Why do we assume that learning only occurs when kids are serious and
quiet? The belief remains strong that learning can only take place
when kids are quiet and the work laborious, that any activities where
engaged kids seem to be enjoying themselves must be superfluous, and that
teachers who make learning fun run the risk of being declared
unprofessional. This thinking is having an adverse effect on
what kids learn and how they are taught. [emphasis added]
Why
Schools Don't Educate
by
John Taylor Gatto
Laments about our schools are nothing new. John Taylor Gatto insists the
problem goes deeper; we’ve turned our schools, he says, into “torture
chambers.” Read the text of the speech Gatto gave upon being named New York
City’s Teacher of the Year...
Yesterday's Whiz
Kids: Where Are They Today?
by Melissa Hendricks, in Highly, Exceptionally,
and Profoundly Gifted and Academic
Acceleration
Preliminary results of a 20-year follow-up indicate that most have been
successful. Many achieved advanced degrees. Many rose to outstanding
careers at an early age
Your
Child's Disorder May Be Yours, Too
by Benedict Carey, New York Times, in Twice
Exceptional
...found in his son’s diagnosis a new language to understand his own
life... “provided a frame in which a whole bunch of seemingly
unrelated aspects of my own life growing up fit together for the first
time.”
Editor's note: this applies to giftedness, too - many of us realize that
we are gifted when our kids are first "diagnosed!"
- 2e:
Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
from the publishers of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
- For those who raise, educate, and counsel high-ability children with
learning issues such as AD/HD, dyslexia, Asperger's, and so forth...
- 2eeducator:
Unexpected Gifts: Discovering and Nurturing the Strengths in Every Child
- Cathy Risberg's blog provides great ideas and strategies that work for
teachers and parents educating and raising gifted and twice exceptional
children...
- Dyslexic
Advantage - Famous People with Dyslexia
-
Devoted to promoting an understanding of the gifts and talents found in
dyslexics of all ages...
- Eide
Neurolearning Blog
- Commentary about new research and Internet
articles related to any aspect of learning, learning differences and
disabilities, including gifted and visual learners, autism, dyslexia,
attention deficit disorders, sensory, visual, or auditory processing
difficulties and more...
- Gifted
Homeschoolers Forum (GHF)
- A non-profit, all-volunteer organization that works to educate and
advocate for gifted homeschooling families. Work includes a
well-regarded website with resources and articles from parents and experts,
an online community for support and advice, sponsorship of events with
nationally known speakers, and a schedule of conferences, lectures and other
opportunities...
- GT-World
- A world full of resources for parents of gifted children. Mailing lists:
GT-Families for families of gifted children, GT-Special for families of twice
exceptional children, GT-Adult for gifted adults, and GT-Talk for ... heated
discussions moved from other GT-World mailing lists
- Hoagies'
Gifted Education Page
- Facebook page of interesting short articles and quotes for us,
links for our kids (and us!), as well as Q&A on gifted toipcs for parents
and teachers
-
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Strategic communications, gifted perspective. Don't miss Ingeniosus's
#gtchat Twitter conferences every Friday!
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- Our
Gifted Online Conferences
now a Ning community!
- A place to join together to meet, share, learn, and discuss issues
pertaining to giftedness and talent of all individuals regardless of race,
age, gender, economic status, and/or twice/thrice exceptionalities.
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The TAG Project
- A support community for Families of the Gifted and
Talented, including mailing lists TAGFAM for Families, TAGMAX for home
education, and TAGPDQ for "more-than-just-gifted" families
- Unwrapping
the Gifted
- a K-12 gifted education specialist discusses news and
developments in the gifted education community and offers advice for
teachers on working with gifted students. An
EdWeek blog...
- WeAreGifted2
Rising Above the ‘Triple Quandary’ of Being Young, Gifted &
Culturally Diverse: Celebrating the Strengths of Diverse Gifted
Learners
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- Visit Contests and
College Scholarships for more great programs!
- Education
Planner
- Thousands of scholarships, many available for both rising freshman and
already enrolled college students...
- FastWeb
- Find money for college, expert tips on financial aid, find your dream
school, even win a scholarship directly from FastWeb...
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IEA
Gifted Resource Center Contest, Award & Scholarship Search
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Comprehensive contest listing...
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- Scholastic Art and
Writing Awards
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Students in grades 7 - 12 in the U.S., U.S. Territories, U.S.-sponsored schools
abroad, and Canadian students in equivalent grade levels, are eligible.
More than 600 Art awards and 300 writing awards are presented annually on the
national level. Winners may receive cash awards, scholarships,
certificates, and publishing and exhibition opportunities...
- Visit Contests and
College Scholarships for more great programs!
- Junior Statesmen of America
CA, CT, DC, IL, NJ (grade 10 to 12)
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-
 Satori camp
Cheney, Washington (junior and senior high students, age 12-18)
- A summer experience for gifted junior and senior high school students.
An opportunity for academically and intellectually talented students to
experience their first taste of college with others who share their enthusiasm
for learning in an academic and social environment...
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-
 Yunasa
Summer Institute for the Gifted
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For highly gifted middle school students (ages 10-15), Yunasa is a Lakota Indian
word meaning “balance”. The goal of this week-long experience is to have lots of
fun while developing the emotional, spiritual, physical and intellectual
components of your life...
- Visit Summer and Saturday Programs for more
great programs!
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Alcumus
by Art of Problem Solving
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Innovative FREE online learning system, with over
7,500 problems with solutions, many from major national math
competitions:
MATHCOUNTS, MOEMS, the
American Mathematics Competitions,
and the Centre for
Education in Mathematics and Computing competitions...
- ALEKS
- K-12 plus advanced math, fully automated, available only on the
Internet. (48 hour free trial) Great option for use low-income
schools, too - school price is only $35/ 9 months! Home price is
slightly higher
- Art of Problem Solving
(AoPS)
- Problem solving based mathematics curriculum for grades 6-12...
- Athena's
Advanced Academy
- Fast-paced and exciting online classes grades 3 through lower high
school, for younger children may be ready for higher level content and
analytical thinking, but still desire age-appropriate activities...
- eIMACS (Institute for Mathematics &
Computer Science)
- On-line interactive mathematics and computer science curricula to
talented middle and high school school and undergraduate students...
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IEA
Gifted Resource Center Contest, Distance Learning Search
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Comprehensive distance learning opportunity listing...
- Khan
Academy
- 1000+ YouTube videos covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra
to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance...
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Nova
Science Programming On Air and Online
- From America's Stone Age Explorers (Anthropology), to Decoding Nazi Secrets
(Physics & Math), to Animal Hospital (Health) and many more... Check the TV
schedule, borrow the video from your public library, or watch the show online,
and explore the corresponding website. Teachers and parents, visit
Nova
Teachers for teacher resources...
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Nova
ScienceNow
- Help satisfy your scientific appetite. And for more fascinating
science, subscribe to
Nova
Podcasts!
- Online
G3: Guinevere's Gifted Group
- Accelerated and engaging online humanities classes for gifted students
featuring Michael Clay Thompson's curriculum...
- Stanford Online High School
(Previously EPGY Online High School)
- Three-year, fully-accredited, diploma-granting, online, independent
high school...
- TED
Ed
- New in 2012, use these engaging videos to create customized lessons.
Learn how!
- University of Missouri Center for
Distance and Independent Study
- Elementary, high school and college classes
- WikiBooks
- A collection of free, open-content textbooks, also in a variety of other
languages
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- Visit Distance Learning,
(Free)
Online High School Courses
, Internet Investigations
and
Online Text Materials for more distance
learning opportunities!
- Hoagies' Hot Topics!
- Wild about science fiction, math, genetics, poetry, programming, biographies, science
or other "hot" topics for gifted kids? Check this list for lots of books for all ages, on these and other Hot Topics for gifted kids!
A reading list of a different color, Hot Topics! books are listed by topic first, and
reading level second...
- Grief and Grieving
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A collection of resources for dealing with the death of a loved one, or a
beloved pet, with books and sites for all ages...
- Scholastic
BookWizard BookAlike
- Find books at a similar level to books your child is already reading... a
handy tool!
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UK Education secretary arranges boys' bookshelves
and the
Full
List
- A list of more than 160 books, from Frankenstein to Bill Bryson's A
Short History of Nearly Everything, has been published today in a bid to
encourage teenage boys to read for pleasure...
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- Visit Reading Lists for more great book
lists for kids and teens!
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20Q
the neural-net on the internet - how do they DO that?
in Variety Store |
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Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena
but better than the illusions, are the explanations! in
Brain Teasers: Optical Illusions |
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Algebasics
An online Algebra course in 16 chapters, with great instruction and
examples! (Flash enabled) in Math |
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Alice
Learn to Program Interactive 3D Graphics - easy enough for gifted
elementary kids, advertised for middle school through college (from
Carnegie Mellon University)
in
 | Storytelling
Alice create animated stories (more popular with middle
school students, particularly girls) |
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The Art of the Brick
by Nathan Sawaya, amazing Lego brick sculptures! in
Art, Theater, Music |
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BigBrainz
Timez Attack
turns times tables into a fun adventure game!
(personal free download, or purchase) |
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blobs.org
Is science baffling? Struggling to understand? Looking for help? blobs.org
is here to help! in
Science |
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BrainPop
Health, science, technology, math, English and more... in Math
and Science and Young
Kids |
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Celestia
space simulation lets you explore our universe in three dimensions
(download) in Space
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The Chaos
Which rhymes with enough - Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough? in
For the Love of Words |
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Cogito.org
news and features, questions and answers, even mentors, in math and science!
in Math
and Science |
| Conceptis
Puzzles
logic puzzles, including pixel puzzles, Sudoku, Kakuro, Battleship... in Brain Teasers:
Logic & Critical Thinking |
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| Crayon
Physics Deluxe
(and downloadable
Crayon) an amazing new game, even in the simple shareware
version! In
Engineering, Physics & Mechanics |
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| Curious
Expeditions
traveling and exhuming the extraordinary past. See
Butterflies,
Libraries, lots more! in
Social Studies: History |
| DESIGNit
BUILDit Fidget
Can you design the solution for each challenge?, in
Engineering, Physics & Mechanics |
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| Did You Know 2.0
and Shift
Happens 2008... see how fast the future is arriving! in
Variety Store |
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| Diffen
Compare, contrast and find the difference between any two things!,
in Variety Store |
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iCivics.org
U.S. Civics games, developed with Sandra Day O'Connor
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Engineering
Games
Engineering, physics and logic games, from beginning to very advanced! in
Engineering, Physics & Mechanics |
| eGFI
Engineering
Go For It! All about engineering possibilities, from
computer to nuclear, mechanical to civil, and many more engineering
options! in
Engineering, Physics & Mechanics |
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The
Elements
animation of Tom Lehrer's song..., in Science:
Periodic Table |
| Evolution
101
by Berkeley's Understanding Evolution Team... a full and fun course for kids
of all ages, from introduction to modern questions! in
Natural Science: Evolution |
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| Fantastic
Contraption
Amazing interactive physics puzzle game, in
Physics and
Interact! |
| Flying
Spaghetti Monster treats with working (and edible!) googly eyes
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in Variety Store and
Art, Theater, Music (these really are a work of art!) |
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Frame
Games
USA Today's weekly game, plus tons of archives..., in
Brain Teasers: Rebuses |
| Geocaching
the Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site - check the new wave in scavenger
hunting! in
Geography Also visit Hoagies'
Gifted: Geocaching: The sport for gifted kids of all ages and
Geocaching 101: How to find your
first cache |
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Google Earth
combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the
world's geographic information at your fingertips, now including the Oceans
and Mars!, in
Geography and
Variety Store |
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Google Sightseeing
"Why bother seeing the world for real?" The world will never be the same! in
Geography |
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goReact!
Combine elements from the Periodic Table to create virtual
reactions! |
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Griddlers.net
paint-by-number puzzles to solve online or offline, in
Brain Teasers |
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| Growing
Up in the Universe
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Children by Richard
Dawkins (YouTube)
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HippoCampus
for
high school and college students, a project of the Monterey Institute
for Technology and Education (MITE), in Homework
Help |
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How Stuff Works
from UPC bar codes to Chess computers to Power Distribution Grids, in
Engineering, Physics & Mechanics |
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Invention at Play
from the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention... in
Science |
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| Instructables
step-by-step collaboration: a venue for showing what you make and how others can make it, in
Variety Store |
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The
Internet of Living Things
a video introduction to Synthetic Biology, the next big IT industry |
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It's OK to be Smart!
YouTube channel of science, the amazing universe we live in, and how science
connects to every part of our life |
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Journey of Mankind
genetic map, exploring the peopling of the world over the last 160,000
years, in
Social Studies |
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JuggleMaster
download, and create your own juggling patterns! in Variety Store |
| Kids
are Writers
Are you a kid who loves to write? Are you needing a challenge?
Inspiration? Are you ready to take your writing to the next level? You have
come to the right place! in Links For the
Love of Words... | Writing |
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KrazyDad's Free Printable Puzzles
choose from 1000's of Mazes in
5 levels, Bridges,
Cross Figures,
Galaxies,
Kakuro (Cross Sums) and loads
more! in
Brain Teasers |
| The
Math Dude Quick and Dirty Tips
Simple answers to tricky math questions, from Addition and Subtraction to
the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci! in
Math |
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NameVoyager
where does your name rank throughout history? in
Social Studies |
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National
Geographic Kids
stories, games, newsletters, and more... in
Links for Young Kids |
| National
Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
write 50,000 words of fiction
between November 1 and November 30th... you wrote a Novel! in For the Love of Words |
| NGAkids
Art Zone National Gallery of Art offers great art-making
tools and amazing art history... in
Art, Theater, Music |
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Nova
companion websites to PBS Nova episodes, including these and TONS more... in
Natural Science,
Science, Social
Studies and Space |
| Nova
ScienceNow
and Nova Podcasts
satisfy your scientific appetite! in
Natural Science and
Science |
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Ozy and Millie
Where did they find two gifted kids for this strip??
in
Cartoons |
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Pentagon-Hexagon Zig-Zag (PHiZZ) Unit
modular origami fold whose locking mechanism is based on an accordion pleat
- really cool! In
Art, Theater, Music |
| Jaw-dropping
demo of PhotoSynth
(based on SeaDragon) Amazing!! in
Computers |
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Planarity Game
Arrange the vertices such that no edges overlap, in
Interact!
and Math |
| Poisson
Rouge
interactive games - write your own music, and play it back
- alphabet where the xylophone really plays - visual brain teasers -
and lots more!
in
Young
Kids |
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Powers of Ten
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from Earth. Then move towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude...
in Natural Science and
Space |
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| Prezi
a new, non-linear way to create a presentation,
Tutorials and sample
Showcase too! in
Homework Help |
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Puzzle Parlor
interactive GamePuzzles, in Brain Teasers
and Math |
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Renaissance Connection
Be a patron of the arts. Design your own innovation. Investigate Renaissance
artworks in depth. Discover how past innovations inform life today, in
Social Studies |
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Running the
Numbers: An American Self-Portrait
contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Visit
Chris Jordan's other collections...,
in
Art, Theater, Music |
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Scale of the Universe
scroll through and see just how big... or how small... things really are! |
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Scratch
a snap-together programming language that lets kids create their own interactive
stories, games, music, and art... free from MIT, in
Programming |
| Shift Happens: Did You
Know? and Did You
Know 2.0
by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod, the originals... in Computers |
an interactive space flight experience
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The Sliding Block Puzzle Page
tons of great interactive sliding puzzles! in
Interact!
and Math |
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Spaced
Penguins
an interactive space flight experience, in Interact!
and Physics |
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Store Wars
Star Wars and Organic Food fans alike will love this! in
Variety Store |
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| String
Thing
design your own string music with percussion, learn about the science of
music too! In Art, Theater, Music |
| Styncil
Make iPhone, iPad, Android & Flash Games without code. The quickest &
easiest way to make a game..., in Programming |
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TerraServer
Satellite photos of (nearly) anywhere in the U.S. plus more! (plus great
maps, too) in Geography |
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TextTwist
Addictive! Rearrange the letters and make as many words as you can, in
Interact! and For the Love
of Words |
| TED
Ideas Worth Sharing - an amazing collection of videos of "the
world's greatest thinkers and doers" Sortable
spreadsheet of all the TED Talks to date, in
Variety Store |
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Theo
Jansen: The art of creating creatures
amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures! (TED video), in
Art, Theater, Music |
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| This
is sand
click on the grey square for instructions, and don't miss the
gallery - wow! in
Interact! and Art,
Theater, Music |
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| Tree
of Life
Where did we all come from? Detailed and simplified versions to view
or print - I love this stuff!
in Natural Science: Evolution |
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User Friendly
the computer geek's comic strip - literally!, in
Cartoons |
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Vocab Minute
catchy tunes to hum while you build vocab skills for success, in Jr. or Sr.
level (podcast), in For the Love of Words |
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WebSuduko
Number puzzle, but no math required... trillions of puzzles! in
Brain Teasers
and Interact!
| shareware PC version try
Sudoku |
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Wikipedia
the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit (both good and
accurate, read more in Acronyms,
Terms, and other things we need to know), in
Variety Store |
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| Wired "How To" Wiki
Ever wondered how to read a barcode? Choose a sound system? Sync Google
Calendar with your iPhone? Find out this and much more here!
in
Variety Store |
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Word Sandwich
guess the mystery five letter word, by narrowing it down in the "word
sandwich"..., in For the Love of Words |
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| XKCD
a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math and language... this one caught
my eye Useless
 (occasional pg13
content),
in
Cartoons |
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XtraMath.org
Free web program to help kids master math facts (+ - × ÷, for
school or home, progress reports, non-profit site with no ads) |
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| xtranormal
if you can type, you can make movies!
in Homework Help and
Variety Store |
| Zomepad
Modeling Software
with models to follow, examine and build a new challenge every
month! Also
Contributed Models...
in Math and Variety Store |
Visit Kids and Teen Links for hundreds more
great links!
And when it all seems just too much,
A Lighter Note...
- All Children Are Gifted
by Michael Clay
Thompson
- Originally printed in Our Gifted Children... Haven't we heard
this before?
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The
Bitter Homeschooler's Wish List
by Deborah Markus, from
Secular Homeschooling
- We don't look horrified and start quizzing your kids when we hear they're
in public school. Please stop drilling our children...
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Education Quotes and
Gifted Education Quotes
collected by Carolyn K.
- Here are some great quotations on educating our gifted
children...
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Geocaching:
The sport for gifted kids of all ages
- By popular demand, the sport that is sweeping the World! Follow Hoagies'
Gifted Education Page guide to getting started in Geocaching. Step by
step, it's easy. You can do it! Alone, with your spouse, your
family or your scouts or students, geocaching is a sport that has something
for everyone
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Gifted
Children's Bill of Rights
by Del Siegle, on NAGC
- You have a right... ... to know about your giftedness, ... to learn
something new everyday, ... to be passionate about your talent area without
apologies, and more! A great poster, post it this wherever Gifted
Children work and play! (requires Adobe Reader)
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- I never
wanted to be one of THOSE moms by Barbara Cooper
- I don’t want to sound like one of those horrible stage mothers – frankly,
I was in denial about all this. But my oldest daughter is a pretty special
child. I mean, ALL children are special but she’s special in a quantifiable
way. But...
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- And then there is The
Apology. Why do we feel we have to apologize for what our children
are, for what we are?
-
 Legend of the Pink Monkey retold by Cici
Clovis
- "Us Pink Monkeys have a tough time finding one another..."
- Music for the Gifted Mind a
Hoagies' Page collection
- Eclectic Music Selections for folks faced with the daily realities of the
world, including kids music that won't drive parents batty, teens music that
won't offend, and more!
- No Dentist
Left Behind
by John S. Taylor, Superintendent, School District of Lancaster, South
Carolina (previously titled Absolutely the Best Dentist)
- "Did you hear about the new state program to measure the effectiveness of
dentists with their young patients?" I said.
"No," he said. He didn't seem too thrilled. "How will they do that?"
"It's quite simple," I said...
Also read No
Child Left Behind: The Football Version
- Not On the Test
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A new song that sings close to home for gifted kids...
by Tom
Chapin
- Official Home Page of the PG Cult
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Are you a member?
- Please
don't give my child an "A"
by a gifted parent
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The lament of every gifted parent!
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Raisin'
Brains
by Karen L.J. Isaacson
- A humorous look inside the home of 5 very gifted children... from the
mom's point of view. Prepare to have your funny bone tickled! And
now the sequel...
Life
in the Fast Brain: Keeping Up With Gifted Minds. It's not only
rip-roaringly funny, but full it's of great ideas, some of which you do NOT
want your kids to find out about!
-
Ridiculous Things I Heard Today
edited by Carolyn K.
- All the collected 'wisdoms' imparted on us by the "professionals" and the
parents!
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Role Models...
collected by Carolyn K.
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| Grade Skipped and Successful Individuals who skipped one or more grades, and are successful
in their fields... from scientist to actress to Nobel Prize winners... |
| Notable
Homeschoolers So many children throughout modern history have been home schooled, and then
become highly successful members of our society... |
| 2e = Exceptional Squared! Successful people who have capitalized on their
exceptional learning styles! |
- Snopes
Urban Legends Reference Page
- Not specifically about gifted, but debunks all those myths that tug our
heartstrings... or occasionally confirms them! If you don't believe
Snopes, read XKCD's perspective on Snopes...
- Tony
by Kaye Starbird
- A great poem about a gifted young child. Tony could be your child or mine!
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Top
Kid
1985 Australian TV drama for children (YouTube, in 5 parts)
- This movie has helped more than a few gifted children self-identify and
begin the path to self-understanding...
- Well,
Thank You
by Taylor Phillips
- YouTube video of a Taylor performing her excellent poem for gifted kids...
don't miss it! (text of
Well, Thank You)
- William
Tell Overture for Moms
by Anita Renfroe
- Feeling like a broken record? Listen to this one!
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- You Know You're The Parent of a Gifted Child
When...
edited by Carolyn K.
- Other parents of gifted children will understand... Also read
More
You Know You're the Parent of a Gifted Child When...
- Visit A Lighter Note for more humor and
fun!
- Gift Cards for Good
- Founded by a 10-year-old gifted child, Gift Cards for Good collects used
but not quite empty gift cards from stores across the country, and donate
100% of the proceeds to to help people who need something that they can’t
get themselves: buy food for hungry children and clothes for cold children.
We will also be able to give presents to kids who never get any at the
holidays. We can also help charities that build houses for those who don’t
have the money to do it for themselves...
- One
Laptop per Child (OLPC) Give One Get One
- The mission of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of
developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every
school-age child. Through December 31 2007, OLPC has been offering a
limited-time Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada.
During Give One Get One, you can donate the revolutionary XO laptop to a
child in a developing nation, and also receive one for the child in your
life in recognition of your contribution...
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- Visit Gifts to Share: Humanitarian
Opportunities for Gifted Families for more humanitarian giving options!
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December 01, 2020
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