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Helping GIfted Children
Helping GIfted Children
This hour-long video from the self-named Gifted Guru gives helpful tips, tricks, and suggestions for parents and teachers to help gifted children in multiple situations. In this video, she touches on empathy, flexible thinking, distractions, and good study habbits.
The neuroscience of parenting gifted children
The neuroscience of parenting gifted children
Academic Networks provides a brief overview of the neuroscience of parenting gifted children in this video which lasts less than 5 minutes. It focuses on traits and characteristics many gifted children share while providing ways to help gifted children cope with some of them.
Raising a Creative Genius
Raising a Creative Genius
This TED Talk hosted by Robin Konie provides parents with strategies and insights as to how to inspire your child to be creative.
Helping 9-12 Year Olds Develop Critical Thinking Skills
Helping 9-12 Year Olds Develop Critical Thinking Skills
Jonathan Nadlman from Kids in the House discusses how to help your child develop critical thinking skills.
Encourage Critical Thinking with 3 Questions
Encourage Critical Thinking with 3 Questions
Brian Oshiro discusses how teachers can help children develop critical thinking skills. These strategies can be applied at home too!
"The Single most important parenting strategy"
"The Single most important parenting strategy"
Becky Kennedy shares a TED Talk on what she deems is the most important strategy for parenting- but it also helps our children to have positive collaborative relationships.
How to Raise Kids to Be Great Problem Solvers
How to Raise Kids to Be Great Problem Solvers
Mary Jane Rotherman (PhD) from Kids in the House shares her tips for how to help your child be a problem solver.
Websites for Families / Parents
The resources listed on this website are geared for girls, however boys and non-binary can benefit from the lists of books, games, and other interesting activities on this website!
Open Education Database compiled multiple links geared towards parents and families of gifted scholars. While I don't personally recommend Twitter (or X) for elementary level learners, many of the other resources on this page are appropriate for learners of all ages.
This webpage has won multiple awards for servicing the gifted education community, especially parents. Don't let the old-school website fool you, there are some great resources and helpful hints located here!
Articles for Families / Parents
Psychology Today published this article in 2023 to help parents relate to, parent, and understand their gifted child. While this article is not all-emcompassing, it is a good starting point for discussing the unique social-emotional struggles you and your gifted child may face together.
National Association for Gifted Children put together over 20 tip sheets geard to parents to help them navigate many of the challenges of working with gifted children as a parent. Subtopics include social-emotional learning, dealing with bullying behaviors, advocacy, creativity, and general giftedness.
VeryWell Families presents different strategies for nurturing gifted proclivities through activities, games, and iterraction. They also discuss the difference between nurturing gifts and pushing.
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