The Quest Program for Highly Capable Learners is a pull-out program offered in Puyallup, Washington. Their website offers information on the program as well as resources for parents. QUEST also offers a self-contained full-time program for 3rd/4th and 5th/6th graders at two locations.
In this Newbery Award winner, newlywed mice Abel and Amanda are out for a picnic in the woods when they are caught in a sudden storm. As they hide in a cave, a wind scoops up Amanda's scarf, and Abel tries to retrieve it. He is swept away and finds himself deserted on an island, where he is stuck and has different trials in trying to survive and escape the island.
Sam's big sister Anastasia thinks he's weird. Their parents say he's precocious. But Sam knows, even on the morning of his birth, when there are bright lights, and he's cold, and someone is messing with his belly button, that he's just Sam. And as the younger brother of the original drama queen herself Sam deserves a book all to himself. From the early moments at the hospital, to his first steps and words, to his lively days of nursery school, Sam escorts the reader through his mischief-filled life. His highly developed--and hilarious--verbal skills allow readers to get behind the fascinating logic of a toddler.
This innovative and enjoyable book by author Jerry Pallotta uses a variety of different apples to teach kids all about fractions. Playful elves demonstrate how to divide apples into halves, thirds, fourths, and more. Young readers will also learn about varieties of apples, including Golden and Red Delicious, Granny Smiths, Cortlands, and even Asian Pears.
A clever book about a museum whose displays have been replaced with forgeries. Readers will enjoy learning about some of the world's greatest artists and their works while solving this mystery story and figuring out the spot the difference puzzles.
The Bob Books are tiny sets of 4" x 5" books, perfect for little fingers. The series builds early reading skills incrementally starting with the beginning phonics sounds and uses a logical, structured method that has children reading right away. Part of the draw of these books is that young children can say they read the "whole book," thus increasing confidence. Clever and engaging black and white line illustrations are used (a child might even enjoy coloring them). The clever and humorous drawings help maintain attention.
In this book the author, Roald Dahl recounts his days as a child growing up in England. From his years as a prankster at boarding school to his envious position as a chocolate tester for Cadbury's. His boyhood was full of excitement and the unexpected.
These books by author D. Pilkey are for grades 2-5. The story is a superhero spoof: two misbehaving fourth-grade boys, Harold and George, hypnotize their school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, Captain Underpants. The boys have their hands full when the captain escapes and starts chasing bad guys in his underwear.
Mrs. Tabby's four kittens are born a bit different: they have wings. She has always hoped they might be able to escape the harsh city slums, and their wings will make that possible. One day they do fly away to the country, only to discover that life there has it's own dangers.
This is a fairytale that takes place in a land that might have been Ancient China. In a time long ago, there lived a girl who was clever enough to be lazy and lazy enough to be clever. She invented many things from tea pots to fireworks. Clever-Lazy combines the best of both fantasy and legend in a book full of laughs, tears, adventure and ideas.
This is a curriculum guide for a lab chemistry course using kitchen supplies and materials to illustrate basic chemistry concepts. Using the production of bread, pickles, cobbler, divinity, and whipped cream, a variety of lab experiments are provided to demonstrate scientific concepts. This curriculum uses a traditional approach to science lab work. It was designed for use in homeschools, by the homeschooled son of Kathleen Julicher. Kathleen is co-author of "Gifted Children at Home," a guide to homeschooling gifted children.
This fantasy, the first in the Magic Tree House series, begins in a mysterious treehouse filled with stacks of books. When Jack wishes to see a Pteranodon for real after looking at a picture of one, he and Annie are transported through time and have some thrilling adventures in the prehistoric past.
Travel back in time to a land where people and Dinosaurs lived together, where your best friend might have been a dinosaur. A Englishman and his son get shipwrecked on a land known as Dinotopia. Before long they can write in the dinosaur alphabet, and tell time by a dinotopian clock. Is it fact or fiction? More books follow in this series.
This curriculum guide contains directions for a number of hands-on activities in geography, such as board games, books, a "Passport Luncheon," a biblical map activity entitled "Joseph's Journey," genealogy geography, relief maps, and active games. The guide was designed by two homeschooling mothers who are also co-authors of the books "Gifted Children at Home," a guide to homeschooling gifted children. Christian emphasis.
In his first novel for a younger audience, author Carl Hiaasen plunges readers right into the middle of an ecological mystery, made up of endangered miniature owls, the Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House scheduled to be built over their burrows, and the owls' unlikely allies--three middle school kids determined to beat the screwed-up adult system. Hiaasen's tongue is firmly in cheek as he successfully cuts his slapstick sense of humor down to kid-size. Sure to be a hoot, er, hit with middle school mystery fans.
Books in the series include: If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln, If You Grew Up with George Washington, If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King, If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War, If You Lived in Colonial Times, If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620, and If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad. The books are written in question and answer format and provide information about what life was like at that time in history.
The creative lessons covered in this book by master teachers, Mary Dyer, Oscar Figueroa, Mary Morris and Becky Newsom, cover all of the core academic areas for grades K-6. Lessons include standards-based ojectives, interdisplinary connections that can be explored and discussed amd assessments strategies for each unit of instruction.
Meet Jack and Annie. Jack is an eight year old boy who seeks adventure. In every trip, Jack takes notes to learn more interesting facts. He carries his little backpack almost everywhere with his useful supplies inside. Annie is Jack's little sister. Annie is just one year younger than Jack. These two siblings have great times together in many different places. Annie is a sweet, honest, considerate girl who looks up to Jack.
This book by author T. Pappas is for ages 9-12 and helps kids discover what mathematics is all about--not dreary, repetitive computations, but concepts brought to life by stories, puzzles, and challenges. With a section dedicated to puzzles, games, and tricks, and more than 100 illustrations packed into a large-sized format, this book is just the ticket for demystifying math and getting youngsters interested in it.
This book by Kristy Fulton explores the "math logic puzzles" concept in puzzle solving. Students are taught the basic premises behind each challenging puzzle: real-life patterns and puzzles such as Fibonacci's triangle, tangrams, and Sudoku. Resources for teaching math patterns are also included. For grades 2-4.
Author Lisa Yee tells the story of 11 year old certified genius Millicent Min. She breezes through high school and college classes, but when it comes to making friends her own age, she's at a loss
Life in the wilderness has just become a lot thornier for young Sam Gribley. For the last two years he's been living in a hollowed-out tree in the Catskill Mountains, hunting and gathering his food supply and befriending the critters in his "neighborhood." Sam's peaceful existence is abruptly shattered when an environmental conservation officer confiscates his peregrine falcon, Frightful. To make matters worse, Sam's sister Alice, who has been living with him for the past year, has disappeared. This double blow quickly puts Sam on the trail to the far side of his mountain, pursuing a multifaceted mystery that, ultimately, will force him to make the biggest decision of his life.
This unique book uses picture books to teach elementary students math concepts. Author Colleen Kessler feels strongly that all students should be challenged to experience and learn new things every day. She covers problem solving, geometry, algebra, measurement and probability. Grades 2-4.
Primary Grade Challenge Math offers material that goes beyond calculation skills for those children who enter the primary grades already knowing basic concepts. This curriculum allows parents and teachers to instill a deeper level of mathematical understanding and thinking skills in young children while nurturing a love of mathematics.
This book is for ages 9-12. You'll feel like you've stepped into the mind of someone famous (and have fun) while using deductive reasoning to solve unique and challenging puzzles. Fifty Quizzlers pit right brain against left brain in a struggle to decipher famous (and not so famous) quotations. In addition to the 50 Quizzlers, this book contains biographies of all the figures quoted. Explore the motivating thoughts of some of the world’s most inspired minds.
This tale centers on Alex, a small kid who is the class clown and loves baseball. He is a very realistic character with whom children can identify, and he does some crazy things (a lot with what he says) that result in some hilarious situations. Kids really love this book! And so do many adults.
This book by authors by S. Choron & H. Choron is for ages 9-12. The book is an information sandwich with everything on it, packed with the stuff you need to know and the stuff you never even knew you wanted to know. Here are tons of fun facts about your favorite movies, music, books, and sports and games, along with kid survival tips and techniques. Find out how to defend yourself against vampires, what to do if you're afraid of the dark, and how to look great in your school picture. You'll also find hundreds of addresses for kid-friendly Web sites (as well as information on how to visit them safely).
A classic introduction to growing up gifted, the GUIDE has now been revised and updated for today’s bright, creative, talented kids. Based on new surveys of hundreds of gifted kids, it speaks directly to them. It includes first-person advice from boys and girls that’s pertinent, realistic, and inspiring. It answers readers’ questions about why they think and learn the way they do, what 'giftedness' and IQ really mean, different types of intelligence, how to handle high expectations, how to make school more challenging, how to cope with teasing, how to make friends, and much more.
This is the second book in the original Nancy Drew series. Nancy is an 18 year old girl in the 1930's who enjoys solving mysteries with her girlfriends George and Bess. In this book, Nancy must figure out the source of strange noises and happenings in a 'haunted' mansion.
This book series follows the adventures of the Littles, a tiny family who lives in the walls of the Bigg's house.
The Roman Mysteries is a collection of eight novels by author C. Lawrence and is for ages 9-12. Four additional books are planned in the series. Welcome to the world of Flavia Gemina. The year is 79 AD. The place is Ostia, the port of Rome. From here, Flavia Gemina, daughter of a Roman sea captain, embarks on thrilling adventures with her three friends Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus. As she and her friends attempt to solve their first crime, the clues lead them around Ostia: to the harbour, the forum, the lighthouse, and the tombs of the dead. Later riddles and mysteries take them to Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri... and Rome itself!
This is a story about a kingdom which is having a civil war over the definition of the word delicious. No one can agree about what delicious is. The prime minister's adopted child is sent to poll the kingdom about delicious.
Under Platform 13, in one of London's busiest train stations, is the entrance to a magical kingdom. A woman kidnaps the prince, and it's up to a hag, a wizard, and ogre, and a fey to save him and return him to the king and queen.
Ferdinand's day in the arena gives readers not only an education in the historical tradition of bullfighting, but also a lesson in nonviolent tranquility. Robert Lawson's black-and-white drawings are evocative and detailed, with especially sweet renditions of Ferdinand, the serene bull hero. The Story of Ferdinand closes with one of the happiest endings in the history of happy endings--readers of all ages will drift off to a peaceful sleep, dreaming of sweet-smelling flowers and contented cows.
The Tiger Rising is about a boy, Rob, who lives in a motel. His mother has died and he is not allowed to talk about her, cry about her, or say her name. He finds a tiger in a cage in the woods by the motel. The tiger helped Rob deal with his mom being dead.
Amanda, Melissa, and Pee-Wee's parents have non-refundable tickets to Paris, but no one to take care of the kids. There's only one person who can, and that is Aunt Sally. The kids love her. But why doesn't their Dad?
Historical fiction. It is about an African American family who who is sort of under attack during the civil rights movement.
This ia a Newberry Award winning book. The mysterious death of a millionaire brings together his heirs for the reading of his will. They need to solve the mystery of his murder before they can inherit his money.
This collection of classics is unabridged, lavishly illustrated in color and in black and white, featuring drawings, maps, photographs, diagrams and paintings, many are dated from the era in which the stories were written. There are hundreds of extended captions offering lively explanations of history, geography, culture, customs, animal world, architecture, literature and science. These classics provide background information to young readers who normally can only access the information through supplemental research. Titles include:
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- The Call of the Wild
- Heidi
- The Jungle Book
- Tom Sawyer
- Treasure Island
- Little Women
William Horwood's sequel to Kenneth Grahame's classic "The Wind in the Willows" picks up the riverbank characters where Grahame left them and introduces a few new characters as well. Fans of the incorrigible Mr. Toad will note that he is in as much trouble as ever.
This is a 1940s Newbery Award winner which was reprinted for its 50th anniversary (with its two sequels in the same volume). In the first book, Elmer Elevator runs away with an alley cat to rescue a flying baby dragon who is being exploited on a faraway island. Elmer outwits the various animal residents of the island using his own ingenuity and cleverness, and frees the dragon. Read more about their adventures in the two sequels.
In the topsy-turvy world that lies beyond the looking-glass, Alice meets such fantastical characters as Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty, and the Jabberwock.
This book by authors G. Waters and A. Mithrandir is for ages 9-12. Find out all the incredible hints you missed when you read the Harry Potter books! Discover scary information about Book 5!! See how the Harry Potter books are even more complex than Lord of the Rings!!! You won't BELIEVE what's in this book! NOTE: It does not give the plot away in advance, but there IS a spoiler warning because it does reveal clues and hints about J.K. Rowling's upcoming books!!
A saga of courage, leadership, and survival, Watership Down, is the tale of a band of rabbits forced to flee the destruction of their fragile community and the trials and triumphs they face as they pursue a glorious dream called "home."
This is a book series about a kid named Zack, his adventures in other worlds and his own. According to Barnes & Noble, Zack is a normal 10-year-old boy with a knack for getting into weird situations. In Wanda, he attempts to rid his apartment of a rude eight-year-old poltergeist who communicates by spelling out words with peanut M&Ms. In Litter Box, he plans to adopt a kitten but instead acquires a cantankerous talking cat that claims to be the reincarnation of his great-grandfather. He sees his reflection in the Medicine Cabinet mirror and falls through into a skewed world that its inhabitants consider much "cooler" than ours. An electrical accident occurs at school and Zap! Zack can hear thoughts, including a bloodthirsty voice expressing an eagerness to kill. Kids will find some of the episodes tremendously funny. Great-Grandpa the cat threatens to "take a leak" on the sofa if Zack doesn't provide him with his preferred food (herring with sour cream!); Wanda and a fellow ghost yank down a bully's pants.
Geared toward 2nd to 4th graders who are full of curiosity and imagination, ASK (Arts and Sciences for Kids) aims at challenging alert minds. With ASK, they'll explore the world with the greatest inventors, artists, thinkers, and scientists of the past and present, discovering how the ideas that shape our lives were formed. They'll read articles written by award-winning children's writers and follow serial stories about a group of young explorers who are excited about discovering the world. Each issue of ASK focuses on a single theme and is sure to bring surprises. ASK will encourage your students' skill with puzzles, word plays, riddles, activities, cartoons, posters, lively art, and photos. Of course, there's no advertising.
Students grades five and up will discover that science is an exciting adventure that can lead to a lifetime of inquiry and satisfaction. Each 52-page themed issue is packed with articles by acclaimed writers and scientists -- information that talks "to" (and not "down to") young readers. ODYSSEY helps children keep pace with the rapidly changing world of science by presenting its most exciting discoveries while preparing children for the challenges and rewards of the future. With ODYSSEY students will: get the hottest news in all areas of science from around the world; read interviews with leading scientists; navigate the night sky with ODYSSEY's monthly star charts; and use activities to breathe life into science learning.
Ranger Rick is a monthly magazine about wildlife, for ages 7 and up. Usually there is a featured animal each month accompanied by stories, poems, and fun activities to help kids learn about the featured animal and others.
This distance learning program through EPGY offers English courses from the fourth-grade level through the Advanced Placement level. Students are placed into English Expository Writing courses based on age and standardized test scores.
Located on 94th Street between Park and Madison Avenues, Hunter College Campus Schools offer an elementary school for children from kindergarten to sixth grade and a high school from seventh to twelfh grade. The school is publicly funded and committed to serving a gifted student body. Students are taught to think critically and creatively. The curriculum emphasizes mastery of the arts and sciences. During the fourth through sixth grades teachers provide opportunities for students to explore topics in-depth. In addition to the material taught by homeroom teachers, children study areas known as "specials", which are taught by a specialist in the fields of foreign language, music, cultural arts, mathematics and others. Each year, 48 students are enrolled in the kindergarten program.
Academy Hill School is a coeducational private day school for grades K-8, located in Springfield, Mass. According their web site, the student to teacher ratio is small, curriculum is compacted and learning is accelerated and enriched. Children are instructed individually and in small groups.
Anderson is a private coeducational day school for elementary and middle school students, located in Fort Worth, Texas.
This school offers an extremely individualized curriculum.
Barthelmes Conservatory is a non-profit organization offering a year-long music program. This after school schedule provides music education and is tailored to the needs of musically gifted and talented elementary and middle school youth displaying the potential to pursue music as a professional career.
The school is committed to serving a diverse student body and seeks applicants with records of strong academic ability and achievement, solid citizenship, and high moral values. Parents must embrace the academic and ethical standards of the Berkeley Hall community and be willing to participate as partners with the school in their child's education.
"Our Mission is to develop active thinkers in a balanced learning environment that inspires children of diverse backgrounds to fulfill their unlimited, God-given potential. "
The Brideun School for Exceptional Children is a private coeducational day school for grades 1-8, located in Lafayette, Colorado. The school is sponsored by The Center for Education Enrichment, and is designed to provide a balanced educational program for bright yet inconsistent learners. The four cornerstones of their program (Math; Science and Technology; Arts and Humanities; Social Sciences and Language Arts) offer a solid individualized curriculum. Brideun further combines mentoring for the enrichment of strengths and the support of their special education team to provide a comprehensive learning community for asynchronous students.
This coeducational public cyber school for K-8 grade students provides a new form of public school that students can attend from home. This is a free program that combines the strong parental involvement of homeschooling, the expertise and accountability of publicly funded education, and the flexibility of online classes. Parents pay no tuition for students to attend CCA. Students are considered to be enrolled in a public school and receive the loan of a desktop computer and a printer. Students are required to take all state mandated, standardized tests in person at locations designated by the school. Students are accepted from anywhere in the state.
For over 18 years, this Denver area school has been offering programs specifically for the gifted from preschool through 8th grade; the student to teacher ratio is 1:10. Children can be enrolled at anytime during the school year.
Connections Academy® (CA) privately operates K-8 virtual public schools. Parents or other “Learning Coaches” deliver instruction using daily lesson plans and a Personalized Learning Plan for each student, whose progress is tracked through a Learning Management System that includes a computer and Internet connection. Connections Academy schools operate under management contracts from charter schools or school districts.
DaVinci Academy is a private coeducational day school for gifted children in grades K-8, located in the Chicago suburb of Elgin, Illinois.
DaVinci Academy believes in giving gifted students a solid educational foundation to build upon, and in preparing them for success throughout life. DaVinci Academy believes four important aspects of development - academic, creative, emotional, and social - enable the gifted child to reach his or her potential. All four aspects are incorporated in the child's learning experience at DaVinci.
Dunham Academy is an academically selective, private coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in San Rafael, California. Dunham Academy was founded and incorporated in 1998 in San Rafael, California by Jennifer and Daniel Dunham as a nonprofit educational institution to meet the needs of the area's large population of academically talented students where families seek for their children an academically rigorous, independent education in a challenging and enriching environment.
Edlin School is a private coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Reston, Virginia. This school was established by two teachers with gifted children who found their needs were not being met in existing institutions. It is a nurturing place, relatively flexible, and quite small. There is a dress code; Willingness to make some accomodations for HG/EG/PG children.
Emerson School is a private coeducational day school for academically gifted students in grades K-8, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Emerson has achieved distinct success in developing the talents and strengths of the individual. Outstanding teachers and an innovative curriculum create a school with abundant opportunities for children and their families. The mission of Emerson School is to provide a whole child, multiple method approach to instruction for gifted and for academically talented students. Emerson School encourages creativity, problem solving, and the development of basic skills, while providing a warm supportive environment that promotes responsibility for oneself and others.
Evergreen School is a private coedcuational day school for grades PK-8, located in Shoreline, Washington.
The Evergreen School challenges and nurtures highly intelligent, creative children, fostering responsibility, love of learning and self-esteem. Evergreen offers an enriched curriculum using innovative educational techniques including independent and small, flexible group learning.
The Logan School for Creative Learning is a private coed day school for children ages 5-15, located in Denver, CO. The Logan School provides a challenging environment that addresses the intellectual, emotional, and social needs children. Students have an individualized curriculum for his/her unique readiness level, learning style, and personal interests, and decisions are made each year about appropriate placement of students, depending upon their needs and progress.
The Long Island School for the Gifted (LISG) is a private coeducational day school for gifted students in grades K-9, located in Huntington Station, New York. This is an academically rigorous school with a fairly traditional approach to education. The curriculum for each grade level is about 2 years ahead of other (non gifted) schools. Each graduating ninth grader enters high school having already earned several credits and is in a position to accelerate through the high school curriculum.
This school stands as the Rocky Mountain pioneer in gifted and talented education. The holistic, well-rounded educational program focuses on the mind and the heart and nurtures the social, emotional, physical, and creative needs of gifted children, as well as academic ones. Mackintosh Academy employs the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme and Middle Years Programme curricular framework, which helps ensure that each individual student is engaged, challenged, pushed to be an independent thinker.
Montessori Center Academy, a private organization in Pennsylvania, offers alternative curriculum that encourages peer and cooperative learning. The school is also concerned with individual learning styles and aptitudes to maximize each child’s potential up through the sixth grade.
The Nueva School is a private coeducational day school for gifted and talented students in grades PK-8, located in Hillsborough, California. Nueva's Vision is to create a dynamic educational model where gifted and talented children learn to make choices that benefit the world. Nueva students learn to make real-world connections, monitor their own learning, and become flexible thinkers who are adept risk-takers and lifelong learners.
Open Window School now serves students in grades K-8. Vista Academy, the OWS middle school division, offers a unique and challenging program to students in grades 6-8. Open Window School/Vista Academy offer a differentiated curriculum at all grade levels targeting the needs of students.
Peabody School is a private, coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Peabody School is an independent, nonprofit, nondenominational school for intellectually advanced children. The School's mission is to provide an enriched educational environment that engages each child at his or her own level and promotes development at a rate commensurate with ability.
Pear Tree Point School is a small private coeducational day school for grades PK-5 in Darien, Connecticut. Its mission is to provide a challenging and stimulating academic program in a nurturing environment so that children of average and superior abilities can thrive. It is dedicated to developing the potential within each child, using the best in curriculum, research-based teaching, technology, and staffing to create a stimulating and nurturing learning environment. In addition to helping children reach high standards of academic achievement, our faculty creates a close-knit community, where children experience a strong sense of belonging and enjoy the self-confidence that comes from reaching goals.
Pegasus School is a private, coeducational day school for gifted students in grades PK-8, located in Huntington Beach, California. The Pegasus School promotes academic excellence in a supportive environment that develops active learners and creative problem solvers who are eager to apply their knowledge to real life experiences. We are committed to providing unique opportunities to achieve through a challenging curriculum that also encourages character development and traditional values.
The Rhoades School is a private coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Encinitas, California. The Rhoades School was established in 1980 to provide a safe haven for the intellectual, creative and human potential of very able children. The children at the Rhoades school receive individual attention from a faculty and staff committed to contributing to each student's fulfillment and happiness as adults.
The Rocky Mountain School for the Gifted and Creative (RMS) is an independent coeducational day school for gifted students ages 4-15 located in Boulder, CO. RMS provides individualized learning plans for each student that include Affective and Social Development; Thinking and Study Skills; Mathematics; Science and Technology; Humanities; Social Studies; and Physical Development/Health and Wellness. Students are grouped by social and emotional development as well as ability in multi-age classrooms. As the mission states, RMS “seeks to promote the interconnection of the whole child—intellectual, physical, social, personal, and ethical.” Learning is extended beyond the classroom where students interact with members of the community and with the environment itself.
The Sage School is a private coeducational day school for ages 4 - 14, located in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The school is set in three divisions: Primes (ages 4 - 7), Juniors (ages 7 - 10), and Seniors (ages 10 - 14). Students are grouped by instructional level, not by chronological age, and their progression through the curriculum is determined by mastery of skills. Each student has an individual learning path that allows them to learn at a pace and depth matching their abilities. The school provides a complete curriculum as well as extracurricular clubs and programs for students to participate in. Details regarding Curriculum, Tuition, and the Admission process are available on the web site.
The Seabury School is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-7, located in Tacoma, Washington. The Mission of the School is to: empower and enable gifted students to fulfill their potential and become confident and competent learners and citizens.
Seattle Country Day School is a private coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Seattle, Washington. Our mission is to provide an extraordinary educational experience for children of high intellectual and creative promise.
The school offers a multicultural arts and education program. They currently enroll approximately 100 students with a total teaching staff of 19 including specialists in drama, Spanish, music, karate, dance, physical education and art.
Stargate Charter School is a public coeducational charter school for grades K-8, located in Thornton, CO. Stargate School is a high quality, progressive and well-managed school that challenges each student's intellectual abilities, provides for character development and instills a life-long love of learning.
Sterling Montessori Academy and Charter School is comprised of two separate educational entities. The Academy serves children ages 3 – 5, and is a tuition based program. The Charter School serves children ages 6 – 14, which includes Kindergarten through 8th grade. Each institution has individualized admissions procedures.
Summers-Knoll School is a private coeducational day school for gifted students in grades K-8, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Through individualized instruction students are encouraged to progress at an academic pace that is individually appropriate. Consequently, children are not pitted competitively against each other, but are challenged to improve relative to their own prior performances. Through a portfolio based assessment process, each child shares with his or her teachers the process of evaluating personal progress from week to week and from year to year. Summers-Knoll students learn to take on increased responsibilities for their own learning as they mature.
Sunridge Learning Center is a public Montessori format school in Mesa, Arizona for grades K-6. There is a waiting list to enroll in this program. Please contact the Sunridge Learning Center for more information.
"Sycamore School provides a full-time educational program to meet the needs of academically gifted students. The faculty sets criteria for evaluating students' academic progress, and it promotes and expects the development of personal responsibility, task commitment, self-discipline, independent learning, and respectful conduct. High standards of behavior and performance, as well as high aptitude, are expected.
Sycamore has an ongoing commitment to leadership in developing and improving teaching methods, learning strategies, and curricula in gifted education. Its teachers are dedicated to learning from others in gifted education and to sharing their experience and expertise with the larger community for the educational enrichment of all children."
This small private school is for "intellectually excited" students and focuses on science, math & technology. It has its own weather station including Doppler, TV station, hypospherium, (planetarium), observatory,and state of the art computer labs. The 4th - 8th grade program has been well established for over 15 years, with the Primary school (grades K-3) opening this Fall (2000.) "I spoke twice at Talcott Mountain Science Center... this was a treat: kids asking better questions than many groups of adults. This is an educational playground, with a robust weather station including Doppler radar, observatory, networked computer lab, and much more... making science education something of all-encompassing substance instead of the rather pathetic charade it can become when the universe is rudely segmented into "subjects." -- Steve Roberts, "High Tech Nomad"
The Avery Coonley School is an independent school whose mission is to provide a learning environment that is appropriate both for academically bright and gifted children, preschool through eighth grade, who are motivated to learn and have demonstrated the potential for the scholastic achievement necessary to succeed in a challenging academic program, in order that they may become positive, productive, and respectful members of society.
The Melrose School is a private coed Episcopal day school for grades PK-8 in Brewster, New York. The school's mission is to educate students while encouraging them to develop self-confidence, moral and spiritual values, and intellectual proficiency. Our belief is that education should teach rigorous intellectual habits and develop skills that will enable the student to excel not only academically, but in all areas of life. We, as a school, recognize that quality education requires collaboration among teachers, parents and the student and are committed to maintaining an atmosphere that promotes this relationship. We strive to instill a strong foundation so that our students are prepared to succeed in the challenging world.
The South Bay's only school for the gifted, grades 4-12, with a strong AP program and capacity to handle gifted and challenged children.
Students get a classical education, which challenges them to read great books and ideas in each of the arts and sciences. The intellectual freedom and rigor encourage students to think critically and imaginatively as they develop character and leadership abilities; they will become mature adults who can solve the world's problems."
University Child Development School is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-5, located in Seattle, Washington. Each child has unique talents, unique ways of thinking and understanding. Each child develops those talents at varying rates. UCDS welcomes this uniqueness, and structures its classrooms so that each child is involved in appropriate kinds and levels of learning.
Wayland Academy is a small private coeducational day school for gifted students in grades K-6, located in Framingham, Mass. Wayland Academy believes that elementary school is a crucial time to lay the foundation for future academic success. Children should be provided with a structured and intellectually stimulating environment in which they feel secure and know that their accomplishments are valued. Their main goal is to provide each youngster with a superior educational background in a warm supportive environment in which he or she is motivated to do their utmost.
"The mission of Balboa Magnet School as developed by the members of the school community is to engage all students from all social, cultural, economic and linguistic backgrounds in a stimulating, well-balanced educational program. This program encourages students' strengths and creativity enabling them to effectively meet the challenges that await them in adult society."
Located in Broomfield, Colo., Broomfield Academy is a nationally accredited private elementary school offering small class sizes, individualized learning plans and an advanced curriculum. The school admits children ages 3 to 12 and offers a well-rounded curriculum including world language, music, art, technology, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese, and physical education. Broomfield Academy also offers a before- and after-school program for working parents.
Buist Academy is a gifted & talented elementary and middle school for exceptionally bright children.
Challenge School is a public coeducational day magnet school within the Cherry Creek School District, for grades K-8, located in Denver, Colorado.
The Challenge School will focus on high student achievement and commensurate academic growth through rigorous study in humanities, mathematics, science and foreign language along with creative integration of art, music, drama, technology, and physical education. The school is designed to facilitate learning on a flexible continuum that strives to be individually paced and offers acceleration, enrichment, and multi-aged grouping. Purposeful attention is given to academic need, learning style, student interest, and the development of a unique school community. Students, teachers, parents, and community members as partners in education will come to know and to model the joy of life-long learning.
Chatsworth Elementary School is a public coeducational day school for grades K-5, located in Reistertown, Maryland.
Chatsworth School is a "multi-age magnet" school. Students are placed in mixed groups of K-1, 2-3, or 4-5 grade students. Enrollment is accomplished through a lottery system. The multi-age environment is conducive to ability group regardless of age.
Community Consolidated School District 15 provides programs for gifted and talented students from Grades 3–8. Elementary students attend self-contained, multi-grade classrooms where all subject areas are addressed. Gifted and talented seventh and eighth graders have differentiated curricula for language arts, social sciences, and mathematics.
Crofton Elementary is a public coeducational day school for grades 1-5, located in Denver, Colorado. Crofton is a Denver Public School serving highly gifted and qualified high-achieving students. The Polaris Program at Crofton is the first time a program dedicated to meeting the needs of highly gifted and high achieving students has operated in an independent site in the Denver Public Schools. Offering rigorous curriculum and high expectations, Polaris will have a principal and teachers trained in meeting the academic and affective needs of highly gifted students.
The Denver Public Schools Highly Gifted Program provides an educational option for identified students whose exceptional intellectual ability and acadmic potential, with related social/emotional needs, exceed those addressed in a regular classroom. It provides a full-day school experience and is designed for students who have academic needs beyond their grade level and need the support and challenge provided by a peer group with similar interests and abilities. Highly Gifted Programs are offered at 7 elementary and 1 middle school. Each school differs in how it serves students. Contact the school that serves your home address (or that you are most interested in) to meet with the principal, tour the site, and watch a class in session.
Dimensions Academy is a self-contained classroom-based program designed to meet the needs of highly/profoundly gifted learners, in grades 4-8.
Discovery Academy is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-8, located in Edgewater, Florida.
The director and founder of this school is the parent of a profoundly gifted child and has created a learning environment that appears to be very gifted-friendly. The school claims that most of their students are working above typical grade level by 2-3 years. Each student is assessed and given appropriate level materials in every subject.
This private, coeducational day school for grades K-8 is dedicated to serving the educational needs of gifted and talented children. Students are allowed to move as quickly as they can through basic subjects without unnecessary repetition or drill. They then have time to pursue those subjects at a more complex level, to explore new areas, or to develop other skills and talents.
The Gifted and Talented Program is available for all Edison students who qualify based on potential. Identifiable characteristics, extraordinary abilities and accomplishments and/or demonstrated needs. High acheiving students may be placed in the HGT classrooms on a space available basis as well as meeting specified criteria.
Founded in 1948 by a group of parents looking for an uncommon education for their children, Far Brook is an independent, nonprofit, coeducational day school for students from nursery through 8th grade. Far Brook values character as much as achievement, process as much as product. Our curriculum is unified by inter-disciplinary studies of thematic units and great historical eras which allow a child to relate himself to the universe and to the history of mankind.
The Sarasota County north area Magnet Program for Gifted Students is housed at Fruitville and provides services for eligible students in an elementary school setting while preparing them to move on to other sites for the middle school years. This program is for students enrolled in grades 1-5.
"The Greenville County Gifted Center will provide an innovative learning environment for students with high intellectual potential in grades 3-8. Our students will be supported in distinctive ways to develop as thinkers and
well-rounded young people who make responsible, ethical contributions to the
cultural, social and community activities of a global society."
--Patricia MacLachlan, Supervisor
Horizons Program in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a public school program for highly gifted students in grades K-7. Horizons is built around the concept that highly gifted students are special and unique. Their learning style is so radically accelerated that their educational experience must differ from regular education. Students in the program advance academically 1.5 to 4 years in one school year.
The IGNITE Program is a pull-out program for gifted students who have met the eligibility criteria under the State Gifted education plan. The program is available to students in 2nd through 6th grades. The IGNITE Program offers enrichment opportunities that incorporates universal themes with classroom learning in alignment with the district's standards and goals. The IGNITE teachers may be working with students from as many as seven schools at one time with multiple grade levels represented in each class section. Each certified gifted student recieves 2-3 hours per week of gifted services. There are 19 service schools and transportation is provided for students to attend IGNITE at sites other than their home school.
Iles School is a public coeducational gifted magnet school for students in grades 1-5, located in Springfield, Illinois. Gifted and talented students throughout the school district coming together at one site has produced the model for self-contained classes for gifted and talented students at Iles.
Judson Montessori School is a private coeducational day school for ages 3-14, located in San Antonio, Texas. The mission of the Judson Montessori School is to provide a personalized education, using the
Montessori method and philosophy, to support each student's development while fostering a love of learning. The school offers a faculty:student ratio of 1:10 as well as after-school enrichment programs. We see ourselves as partners with parents,
guiding students to achieve their full potential in academic, social, physical, intellectual, aesthetic, and moral development from early childhood through adolescence.
The PEGS program in Kansas City, Missouri provides an enhanced curriculum appropriate for exceptionally gifted students based on the following principles:
1. Acceleration through curriculum compacting in response to each student's instructional needs.
2. Advanced training in critical and creative thinking, research and content related skills.
3. A focus on creative production as an outgrowth of a student's intense interest in a topic or a passion to solve real-world problems.
4. Attention to the special affective needs of the exceptionally gifted child.
5. Special mentorships for students with business and professional experts.
6. Integrating for fine arts and physical education.
7. Contests and competition in the areas of Science, Math and Social Studies are extra-curricular options for PEGS students.
Kennard Classical Junior Academy is a public, gifted/magnet school for grades PreK-5th. "Noted for a rigorous course of study, our varied curriculum encourages students to approach learning creatively. Students explore, experiment and engage in critical thinking as they gain life long learning skills."
Lakewood City Schools provide an exceptional program for gifted students and encourage subject acceleration as well as artistic and creative learning.
Lowell Elementary School is a public coed day school in Seattle, Washington. Lowell is home to one of the Seattle Public School District's all-city-draw programs, the Accelerated Progress Program (APP). APP offers accelerated instruction for students who perform within the top 1% on standardized tests. It offers a challenging curriculum designed and taught in a socially and ethnically diverse setting. The APP curriculum matches the student's competency level while allowing them to remain with children their own age.
Manchester GATE School is a 2-6 grade magnet school in the Fresno Unified School District. This elementary school offers a multitude of opportunities in academics and extra-curriculars for gifted and talented students.
This public charter school, designed for children of extremely high intellectual ability in grades K-8, provides numerous enrichment classes. The goal of the Academy is to provide an environment tailored to the unique needs of gifted children.
Millburn School is a public coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Wadsworth, Illinois. Millburn is committed to efficiently preparing students to become productive, responsible members of a changing world by providing a nurturing environment that stimulates a voluntary desire to learn and educational experiences that rigorously promote the realization of individual potential and excellence in achievement.
The CENTER Program for Highly Gifted is a public coeducational day school program for grades 4-5, located in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has six CENTERS for highly gifted students in the upper elementary grades in six geographic areas. Each CENTER is located in an elementary school. The goal of the program is to provide exceptionally gifted and motivated elementary students with a full-time instructional program that is accelerated and enriched. It is designed for students who learn at a faster pace and who can handle advanced concepts of greater complexity. Each of the high aptitude students enrolled in this program has a relatively unique academic profile and has educational needs that are more easily addressed in the CENTERS than in a typical classroom.
"New Horizons Academy exists to assist children who have learning differences. Students with learning differences are those who do not achieve to their full potential in conventional education programs using traditional teaching methods. New Horizons Academy offers specific educational programs for students with learning differences in the area of giftedness, processing difficulties and attention problems."
Located in Orlando, FL, the New School of Orlando is a private coed day school for grades K-8 with an approach based on Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory that exposes children to all aspects of intellectual exploration.
"The Newcomb Academy school community believes that each student must be prepared for a global society by developing the study skills and organizational skills for academic success in school and college, being physically and emotionally fit, communicating articulately, contributing as a member of the community, appreciating diversity in our multicultural world, and being technologically literate."
Nysmith School for the Gifted is a day school located in Virginia. The school accepts students Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade. The curriculum cornerstones are mathematics and reading; students also work on computers, science, social studies, French, logic, music, and art. Students are grouped chronologically by age and move through classes as a group. Two teachers per classroom facilitate individualized student learning plans. Details regarding curriculum, tuition, and special events are included on the web site.
This is a full-time public magnet school for gifted and talented children in grades 2-5 with Dance and Visual Arts Gifted programs for the entire Virginia Beach District. The school works closely with each child to maximize learning and the teachers write their own curriculum.
Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School is a coeducational public school in grades K-7 for Pennsylvania students. Students and parents connect to the school, the lessons, assessments, teachers, and each other online. Each student who enrolls in the Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School will be loaned a computer system from the school—including a computer, printer, and other necessary hardware—and an Internet connection. As a public charter school, PAVCS does not charge tuition.
"Pine Crest is home to one of the six Centers for the Highly Gifted in Montgomery County Public Schools. Selected students from the elementary schools in the Blair, Einstein, and Kennedy Clusters attend our Center. The goal of the program is to provide exceptionally gifted and motivated 4th and 5th grade students with a full-time instructional program that is accelerated and enriched. It is designed for students who learn at a faster pace and who can handle advanced concepts of greater complexity."
Located on the northeast edge of downtown Denver, Ebert Elementary is the home of the Polaris Program (serving grades K-5). The Polaris Program at Ebert is a program dedicated to meeting the needs of highly gifted and high achieving students. It has operated as an independent site in the Denver Public Schools, and is the only such school.
The ACCESS Alternative Program is designed for only the most highly capable students in the Portland, Oregon area. An interested parent group formed a committee to propose a school for highly gifted students and in February 2002 the PPS Board approved the ACCESS Alternative Program with an opening 2003.
Quest Academy is a private, coeducational day school for grades PK-8, located in Palatine, Illinois. Quest Academy provides gifted children with a challenging curriculum and a nurturing environment. Our program emphasizes sound character along with scholarship and creativity in both the academics and the arts. The Quest community values the individuality of each child and encourages each to strive for personal excellence.
Rainard School is a private coeducational day school for academically gifted students through 12th grade, located in Houston, TX. Rainard School embraces the needs of gifted children by nurturing the individual's intellectual growth, social skills, and emotional development in an environment that inspires the joy of learning.
Ricks Center for Gifted Children is a private coedcuational day school for preschool through middle school grades, located in Denver, Colorado. In cooperation with the College of Education [at the University of Denver], Rick's Center provides model program services to students who show exceptional, differentiated ability and learning needs. The philosophy of Ricks Center focuses on academic excellence and social/emotional development considering individual needs of the whole child. This unique program provides an excellent opportunity for gifted and talented children to explore and expand their abilities in a supportive environment. Ricks Center students have access to campus facilities. Upper School students may be involved in undergraduate classes or in study with University students and instructors. The daily school environment is enriched with guest speakers, field trips, community-based learning experiences and other activities.
Ridgecrest is a regular elementary with a zoned population. It also is home for The Center for Gifted Studies, a magnet program serving gifted students in a full-time gifted program. Students come from all over Pinellas County for this program...from the Skyway area to Tarpon Springs, and from Tampa Bay to the Gulf. The program is part of the Choice/Magnet Options offered in the district.
The Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program supports unique opportunities for high-achieving and underachieving pupils who are identified as gifted and talented.
The San Jose Highly Gifted Magnet Center is a public school in Calif. for profoundly gifted students. It encourages personal development within an environment of peers with supplemental activities such as a Shakespearean drama program, field trips, a supplemental science program, and yoga/dance.
Soundview School is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-8, located in Lynnwood, Washington. We believe that highly capable children enthusiastically nurtured in a strong academic and creative environment will become highly capable young adults for whom adventure, honor, and success are joyously routine.
Spring Hill is a public elementary school where the talents of bright and gifted children are recognized, nurtured and developed to their full potential. The school's accelerated and enriched curriculum supports academic success and encourages a spirit of inquisitiveness and creativity.
"Steppingstone School is dedicated to addressing the unique, individualized, and often-asynchronous developmental needs that face many gifted children in the elementary age group.
By nurturing and supporting gifted children through academic, social and emotional development, Steppingstone believes that the child's chance of success can be greatly enhanced. Steppingstone's mission is to provide an environment that will enable our students to become confident, generous, and inquisitive learners who will have the foundation upon which to become leaders."
This New York public school (PS334) provides accelerated education for students in grades K-8. Its program is designed to meet the specific needs of children with superior intellectual potential. Their commitment is to the whole child: balancing social, emotional and academic development in a stimulating environment where children can become producers as well as consumers of knowledge.
The Country Day School is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-8, located in Madison, Alabama. We believe that learning should be a joyful experience, consisting not only of the mastery of academic skills, but also of growth in creative and critical thinking. Since confident students become successful adults, programs center on activities designed to build skills and self-assurance. As students are taught to become proficient in reading, writing, speaking, listening, computing, thinking, and analyzing, they learn to value their own unique gifts and to recognize those of others.
"At The Einstein Academy we believe that education is a collaborative experience. Parents, teachers, and students work together as a team to maximize each student's learning potential. We are devoted to creating and maintaining the ideal environment for the academically talented which is why we guarantee that our class size will never exceed 12 students. We strive for quality, not quantity."
"Gifted and Talented Program for grades K-5: For our students identified as Gifted and Talented, The Rice School offers the inclusion model of the G/T program. Students remain in the regular classroom and are provided with differentiated learning opportunities that include modifying the depth, complexity, and pacing of the general curriculum. After-school courses are also offered to promote our G/T students pursuit of independent research."
"The Weiss School has gained recognition throughout the state in student competitions, teacher accolades and school-wide commitment to gifted education. The core curriculum combines a firm foundation of skills and knowledge with the development of reasoning and thinking abilities that allow Weiss students to become lifelong learners."
Public elementary school with a Gifted & Talented Magnet program, Grades 1-5. Tyler Elementary School’s purpose is to educate all students to their highest level of academic performance, regardless of previous academic performance, socio-economic status, race, or sex. We provide an atmosphere that enhances each child’s social/emotional growth and positive self-image. Our teachers and staff accept the responsibility to maintain high expectations for each student.
Described as "A Program for Highly Capable Learners," the Challenge Program is designed to meet the unique learning needs of students with demonstrated intellectual ability and/or potential in terms of cognitive capacity, academic achievement, and/or exceptional creativity. Located in three elementary and three middle schools, VANSD offers part of its public education classes (K-8 grades) wtih accelerated curriculum.
Within Webster Elementary School is housed two very special programs. Classrooms for Livonia's Alternative Classrooms for the Academically Talented (ACAT) Program and the Northwest Wayne County program for students who have cognitive impairments. The community of Webster Elementary School dedicates itself to ensuring a safe, nurturing, learning environment that facilitates personal growth and meaningful interactions of all children and adults. Students will leave our school empowered to think clearly, care deeply, and act wisely.
Windsor Park Elementary, an exemplary campus, is a full-time magnet school for Corpus Christi I.S.D. gifted and talented students in grades one through five.
Space Voyage programs bring to life the importance of math and science, reinforces concepts identified in academic content standards, build confidence through genuine achievement and offer a fun place for kids to imagine the possibilities, learn and grow. Parents of gifted children report that the program is challenging and supportive of their gifted children. The Summer Camp offers 10 weeks to choose from for ages 5-16.
Drury University and Springfield Public Schools work together to sponser a summer experience for gifted students grades K-1, called Summer Pals, and for grades 2-5, called Summer Quest. Class size is limited to 16 students. Courses are taught by highly qualified, effective teachers who understand and use both enrichment and accleration. Courses are hands-on, activity oriented and highly motivating. The goals of Summer Quest are: To provide opportunities for students to interact with peers of similar academic abilities and interests, to encourage students to use their intellectual and creative abilities, and to allow students to pursue areas of interest they would not have a chance to study.
At the University of Iowa, Belin-Blank Center Summer Programs students can enjoy taking challenging courses, connecting with interesting classmates, and learning from inspirational teachers. Explore a variety of cultural and recreational activities that encourage friendships and extend your learning outside the classroom.
Experience college life as you live, study, and play in university classrooms, laboratories, dining halls, and recreational centers.
"The Leapfrog Program provides innovative academics for young, academically talented students, beginning at age four and a half. Leapfrog classes are a one-week enrichment curriculum offered in a language arts track and a math/science track. These courses include substantial, engaging, hands-on activities designed to help students acquire and practice new concepts in fun and interesting ways. Students can sign up for one, two or three weeks. Children can enroll in math, science, or language arts courses, depending on their test scores."
College Gate is a non-profit organization offering classroom based academic summer enrichment programs for students currently in kindergarten through 3rd grade.
College Academy is a classroom based academic summer program for students currently in grade 4 through grade 8. Each course activity for both of these programs has been designed to enthusiastically provide able learners with challenging hands-on experiences where students will have the opportunity to discover a new way of thinking and creatively express their thoughts while developing critical thinking and creative problem solving skills.
Gifted, talented and high-achieving students in kindergarten through eighth grade have the opportunity to take courses in creative writing, visual and performing arts, world cultures, math and sciences, art, and technology through this program at Manchester Community College in Connecticut.
Expeditions for gifted, talented and creative 3rd and 4th graders is an educational summer program designed to provide an enjoyable, stimulating learning environment aimed at meeting the particular needs of these students in the company of other capable learners.
The Read, Write & Type!™ Learning System provides systematic instruction with engaging games and lively graphics to help children learn to read. As children progress through the 40-lesson adventure, they become empowered to tackle the new words they encounter both in their reading and writing. But most of all, Read, Write & Type!™ is fun and easy to use.
The Summer Program for G/T Students (STARS) at Xavier University in New Orleans is a two-week commuter program for gifted/talented children in grades 1-8. Students choose from many diverse enrichment classes, including creative dramatics, science, and technology.
Summer Laureate University for Youth is a three week summer educational program in Little Rock, Arkansas for grades K-7 that provides unique learning experiences for students to explore and expand their talents and abilities in a university environment. The Summer Program offers a variety of classes taught by a staff that includes graduate students seeking masters' degrees in teaching the gifted and talented, certified master teachers, and other experts.
The UL Lafayette's Academic Enrichment Program was established in 1975 and has become one of the nation's largest and finest summer opportunities for academically and artistically talented students. Each year the university faculty and master teachers from area schools offer summer mini- courses in computer programming, modern languages, and other areas in the sciences, arts, and humanities, for qualified preschool through 10th grade students.
The Whiz Bang Science Program at Colorado College is a two-week program for elementary students entering grades 1-6. Students enrolled in the program participate in a wide variety of interactive, hands-on exploratory science activities designed to foster science process skills through guided scientific investigations.
Offered through Stanford University, the Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) hosts a series of summer programs for gifted students. Summer programs include: the Summer Institutes Program (ages 13-17), the Summer Institutes Middle School Program (ages 11-14), e-learning courses (ages 5-18) and a virtual summer school for adult students. There is a $35 application fee for the Summer Institute programs.
This mixed media electronic project kit helps kids learn the basics of electricity and electronics. This kit has a control panel with LED digital display, photoelectric cell, light emitting diodes, and more.
This website contains books and educational software designed to help children receive higher grades and improve their test scores. Products are designed for chidren grades PreK-8.
This day camp, located in Westchester County, New York, offers two enrichment sessions in the summer, one three-week and one four-week session. There is a program specifically for gifted pre-K students and another program for gifted students in K - 9. Students can attend the morning workshop, or stay all day and attend the afternoon challenge as well.
This mixed-media program is a fun, educational, entertaining upbeat music CD and video series for kids ages 3-8. These CDs and videos feature Spanish songs, counting songs, spelling songs, songs about manners, and a poetic story. They also feature everyday children from local communities interacting and learning with Ms. Maria. COOL SCHOOL WITH MS. MARIA is a program that offers children an opportunity to learn while providing entertainment to captivate their attention. It’s a fun, musical, educational tool for parents and teachers.
McGee-Keiser Academic Enrichment Programs provides unique in-school gifted and talented curricula for primary, intermediate, and middle school. Both grade-specific and multiage curricula are available for primary and intermediate students. Our curriculum leads to exceptionally high levels of student performance in self-directed learning, thinking, research, expertise, communication skills, and the development of innovative products and performances.
Tin Man Press originates and publishes thinking-skills materials for the elementary school grades. Books and card sets are used in gifted programs and conventional classrooms, and also by home schoolers and parents. Tin Man Press offers a variety of fun activities including the "Think About" series, "Brain Stations", and the "Discover Series" of 24 card sets.
This mixed-media curriculum uses peridodicals as well as an interactive online community to encourage reading. Weekly Reader is a leader in the educational field and a publisher of materials for elementary and secondary schools. More than 90 percent of the school districts in the United States use their materials. The company publishes other periodicals and instructional materials, including: Teen Newsweek, Read, Current Science, Know Your World Extra, and Current Health, Career World, and its founding publication, Current Events.
This website offers a FREE, reading incentive program dedicated to encouraging kids in grades K-8 to read. With the help of Rex Reader and Bailey Bookmark, kids have more than 4,000 of the most popular and acclaimed titles from which to choose. Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and is a non-profit organization.
This website is designed to help your children appreciate science. We looked at some of the best science projects from some of the best museums in the country. Then we adapted them for the Web. Some of these activities are entirely electronic. Your child will do everything on screen. Others require you to go to your kitchen or backyard. They are designed for students in kindergarten through second or third grade.
This website is produced by Houghton Mifflin School Division, which publishes a variety of educational materials, including textbooks, resource materials, and technology for K-8 teachers and students. Launched in January 1996, Education Place is the longest running website of any educational publisher. With more than 18,000 pages of engaging content to explore, visitors to award-winning Education Place can delve further into the subjects they most enjoy to find helpful teaching resources, textbook support, educational games, and more.
Make custom handwriting worksheets with text in basic print, denelian and cursive
Internet Public Library has put together a useful resource for those trying to participate in or run a science fair. Science Fair Project guidelines include: Getting Started; Choosing a Topic; Completing the Project; Displaying Your Project.
Challenge Math is designed for upper elementary students who are seeking to improve their problem solving, logic reasoning and analytical skills, seeking challenge in math beyond regular school curriculum and preparing for national math competitions. Challenge Math gives out 2 assignments with 5 challenging problem solving questions each every week. Problems are non-routine problem solving questions that are adapted to many math competitions.