Resources

More About Giftedness

What Makes Gifted Children Unique?

Gifted children experience the world from a totally different perspective than do average children. Not only do these children and adolescents have advanced abilities but also, they have boundless creativity, feel greater depths in emotions, show greater degrees of empathy and compassion, and often prefer older children as playmates. Thus,

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Could My Child Be Gifted?

Could My Child Be Gifted? Gifted children can show advanced abilities and characteristics, many of which may be apparent from birth. These traits can point to giftedness even before the child is ready for school. Such characteristics as early alertness, early talking, early physical development, a large and advanced vocabulary

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Reflections

Reflections: The Reluctant Reader

When I was a child, my greatest joy on the first day of summer vacation was to head for the public library and get a stack of as many books as they would allow me to borrow. Then I spent as much as a week enjoying all these books before

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Book Reviews

More Resources for Parents

Important Websites and Links

National Association of Gifted Children  Connecticut Association for the Gifted Maine Educators of the Gifted and Talented Massachusetts Association for Gifted Education Supporting Emotional Needs of Gifted Davidson Institute for Talent Development (Young Scholars Program) Mensa International The National Research Center on Gifted and Talented Johns Hopkins Center for Talented

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Books for Children

This list consists of both old favorites and newer titles. This book list is by no means an exhaustive exploration of current children’s literature. It is a compilation of books that might be enjoyed by gifted children and teens.  In recommending books on the list consideration was given to appropriateness

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