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Gifted education have long history of 50+ years of legislation across different states. For example, In 1961, the California Legislature established the Mentally Gifted Minor (MGM) program for students scoring in the 98th percentile or above on standardized intellectual ability tests. Newer legislation may allow School districts to set their own criteria for entrance. Many […]

    Transition from elementary to middle school is a big deal. Gifted kids are no exception. Based on personal experience, sixth grade is not like any previous elementary grades. Introduction to different placement tests, meeting with councillors, choice of electives, official twelve year old tag, the teenage growth spurt, attitude, constant quest to prove […]

Often I heard about gifted students don’t find company that easy. Well, it’s also true for their parents. Demands of a gifted child keeps them on their toes. They realize, they can not keep up with it. Even most dedicated parents struggle to give enough attention to their kids among their busy lives, other siblings, […]

As a parent teacher, I started helping academically gifted kids on campus, an hour each week. Objective was to promote their love of math, encourage and establish positive problem solving attitude! Easy to state but hard to implement. I started composing lecture and worksheets on creative topics like topology, Pascal’s triangle, ancient mathematics, etc. Initially, […]

  First thing first. Admit that you can not do it alone. Their curious mind is always asking questions, little heads busy inventing stuff. Stuff that matters to them, stuff that bothers them. You alone can never find that much time to dedicate towards their growing demands. So what to do? Buddy up. Follow their […]

That’s very easy to find out. If your child can draw a curved line between a point on a … Really? Will we ever be able to find out? Could there be many talents? Which one would they choose? Is there a way to measure? In fact, most of the times, when we can not […]

Sure he/she is. I am yet to see one who is not ! Real question is, do we know how to identify their talent? While there are traditional or I should say, known methods of IQ tests, benchmarking of exceptional capabilities, all of those come in quite later with schooling. My observation is, gifted kids […]

I am Mom with over 120 gifted and talented kids. Surprised? You shouldn’t be! When you volunteer at your kid’s school, arrange playdates, team events, sports, games, chaperone for field trips, you will easily find yourself among the crowd of gifted and talented kids. As you spend time with them, your number grows every day […]