Gifted and talented: Inclusion and exclusion concludes with the consideration of pedagogical approaches and learning with
young gifted children including:
In this edition of the Research in Practice Series, Cathie Harrison raises awareness of the nature of giftedness and the learning and affective strengths and needs of
young gifted children.
Approaches to identifying and profiling the play and learning of
young gifted children are outlined and strategies for responding to, and engaging with,
young gifted children and their families are discussed.
These pedagogical approaches invite
young gifted children and their families into strong and collaborative learning partnerships that can grow understanding and celebrate diversity and difference within early childhood settings.
Why is it important to recognize and support the needs of
young gifted children?
Teaching
young gifted children in the regular classroom.
A practical source book containing a wealth of information for parents and educators of
young gifted children.
A sensitivity to the special needs of
young gifted children can make a significant difference to their future development and happiness.
Young Gifted Children present special challenges, because they are sometimes not yet able to explain the differences they feel, and the pressures and priorities of being a gifted child.
Young gifted children are at risk for boredom, frustration, and depression.
Teaching
Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom: Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Ages 4 - 9.
Teaching
Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom: Identifying, Nuturing, and Challenging Ages 4 - 9.
Joan Franklin Smutny is Director, The Center for Gifted, National - Louis University, Evanston IL, coauthor of Teaching
Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom, and editor of The Young Gifted Child: Potential and Promise, An Anthology.
General Principles for Teaching
Young Gifted Children Many schools today have chosen to serve their gifted student population by enabling teachers to provide educational alternatives for them within the existing curriculum and in the regular classroom.
In fact,
young gifted children frequently show peaks of extraordinary performance rather than equally high skill levels in all cognitive areas.
Ability grouping and grade advancement can be of invaluable assistance in the early years of school to
young gifted children whose accelerated conceptions of friendship are urging them to seek the sure shelter of a relationship of trust, fidelity and authenticity, at ages when their age - peers are seeking play partners or casual conversation.
-- Elizabeth Meckstroth, Teaching
Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom: Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Ages 4 - 9
For younger children, don't miss Teaching
Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom: Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Ages 4 - 9 by Joan Smutny, Sally Walker, Elizabeth Meckstroth.
If a child exhibits several of these characteristics, parents may wish to have the child assessed by a child development professional with experience in evaluating
young gifted children.
And don't forget teachers and parents: Gifted Books lists all the top titles in pretty much every facet of raising and educating these terrific gifted children... The most popular titles in gifted education are Guiding the Gifted Child: A Practical Source for Parents and Teachers by James T. Webb, Elizabeth A. Meckstroth and Stephanie S. Tolan, Teaching Gifted Kids in Today's Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use by Susan Winebrenner, and Bringing Out the Best: A Resource Guide for Parents of
Young Gifted Children by Jacquelyn Saunders.
The results of this study raise, once again, the question as to why schools both in Australia and the United States so often reserve programs of ability grouping for students in the upper years of primary school, and why teachers are so reluctant to allow
young gifted children to grade advance.
Teaching
Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom: Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Ages 4 - 9 by Joan Smutny, Sally Walker, Elizabeth Meckstroth
The book Teaching
Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom, for example, includes a «What I Like» worksheet.
The answers to all those questions are quite obvious to adults, but not to
the young gifted child.
Archibald is
a young gifted child whose idea of fun is to read and learn about science.
And for information on giftedness in Young Children, read
The Young Gifted Child for telltale signs that young gifted children often exhibit.
For
the younger gifted child, from the time they discover that they are different to about age 10, there is The Gifted Kids Survival Guide (For Ages 10 and Under) by Judy Galbraith.
The Young Gifted Child: Potential and Promise, An Anthology.
Not exact matches
Cramer recommended that parents give their
children the
gift of stock in a high - quality company that resonates with
younger people.
Bottom line, investing can make a great long term
gift, especially for a
young child that has the long term benefit of time.
The
younger Graham stopped by CNN's Washington bureau this week en route to New York, where he was checking in on Samaritan Purse's Superstorm Sandy relief and promoting a Christmas campaign collecting
gifts for poor
children.
She is a
gifted Bible teacher and she kept putting it off and putting it off because it was hard to figure out a way to make it work in her season of life as a mother to
young children and a full - time job.
Though it is difficult to raise
children in what might be called a «gender - neutral environment», part of the antidote to the current gender - laden environments in which
children tend now to be raised is this view of the work of the Spirit in giving
gifts as the Spirit chooses, which encourages those who are the teachers and guides of the
young to observe the emerging qualities of spirit in each
child and to bring those qualities to full flower rather than trying to redirect any «alpha» qualities in women or «beta» qualities in men towards any «norm.»
A simple
gift of a cake, or meal such as Chicken and Four Cheese Lasagne, given with a smile can lift an entire day for a stay at home mum with
young children.
Whether it's a present for a toddler, a
child who loves all things sports, a
young artist or tech - loving preteen, our annual
gift guide has you covered.
I suppose that is the burden and the
gift of the oldest
child, and one that his
younger siblings will someday hopefully appreciate.
From its gentle beginning in the Kindergarten and Lower School to a rigorous, yet cooperative, learning environment in the Upper Grades, a Sierra Waldorf School education is a
gift that prepares
children and
young adults to embrace learning.
Check out these fabulous picture books for babies and
young children as a great addition to your personalized baby
gift.
Give your
child the
gift of a natural rhythmic summer, like we had when we were
young.
Wooden toys are a great
gift for every
child, even from the
youngest of age.
... In addition to their role as observers and reporters, parents have been identified as exceptionally important in the development of
gifted school
children and unusually talented
young adults.
When little ones have a birthday or the holidays roll around, many parents are surprised to see that their
young child sometimes has more fun playing with the
gift wrap and the box than the toy itself.
Often, the best
gift for mothers of
young children is time to rest and to feel appreciated and special.
Are you looking to buy a
gift or do something special for a woman who has
young children?
My
youngest is 9 so any
gift cards, art or cooking sets, or
gifts tailored for older
children would be greatly appreciated!
So true, that the fun is in the unwrapping (at least for
younger children) All of my grandchildren have played the «wrapping» game at one time or another — take a toy (any toy — and sometimes a hairbrush or other unusual item) wrap it or just stick it in a shoe box, then deliver it to the Lucky Recipient — Happy squeals of delight and exclaimations of joy all around — then it's their turn to «
gift» someone.....
Through its offerings of books,
gifts, and natural toys, Meadowlark seeks to nurture and ignite the creative imagination of both the
young child and the
child within us all.
For parents with
young children, fair trade cotton
children's clothes are a great
gift.
Arty Apple is an online store selling beautiful fabric personalised
gifts for babies and
young children.
It's an annual tradition of the holidays: Your
young child receives a
gift for Christmas, they dislike it, and they show their negativity openly.