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100 Games for Gifted Kids
Games for Gifted Children As a homeschool mom to a gifted child I’m always on the lookout for items that will keep my son engaged, inspired and not bored. Gifted children tend to get bored quickly. Because they can analyze, adapt and master challenges at a quicker rate the challenge that at one time was fun and exciting quickly can become old hat. Inspiring your child with games for gifted kids that are challenging is a great way to keep them motivated. Finding ways to challenge gifted kids can be overwhelming. That’s why today I’m offering you 100 Games that can challenge gifted minds. You’ll find affiliate links to most of the games which…
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Discover 100 Books for Gifted Learners
Books for Gifted Children, their Parents, and Educators When I really began to embrace the fact that I have a child with gifted, talented and advanced learning abilities, I began researching. I didn’t always understand or find exactly what I was looking for but over time I began to have a general understanding of gifted education. I know that many of you also are researching and I wanted to make it a bit easier for you by providing a list of books for gifted learning. Below you will find 100 books organized by categories to help you as you parent, educate, or live the gifted life. Books for Gifted Parenting 10…
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Gifted Education in America
Have you ever wondered about gifted education in America? Do you wonder if gifted children are being given the right kind of opportunities? Are they being led toward careers that can change the world? “Why are you trying to push him ahead? Just let him be a kid.” This is a phrase I’ve heard on several occasions. Perhaps well-meaning, they miss the reality of who my child is and only see the scope of education through their own perspective. It seems reasonable to think that if a parent were requiring a child to work at levels far ahead of their abilities and expecting them to perform some task, some expectation of greatness that…
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100+ Homeschooling Gifted Resources
Challenging the Gifted Mind Homeschooling is daunting for anyone. Factor in the child who has an intense need for more mental challenge and any homeschool mom would find herself feeling overwhelmed. Because these children learn, understand and assimilate information at a faster rate, they become bored quicker and lose interest thinking they have mastered a given problem or puzzle. This post contains affiliate ad links. They have a constant need for more, more information, more challenges, more puzzles, and more knowledge. Have you ever had a child come in from playing outside on a hot day, and they get a glass of water and drink it down…
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Social Instruction for the Gifted Child
Children need instruction. They need to be taught how to interact in social situations. This is especially true of children who have a tendency to be intense. Emotional, physical and social intensity coupled with over-excitability are often seen in the gifted child. Which is why they have such a deep need for social instruction. This post contains affiliate ad links. It seems that children who have gifted abilities struggle to find their place in the world. In talking with other moms, and reading through several books, I’ve learned that this phenomena is not an isolated issue but exists across the population of gifted children. Of course, there may be exceptions…
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Gifted Homeschooling and the Need for More
One thing that is obvious from even the earliest of ages is that a child who has a gifted mind has an intense need for more. By more, I mean more of everything. A gifted child needs more opportunity, more information, more understanding, more encouragement. They have more emotions, more intensity, more cognition. They exhibit more knowledge,more understanding, more intensity, more anxiety, more excitement, more sensitivity, and often more energy. They simply want, need, and are more. Be sure to see my series on Gifted Homeschooling This post contains affiliate ad links to 3rd party sites. Gifted Homeschooling when Your Child Needs More I want to break…
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Embracing Gifted Intensity
If you are the parent of a gifted child and haven’t learned about gifted intensity you most likely have experienced it. Emotions are a part of every human life. Emotional Intensity is as natural for a gifted individual as breathing. Children who have minds that process neurological functions at a faster rate also process emotions at a faster rate. Parenting Children with Gifted Intensity As parents to a gifted child, we can choose how we will respond to emotionally intense moments. We can choose to embrace the reality that our children are intense and learn to work with and teach coping skills. We can choose to embrace the heart matter realizing…
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Homeschooling the Gifted Child
For this series I am exploring different aspects of homeschooling the gifted child. If you are parenting a gifted child, or suspect that you have a gifted child, I hope you’ll follow along as I explore what it’s like to homeschool the gifted child. This post contains affiliate ad links. This post contains affiliate advertisement links to 3rd party sites. I’m a homeschooling mom to one amazing boy. It’s taken me a long time to admit that he is gifted because that term holds connotations that many believe is just another label in which to categorize people and children. There are some who believe that all children are gifted and…
