Middle School for Gifted Kids

Maybe it’s because my own gifted daughter will be attending middle school next year that these articles caught my attention.  I thought I would share them with the rest of you who may be parents of gifted children who are in middle school or will be soon. In “Middle Matters: Guiding Gifted Girls Through the … Read more

“You Are Smart” vs. “You Must Have Worked Hard”

A few weeks ago, some friends and I were discussing the reasons that gifted kids sometimes end up struggling in their later school years.  One of the friends is a parent of a grown gifted son, and the other two of us teach and parent gifted kids.  We talked about recent research which seemed to … Read more

QR Code Countdown – Reward Coupons for Home

Two days ago, I posted a couple of documents with QR codes, which lead to ideas for Random Acts of Kindness.  These codes could be used as a Christmas countdown, Winter Break countdown, or a way to count the days to any other type of celebration.  Yesterday, I posted QR codes to Classroom Coupons.  These coupons … Read more

The Joy and the Challenge: Parenting Gifted Children

Though this book is technically for parents, I think that teachers could use a lot of the information as well. At the very least, it could be a resource offered to parents at a conference about their gifted child. This is a free e-book, which can be downloaded in various formats or even viewed on … Read more