All children can get bored but there may be special challenges with a child identified as gifted. Although all four of my children were identified by the school as gifted, my youngest has the biggest issue when it comes to being bored. Here is some information on boredom and the gifted child. Boredom in children ...
After writing my last article, Gifted Children: Their Most Common Traits, I now realize that there is a large misconception among people about what gifted really means. The term gifted is thrown around a lot and used interchangeably with smart. But the definition of gifted takes smart to a whole new level and complexities. According ...
According to standardized testing around the world, the Stanford Binet or Kogan Wallach intelligence tests are the means by which one can distinguish between gifted and regular children. (Dunn, 1963) A child must receive a total of 140 to be recognized as a “gifted child.” A child who receives 180 is considered exceptionally “gifted.” However, ...
The concept to enrichment for gifted children has been around as long as formal schooling has existed. In the one-room schoolhouse setting, teachers simply gave advanced children work that was multiple grades ahead of their age. In the 1920s and 1930s it was common for gifted children to be accellerated through grades–“skipped” ahead as far ...
Parenting a gifted (higher than normal IQ) child is difficult enough, but parenting a gifted child who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) can be overwhelming. One reason for this feeling of being overwhelmed is the lack of information for this combination. There is information about giftedness and there is information about OCD. The two combined ...
When my daughter was born, my mother commented to me, “She’s going to be smart.” I smiled and agreed with her– high IQs run prevalently on both sides of my daughter’s family. While I would love my daughter unconditionally regardless of her intelligence, I fully anticipated that she would be gifted. “I hope she won’t ...
Children who are intellectually gifted seek novelty, challenge, and quick paced learning. Gifted children typically master games quickly, solve puzzles readily and get bored with repetition. Finding them the perfect holiday gifts can be a challenge for their parents! Luckily, there are several catalog and online retailers who cater to the gifted children’s market. Each ...
Earlier this year my Kindergarten-aged daughter came home with a letter from school. I curiously opened the envelope and started reading the letter that was enclosed. To my surprise it was a letter from her teacher requesting that my daughter be tested for “giftedness. I thought to myself, “Wow, I know she’s smart but I ...
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