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Differentiation, Learning How to Stretch the Mind
Changing Learning to Meet the Need Finding ways to stretch the mind of a child who learns and adapts at such a high rate is a daunting task. For the longest time I felt so alone. I felt like no one could possibly understand what I was going through in trying to meet his needs. After last years homeschool convention though, the world of gifted learning was opened up to me. This post contains affiliate ad links. Finding ways to stretch the mind of a child who learns and adapts at such a high rate is a daunting task. For the longest time I felt so alone. I felt like…
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Little Man Big Emotions
Emotional Intensity in the Gifted Child I have been struggling this week and last as the teacher of a child with emotional intensity and asynchronous tendencies. Last spring I really began to research gifted and talented tendencies in children. First, let me say that I believe all children have unique gifts and talents. This identification is in my opinion a misnomer. That being said, they are the terms used by educators, psychologists, pediatricians and scientist used to describe people who have a higher IQ than the average person. Beloved and I have not yet chosen to have our son’s IQ tested. Even among the experts there are very mixed opinions…
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Learning About Gifted Education
Since Little Man was an infant my Beloved and I have marveled at his unusual abilities. We wondered how it was possible for him to do the things he could do. Others would use words like exceptional, gifted, highly gifted or even genius. We hesitated to speak those words out loud, after all every parent thinks their child is a genius. Right? But learning about gifted education puts everything into perspective. This post contains affiliate ad links. While still others who couldn’t accept that a child who is intelligent could also have intense emotions have tried to label with words and boxes that just don’t fit. I have always known…
