To tell, or not to tell, that is the question. It’s the question that seems to float around social media with great frequency. Should I tell my child that s/he is gifted? When? How? Certainly, it is a good question. If we have multiple children, but only one is gifted, will this news change the …
I grew up with gifted. I work with gifted. People often ask, “So, you must be gifted too.” Yet, I never thought of myself as gifted. I still don’t. When my peers labeled me as “that smart kid’s sister.” It didn’t hurt nearly as much that they were teasing me but rather that all they …
Is my child gifted? It’s the thought on all of our minds. They seem to pass all of the developmental milestones early. Their vocabulary might be advanced. Their math skills might blow you away. They’re creative. They ask hundreds of questions and they always want to know why. Sometimes it seems like they can figure …
The name of this child has been changed for privacy reasons. A family friend nicknamed him “Q” as a child because he always had a hundred questions. Actually, he had more than 100 questions. We stopped answering them once he reached 100 questions for the day. There he was. He was barely over …
As many of my readers may know, my younger brother skipped many grades. He started by skipping 4th grade. He continued on to skip 7th – 12th grade. Okay, so many it isn’t even grade skipping at that point. Throughout my life, I’ve met and worked with many students who either (1) skipped one or …
The quick answer: Ability grouping is the practice of grouping students together based on their abilties. This practice is sometimes referred to as ‘tracking.’ Let’s take a step back. In a typical school classroom, students span in ability by about 6 years. This means that in a 4th grade classroom, some of the students may …
Joseph Renzulli identifies three key characteristics that contribute to gifted behavior: above-average ability, task commitment and creativity.
MAY 2014 HEROES Academy visited Cedarbrook K-8 Center in Plainfield, NJ to aide administration in developing individualized programs for economically disadvantaged gifted students.Beatrice Adewole, Social Worker at Plainfield’s Cedarbrook K-8 Center, contacted Rita Voit, founder of the HEROES Academy, in April 2014 with an interest in the programming HEROES offers for eligible students (based on HEROES …
As Thanksgiving approaches family and friends are brought together for sometimes much too long awaited reunions to sit down, put work aside, and reminisce fond memories. Our families are communities that we are born into—and pretty hard to get rid of (even when we try haha). However, our friends and many other communities we subscribe …
Today I found myself overwhelmed with joy with the simplicity of receiving a student’s writing assignment. This student has been difficult to encourage throughout the semester, reluctant to complete the work or focus his attention on the discussions in class. He had a lot to say about the topic but it was not translating into …
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