Sleep is a constant struggle for many adults and kids, and it’s a key issue with the gifted, whose minds tend to spin out of control exactly when they need sleep the most. I wrote this article for the Mensa Bulletin that explores how (and why) to get a good
The best math resources are those that are also free! If you’ve got a mathemaniac, have I got some great free resources for you. Many mathematicians agree that probability and statistics are under-taught in schools, especially in light of their use in everyday life. The Web site for the Actuarial
Confession: I loathe Accelerated Reader. Perhaps the title of this post was a spoiler. My friend Jen Marten wrote this terrific article about what’s wrong with Accelerated Reader. I would like to add a few points to her wonderful list. Much has been written about the problems with Accelerated Reader,
Give Kids Choice (Without the Chaos): A Simple Strategy That Works Want to know one secret to getting students more engaged in tasks? Give them a voice in what they do. We all value choice, and kids are no different. There’s even research about how autonomy is necessary for developing
This simple yet cool one-slide PowerPoint lets you “spin” a wheel, and it even includes a satisfying “spinny” sound. Uses, you ask? choose teams choose assignments select number of seconds or minutes or times something will be done anything requiring an element of randomness take the place of dice in
When your child is the star of the football team, no one blinks an eye when you wear a jersey with his number on it or a photo button with his picture. This is so far from the case when your child is gifted that the only similarity between the two
Let’s be honest: working in groups is not typically a strength for gifted learners. That doesn’t mean that we just shrug our shoulders and say, “Oh, well I (or my child) just prefer to work alone.” That’s simply not practical in today’s cooperative learning and work environments. So how can we
A gifted fifth grader received this advice on his report card: “You could work on ways to exhibit patience for others who don’t work at your same fast pace. Also be aware that you don’t overstep boundaries by helping people when they are trying to discover something on their own.”
Deep within us lives the belief that we are here to do something great with our lives. That does not mean fame and fortune. That means some purpose that is ours alone and that the world will be the worse for not having had if we do not find and
Memes are so popular and useful, which is a great combo if you know how to create them. In this tutorial, I’ll share the easy, free way to create memes using MemeCreator.org, a free online program. The site looks like this when you get there, and I’ll show you what to
This infographic sharing the most popular books of all time caught my eye because a) I love books and b) some are not my favorites. The most popular books of all time include the ones you’d expect (the Bible and Shakespeare’s plays), but they will also remind you of how
Here are the top nine pieces of crucial advice every student needs to be awesome at school in a free printable. We start with learning to be outwardly focused because if we only think about ourselves then if we’re having a bad day, the whole day is bad. If we
