What is Gifted Education? Isolated learning versus integrated learning
Have you ever thought about how subjects in school interconnect?
In this article, Stacey Spears, Arts Specialist Teacher at Vanguard Gifted Academy, provides examples of isolated and integrated learning. These examples show how Vanguard Gifted Academy helps its students lay the foundation for success.
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What is Gifted Education? Public, private and gifted education
Considering everyone learns at a different pace, it’s not surprising there are different forms of education. In this article, Shannon Holub, Master Teacher at Vanguard Gifted Academy, identifies the most important elements of any gifted program, whether public or private.
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What is Gifted Education?
Have you ever wondered what makes gifted education different from traditional forms of education?
In this article, Elizabeth Blaetz outlines how gifted education developed and transformed over the years due to the different schools of thought between gifted educators.
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What is Gifted? You believe your child might be gifted. Now what?
If you believe your child may be gifted, how do you find the best place for him to learn and grow to his full potential?
In this article, Elizabeth Blaetz shares what to look for in a school, what questions to ask, and the enormous difference it can make for your child.
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What is Gifted? Ways to help gifted students at home
Is your child able to overcome challenges easily?
In this article, Elizabeth Blaetz emphasizes how challenging your gifted child at home can help her more easily adapt to the challenges she faces in school and outside of the home.
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What is Gifted? The effects on social relationships for gifted children
Does your child have a steady group of friends or does he struggle to make connections with their peers?
In this blog you can find more information on the importance of social relationships among gifted students and some of the effects giftedness has on those relationships. We also share a personal story every parent needs to hear.
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IQ is More Than Just a Number
Do you want more information about IQ scores before having your child tested? Do you know what your child’s IQ score really means?
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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.
#Gifted #Myths
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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.
#gifted #TypesOfLearning
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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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