Crushing Tall PoppiesIt’s All About the Grades
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
It’s a Punch in the Gut and not a Pat on the Back Why is it all about the academic output—the grades, the achievement, the scores? As a…
Gifted Underachievers: Underachieving or Refusing to Play the Game?
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Gifted children who are not challenged appropriately in school and not provided an education which meets their unique educational needs can eventually disengage from school and may then…
A Gifted Memory
Monday, September 1, 2014
“Mom, you remember my first tricycle with the push bar that screwed in on the back?” “Yes”, I replied, quizzically wondering where this conversation was going to…
#4 Gifted Students Can Have Learning Disabilities
Monday, June 30, 2014
Twice-exceptional – gifted with one or more learning disabilities or learning differences. Twice-exceptional (or 2E) children can have extra burdens on them, more so than other gifted children, …
A Gifted Child Checklist for Teachers
Monday, June 9, 2014
Summer is catch-up time for many of us, and on my catch-up list is reading, lots of reading. Amazon has made it way too easy to download the…
When Gifted Students Don’t Measure Up
Thursday, June 5, 2014
It’s Really All About the Grades, Isn’t It? As parents, when we send our children off to school, we want them to receive a great education to prepare…
LEGO® and the Gifted Visual-Spatial Child
Sunday, June 1, 2014
LEGO® Is there not a more perfect toy? Boys, girls, toddlers, children and adults – everyone loves LEGO®! I would venture to claim that LEGO®…
Casting Stones at Cacti. Our Intolerance of Gifted People
Monday, May 26, 2014
Standing out like stately rarities in the middle of a vast, congruous desert are impressive and curiously-shaped Saguaro cacti. These unique cacti, towering over the other desert…
My Child is Gifted: Do You Think I’m Bragging Now?
Thursday, February 6, 2014
My son is gifted. She’s gifted. All three of my children are gifted. You just can’t say this to anyone, you know! These are loaded declarations that you…
Could Your Child Be a Visual Learner?
Sunday, January 26, 2014
The following is a guest post by Sheila Gingras. She is the mother of a highly gifted, visual-spatial teenage daughter. Is your child a whiz at Lego…
