Parent Resources

Differentiating Instruction: Rethinking Traditional Practices (Bertie Kingore, Ph.D.)
Educators are changing the learning environment so they can see students' readiness levels, learning profiles, needs, and interests more clearly. Through differentiated instruction, teachers are working to customize the complexity of instruction so all students experience learning success.
 

High Achiever, Gifted Learner, Creative Thinker (Bertie Kingore, Ph.D.)
A three-way comparison of a high achiever, a gifted learner, and a creative thinker is proposed for you to ponder and discuss.
 

Parenting Gifted Children (Bertie Kingore, Ph.D.)
This article highlights twenty tip that parents and educators can use to nurture gifted children. They include ideas you can use to appreciate, recognize, understand, encourage, and participate in the development of their minds and person.
 

Indiana Association for the Gifted
The Indiana Association for the Gifted educates and advocates for meeting the academic and social/ emotional needs of gifted youth.
 

Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page
Welcome to Hoagies' Gifted Education Page, the all-things-gifted site, full of resources, articles, books and links to help and support parents, teachers, and gifted children alike. Pick your entrance, but explore them all!
 

Scholastic.com article, “Leveled Readers Let Readers Learn at Their Own Pace"
Help your kids become better readers by matching them to the right books at the right time through leveled reading.
 

Comparison-Bright Child, Gifted Child
Note the differences between a bright and gifted child.

Center for Talent Development (CTD), housed at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy, is an accredited learning center and research facility that has been serving gifted students, their families and educators for nearly 30 years -- taking their notions of what learning is and introducing them to what learning should be.

Gifted LearningLinks (GLL), like all Northwestern University Center for Talent Development programs, is built on a foundation of decades of nationally recognized research on how to help gifted students realize their potential.

Scholastic Book Wizard
Book Wizard makes it easy to create and customize book lists based on reading levels and other themes.

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