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15 Ways to Help Gifted Kids Thrive in School
15 ways to help gifted kids thrive in school with ideas that work for lots of kids, so everyone will find ideas they can apply right away.
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Stealth Giftedness: Day 6
Welcome to Ten Days of Stealth Giftedness: A Crash Course on Incognito Intelligence This is your guide to effectively hiding your giftedness from the world.
Stealth Giftedness: Day 5
Welcome to Ten Days of Stealth Giftedness: A Crash Course on Incognito Intelligence This is your guide to effectively hiding your giftedness from the world.
Stealth Giftedness: Day 4
Welcome to Ten Days of Stealth Giftedness: A Crash Course on Incognito Intelligence This is your guide to effectively hiding your giftedness from the world.
Stealth Giftedness: Day 2
Welcome to Ten Days of Stealth Giftedness: A Crash Course on Incognito Intelligence This is your guide to effectively hiding your giftedness from the world.
Stealth Giftedness: Day 1
Welcome to Ten Days of Stealth Giftedness: A Crash Course on Incognito Intelligence This is your guide to effectively hiding your giftedness from the world.
Top Ten Ways to Annoy a Gifted Child
Do you see this boy with the peace sign? It’s a ruse. As a teacher or parent of a gifted child, you will have no
When Special Ed is Special-er
The question about IEPs and 504 accomodations comes up frequently with regard to gifted learners, so I’m going to address it here. Gifted kids can have
Rest: It’s the New Busy
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float
Overexcited about Overexcitabilities
It is possible I’m going to offend people today. I’m going to have to be okay with that. Here’s my pet peeve du jour: A small
Be Your Gifted Child’s Coach
I was reading this wonderful article by Atul Gawande about coaching, and it resonated with me because I believe firmly in coaching. If you’re really
The Perils of Perfectionism
When I was learning to quilt, the only consistent about my stitching were the mistakes. A friend reassured me that the famous and fabulous Amish quilters
Underachievement: the label that keeps on taking
Do you see this girl? She’s a budding underachiever. How can I tell? It’s the look on her face and the boring paper in front of
