What is Gifted? Dispelling the myths about gifted education and testing
Do you know the main myths around gifted education and testing? If you’re unsure, your child may not be getting the education they need!
In this blog, we will provide examples from the classroom which dispel the myths about gifted education and testing.
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What is Gifted? Differences between gifted learners and high achievers
Did you know there are different types of learners?
In this blog, Elizabeth Blaetz, helps illustrate the difference between gifted learners and high achievers.
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Why Gifted Learners Become Underachievers
Is your gifted child losing interest in learning? Perhaps it is the response he receives when asking questions or sharing knowledge.
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What is Gifted? How to recognize the signs of a gifted child
Welcome to the Vanguard gifted Academy educational blog. I'm Elizabeth Blaetz, the head of school at Vanguard gifted Academy and one of the biggest questions that I get is, “ how do you know my kid is gifted?”
Giftedness is asynchronous development. That's not fancy. That's not fun. That's not what everybody wants to be, but that's what giftedness is.
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Why Do Gifted Learners have to Wait Until 3rd Grade to be Served?
Currently, Illinois Association for Gifted Children’s stance on giftedness is performance based. Teacher identification of gifted students occurs during the primary grades and then, for those identified, “services” ranging from enrichment classes to grade level acceleration begin in 3rd grade.
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Emotional Intensity
A common discussion in a Facebook Group for parents of gifted children I follow revolves around managing high emotional intensities. As a teacher who has spent the last twenty years working in gifted education, I also have first hand experience dealing with this component of a gifted child’s make up.
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Education For Life
What are your children learning in school? Does it relate to items in the news? Does it offer food for thought? Are they developing engineering minds? Do they engage in challenges that require persistence? These are the kind of educational experiences that last a lifetime.
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