How to help your gifted child If you’ve ever worried you’re going to “break” your gifted kid, have I got a treat for you. I’m often asked by parents how they can help their gifted child. Finally, I have an easy, free answer! I’m sharing a new free ebook written specifically for parents of gifted […]
The Best Fundraiser in the History of the World
Funky socks change lives, and they can change campuses and families, too. Fundraising is rarely anyone’s favorite activity, yet I want to share this one, because I think it’s such a perfect fit for gifted children’s innate tendency toward social awareness and moral concern. I’ve never shared anything like this before, but I loved it, […]
Managing Screen Time in Families: Part 2
Family screen use contracts are a powerful tool in the management of digital devices for families. Managing screen time in families presents a challenge. How do you balance your desire not to have your kid become an internet Borg, hopelessly melded to a digitial hive, with your desire to have your child be able to […]
How to Start a Book Club for Kids
Why we need to start book clubs for kids We lose avid readers at two key crossroads: reading acquisition and teenager-hood. Why then? We lose avid young listeners as they begin to read because they are often frustrated with the simple plots, controlled vocabulary, and flat characters of the books they can read to themselves – […]
8 Benefits of Reading Classic Literature
What are the benefits of reading classic literature? I wrote about the relevance of reading quality books in general, and I want to focus on the benefits of reading classic literature in particular. Even among voracious readers, we often shy away from challenging books. Among gifted learners it can be part of our perfectionism/impostor syndrome. […]
Microlending in the Classroom: Kiva
Microlending in the classroom can be a powerful yet simple tool for nearly every educator. I’ve used Kiva for microlending in my classroom, and I’m sharing some ideas for those of you who have been interested in using microlending in the classroom as part of a global classroom, to teach a specific content, or to […]
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