When I first saw this post, What if Special Education Students got Gifted Education Treatment, in my Facebook feed I thought, "They're asking the wrong question." After reading it, I see what they did. It's a must-read for parents of gifted kids. Bonus if you can convince teachers or school administrators to read it. I'm so very glad to have the K-8 years behind us. I will assure you as I was once assured, it gets better in high school. This ... [ Read More ]
Gifted Girls Go Underground
I've decided to throw my own little Throwback Thursday on The Maker Mom dusting off a few of my classic posts on gifted education. This piece about gifted girls has proved to be very popular over the years. It was originally published on my personal blog in March 2009. I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to my high-ability G/T boys. I'm muddling through like the rest of you. When it comes to gifted girls, I'm especially clueless, so I ... [ Read More ]
Understanding Gifted Kids
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 ]