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Choosing a Private School for Gifted Kids: That Time I Gave up on Public Education

April 25, 2018 By Kim
Tagged With: gifted, gifted children, gifted education, parenting gifted kids

Gifted education: Giving up on public education

This was originally published with the title Giving up on Public Education: Private school provides a haven for gifted kids—and their parents in Chicago Parent circa 2005. I did not choose the headline, which I found to be cringeworthy. I believe in public education. It's the backbone of our democracy. But it doesn't always work out as parents might hope. And, in fact, on a nationwide basis, public schools generally do a poor job of educating our ... [ Read More ]

Great Books for STEM and Maker Kids

December 11, 2016 By Kim
Tagged With: books, gifted children, product review, The Maker Mom's Bookshelf

Books make great gifts for STEM and Maker kids. Check out The Maker Mom's top picks.

The Maker Mom helps parents raise awesome STEM-loving, Maker-friendly kids. These kids (and their parents) tend to like books. After all, books are the gifts that keep on giving, the friends you can visit and explore with all year round. So naturally, I'm excited to introduce you to a great collection of new books and share a few old favorites, too. Most of these books were sent to me for review, sometimes at my request, and sometimes because I'm ... [ Read More ]

This I Believe, Gifted Education Edition

September 5, 2013 By Kim
Tagged With: challenge, gifted children, gifted education, gifted kids, parenting gifted kids, school

I don't write much about raising gifted children these days because I'm still living it. Also, a few years ago after the school principal advised that the best way to get my older son the challenge he needed was to homeschool, well, I just lost my mojo. In retrospect, I kinda wished we had homeschooled him, but no life decision takes place in a vacuum. There is no edutopia, but there are trade-offs. Maybe we made the right ones. Or not. At ... [ Read More ]

Understanding Gifted Kids

February 26, 2013 By Kim
Tagged With: gifted children, gifted education, gifted kids, gifted students, parenting gifted kids, raising gifted kids, understanding gifted children, understanding gifted kids

the challenges of parenting gifted kids at The Maker Mom blog

There's so much about highly gifted kids that doesn't make sense to outsiders. So many challenges to raising these high-ability, delightfully quirky and often intense kids. Giftedness is not simply smart, it's different. It's hard for many, especially educators to see beyond the fact that a child might have had an early enriched environment (books! experiences!) and understand that gifted children are wired differently than their peers. They ... [ Read More ]

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About Kim

Kim headshot Summer 2012 I’m a Chicago-area mom of teen boys who is passionate about sharing ideas and resources to raise kids who love Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). I’m a blogger, vlogger, baker and maker, as well as the founder of #STEMchat. I also write about parenting gifted kids, girls in STEM and the Maker Movement. [Read More...]
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