I have been writing this post in my head for weeks, with my initial thoughts clustered around giftedness and anxiety. It was fueled by some recent interactions, and anecdotally backed by years of experience with gifted children, including my own two daughters. In the course of my research, I stumbled upon a video about Alexandra… Continue reading Confronting the Hard Questions: Gifted and Mental Health
Author: practicalpedagogs
Gifted Girls: Let Them Fly
I told her the proverbial, “Go, fly!” I gave her the time and space and let her write. She was writing with a purpose - following her plot outline - but she was also writing with PASSION - perhaps the very beginning of fulfillment of her potential as a creative writer.
Gifted Identification via A Great Sense of Humor: Informed Instinct Matters
I just hung up after consulting with a former colleague---she is a Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP) and mother of a gifted son.
Homework: Tips, Tricks, & Gifted Kids
Homework...one of the more controversial topics in K-12 education.
Establishing a Reading Culture: Commitment
Commitment---without it, none of the other components we have discussed in these series mean a thing.