As a species, humans are wonderfully diverse. That diversity should be celebrated, or at least that's what I hear all the time. But what exactly is diversity? According to the…
6 Things You Think You Understand About Gifted Kids But Don’t
Everyone knows about gifted kids, right? If you are the parent of a gifted child, you probably know more than most others do. After all, you have one at home…
Gifted Quiz – How Well Do You Know Gifted Kids?
So you think you know all about gifted kids? Test your knowledge by taking this little gifted quiz. It has 24 questions, but you'll get only 10 since not everyone…
Why Early Reading is a Sign of Giftedness
When my son began to read before he was 3 years old, I thought that he was a little different from the other kids I knew. When he was a…
Why Gifted Kids Hate to Write – and What We Can Do About It
If there is one thing we know about gifted children and writing, it's that many of them don't like it. We might expect those who dislike writing to be the…
Gifted Kids Bill of Rights
I first saw Melissa Lingen's Gifted Kids Bill of Rights years and years ago when my son was young and frustrated in grade school. My first thought was that this document…
Review of the Movie “Gifted”
The movie "Gifted" can best be described as a fairy tale, complete with an innocent heroine, a villain, and a few good friends, and a story that leads to a…
Linguistics for Kids – A New Online Course!
Is your child fascinated by words? Word use? Word history? Does your child ask questions about where language came from or who spoke the first word? These are just some…