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TAG At Home - MAY 2020

At Home Parent Resources


Parent Resources

  • 50 Essential Links for the Parents of Gifted Children
  • Hoagie’s Gifted: Parents of Gifted Children
  • Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted
  • Davidson Institute for Talent Development
  • Byrdseed: 10 Social & Emotional Needs of the Gifted
  • Gifted Development Center: Embracing Giftedness
  • Bright Lights: The Gifted Challenge Centre Program in Vancouver
  • TAG: The Association for the Gifted
  • National Association for Gifted Children


Articles:

  • What We Have Learned About Gifted Children
  • The Emotional Life of Bright or Gifted Students
  • Gifted People and Their Problems


Government Resources:

  • Iowa Talented and Gifted
  • Iowa Department of Education




At Home Student Resources

TAG Students may have a log in to some of these resources below (such as IXL, XtraMath, Noetic Learning). Please email the TAG Coordinator if your TAG student needs his/her sign in information.

  • IXL
  • How Stuff Works
  • Stuff to Blow Your Mind
  • National Gallery of Art for Kids
  • PBS Kids
  • Highlights for Kids!
  • Spatullata! (About cooking)
  • Starfall

Science:

  • Make Me Genius
  • Try Science
  • National Geographic Kids
  • Exploratorium

History:

  • Mission-US
  • BBC History for Kids

Math:

  • CoolMath
  • Maths for Kids
  • XtraMath
  • Noetic Challenge Math Online

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES

Willowwind School (prek-6th Grade)

Classes include: cooking, paleontology, Spanish, makers space, outdoor survival, coding, and much more!

Taproot Nature Experience: Outdoor, hands on nature education and play for kids ages 3-17.

Walking Stick Adventures: Outdoor nature education for kids 7-11, with some camps specifically geared towards boys or girls

Kirkwood Interactive Camps for Kids (KICK) Ages 8-15: Classes offered in female leadership, algebra, American Girl history, cardio fit, photography, book binding, poetry, crime solvers, drama, physics, pinterest crafts, stained glass, robotics, computer design, app building, blogging, coding, minecraft, animation, fashion, mock trial, culinary (a ton!), welding, and many more!

STEAM Camps (Iowa City)

Performing Arts Center Ages 3-5: "Oh A Camping We Will Go", "On the Farm", and "Music is All Around Us"

U of I Rec Camps Ages prek-11th Grade: Classes include bird camps, kite camp, stand up paddleboarding, eagles, rock climbing, geology, hawk camp, survival skills, orienteering, pontooning, field trips, hiking and exploration, and much more!

Play! Cedar Rapids Ages 8-12 : Camps include Harry Potter, pirate canoeing, Zombie Survival, LARP, and more!

Coralville Recreation Department

North Liberty Recreation Department

FilmScene Animation Summer Camp Grades 3-8

Indian Creek Nature Center Ages prek-6th Grade

Country Camp Ages 5-13 Viking Camp, film camp and more

Belin Blank Center Ages 2nd-11th grade: Classes offered in coding, chemistry, fan fiction, computer science, mathematics of games, engineering, invention, 3-D printing, creative writing, wonder woman, fine arts, leadership, revolutions, psychics, and more!

College4Kids Students are nominated by educators for this camp, students entering 6th-8th grades: Classes on practically anything you'd like to learn about!

Iowa State Summer Programs Grades 3-11: Biotechnology, microbiology, library sciences, history, anthropology, business, neuroscience, genetics, coding, pet training, engineering, physics, mixed media and much more!

Laketrails Base Camp Ages entering 7th grade-12th grade: Wilderness survival camp in Northern Minnesota

4-H Camps Ages 5th-12th Grades: Shooting camp, young women in business, Spanish immersion, and more!

4-H Youth conference for students who have finished 8th-12th Grade: "Start your future here" camp with animal science round-up, entertainment, recreation, camera corps, and community service.

Melinda's Dance Studio Ages prek-4th grade: Dance classes offered in town

Theater Cedar Rapids

Young Women's Fire Academy: Available for girls ages 15-19

NewBo Summer Camps 2nd-8th grade: In Cedar Rapids, running in June and July, with classes offered in coding, engineering, video games, girls with ideas, and more!

Jacobson Institute for Youth Entrepreneurship: entering 5th and 6th interested in business

Summit Camps: Cedar Rapids

Discover Summer Camp: Cedar Rapids Grades 3-5 For students who score over 85% on Iowa Assessments

UNI Summer Camps: Youth-High School

Wartburg Leadership Camp: Waverly for high school students interested in leadership roles

Williamsburg Recreation Center Sports Camp

Old Creamery Acting Camps

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

Ceramics Camp

Science Center of Iowa Summer Camps

History Day Camp

Zoo Day Camps (Des Moines)

Camp Invention (Waterloo/Ottumwa)

Chess Camp (Cedar Rapids)

Overall Camps and Extensions

Willowwind School

Putnam Museum

Science Center of Iowa

Walking Stick Adventures

Iowa State STEM camps

UNI Outdoor Adventure Camp

Taproot Nature Experience

Iowa City Children Museum Summer Camp

Belin Blank BLAST classes


Junior High Opportunities

BSI Belin Blank Center

JSI Belin Blank Center

Washington University in St. Louis Summer Challenge

High School Opportunities

Luther Pre-college environmental studies program

Belin Blank NSI and SSTP programs

Washington University in St. Louis Summer Institute

Institute for International Business (learn a language and learn about business at this two week course in Indiana!)

Gakko Summer Camps


Other Community Opportunities

Iowa State Fair Spelling Bee

Walking Stick Adventures

Taproot Nature Experience

Engineering Outreach- U of I

Mindcraft Meet Ups at ICPL!

Iowa City Children's Museum Family STEM nights

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