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Check out the best of...
- Be sure to visit all the Smart Toys pages
best-of-the-best toys for our kids and grandkids - ALL the toys and games on these pages are
excellent choices for gifted kids of all ages!
These are the best of the best, but ALL the toys
and games listed on the pages above are terrific fun for gifted kids - check
them all out!
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Ate 9
by Out
of the Box Publishing
This short math game looks simple, and turns into a ton of fun for kids
of all ages, and their parents! Try it, you'll like it!
10 Days in...
 by Out
of the Box Publishing
Can you plan a cohesive trip in ten
days? Some skill, some luck, lots of fun - great to study
geography of ... wherever you chose to go, they're all great! Available
in
10 Days in Africa,
10 Days in
the USA,
10 Days in Asia,
10 Days in Europe and
10 Days in
the Americas
The 24 Game
Create the number 24 from the four numbers on a game card. You can add,
subtract, multiply and divide. Use all four numbers but use each number only
once. Available from simple addition and subtraction, right up to fractions,
decimals and algebra. Click for 24 Challenge tournament schedule.
Decks listed in order of difficulty
Apples to Apples, Party Box Edition
or
Apple Crate Edition
(ages 12+)
This game receives rave reviews from our gifted community, for
family or group fun!
Also check out... (And for a full list of the words in each set, visit
Munching Apples fan site)
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Apples to Apples
7+
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Apples to Apples
Junior
(ages 9+)
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Party
Box Expansion #1 and
Party Box Expansion #2 more apples, more fun!
 Bananagrams
(2 or more players, ages 7 and up, younger for language / spelling gifted
kids)
Grab more tiles, and reorganize existing tiles into new words - the
banana bag stores the game and rules when they're not in use.
Great for vocabulary building or spelling practice, too! And try
Spanish
Bananagrams! And
Jumbo Bananagrams with twice the tiles, for an extra large crowd!
Bedlam
Cube
19,186 Solutions, and So Hard to Find Just One
(or from
Amazon
Tetris Cube)
Thirteen bright pieces fit together to form a 4x4 cube. Looks so
deceptively simple... I've never met a cube puzzle I couldn't solve,
until now! Also
Mini Tetris Cube, or from
Bedlam Puzzles
in U.K. you can order many varieties...
 Blokus
or
Blokus
Trigon
Take turns placing as many of their 21 geometric shapes on board as
they can, but only the corners of their own pieces may touch. The real
challenge comes toward the end of the game... Also
Blokus
To Go
 Carcassonne
(10 to adult) Rio Grande Games
A clever tile laying game. The southern French city of Carcassonne is
famous for its unique Roman and Medieval fortifications. The players develop
the area around Carcassonne and deploy their followers on the roads, in the
cities, in the cloisters, and in the fields. The skill of the players to
develop the area will determine who is victorious. Game expansions,
and other editions... plus
Kids Of Carcassonne
for young kids!
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Carcassonne:
10 Year Special Edition
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Carcassonne:
The River 2,
Carcassonne: The Castle
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Carcassonne Inns & Cathedrals Expansion,
Carcassonne: Princess & Dragon Expansion
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Carcassonne Traders and Builders,
Carcassonne Hunters and Gatherers
Card
Golf
Play golf with a deck of cards? You bet! There's a course
provided, but you can play ANY golf course in the world - all you need is
the distance and par for each hole. Use the deck to play and score
your holes, and see if you can beat par. We had fun playing it with
teens and adults; good beginning as young as kids can add 3 digit numbers.
Not bad for quick mental math practice, either! Easy to carry and play
almost anywhere...
Cranium
(12 to adult) or
Cranium
Cadoo (7 and up)
Spell a word backwards, hum a tune, answer a multiple-choice question,
draw with your eyes closed, and more when you play Cranium, with 14 talent-tapping activities
designed to bring out the best in you and your friends... Cadoo is the
funky fusion of tic-tac-toe, general knowledge, sculpting skill, and scavenger
hunt designed for kids
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Cranium
Wow (12 to adult) Uncover a
player’s talents--or lack thereof. Wow’s objective is to move around the
board until you’ve reached Cranium Central, where your team completes its
final activities to claim victory. Collect the new personalized
markers, too!
Cranium Booster Box 1 and
Cranium Booster Box 2 or
Cranium
Cadoo Booster Box 1
-
 Cranium
Disney (8 to adult) players compete by sculpting, acting, and
sketching to victory
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Cranium
Pop 5 (13 to adult) How much pop culture do you and your team
know??
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Cranium
Whoonu (8 to adult) have unforgettable fun as you reveal your
favorite things, share hilarious stories, and bond over surprising
connections. You'll be amazed at what you'll learn about your friends and
family -- especially those you think you know best!
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Cranium Playground
(preschool) gets kids matching, drawing, dancing, and making letter shapes as
they race around the monkey bars to win!
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Cranium
Hullabaloo
(4 and up) Twister meets Simon Says... Listen closely and think fast as you
bounce, twist, spin, high-five, and dance to the music, sounds, and friendly
voice of Hullabaloo. Rewards quick thinking, cooperation,
and creative problem-solving
 Chrononauts
by Looney Labs
The card game of history! Also try
Early American Chrononauts! From the folks who bring us
Fluxx
4.0
Check out their other games...
Nanofictionary,
Aquarius,
Proton, and more...
IceHouse
a high-speed game of pyramid stacking, or try a beginner set in
TreeHouse,
then
add
Zendo
makes IceHouse into a strategy game plus...
Dominion
by Rio Grande Games
Construct the most advantageous deck of cards, with lands, minions,
riches and more. Don't miss the expansion packs:
Dominion
Intrigue, Dominion
Alchemy, and Dominion
Seaside
 Dutch
Blitz
A vonderful goot game!
Fast-moving family-friendly run-building game for 2-4 players, quick to
learn and hard to master, perfect fun for gifted kids and adults alike! Or
buy a
double Dutch Blitz set...
Equate
Strategic math thinking game. Don't forget
Junior Tile Set for more integers, or the
Advanced Tile Set for negative numbers and exponents. Also
Equate classroom set available, too!
Equate
Activity Notebook Level 1,
Level 2, or
Level 3...
 Fluxx
4.0
(or from
Amazon)
The card game where the rules always are... in Fluxx! Also available in
EcoFluxx,
Family Fluxx,
Martian
Fluxx and
Zombie
Fluxx versions. Or get
Fluxx Blanxx, and make up your own Keepers, Actions, Rules and
Goals! Other Fluxx Editions:
German Fluxx
and
Japanese Fluxx, plus
Monty
Python Fluxx (or from
Amazon) and Star
Fluxx!
 Fractiles-7
magnetic symmetry tiles by Fractiles
Make butterflies, snowflakes, optical illusions and more. Young minds will
love learning about the different kinds of symmetry. Just start placing the
tiles on the magnetic board. Neat travel toy, too!
Fractiles-7 Travel and
Fridge Fractiles
Gamepuzzles for the joy of
thinking, by Kadon Enterprises
Wonderful acrylic (and some wood) puzzles for kids (my kids loved them
since 2 and 3, my husband and I still love them!) and adults
- Roundominoes,
Super Roundominoes and Grand Roundominoes
- Rombix Jr. and
Rombix
- Deka-Star and
Kite Mosaik
- Hexnut and Hexnut
II
- Quintachex
the most beguiling checkerboard ever!
- Dezign-8
Gemlok
by Pywacket LLC (or from
Amazon)
The roll of the dice determines your moves, but your strategy determines
your fate. You finally land on a diamond and a ruby and two emeralds. But
can you keep them from being taken by the other players? This game
plays better than it sounds - and it's a visual/spatial playground!
Dice and moves like you've never seen before, and strategy different than
any other game - it's fun every time
 Hive:
Carbon
Place your hive, play your pieces, and defend your hive. It's like
chess, but not, a strategy game like no other. Easy to learn, complex to
master. Carbon version includes both Mosquito and Ladybug expansions.
 Jurassic
Jumble
from the makers of SET (or from
Amazon)
-
Fun family game of switching and swiping dinosaur cards and bones, for up to
9 friends or family members of all ages!
Kapla
Blocks
by Kapla
"KAPLA" is from the Dutch "KAbouter PLAnkjes" which means
"small planks". Its design proportions are based on the elementary
progression of odd numbers: one, three, five. Unlike traditional cubes, KAPLA is long and thin. It is perfectly balanced between 2 ideas: building
and sculpting. This single set can create an unlimited number of
structures... Fun for kids of ALL ages - you should see the college
students' buildings!
Add Kapla Color
Squares in
Red,
Orange,
Light Blue,
Dark Blue,
Yellow, or
Green - 40 planks in color in each Square, to mix and match with your
natural maple Kapla blocks. And try the
Kapla Blue Book - Advanced for great construction ideas. Or get
two-color block sets (20 pieces each color) with suggestion book included:
Red and Orange with Book,
Light Blue and Dark Blue with Book, or
Yellow and Green with Book. Now larger sets available!
Kapla 280 Piece Building Set in Wooden Box or
Kapla 1000 Piece Building Set in All Natural Box
 Keesdrow
Deluxe
by Pywacket LLC (2 to 6 players
or more in teams, also a great solitaire game) (or
Keesdrow from Fox Imaging)
The ultimate word seek game! Real wooden tiles contain 4 letters
each, double-sided for more combinations, and then distributed in an 8x8
board - it's a new challenge with each game. Find words in adjacent
letters, use letters your opponent already used for double or triple points,
but watch out for "red" letters...
 Khet
the Laser game by Deflexion
Take turns moving Egyptian-themed pieces having two, one or no mirrored
surfaces. Pieces (pharaoh, obelisk, pyramid and djed column) can either move
one square forward, back, left, right, or diagonal, or can stay in the same
square and rotate by a quarter twist. Each turn ends by firing one of the
lasers built into the board. The laser beam bounces from mirror to mirror;
if the beam strikes a non-mirrored surface on any piece, it is immediately
removed from play. The ultimate goal is to illuminate your opponent's
pharaoh, while shielding yours from harm! Add to your game with the Khet
Beamsplitter turning a single beam into three. Or try
Khet
3D: Tower of Kadesh
Klutz
Books
From paper airplanes to Legos, marbles and jacks, from juggling to peg
solitaire to desktop football, from knitting and sewing to watercolor art to
thumbprint art... There are so many of these great books, they get their own
Hoagies page! Click Klutz
Books
to investigate them all...
Lego Mindstorms
by Lego
Legos and computers - a perfect combination for our children! Choose one
of the first 2 kits if you don't have a PC or for younger kids; the rest
allow PC programming of their Lego creations!
-
Mindstorms
NXT the terrific new Mindstorms kit! Also available from
MindWare Online
-
Robotics Invention System 2.0 the old Mindstorms kit...
- Building
Robots With Lego Mindstorms : The Ultimate Tool for Mindstorms Maniacs -
sound like anyone you know? A companion book...
-
Extreme Mindstorms: an Advanced Guide to Lego Mindstorms - the book!
 Math
Dice
(ages 8+) by
ThinkFun (or from
Amazon)
Add, subtract, multiply, divide, square or cube to get closest to the Target
Number. Comes with dice, storage bag, instructions and sample challenges.
We've been playing at dinner, and the storage bag makes it a great travel game!
 Munchkin
by Steve Jackson Games
Imagine a dungeon experience, but in an easy-to-play and
tons-of-laughter card game. Slay monsters, gather treasure, and gain
levels... first player to reach level 10 is the winner. Try all the expansion
decks! Get the
Munchkin 1 thru 7 Bundle or purchase separately...
Or pick from these stand-alone Munchkin titles, spoofs on a variety of different
genres that can be played by themselves or mixed with the standard
Munchkin decks...
Oops
by
Fox
Mind Games
(or from
Barnes & Noble)
Simple but complex logic game; move the hats to reassemble Simon, the
scattered magician. Dozens of challenges, tons of fun...
Quarto!
by Gigamic
The goal is to establish a line of four pieces, with at least one common
characteristic. You decide your opponent’s next move. Not as easy as
it sounds... my 13-year-old strategy expert says, "I've played a bunch of
times, and haven't figured out all the strategy yet - that's saying
something!"
 SET
The
Family Game of Visual Perception by Set Enterprises (or from
Amazon
or
MindWare)
Purchase this great card game, or play the
on-line
version that changes daily, plus resources for teaching with SET. Also
from SET Enterprises:
-
Quiddler
word game
-
Triology
gin rummy with SET cards! (this one's also a board game)
-
Xactika more figures, more challenge
Five
Crowns now there's five crowns to contend with!
Jurassic
Jumble
family game of switching and swiping dinosaur cards and bones...
-
Settlers
of Catan
by Mayfair Games
Catan is an imaginary unexplored island, and players are explorers and
settlers. The playing surface is made of hexagonal tiles that, depending on
their placement, create a different environment each time the game is played.
Settlers must use their resources to develop their island home, building roads
and houses to create new towns. But watch out! There's a robber on the island...
Expansion sets include
Settlers 5-6 Player Expansion,
Seafarers
of Catan,
Cities
& Knights of Catan,
Starfarers
of Catan,
Settlers
of the Stone Age,
Settlers
of Catan Travel Edition
 Snafooz
the foam puzzle that forms a cube!
Snafooz 6-packs contain 6 different colors and 6 challenge levels. Build
all 6 cubes, or combine different colors to form lots of interesting
shapes...
Spy Alley Game
by
Spy Alley Partners
A little bit of paranoia helps in this business,
what with secret agents from all over the world following you around the
board as you try to pick up clues to their identity and keep your own well
hidden...
 Swish
Spatial card game that challenges you to be the first to make matches,
or “Swishes”. Swishes are made by layering 2 to 12 cards so that every
ball swishes into a hoop of the same color. The cards can be rotated,
and must be placed on top of each other in the same orientation, and no
ball or hoop can be left unmatched. It's addictively fun!
ThinkFun (was Binary Arts) great logic
puzzles and games for all
ages (mostly labeled 8 years and up, but great for gifted kids much
younger)
-
River Crossing
Use tree stumps and planks, and try to cross the river
-
River Crossing Jr. larger, easier to handle pieces, easier to solve
challenges
-
River
Crossing 2 - more puzzles for your River Crossing
-
GRIDWorks place the pieces by visual logic clues...
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TipOver
Topple a path from here to there... or
Spiderman TipOver
-
Subtrax
a new twist on classic peg solitaire...
-
 Smart Mouth
Stretch your vocabulary and quick thinking skills - (or from
Amazon)
-
Rush Hour
-
Rush Hour Card
Set 2Set 2,
Set 3,
Set 4
-
Railroad
Rush Hour
2 exit choices, and blocks that move in two directions!
Tsuro
The Game of Influence,
by Wizkids Games
Build your own path, without your opponents steering you in the wrong
direction - or off the board!
VisualEyes
The 'What You See is What You Get' Game!
Appealing to the visual learners, and everyone else. Find words
or phrases among the pictures
 Yikerz!
by Wiggles 3D (or from
Amazon)
Place your Yikerz pieces (magnets) down on the board and try to avoid
attracting the other pieces already played. The object is to get rid of
all your pieces. If Yikerz collapse together, those pieces are yours to
add to your stack. Unique 4 piece interchangeable game board designs
allow for many different configurations that create a variety of
challenges and suits different skill levels...
Zome System
Bubble Kit,
Explorer Kit,
Adventurer Kit,
Pioneer Kit,
DNA Kit,
Creator Kit from triangles to DNA strands, the smart new building toy
Great math learning tool, too! Available
lesson plans, model instructions, on-line manual. My kids (and their
parents) love this stuff! Plus literature including lesson plans for K-12,
Kepler's Solid essay and more. Additional Zome parts are available
from the re-launched ZomeTool website
(not currently a Hoagies' Page affiliate, but should be next year)
-
 Descartes' Cove by Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (6 CD set for gifted grades 6
through 8)
- In a leaky lifeboat, students survive an ocean storm and become marooned
on a deserted island once inhabited by Rene Descartes. They discover his
parchment notebook, pick up a map and other gear, and begin their journey
through the island tunnels, volcanoes, underground rivers, jungles,
abandoned mines, sunken ships and many more surprises. At each step, they
solve increasingly difficult puzzles and math challenges, earn gold coins,
and make entries in their own journal. As they master each math concept,
they prepare to tackle the final quest... For more great details, read
Blending instructional
design principles with computer game design: The development of
Descartes' Cove.
- Doctor Walt’s CAD For
Kids by
CADKEY, ages 8
and up (age 6)
- Provides a dramatic introduction to both basic drafting and powerful
solid modeling. Create fancy cars, fascinating creatures, intricate robots,
and hundreds of other items with minimal effort...
-
 Everett Kaser Software runs
on all ALL levels of Windows (age 6 to adult)
- Logic and puzzle games designed to stretch your mind, not the storage
capacity of your hard disk or the speed of your CPU. Sherlock,
Honeycomb Hotel, Dinner with Moriarty, Hero's Hearts, Decartes Enigma,
Floyd's Bumbershoot, Lunatile, Solitile, Knarly Mazes, and more... each
different than the one before, but each tons of fun - there's a logic game
for every learning style!
-
Logical Journey of the Zoombinis
by The Learning Company, ages 9 and up (age 5)
-
Zoombinis
Mountain Rescue
Zoombinis Island Odyssey
Help the Zoombinis complete their journey by solving lots of different
puzzles...
-
World
of WarCraft and World
of WarCraft Expansion: Burning Crusade by Blizzard Entertainment (age 12)
- The world's largest interactive gaming community, with more than 8.5 million
gamers world-wide. Create and customize your own hero, then explore an
expansive world with miles of forests, deserts, snow-blown mountains, and other
exotic lands. Visit huge cities and delve through dozens of vast
dungeons... Or play the stand-alone version
WarCraft III Battle Chest or
WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos
and
WarCraft III Expansion: The Frozen Throne
-
 Zoo
Tycoon 2 Zookeeper Collection by Microsoft, all ages
10+ (7
all the way to adult!)
- Build pens and habitats with an eye toward the needs of each animal species.
Tend to your human animals by locating gift shops, restaurants, drink stands,
and bathrooms. Happy and well-fed animals will cavort and play, making your
guests very happy. And happy guests results in more money for you to improve
your zoo. It's a balancing act...
Visit
Software Favorites for software for all ages, that keeps their interest, for days, months
and years!
-
 101
Success Secrets for Gifted Kids: The Ultimate Handbook
by Christine Fonseca (or from
Amazon) - A must-read for gifted kids ages 8 to 12 who want to find
success in school and life. If you know gifted kids, they will love the 101
awesome secrets, tips, and tricks included in this book!
- The Adventures of Everyday Genius...
by Barbara Esham, illustrated by Mike Gordon
Visit Mainstream
Connections for many great reviews and endorsements by the Eides,
Silverman, Reis, Baum, and many more!
-
If
You're So Smart, How Come Can't You Spell Mississippi?
- Katie always thought that her dad was smart; he is one of the busiest
attorneys in town! People are always asking him for advice! She has been a bit
confused since asking for help with her weekly spelling list. How can her "very
smart" dad struggle with one of her spelling words? This definitely did not make
sense. The word "Mississippi" had changed everything...
-
Stacey
Coolidge's Fancy Smancy Cursive Handwriting
- How does Stacey do it? How can Carolyn not do it? Carolyn has been
practicing cursive handwriting every day for weeks, but she is not getting any
closer to Frederick, the class guinea pig. It's a good thing her teacher, Mrs.
T., is able ot turn her frustration into confidence...
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Mrs.
Gorski, I Think I Have The Wiggle Fidgets
- David doesn't know how he ends up in such "situations." At the time, it just
seems like such a great idea. His teacher, Mrs. G., has had about enough; he can
tell by the way her voice changes when she speaks to him. This time, he believes
that he has come up with the best idea yet - the perfect plan to make everything
better...
-
 Last
to Finish: A Story About the Smartest Boy in Math
- One by one, Max's classmates turn in their finished papers before the timer
rings. Not Max, as soon as the teacher starts the timer, "it"
happens! His heart begins to pound. Once his heart begins to pound, his hands
begin to sweat and his brain freezes! Math must not be his thing...
-
 All
Cats Have Asperger Syndrome
by Kathy Hoopman
- This touching picture book explains the joys and challenges of raising a
"different" child. Good for kids and adults alike, leaving the reader
with a sense of the dignity and potential of the Aspergers child...
-
All
Dogs Have ADHD
by Kathy Hoopman
- An inspiring and affectionate look at Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD), using images and ideas from the canine world to explore a
variety of traits that will be instantly recognizable to those who are
familiar with ADHD... or dogs
-
Anthony
and the Magic Picture Frame: The Story of the Boy Who Traveled into the Past by
Stepping through the Picture Frame on His Bedroom Wall
by Michael S. Class
- Turns American history into a grand time-travel adventure. Gorgeous
hardcover with phenomenal illustrations that bring the reader right into
history. Anthony walks on the moon with Neil Armstrong, plays baseball with Lou
Gehrig, and flies from New York to Paris with Charles Lindbergh, storms the
beaches of Normandy on D-Day, cries with survivors of the Holocaust, and watches
battle-weary marines raise the American flag on Iwo Jima. He is with Thomas
Edison at the invention of the phonograph, the light bulb, and the motion
picture camera. He meets FDR, and works with Doctor Jonas Salk to conquer polio.
Be sure to visit Anthony's authors' blog
The Right Frame of Mind
for more discussion on the lessons of history
-
Becoming
a Problem Solving Genius: A Handbook of Math Strategies
by Edward Zaccaro
- Every math student needs a tool belt of problem solving strategies to call
upon when solving word problems. In addition to many traditional strategies,
this book includes new techniques such as Think 1, the 2-10 method, and more...
-
The Big Wave by
Pearl S. Buck
- The famous story of a Japanese boy who must face life after escaping the
tidal wave destruction of his family and village...
-
Challenge Math For the
Elementary and Middle School Student by Edward Zaccaro
- "Math is often taught as all scales and no music. This book contains the music!"
I couldn't have said it better myself - tons of fun problems...
-
Eats,
Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
by Lynne Truss
- Who would have thought a book about punctuation could cause such a
sensation? Or try the
audio CD version - listen to "Cutting a Dash," the hit series about
punctuation that inspired the hit book...
-
Fractals, Googols and Other Mathematical Tales by Theoni Pappas
- Explores real numbers, exponents, dimensions, the golden rectangle in both serious and humorous ways. Penrose the cat, the parable of p, the numberline that fell apart, Leonhard the magic turtle and many others offer an amusing and entertaining way to explore mathematical ideas...
-
Gifted
Kids Speak Out: Hundreds of Kids Ages 6-13 Talk About School, Friends, Their
Families, and the Future
by James R. Delisle
- In their own words... Great reading for your gifted child!
-
 The
Gifted Kids' Survival Guide (For Ages 10 and Under) by Judy Galbraith Also available from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
- The ultimate guide to surviving and thriving in a world that doesn't always
value, support, or understand high ability...
-
G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book by David Schwartz
- Entries include abacus, binary, cubit, diamond ("There are no diamonds in math. We put diamond in this book so you would know it doesn't belong here"), equilateral, exponent, Fibonacci, googol, y-axis, and zillion
-
Go
Figure!: A Totally Cool Book About Numbers
by Johnny Ball
- Filled with puzzles and problems to solve, 4 sections--Where do numbers come
from? Magic numbers, Shaping up, and The world of math--cover the history of
counting, zero, number theory, Pi, chance, logic, fractals, and more, including
brief histories of mathematical greats from Ahmose to Einstein...
-
Grammar
Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite
by June Casagrande
- We all know one, some of us is one... a Grammar Snob! A
fun way to learn grammar, while we learn to laugh at ourselves...
-
Harriet the Spy
by Louise Fitzhugh
- Unflinchingly honest portrayal of childhood problems and emotions changed
children's literature forever. ...remains one of the best children's novels ever
written. The fascinating story is about an intensely curious and intelligent
girl...
-
 How
to Talk to an Autistic Kid
by Daniel Stefanski
- Who better to explain the challenges of typical kids communicating with
autistic kids than 14-year-old Daniel Stefanski, who has autism? “Even
though my brain is different, I’m still a kid.” And like any kid who’s been
ignored, Daniel can often feel lonely. Through his casual and frank
narration, he recognizes that autistic kids may look and sound different
when trying to communicate, but they still want to be included...
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Innumeracy:
Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
by John Allen Paulos
- Sprinkling his discussion of numbers and probabilities with quirky stories
and anecdotes, Paulos ranges freely over many aspects of modern life, from
contested elections to sports stats, from stock scams and newspaper psychics to
diet and medical claims, sex discrimination, insurance, lotteries, and drug
testing. Readers of Innumeracy will be rewarded with scores of
astonishing facts...
-
 The
Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
- Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris
train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his
world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man
who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most
precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a
stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father
create a spellbinding mystery... even more amazing are the author's
illustrations!
-
Listen!
by Stephanie Tolan
- Award-winning story about a girl who loses her mom, and finds herself,
with the help of a wild dog... Christopher Award, for media that “salutes
the highest values of the human spiritˮ (all readers)
-
A
Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
by John Allen Paulos
- Reveals the hidden mathematical angles in countless media stories. Real life
perspective on the statistics we rely on and how they can mislead is for anyone
interested in gaining a more accurate view of their world. Humorous and
knowledgeable...
-
Q
is for Quark: A Science Alphabet Book
by David Schwartz
- Really cool science alphabet book, for beginner to adult!
- The Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
- Did you ever have one of those days where everything is a math problem? You have 10 things to do, and 30 minutes till the bus leaves. Is there enough time? You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants. How many outfits can you make?
-
Math
for Smarty Pants
by Marilyn Burns
- Fundamental math concepts explained through entertaining puzzles, tricks and
word problems. For the numbers-averse, this book proves that numbers are only a
part of math; for the math whiz, it offers plenty of challenges, too...
-
Metropolis: Ten Cities: Ten Centuries
by Albert Lorenz
- In tracing the evolution of the metropolis, architectural illustrator
Albert Lorenz dazzles readers with his extraordinary visual depictions of
some of the greatest defining moments in human history (a hit with the
visual spatial learners!)
-
My
Town
(or visit Usborne Books and search
on "Young Geography")
-
Award-winning, fun flap book that looks at the town where we live, with maps
and more...
-
The
Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart
- After Reynie Muldoon responds to an advertisement recruiting "gifted
children looking for special opportunities," he finds himself in a world
of mystery and adventure... Read the first pages at
The Curiosity Chronicle
-
 The
Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey
by Trenton Lee Stewart
- A new adventure, full of brain teasers and adventures...
-
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma
by Trenton Lee Stewart
- A daring new adventure threatens to force the kids apart from their
friends, families, and even each other...
-
 The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
- In 12 dreams, a 12-year-old boy who hates math discovers the amazing world of numbers: infinite numbers, prime numbers, Fibonacci numbers, numbers that magically appear in triangles, and numbers that expand without end...
- Powers
of Ten
by Philip & Phylis Morrison
- Starting with a view of a billion light-years, the book moves inward, with
each page being 1/10th the scale of the previous one. In 25
steps, you're looking at a picnic by the shores of Lake Michigan, then
plunging into a human hand, down through the cells inside it, the DNA inside
the cells...
-
 Scammed
by Statistics
by Ed Zaccaro - We all need this book! We are continually bombarded by
charts, graphs, and quotes from various studies with the goal of influencing
our opinions, health, or buying habits, yet we seldom know if we are being
manipulated, deceived, and lied to by those presenting the data. We need to
know how to interpret statistics and are aware of the numerous techniques
that are used to distort and misuse numbers. Using real examples Zaccaro
illustrates the good and evil of numbers while providing the knowledge to
properly interpret statistical data, ask the right questions...
-
Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and
Amazing Math Tricks
by Arthur Benjamin and Michael Shermer
- Learn neat math tricks to make complex calculations easy, and amaze your
friends and yourself. Amazing tricks to multiply large numbers, memorize
digits of pi or any other sequence of numbers, figure squares and cubes almost
instantly...
-
A
Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
- From primordial nothingness to this very moment, A Short History of Nearly
Everything reports what happened and how humans figured it out. [Bryson's] aim
is to help people like him, who rejected stale school textbooks and dry
explanations, to appreciate how we have used science to understand the smallest
particles and the unimaginably vast expanses of space...
-
Smart
Talk: What Kids Say About Growing Up Gifted by Robert A. Shultz and James R. Delisle
- Hundreds of kids from around the world, ages 4 to 12, share their deepest,
truest thoughts about about peers, families, school, and their futures.
Being gifted has its upside and downside, and the kids talk about both...
-
 Spellwright
by Blake
Charlton
- The story of a young man searching for his place in the world. Would-be
spellwright (i.e., wizard) Nicodemus Weal may be the only person able to prevent
a magical apocalypse. Or maybe he’ll bring about the end of magic. He
desperately wants to become a wizard but has a big problem: he’s a cacographer.
For Nico, anything he touches is instantly misspelled, and when this happens
with magical texts, the consequences can be deadly...
-
by
Carole Hamburger
-
Wonderful stories of a family of dots, and their adventures. Picture
books, but for older kids, full of great vocabulary and idiomatic phrases and
more!
 The
Star Pupil: A Dot's Quest to Find His Place in the World
-
A dot's quest to find his special calling. After excelling in school, he heeds
his parents' advice to follow his heart and to always be himself
-
The Zippity-Do-Dot: The Dot Who Dared to Pick Her Knows
-
The escapades of a feisty little dot who pursues her dreams...
- The
Survival Guide for Kids with ADD or ADHD
by
John F. Taylor
- Great guide to ADHD and what it means (and doesn't mean!) to your life at
home and school. How to deal, and how to succeed!
-
Surviving
the Applewhites
by Stephanie S. Tolan
- Newbery Honor title! When Jake
Semple is kicked out of yet another school, the Applewhites, an eccentric family
of artists, offer to let him live with them and attend their unstructured
Creative Academy...
-
 Take
Control of Asperger's Syndrome: The Official Strategy Guide for Teens With
Asperger's Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disorders
by Janet Price and Jennifer Engel Fisher
(or from
Amazon)
- Unique handbook for kids and teens on living successful lives with these
disorders by taking control of their strengths to overcome their weaknesses,
including tips on understanding the disorders, living with the symptoms,
succeeding in school, completing homework, talking to others about strengths
and needs, making friends and socializing, and using technology to connect
with other kids and teens with these disorders. Includes ideas, information,
and advice for students, by students just like them...
-
 Take
Control of Dyslexia and Other Reading Difficulties
by Jennifer Engel Fisher & Janet Price (or from
Amazon)
- Unique guidebook written especially for kids with dyslexia and other
reading difficulties to help them overcome their reading struggles and find
success in school and beyond. Addresses the fundamentals of reading for
elementary and middle school students, speaking to students directly in
easy-to-understand language with charts, graphs, and illustrations...
- The
Way Life Works: The Science Lover's Illustrated Guide to How Life Grows,
Develops, Reproduces, and Gets Along by Mahlon Hoagland and Bert Dodson
- This book is what happens when a biologist and artist share an interest in
life from bacteria to humans, and collaborate on taking their knowledge public.
Superbly written, delightfully illustrated, and supremely informative...
-
The
Weighty Word Book by Janet Stevens, Paul M. Levitt and Elissa S. Guralnick
-
From Abasement to Zealot, an alphabet book kids of all ages can really dive
into! With stories and puns and mnemonic memory clues for the
definitions...
- Words
That Make a Difference
by Robert Greenman
- and
More
Words that Make a Difference
by Robert Greenman and Carol Greenman
- Passages from the New York Times (Words) and the Atlantic Monthly (More
Words) demonstrate hundreds of our language's most interesting words. Both
books feature wonderful literary passages, many by renowned authors, with More Words reviewing
the history of the vocabulary through the ages and pages of the Atlantic Monthly...
- The
Wrong Word Dictionary: 2,000 Most Commonly Confused Words by Dave Dowling
- Even good writers sometimes find the right word elusive. Or is it illusive?
The correct usage for more than 2,000 words that people commonly misuse is
provided in this concise and accessible handbook that assures, insures, and
ensures that anyone who wants to communicate accurately and effectively chooses
the right word every time...
-
 You
Can Count on Monsters
by Richard Evan Schwartz
- The playful and colorful monsters are designed to give children (and even
older audiences) an intuitive understanding of the building blocks of numbers
and the basics of multiplication. The introduction and appendices are designed
to help adult readers answer questions about factoring from their young audience...
- What To Do When Your... from Magination Press
by
Dawn Huebner, Illustrated by Bonnie Matthews
-
What
to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With
Sleep
- Guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral
techniques used to treat problems with sleep. Fears, busy brains, restless
bodies, and overdependence on parents are all tackled as children gain the
skills they need for more peaceful nights. This interactive self-help book
is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children
to fall asleep and stay asleep--like magic!
-
What
to Do When You Grumble Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Negativity
- Guides children and their parents through cognitive-behavioral
techniques used to treat negative thinking. Helps kids see life's hurdles in a new way, while drawing and
writing activities help them master skills to get over those hurdles, with
step-by-step instructions toward becoming happier, more
positive kids...
-
What
to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety
- Anxiety has a way of growing, spreading, shifting in form, and generally
resisting efforts to talk it out of existence. But there is hope. This book
will teach you and your child a new and more successful way to think about
and manage anxiety. The techniques described in this book will help your
child take control...
-
What
to Do When Your Bad Habits Take Hold: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Nail
Biting and More
- Guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral
techniques used to treat a variety of habits. This interactive self-help
book is the complete resource for empowering children to set themselves
free...
-
 What
to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming OCD
- Interactive self-help book turns kids into super-sleuths who can
recognize OCD's tricks. Engaging examples, activities, and step-by-step
instructions help children master the skills needed to break free from the
sticky thoughts and urges of OCD, and live happier lives, using
cognitive-behavioral techniques and empowering children to work toward
change
-
 What
to Do When Your Temper Flares: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with
Anger
- If you're a kid whose temper quickly flares, a kid whose anger gets too
big, too hot, too fast, this book is for you. What to Do When Your Temper
Flares guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral
techniques used to treat problems with anger. Engaging examples, lively
illustrations, and step-by-step instructions teach children a set of "anger
dousing" methods aimed at cooling angry thoughts and controlling angry
actions, resulting in calmer, more effective kids...
Young Adults
-
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
- A murder in the Louvre reveals a sinister plot to uncover a secret that has
been protected since the days of Christ. The victim, in the moments before his
death, manages to leave gruesome clues at the scene that only his granddaughter,
noted cryptographer Sophie Neveu, and Robert Langdon, a famed symbologist, can
untangle... (some violent and sexual content)
-
Digital
Fortress
by Dan Brown
- When the NSA's invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code
it cannot break, the agency calls its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a
brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through
the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage--not by guns or bombs --
but by a code so complex... (some violent content)
-
 The
Gifted Teen Survival Guide: Smart, Sharp, and Ready for (Almost) Anything
by Judy Galbraith and Jim Delisle (or from
Barnes & Noble)
- Updated 4th version is better than ever, keeping the best themes from the
older versions but in a readable new format, and including lots of new
stuff, too. The ultimate guide for teens includes "discover virtual
learning, find a cure for the common college, learn the value of mistakes,
manage expectations and embrace your passions!"
- More
Than a Test Score: Teens Talk About Being Gifted, Talented, or Otherwise
Extra-ordinary
by Robert A. Shultz and James R. Delisle
- What is giftedness all about? What's it like to be smarter than some of
your friends? What about expectations, mistakes, getting along, gifted
programs, and dull days at school? Includes hundreds of quotes from teens
ages 13-19, brief biographies, and activities. Essential reading for gifted
teens...
-
 Respect:
A Girl's Guide to Getting Respect & Dealing When Your Line Is Crossed
by
Courtney Macavinta and Andrea Vander Pluym
- Smart, savvy book helps teen girls get respect and hold on to is no
matter what—at home, at school, with their friends, and in the world. Tips,
activities, writing exercises, and quotes from teens keep readers involved.
Girls learn respect is connected to everything, every girl deserves respect,
and respect is always within reach because it starts on the inside. Your
guide to getting respect and keeping it...
-
 Seize
the Story: A Handbook for Teens Who Like to Write
by Victoria Hanley (or from
Amazon)
- Elements of fiction, from creating believable dialogue to exciting plots,
laid out clearly and illustrated with examples taken straight from story
excerpts by excellent writers, writing exercises designed to encourage teens
to tell the stories that are theirs alone, plus other published authors of
young adult literature share their insights about the writing life. Teens
gain firsthand advice from T. A. Barron, Joan Bauer, Hilari Bell, Chris
Crutcher, David Lubar, Lauren Myracle, Todd Mitchell, Nancy Garden, and
more...
-
A
Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, or
A
Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition
- From primordial nothingness to this very moment, A Short History of Nearly
Everything reports what happened and how humans figured it out. [Bryson's] aim
is to help people like him, who rejected stale school textbooks and dry
explanations, to appreciate how we have used science to understand the smallest
particles and the unimaginably vast expanses of space...
-
 Smart
Teens' Guide to Living with Intensity: How to Get More Out of Life and
Learning
by Lisa Rivero
- A guide for pre-teens and teens who are a little more... more intense,
more creative, more interesting, and yes, sometimes even called "more
difficult." A teen's perspective into growing up as a gifted teen
today. And for the parents,
A Parent's Guide to Gifted Teens: Living with Intense and Creative
Adolescents
-
The
Universe in a Nutshell
by Stephen Hawking
- It's no secret that many people who own
A Brief History of Time
have never finished it. Hawking's The Universe in a Nutshell aims to remedy the
situation, with a plethora of friendly illustrations to help readers grok some
of the most brain-bending ideas ever conceived...
-
Welcome to the Ark
by Stephanie S. Tolan
-
In a world of random violence and multiplying militias, four brilliant young
misfits are thrown together in a group home for troubled youth. Isolated by
their special abilities, Miranda, Doug, Taryn, and Elijah are unable to cope in
a society that regards them as freaks. But in the experimental program they dub
the Ark, the four discover they are not alone...
-
Del Sol Books
- Visit
Del Sol Books
in the U.S. for both
Horrible books and Horrible Science and Horrible Histories Magazines, otherwise
available only to our friends across the pond! Enjoy your
Horrible reading!
-
Usborne Books
- Usborne Books are fascinating, lavishly illustrated books written with
humor, drama, and tons of information. Check out these marvelous books
for your gifted children ages birth to adult and beyond! Gifted kids LOVE
Usborne Books!
- Visit Hot Topics book list for lots more great titles for kids and teens!
-
 Computer
Gear
random bytes of fun
-
Techie T's, including Mac T's, Windows Fatal Exception, plus
Linux Shop,
Fun T's and
Techie Things...
-
 Hoagies'
Gifted Online
- Show off your support for Hoagies' Gifted Education Page!
Hoagies'
Gifted Online features ©Hoagies' cheetah across the world logo on
sweatshirts, T-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, and more! Shop here for your favorite teacher or parent.
Thanks to Café Press for supplying our products
-
ThinkGeek
- Mostly computer geek (including "child process" onesies, and
circuit board ties!), but other geek wear and toys as well. Home of
the TV remote watch, Binary watch, Rotating Earth Watch, Swiss Memory USB
(yes, a Swiss Army knife with a USB flash drive built in!) and more...
-
- Visit Nerd Shirts for more great products!
-
Cat Heaven
by Cynthia Rylant
- Sweet, gentle book describes an imaginary cat's life in heaven, the things
they would do, and who would care for them...
-
Dog Heaven
by Cynthia Rylant
- When dogs go to Heaven, they don't need wings because God knows that
dogs love running best. He gives them fields. Fields and fields and fields...
-
 Listen!
by Stephanie Tolan
- Award-winning story about a girl who loses her mom, and finds herself,
with the help of a wild dog...
Christopher Award, for media that “salutes the highest values of the human
spiritˮ
(all readers)
-
 Tear
Soup: A Recipe for Healing after Loss
by Pat Schweibert, Chuck DeKlyen, with Taylor Bills
- "There once was an old and somewhat wise woman whom
everyone called Grandy..." This modern fable for children who mourn will be
sure to help every child and adult deal with the loss of a loved one, or a
friend's loss of a loved one. Also visit
Grief Watch for guides and
other resources to help reading
Tear Soup...
-
 The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
by Judith Viorst
- Barney was a cat. He died last Friday. And everyone was sad. They did what
most people do when a cat they like dies. They had a funeral. And then they
tried to think of good things about him. They wanted to remember him as he
was; and they thought about some other things, too
- Visit Grief & Mourning for more great titles for kids and teens!
Magazines (for kids and teens)
-
Cobblestone Publishing
-
Series of magazines for children,
on history and heritage and more
 |
Appleseeds Vocabulary, geography, math and science, ages 7 to 9
|
|
Calliope World History Magazine, ages 9-14
|
|
Cobblestone American History Comes Alive, ages 9-14
|
|
Faces World Cultures, ages 9-14 |
|
Footsteps* Celebrates African-American heritage and achievement, past and present, ages 9-14
*Discontinued, but past issues still available |
|
Odyssey
Discovery science, math, space, astronomy and more, ages 9-14
|
Cricket Magazine Group
 Series of monthly magazines for children, with stories, poems, activities, songs, and more
|
Babybug ages 6 months to 2 years, small board book format |
| Noodlebug
video series for ages 3 to 5, available in VHS or DVD. Combines
live-action and animated footage and incorporates classical music... |
|
Ladybug ages 2 to 6
|
|
Spider ages 6 to 9
|
|
Cricket ages 9 to 14 |
| Cicada literary magazine for
teens young adults |
Also from Cricket Magazine Group
 Bringing kids the breadth and wonder of the Smithsonian's collections and
research. Sponsored by the Smithsonian
|
Click
investigates the sciences, nature and the environment, ages 3 to 7
|
|
Ask explores the world with inventors, artists, thinkers, and scientists of the
past and present, ages 7 to 10
|
|
Muse stimulates, delights, and challenges every curious child, with articles on
space, genetics, lasers, rain forests, computers, physics, math, visual arts,
earth sciences, and almost everything else in the universe, ages 10 and up
|
 Kids Discover Each full color issue covers a single topic with no advertising. Past topics
include Christopher Columbus, Kings and Queens, Pyramids, and Native Americans
Puzzlemania (assorted puzzles),
Mathmania (math puzzles),
Top Secret Adventures (world geography and culture),
Which Way USA (USA geography)
,
and
High Five (preschool)
by
Highlights ages 4 to 12
Monthly puzzle magazines for kids
Scientific
American and
Scientific
American Mind
One of the best science magazines available to non-science professionals...
adult (older gifted children)
And their new
magazine
Scientific
American Mind investigate, analyze and reveal aspects of the human mind!
Wired
Great reading for leaders in the field of digital information, adult (older gifted
children)
Visit Magazines for more great titles for kids and teens!
-
 Tom Chapin
Family Tree,
Moonboat,
Mother Earth,
This Pretty Planet,
Billy the Squid,
Zag Zig,
Around the World and Back Again,
In
My Hometown,
Making Good Noise
- Great family-oriented story songs from Harry's younger brother. Don't
miss Don't Play With Bruno (Moonboat)
and Bruno's Christmas on the Mall (Zag
Zig) - you'll relate! Plus tons more great songs for our kids... and
they don't grate on adult nerves :-)
- Dr. Demento
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All
Time,
Dr. Demento: 25th Anniversary Collection,
Dr
Demento 30th Anniversary: Dementia 2000,
Very Best of Dr Demento,
Hits From Outer Space,
Dr. Demento's Country Corn,
Dr. Demento Presents: Spooky Tunes & Scary Melodies,
Dr. Demento Gooses Mother,
Dr. Demento Presents: Greatest Christmas Novelty CD,
Holiday in Dementia
- Tons of silly songs, including Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot
Bikini, Bulbous Bouffant, On the Shoulders of Freaks (all on
Dr
Demento 30th Anniversary: Dementia 2000), Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! (Very
Best of Dr Demento), and more...
-
Tom Lehrer
The Remains of Tom Lehrer (box set),
That Was the Year That Was,
An
Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer,
Songs & More Songs and more...
- Irony and satire at their best... Don't miss The
Elements interactive on the web, or in song (The
Remains of Tom Lehrer or
An
Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer), and New Math (The
Remains of Tom Lehrer)
-
They Might Be Giants
Flood,
Apollo 18,
John Henry,
Dial-A-Song,
NO! and more...
- A great reason for math and computer science majors to add a real rock album to
their collection of John Williams and Weird Al records -- a
bacchanalian celebration of dorkiness, including Particle Man and Birdhouse in
Your Soul (both on
Dial-A-Song)
- Visit Music for the Gifted Mind for more great products!
-
August
Rush or
Instant Video
(PG)
- Cared for by a mysterious stranger who gives him the name August Rush,
a child uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was
separated at birth...
- Billy
Elliot or
VHS or
Instant Video (R)
- Billy's got problems. His dad has scraped together the fees to send him to
boxing lessons, but Billy has discovered a different aptitude: a genius for
ballet dancing. Since admitting to such an activity is tantamount, in this
fiercely macho culture, is very bad, Billy keeps it quiet. But his teacher,
Mrs. Wilkinson, thinks he should audition for ballet school in London...
-
 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs or
Blu-ray/DVD Combo or
Instant Video (PG)
- Flint, a clever young inventor with a reputation for creations gone
awry, has recently completed a machine that he claims will turn water into food.
Like his past failed inventions, Flint's new machine doesn't work as planned,
and destroys the town's latest attempt to bolster its failing economy. The
Mayor's quickly realizes that food falling from the sky could draw in tourists.
Only Flint's father remains skeptical of his son's invention. Greed leads to
strange weather events, which, while providing a huge career opportunity for
brainy weather intern Sam Sparks who's masquerading as an air-headed TV
personality, also threaten to destroy the town and its inhabitants. In the end,
only Flint, his father, and Sam can save the town from certain destruction by
the out of control invention...
-
Dead Poets Society or
VHS (PG)
- English professor John Keating (Robin Williams) inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day. A compelling warning in it to parents who don't respect their children's gifts.
-
Ever After: A Cinderella Story or
Blu-Ray or
VHS or
Instant Video (PG)
- Take away the Fairy Godmother, and what have you got left from the
Cinderella fable? The story of a girl for whom a bad stroke of luck is no match
for her internal strength and purity of heart. A romantic drama that purports to
tell the "facts" behind the Grimm brothers' story... (Drew Barrymore, Anjelica
Huston)
-
Finding
Neverland (FS) or
DVD (WS) or
Blu-Ray or
VHS or
Instant Video
(PG)
- Playwright J. M. Barrie finds inspiration for his greatest creation from
four lively boys, the sons of widow Sylvia Llewelyn Davies. Though the
friendship threatens his already dwindling marriage, Barrie spends endless hours
with the boys, pretending to be pirates or Indians--and gradually the elements
of Peter Pan take shape in his mind...
-
Good Will Hunting
or
Blu-Ray or
VHS or
Instant Video (R)
- A therapist (Robin Williams) tries to help a brilliant, but troubled young man (Matt Damon) overcome his personal problems and realize his
potential
-
Harriet the Spy
or VHS (PG)
- An 11-year-old wannabe journalist (Michelle Trachtenberg) who writes all her observations about friends in a diary. When the book is stolen and read by her peers...
-
Hard
Problems: The Road to the World's Toughest Math Contest (G documentary)
- The story of six extraordinary gifted American high school students who
represented the United States in 2006 at the world s toughest math competition:
The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)...
-
 Harriet the Spy
or VHS or
Instant Video (PG)
- An 11-year-old wannabe journalist (Michelle Trachtenberg) who writes all her observations about friends in a diary. When the book is stolen and read by her peers...
-
The
Incredibles or
VHS or
Blu-Ray/DVD
Combo (PG)
- A family of "supers," a brood of five with special powers are desperately
trying to fit in with the 9-to-5 suburban lifestyle. Of course, in a more
innocent world, Bob and Helen Parr were superheroes, Mr. Incredible and
Elastigirl. But blasted lawsuits and public disapproval forced them and other
supers to go incognito, making it even tougher for their school-age kids, the
shy Violet and the aptly named Dash... (Disney & Pixar)
-
Infinity or
VHS or
Instant Video (PG)
- Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (Matthew Broderick)
-
Kiki's Delivery Service or
VHS (G)
- Japanese anime
by Hayao Miyazaki. A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service...
excellent animation, good stories...
-
Spirited Away or
VHS
- Princess
Mononoke (DVD
only)
-
Castle in the Sky or
VHS
-
The Castle of Cagliostro or
VHS
-
My
Neighbor Totoro or
VHS
-
Nausica
of the Valley of the Wind
-
Ponyo
-
The Last Starfighter or
Blu-Ray or
VHS or
Instant Video (PG)
- A video-gaming boy, seemingly doomed to stay at his trailer park home all his life, finds himself recruited as a gunner for an alien defense force
-
Little Man Tate
or
VHS (PG)
- The difference is the little boy is human, and not just a brain. He worries about people dying, envies the popular athletic boy, all the while plays music in competition form and forms math problems in his head
-
 Matilda or
VHS or
Instant Video (PG)
- Based on the Roald Dahl classic book; cursed with a cretinous family and a witch of a school principal, a bright young girl (Mara Wilson) learns self-reliance--and develops unusual powers
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 Meet
the Robinsons or
Blu-Ray or
Instant Video (G)
- When 12-year old orphan Lewis can't seem to get adopted or make his
inventions work despite repeated efforts, he begins to seriously doubt
himself and his abilities as an inventor. An odd boy named Wilbur Robinson
shows up to warn Lewis about an evil man hanging around the science fair,
and ends up taking Lewis on a whirlwind tour of the future and Lewis's own
future family. In the end, Lewis returns to the present with a whole new
inner strength, a sense of his place in the world, the knowledge that his
actions directly affect others, and an optimistic determination to "keep
moving forward."...
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Mr. Holland's Opus or
VHS (PG)
- Being a true musician is about leaving your legacy for future generations, and by inspiring his students, Mr. Holland is ensuring that his passion will live forever, through them
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 Mr.
Magorium's Wonder Emporium or
Blu-ray or
Instant Video (G)
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Mr. Magorium is an eccentric 243-year-old owner of a magical toy store. He has
lived a long and happy life and is content to leave his emporium to his employee
Molly Mahoney. A former child prodigy who has grown up unsure of herself, she
barely knows who she is, much less what she wants to become. Molly is both
frightened that her beloved boss is leaving and that she will be left in charge
of a store she doesn't know how to run. "Are you dying?" she asks him. He
replies, "Light bulbs die, my dear. I am departing," a take on death is both
comforting and matter of fact, things younger viewers may find soothing when
dealing with mortality. Dazzling visuals and a premise that who you are isn't
equivalent with who you think you are...
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October
Sky or
VHS or
Instant Video (PG)
- A West Virginia teenager hopes to break free from his predetermined coal miner's life by winning a national science fair competition with his rocket building designs
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Real Genius or
VHS or
Instant Video (PG)
- The freshman year of a nerdy kid who enters college at a young age, with a subplot involving computers and military secrets
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Schoolhouse Rock! (Special 30th Anniversary Edition) or
Instant Video
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In the 70's and 80's, the catchy Schoolhouse Rock tunes taught millions of
children the fundamentals of math, grammar, science, history and money. DVD
includes every song from the landmark series, over 50 tunes including classics
"Conjunction Junction," "Three is a Magic Number," "I'm Just A Bill" and
"Electricity, Electricity." Features an all-new song about the Electoral
College, "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote To College" written by the show's original
creators...
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Searching
for Bobby Fischer or
VHS or
Instant Video (PG)
- The chess prodigy (Max Pomeranc) who refuses to become ruthless despite the prodding of his father (Joe Mantegna) and his surrogate-father / chess champion (Ben Kingsley)
- Whalerider
or
VHS
or
Instant Video (PG-13)
- One of the most charming and critically acclaimed films of 2003, the New
Zealand hit Whale Rider effectively combines Maori tribal tradition with the
timely "girl power" of a vibrant new millennium. Despite the discouragement of
her gruff and disapproving grandfather (Rawiri Paratene), who nearly disowns her
because she is female and therefore traditionally disqualified from tribal
leadership, 12-year-old Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes) is convinced that she is a
tribal leader, and sets about to prove it...
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- Visit Movie Featuring Gifted Kids (and Adults!) for more great
movies!
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Beast Academy
(grade 3 with more to come!) from
Art of Problem Solving By
Jason Batterson, Shannon Rogers, illustrated by Erich Owen
- For aspiring math beasts in grades 2-5. Each level (4 per grade)
includes a full-color, graphic-novel-style guide book, and a corresponding
practice book. Amazing content, plenty of depth and practice, and
very appealing to gifted kids!
Life of Fred
(click on Product Overview)
From fractions, decimals, beginning of algebra, geometry, advanced
algebra, trig, all of calculus and statistics, Fred's life is full of
interesting mathematics! Great homeschooling math curriculum, covering
everything needed from arithmetic through second year of college...
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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
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!
Mathematics
by Harold R. Jacobs
Arguably the best mathematics text books available...
Michael
Clay Thompson Language Arts Curriculum
by Michael Clay Thompson, from Royal Fireworks
Press
 I
don't know how to explain Michael Clay Thompson's curriculum, except to
say... gifted students, no matter where their gifts lie, need
this curriculum. I had the honor of hearing Michael speak about his
Grammar Voyage and
The Magic Lens grammar
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math-y and a computer geek - I do not do language arts, if I can help
it. But this curriculum made grammar interesting to me!
Word Within The Word offers middle
and secondary level, vocabulary-building curriculum that is like no other.
Sentence Island, Paragraph Town
and Essay Voyage form the elementary writing curriculum. And
there's much more... investigate all the
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For videos of
Michael Clay Thompson's presentations, and to see why this math-geek is so
excited by his curriculum, view
Michael Clay Thompson Videos. And read
Cathy
Duffy reviews... Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts
Phonics
Pathways: Clear Steps to Easy Reading and Perfect Spelling and
Reading Pathways: Simple Exercises to Improve Reading Fluency
by Dolores G. Hiskes published by Jossey-Bass
Step by step reading and spelling instruction, with lots of visual cues,
games and exercises. Designed for all ages, with complex and
interesting themes...
-
 William & Mary's
Center for Gifted Education Curriculum Units
-
Science, Language Arts, and more curriculum units for gifted students.
Check the
Literature Web and
Resource Guide to Mathematics Curriculum for High Ability Learners in Grades
K-8 (requires Adobe Reader)
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 1001
Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders
by Veronica Zysk and Ellen Notbohm
- Tons of great ideas - social, sensory, behavioral, and self-care, and many
other issues - are for low-functioning autistic kids; nearly all can be used
or adapted for not only Aspergers kids, but also for exceptionally gifted
kids...
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Academic
Acceleration of Gifted Children
edited by Southern and Jones
- A comprehensive textbook on acceleration, with chapters on early
acceptance to kindergarten or to college, affective development of
acceleration of gifted students, identification of good candidates. Also
available from Amazon.co.uk
-
Acceleration
for Gifted Learners, K-5 by Joan Franklin Smutny, Sally Y. Walker, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth
-
Practical guide corrects misunderstandings of acceleration and provides the
tools necessary to effectively determine the most appropriate learning
options for gifted students. Through real-life stories, authors dispel
common myths about acceleration and describe what it is, what forms it
takes, and what it can do for gifted learners—intellectually, socially, and
emotionally. Includes instructional strategies for implementation in
various school settings...
-
 Anxiety-Free
Kids: An Interactive Guide for Parents and Children
by Bonnie Zucker
(or from
Amazon)
- Parent strategies that help children become happy and worry free, methods
that relieve a child's excessive anxieties and phobias, and tools for
fostering interaction and family-oriented solutions. Using a unique
companion approach that offers two books in one—a practical, reader-friendly
book for parents and a fun workbook for kids—this solutions-oriented guide
utilizes the cognitive-behavioral approach to therapy by integrating the
parent in the child's self-help process...
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The
Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
by Josh Waitzkin
- Waitzkin, a champion in chess and martial arts, brings enthusiasm and
obvious love of learning to this amazing look at what he aptly describes as
the art of learning. He begins by recounting his own quirky journey.
Waitzkin describes how important passion is, how failures are far more
important in defining a learner than success, and how. Great
suggestions for enhancing the learning process...
-
Asperger's:
What Does It Mean to Me? by Catherine Faherty
- The book most requested by parents and teachers. Written by a leading
therapist, this book is a must-have for the person with high functioning
autism or Asperger's Syndrome. Includes chapters to help explain their world.
Also available from Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.ca
-
Being
Gifted in School: An Introduction to Development, Guidance, And Teaching
by Laurence J. Coleman & Tracy L. Cross
- For educators, includes definitions and models of giftedness;
identification of the gifted; teaching methods and best practices;
creativity; counseling and guidance; administrative arrangements; and
program prototypes and evaluation...
-
Being
Smart about Gifted Education: A Guidebook for Educators and Parents by Dona J. Matthews and Joanne F. Foster
- Practical strategies for the education of exceptionally high ability
(a.k.a. gifted) children. After addressing all the questions, debates
and arguments about nature vs. nurture, elitism, testing, creativity, and
more... all that's left is to serve the child's educational needs! Also
available from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
-
 Bright,
Talented, and Black: A Guide for Families of African American Gifted
Learners by Joy Lawson Davis
- What does it really mean to be gifted and African American in the U.S.
today? What do parents and teachers of gifted black students need to know to
help students explore their potential, thrive in school and life. Easy to
read, full of great insight for every reader, regardless of race...
-
 The
Cluster Grouping Handbook: How to Challenge Gifted Students and Improve
Achievement for All
by Susan Winebrenner and Dina Brulles
- In today’s standards-driven era, how can teachers motivate and challenge
gifted learners and ensure that all students reach their potential? This
book provides a compelling answer: the Schoolwide Cluster Grouping Model (SCGM).
Find a wealth of teacher-tested classroom strategies along with detailed
information on identifying students for clusters, gaining support from
parents, and providing ongoing professional development. Special attention
toward empowering gifted English language learners. CD-ROM features all of
the reproducible forms plus a PowerPoint presentation...
-
 College
is Yours in 600 Words or Less: The Roeper School College Handbook
by Patrick O'Connor
- A quick but complete guide that leads you through the maze of college
selection with the simple, revolutionary idea that students already have
great lives-- what they now need is a college where they can live that great
life, and learn more about themselves and the world...
-
College
Planning for Gifted Students: Choosing And Getting into the Right College by Sandra L. Berger
- Everything you need to know and do, starting in 7th and stepping right
through 12th grade, to plan for college for your gifted student. Why
don't the school counselors tell us this?! Timelines, checklists, and
more
-
Colleges
That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About
Colleges
by Loren Pope
- Thinking about college? Looking for the 'right' college for yourself, or
your child? This book is for you! Also available from
Amazon.co.uk
and
Amazon.ca
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Cool
Colleges: For the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just
Plain Different
by Donald Asher
- Thinking about college? Looking for the 'right' college for yourself, or
your child? This book is for you! Also available from Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.ca
-
Comprehensive
Curriculum For Gifted Learners by Joyce VanTassel-Baska
-
Most comprehensive and most practical text on the theory and practical
considerations involved in helping gifted students excel... Also available
from Amazon.co.uk and
Amazon.ca
- Counseling
the Gifted and Talented
by Linda Kreger Silverman
- A great resource for understanding the many and complex needs of gifted
children...
Also available from Amazon.co.uk
and
Amazon.ca
 Creative
Home Schooling: A Resource Guide for Smart Families
by Lisa Rivero - This terrific book is for homeschooling parents and more - there is
information for schooling parents, school teachers, gifted teachers, and more,
on gifted children, learning styles, internet resources, and so much more!
-
Critical Issues and Practices in Gifted Education: What the Research Says
by National Association for Gifted Children,
edited by Jonathan A. Plucker & Carolyn M. Callahan (or from
Amazon)
- The updated edition of the definitive reference book for those searching for a summary and
evaluation of the literature on giftedness and gifted education.
Topics include Neural Bases of Giftedness, Early Childhood and
Identification, Academic Competitions and Creativity, Writing, Science,
Social Studies and Mathematics, and nearly 40 others; each evaluation is
written by the leading researchers in the specific field...
-
Developing
Math Talent: A Guide for Educating Gifted and Advanced Learners in Math by Susan Assouline and Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik
- Educators (and parents) guide to educating the math-gifted child... Also
available from Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.ca
-
Different
Minds: Gifted Children With AD/HD, Asperger Syndrome, and other Learning
Deficits by Deirdre V. Lovecky
- 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... Also available
from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
-
 Emotional
Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope With Explosive Feelings
Christine Fonseca (or from
Amazon)
- Easy-to-read, using real-world examples through case studies and
role-plays that show parents and teachers how to interact with gifted
children in a way that teaches them how to recognize, monitor, and adjust
their behavior. Worksheets, tip sheets, and checklists are included to help
parents, teachers, and the students themselves learn to cope with the
explosive feelings that often accompany giftedness. Specific strategies for
stress management, underperformance in school, perfectionism, and social
anxiety make this a must-read for anyone wishing to make a positive lasting
impact on the lives of gifted children...
-
Empowering Gifted Minds: Educational Advocacy That Works by Barbara Gilman
- Empowering Gifted Minds discusses the many questions parents ask (or
should ask!) in the years after learning their child is gifted, offering
answers, ideas, and sometimes, more questions to ask. See my detailed review
on Amazon... Also available from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
-
The
Essential Guide to Talking With Gifted Teens: Ready-to-use Discussions About
Identity, Stress, Relationships, and More
by Jean Sunde Peterson
- Gifted teens have concerns, some like any other teen, and some unique to
their giftedness, on topics including identity, perfectionism,
relationships, stressors, and more. This guide offers 50 ready-to-use
discussion topics and materials; it's introduction gives detailed
information on how ot use the book, and how to facilitate large or small
group discussions with gifted teens. I wish my teens had access to
such a comprehensive discussion series!
-
Exceptionally Gifted Children
by Miraca Gross
- If you have an exceptionally gifted child, Read This Book! A
fascinating study of a small group of exceptionally gifted (IQ>160)
children, Gross follows these children over 20 years, and includes extensive
details about their interests, family background, progress through school,
and social and emotional as well as academic status. She shows that when
these children are not allowed to learn at an appropriate pace and level it
places them at serious risk... Also available from from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
Exceptionally Gifted Children First edition, occasionally available
used...
-
A
Forgotten Voice: A Biography of Leta Stetter Hollingworth by Anne Klein
- Dr. Klein has woven the threads of Leta Hollingworth's life and the
strands of educational philosophy (both past and present) into a cloak well
worth the trying on...
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Genius
Denied: How to Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Minds
by Jan and Bob Davidson, with Laura Vanderkam
- The Davidsons offer an absorbing
look at how our nation is neglecting children of exceptional intelligence. They make a compelling case for re-approaching giftedness as a potential
disability (to give more attention to gifted kids) and an even stronger
argument for parents, teachers and citizens to consider the potential loss to
American society in the costliest imaginable terms. For excerpts and
review, visit Genius Denied. Also
available from
Amazon.co.uk and
Amazon.ca
-
 Get
Out!: 150 Easy Ways for Kids & Grown-Ups to Get Into Nature and Build a
Greener Future
by Judy Molland
- Want to learn more about nature? Experience the world in new ways? Go
green and make the world a better place? Want the same things for the kids
in your life? Get Out! is chock full of ideas to help families,
classroom teachers and group leaders achieve these goals and more!
- Gifted
Grownups: The Mixed Blessings of Extraordinary Potential
by Marylou
Kelly Streznewski
-
Examine old and new research on the nature of intelligence and other gifts
and explore ways gifted people hide their talents; includes interviews with
a highly diverse collection of 100 gifted adults. An excellent book for
every gifted adult, or adult with gifted children... Also available from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
- The
Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids: How to Understand, Live With, and
Stick Up for Your Gifted Child by Sally Yahnke Walker Also available from Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.ca
- The ultimate guides to surviving and thriving in a world that doesn't
always value, support, or understand high ability...
-
Giftedness,
Conflict and Underachievement by Joanne Rand Whitmore
- Though out of print, this text's research is included in every book and
research paper concerning twice exceptional and underachieving gifted populations
that has followed. A must have...
-
 GLBTQ:
The Survival Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning
Teens
by Kelly Huegel
- Gifted kids often feel alone, and gifted GLBTQ kids can feel even more
alone. A contemporary look at society and its growing acceptance of
people who are GLBTQ, including updates on efforts to promote equality,
including the current status of legislative initiatives concerning safe
schools, gay marriage, workplace equality, transgender expression, and Don’t
Ask, Don’t Tell. Issues-based information and advice. This frank, sensitive
book is written for young people who are questioning their sexual or gender
identity, those who are ready to work for GLBTQ rights, and those who may
need advice, guidance, or reassurance that they are not alone...
-
Guiding
the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers
by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth, Stephanie S. Tolan
- Considered the classic text of this field. Also available from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
-
The
Handbook
of Secondary Gifted Education
by Felicia A. Dixon and Sidney Moon (or from
Amazon)
- An in-depth, research-based look at ways schools and classrooms can
support the development of gifted adolescents. Each chapter is written
by leading scholars and researchers in the field, including Nicholas
Colangelo, Susan Assouline, Sally Reis, Donna Ford, Joyce VanTassel-Baska,
Carolyn Callahan, more...
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Helping
a Child With Nonverbal Learning Disorder or Asperger's Disorder: A Parent's
Guide
by Kathryn Stewart
- Offers ways to evaluate a child's strengths and weaknesses in areas such
as visual and spatial functioning, writing problems, information processing
and organizational skills, social and emotional capabilities, language
skills, and interactive abilities, and specific strategies for intervening
and helping the child to cope with these obstacles...
- In
the Mind's Eye: Visual Thinkers, Gifted People With Dyslexia and Other
Learning Difficulties, Computer Images and the Ironies of Creativity
by
Thomas G. West
- This book has strong implications for anyone who has ever considered
autism, dyslexia, or learning difficulties to be horrible things that must be
stamped out. It shows that the apparent "weakness" and "lack of ability" in
some areas can really be an aspect of a major (but often unrecognized) area of
strength...
Also available from Amazon.co.uk
and
Amazon.ca
-
 Iowa
Acceleration Scale Manual; A Guide for Whole-Grade Acceleration (Amazon
or
Barnes & Noble)
by Susan
G. Assouline, Nicholas Colangelo, Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik, Jonathan Lipscomb
- For schools or parents, the Iowa Acceleration Scale provides a systematic
and thorough approach to considering and implementing academic acceleration
for gifted and talented students in grades K-8; read
Hoagies' detailed review. Also
available from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
-
Living
When a Loved One Has Died
by Earl Grollman
- ...explains what emotions to expect when mourning, what pitfalls to avoid,
and how to work through feelings of loss. Suitable for pocket or bedside, this
gentle book guides the lonely and suffering as they move through the many
facets of grief, begin to heal, and slowly build new lives (teen to adult)
-
 Living
With Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and the
Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults
by Susan Daniels & Michael M. Piechowski
- Do you know an intense gifted child? You must read this book!
An easy-to-read volume for parents, teachers, psychologists, everyone
dealing with the gifted child, that explains the inexplicable, and guides us
all in guiding the growth and development of our gifted children...
-
 Misdiagnosis And Dual Diagnoses Of Gifted Children And Adults: ADHD, Bipolar,
OCD, Asperger's, Depression, And Other Disorders
by James T. Webb, Edward R. Amend, Nadia E. Webb, Jean Goerss, Paul Beljan, F. Richard Olenchak,
and Sharon Lind
- Physicians, psychologist, and counselors are unaware of characteristics of
gifted children and adults that mimic pathological diagnoses. Six nationally
prominent health care professionals describe ways parents and professionals
can distinguish between gifted behaviors and pathological behaviors... Also
available from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
-
 The
Mislabeled Child: How Understanding Your Child's Unique Learning Style
Can Open the Door to Success
by Brock Eide and Fernette Eide
- Misapplied labels can be devastating; properly diagnosed labels can change
a child's life. The Eides can help professionals and parents alike, to
find the proper labels, as well as learning tools, exercises, and therapies
that help children with similar labels. Each chapter covers a unique
learning challenge: Visual Problems, Attention Problems, Autism and
Autism-like Disorders, and more...
-
Models
of Counseling Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults
by Sal Mendaglio & Jean Sunde Peterson (or from
Amazon)
- Designed to help interested professionals conduct effective counseling
with highly able clients, with literature review, tecniques, and case
studies for each technique...
-
The
Out-Of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping With Sensory Integration Dysfunction
(Revised Edition)
by Carol Stock Kranowitz
- Do you know a child who plays too rough, is uncoordinated, hates being
touched, is ultra-sensitive (or unusually insensitive) to noise or sensations
of heat and cold?
Also available from Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.ca
- Parenting
Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons that Medicine Cannot Teach by Vincent J.
Monastra
- A Book for Parents from the American Psychological Association. Full
of great information, including Chapter 5: Students with ADHD Are Entitled
to Help at School...
-
- Parenting
With Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility
by Jim Fay and Foster W. Cline.
Also available on
cassette
and
CD,
and from Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.ca
- A common sense approach to raising children, with lots of humor and
positive suggestions for dealing with negative situations. Great parenting
resource!
-
 A
Parent's Guide to Gifted Children
by James T. Webb, Janet L. Gore, Edward R. Amend & Arlene R. DeVries
- Raising a gifted child is both a joy and a
challenge... guides parents through all the phases and possibilities
of the gifted child, including underachievement, sensitivities, twice
exceptionalities, friendships, siblings, schools, identification, and much
more!
-
A Parent's Guide to Gifted Teens: Living with Intense and Creative
Adolescents
by Lisa Rivero
- The parent's guide to those wild-n-crazy teens! And for the teens,
Smart Teens' Guide to Living with Intensity: How to Get More Out of Life and
Learning
-
 Parent's
Guide to IQ Testing and Gifted Education
by David Palmer, or
Kindle edition
- Great introduction to IQ testing and gifted children. Answers your
questions, from Why test? to What do the scores mean? and What about scores
of twice exceptional children? Every parent entering the gifted
education world should read this book. Read
An
Interview with David Palmer: About I.Q. And Parents Understanding of
Intelligence
-
Programs
and Services for Secondary Gifted Students: A Guide to Recommended Practices
by Felicia A. Dixon (or from
Amazon)
- A reference for service and program options for practitioners,
administrators, and coordinators; a companion to the more in-depth
The
Handbook
of Secondary Gifted Education. Part I: the gifted
adolescent's cognitive social and emotional dimensions, including
suggestions for academic, personal/social, and career exploration best
practices; Part II: programmatic offerings such as AP and IB, distance
learning, magnet and other special schools, study abroad, and early entrance
to college options; Part III: a view of optimal future directions—taking
into account obstacles to change in today’s high schools...
-
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!
-
 Raising
a Gifted Child: A Parenting Success Handbook
by Carol Fertig (or from
Amazon)
- A menu of strategies, resources, organizations, tips, and suggestions for
parents to find optimal learning opportunities for their kids, covering the
gamut of talent areas, including academics, the arts, technology,
creativity, music, and thinking skills. Focused on empowering parents by
giving them the tools needed to ensure that their gifted kids are happy and
successful both in and out of school...
-
Raising
Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense,
Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
- If you have an exceptionally spirited child, this book is written for you.
Also available from Amazon.co.uk and
Amazon.ca
Now Also available Raising
Your Spirited Child Workbook. Also available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
- Reforming
Gifted Education: Matching the Program to the Child
by Karen Rogers
- For parents and educators, planning the educational program
for a gifted child. Everything you need to prepare, negotiate, and
execute the best possible educational option for each child. Read
DITD review...
-
 Rethinking
Learning Disabilities: Understanding Children Who Struggle in School by
Deborah P. Waber (or on
Kindle)
- A leading researcher and clinician, Waber offers an alternative to the
prevailing view of learning disability as a problem contained within the
child. Instead, she shows how learning difficulties are best understood as a
function of the developmental interaction between the child and the world.
Integrating findings from education, developmental psychology, and cognitive
neuroscience...
-
 The
Secret Thoughts of Successful Women: Why Capable People Suffer from the
Impostor Syndrome and How to Thrive in Spite of It
by Valerie Young
- It’s only because they like me. I was in the right place at the right
time. I just work harder than the others. I don’t deserve this... Sound
familiar?
-
Social-Emotional
Curriculum With Gifted and Talented Students
by Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Tracy Cross and F. Richard Olenchak
- A thorough introduction to methods for developing social-emotional
curricula for use with gifted and talented learners in the school setting,
including strategies that work for implementing social-emotional needs in
the everyday curricula... A handy guide to developing social-emotional
curricula for gifted students
-
The
Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know? by
Maureen Neihart, Sally M. Reis, Nancy M. Robinson, Sidney M. Moon
- What does the research (slim as it is) tell us? Essential reading
for those who wish to enable gifted students to develop their strengths and
to position them to make the contributions of which they are capable. Also
available from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
-
 Some
of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool to High
School
by Judith Wynn Halsted
-
Roeper Review says "...should be on the shelf of every school
library, whether that school offers gifted programming or not." Also
available from
Amazon.co.uk and
Amazon.ca
-
Smart
Teens' Guide to Living with Intensity: How to Get More Out of Life and
Learning
by Lisa Rivero
- A guide for pre-teens and teens who are a little more... more intense,
more creative, more interesting, and yes, sometimes even called "more
difficult." A teen's perspective into growing up as a gifted teen
today. And for the parents,
A Parent's Guide to Gifted Teens: Living with Intense and Creative
Adolescents
-
 Special
Populations in Gifted Education: Understanding Our Most Able Students From
Diverse Backgrounds
by Jaime A. Castellano and Andrea Dawn Frazier (or from
Amazon)
- Leading experts in the field combine their knowledge of and leadership
experience with gifted students from diverse backgrounds to help include
historically underrepresented students in gifted education programs that
serve our most able students. Raises the awareness level and knowledge base
of all educators, particularly teachers of the gifted, with focus on topics
such as gifted education in rural environments, highly gifted learners,
twice-exceptional children, gifted females, gifted and talented students on
the autism spectrum, English language learners, underachievement, and
students from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds...
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Spotlight
on 2e Booklets
from 2e
Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
- Spotlight on 2e is a series of easy-to-read, information-rich
booklets on 2e topics, that answer all the tough questions, and provide a terrific
set of resources for additional information. I'm already ordering a set for the teachers and
administrators in our child's new school this fall! Available:
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| Understanding your Twice-Exceptional Student (for educators) |
| Parenting Your Twice-Exceptional Child (for parents) |
| The
Twice-Exceptional Child with Asperger Syndrome |
| Guiding the Twice-exception Child: A Collection of Columns by
Meredith Warshaw |
| The 2e Reading Guide: Essential Books for Understanding the
Twice-exceptional Child |
Coming soon:
| Understanding the Gifted Child with Attention Difficulties |
| Understanding the Gifted Child with Central Auditory Processing Difficulties |
| Understanding the Gifted Child with Dyslexia |
Strategies
for Differentiating Instruction: best practices for the classroom
by Julia L. Roberts & Tracy F. Inman
(or from
Amazon)
Most comprehensive and most practical text on the theory and practical
considerations involved in helping gifted students excel...
 Teaching
Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher
Can Use
by Susan Winebrenner Updated third edition for a new generation of
teachers and classrooms. An excellent guide to modifying curriculum for gifted elementary and
middle school students in the regular classroom
Teaching
Kids With Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and
Techniques Every Teacher Can Use to Challenge and Motivate Struggling Students
by Susan Winebrenner and Pamela Espeland
In combinations with
Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every
Teacher Can Use, a great resource for the 2E child. Also available from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
Teaching
With Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom
by Jim Fay and David FunkDemonstrates through various
scenarios, tips, and "pearls of wisdom" how and why conducting your class or
school according to four key principles can validate your authority, and empower
your students. Presents practical ways in which teachers and
administrators can help their students become confident, responsible
individuals, internalized in their discipline...
Also available from Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.ca
Trauma-Proofing
Your Kids: A Parents' Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience
by Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline
An antidote to trauma and a recipe for creating resilient kids no matter
what misfortune has besieged them, a treasure trove of simple-to-follow
“stress-busting,” boundary-setting, sensory/motor-awareness activities that
counteract trauma’s effect on a child’s body, mind and spirit. Includes a
chapter on how to navigate the inevitable difficulties that arise during the
various ages and stages of development, this book simplifies an often
mystifying and complex subject, empowering parents to raise truly confident
and joyful kids despite stressful and turbulent times...
 The
Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends
by
Natalie Madorsky Elman & Eileen Kennedy-Moore
With chapters including The Vulnerable Child, The Intimidating Child, The
Different Drummer, The Little Adult, and The Pessimistic Child, among
others, this is a great tool for parents to help their gifted kids learn and
understand the subtle art if being a friend!
Visual-Spatial Learners: Differentiation Strategies For
Creating a Successful Classroom
by Alexandra Shires Golon
Includes strategies for preparing students for timed tests, developing
handwriting skills, teaching spelling, getting students organized, and
more...
When
the Brain Can't Hear
by Teri James Bellis
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) occurs when the brain cannot process or
understand correctly the sounds the ears hear, even though the ears might be
functioning properly. It is rarely recognized, often misdiagnosed, and poorly
understood, yet the effects can be devastating... Also available from
Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades And What You Can Do About It: A Six-Step
Program for Parents and Teachers
by Sylvia B.
Rimm Millions of gifted children
with average, above-average, or even gifted abilities--including those from
homes where education is valued--simply do not perform up to their
capabilities. Spells out a practical, six-step program...
Writing
Like Writers: Guiding Elementary Children Through a Writer's Workshop
by Kathryn L. Johnson & Pamela V. Westkott
Guided Writer's Workshop for elementary (and even secondary!) students. An
excellent resource for teachers, homeschoolers, and students. Also available
from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.ca
Visit Gifted Books or
Professional Books for more great titles
about all things gifted!
-
 2e
Twice-Exceptional Newsletter
- For parents, teachers and professionals. Helping twice-exceptional
children reach their potential. Published 6 times a year.
An
Interview with Mark Bade and Linda Neumann: Twice Exceptional by Michael
F. Shaughnessy in Ednews.org
-
Gifted
Child Quarterly
- Geared for educators, recent research and developments in the field of
gifted education. NAGC journal, available only with NAGC membership.
Now online, with all back issues available - with your NAGC subscription!
-
 Gifted Child Today published by
Prufrock Press
- Focused for teachers and administrators, with timely information about
teaching and parenting gifted and talented children
-
-
 Gifted Education Communicator
published by the California Association for the Gifted
- Gifted Education Communicator is published quarterly, geared for all
parents and educators of the gifted; available with or without CAG
membership
-
Roeper Review published
by
Roeper Review
- Peer reviewed journal; Focuses on the philosophical, psychological, moral,
and academic issues relating to the lives and experiences of the gifted and
talented. More technical reading, still full of great information
| February 1986 (volume 8, number 3) The IQ Controversy |
| April 1991 (volume 13, number 3) Gender Equity, Meeting the Special
Needs of Gifted Females |
| June 1991 (volume 13, number 4) Gender Equity, Meeting the Special
Needs of Gifted Males |
| September 1992 (volume 15, number 1) The Exceptionally Gifted |
| May/June 1993 (volume 15, number 4) Gifted Minorities / Disadvantaged
|
| February 1998 (volume 20, number 3) Perspectives on the Self of the
Gifted |
Visit Journals for more great journals on
gifted education!
- The 24 Game
-
Create the number 24 from the four numbers on a game card. You can add,
subtract, multiply and divide. Use all four numbers but use each number only
once. Available from simple addition and subtraction, right up to fractions,
decimals and algebra. Click for 24 Challenge tournament schedule.
Decks listed in order of difficulty
AlphaSmart
Keyboard (nearly indestructible) for kids' use in school and at home.
It's light, simple, and connects easily to home or school PCs or printers.
Comes in several versions, Neo (which runs additional software, including
Neo version of Inspiration) and Dana (which runs Palm OS and other
palm-based accessory programs including a Palm version of Inspiration, and
has wireless capability)
 Challenge Math by Edward Zaccaro
"Math
is often taught as all scales and no music. This book contains the music!" I
couldn't have said it better myself - tons of fun
problems...
 Dragon
Naturally Speaking
Wireless Premium 12.0
or
Home version, by Nuance Communications
Provides a whole new way to interact with a PC--using speech instead of a
keyboard and mouse--to help you work faster and more efficiently...
 English
from the Roots Up
by Joegil K. Lundquist
Interest elementary students in 100 Latin and Greek root words and their
English derivatives... book and flashcards - my kids still (middle and high
school) love the flashcards
 Equate
Strategic math thinking game, scrabble for mathematical expressions. Don't forget the junior tile set for
more integers, or the advanced tile set for negative numbers and exponents.
Classroom sets available, too!
FlashMaster
by Flashmaster, Inc.
A toy, a learning tool... both. FlashMaster replaces flash cards for
+-*/ math facts. Use it with or without the adjustable timer, with or
without sounds. Missed problems can be run separately. Change the
problem format, put the "variable" in any position. This is a great tool, that's great fun, even
for twice exceptional gifted kids...
PC Magazine
review
 Intel
Reader
from
Amazon.UK or
HumanWare in the U.S.
For those of us who find reading a challenge, it’s time to dream in a new
way... Snap a picture, and it reads to you. Point-shoot-listen.
Use on books, worksheets, menus, more...
Review:
Intel Makes Leap in Device to Aid Impaired Readers in the Wall Street
Journal
 LiveScribe
Smartpen
Records audio and links it what you write. Missed something? Tap on your
notes or drawings with the tip of your Pulse smartpen to hear what was said
while you were writing. No Need to Lug the Laptop.
Review:
Livescribe Pulse Smartpen: It's a Keeper
Mathematics by Harold R. Jacobs
Arguably the best mathematics text books available...
Michael
Clay Thompson Language Arts Curriculum
by Michael Clay Thompson, from Royal Fireworks
Press
I don't know how to explain Michael Clay Thompson's curriculum, except to
say... gifted students, no matter where their gifts lie, need
this curriculum. I had the honor of hearing Michael speak about his
Grammar Voyage and
The Magic Lens grammar
curricula... and I was enthralled. Please know, I am a math-y and a
computer geek - I do not do language arts, if I can help it. But this
curriculum made grammar interesting to me!
Word Within The Word offers middle
and secondary level, vocabulary-building curriculum that is like no other.
Sentence Island, Paragraph Town
and Essay Voyage form the elementary writing curriculum. And
there's much more... investigate all the
Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts
Curriculum. And read
Cathy
Duffy reviews... Michael Clay Thompson Language Arts
Times Tales
learn upper times tables in an hour...
The
Writer with Word Prediction
Wireless keyboard, PC and Mac compatible, with dictionary,
spell-checker, optional Word Prediction, and more! And less
expensive than the Alphasmart...
Writing
Like Writers: Guiding Elementary Children Through a Writer's Workshop
by Kathryn L. Johnson & Pamela V. Westkott
Guided Writer's Workshop for elementary (and even secondary!) students. An
excellent resource for teachers, homeschoolers, and students
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