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bulletDon't Miss ... the Best Links of Hoagies' Gifted Education Page! Recommended
bullet RecommendedGifts for the Gifted: the Best of Hoagies' Shopping Guide Recommended
bulletGifted 101: A Guide for First Time Visitors
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October 2008  More Frequently Answered Questions

bulletAdvocating for a Grade Skip: A Portfolio of Research  and  How Squid Got Skipped: The Book of Squid
bulletFrequently Asked Questions About Testing and Assessing Giftedness Recommended
bulletWhat is Highly Gifted? Exceptionally Gifted? Profoundly Gifted? And What Does It Mean? Recommended
bulletWhy should I have my child tested? Recommended
bulletWhy do my child's test scores vary from test to test? Recommended
bulletHow Can I Prepare My Child for Testing?

October 2008  Frequently Answered Questions

bulletAcronyms, Terms, and other things we need to know... Recommended
bulletGrade Levels of Reading Books: How Can You Tell? Recommended
bulletStruggle, Challenge and Meaning: The Education of a Gifted Child Recommended  and  Leave No Gifted Child Behind Recommended
bulletWhy Memorize Math Facts? Recommended
bulletA September Secret Recommended  and  Do I Stay or Do I Go?
bulletThe Least-Worst Educational Option  and  Horizontal "enrichment" vs. vertical "acceleration"

October 2008  Reading...

bullet Gifted Readers and Reading Instruction Recommended
bulletGrade Levels of Reading Books: How Can You Tell?
bulletReading Lists including Hot Topics! Reading Lists
bulletKids & Teens: Links For the Love of Words...
bulletHumanities Gifted and Creatively Gifted

October 2008  On A Lighter Note...

bulletDoes Our Middle School Have ADHD?
bullet IEPs According to Dr. Seuss  and  If Dr. Seuss had a gifted child....
bullet rolling eyes Ridiculous Things I Heard Today Recommended  and  You Know You're The Parent of a Gifted Child When... Recommended
bulletLiterature Abuse
bulletEducation Quotes and Gifted Education Quotes Recommended
bulletThe Legend of The Pink Monkey Recommended
bulletAnalogy Anthology: A Collection of Analogies for Gifted Education

October 2008  Testing and Assessment...

bullet Assessing Gifted Children Recommended
bulletFrequently Asked Questions About Testing and Assessing Giftedness Recommended
bulletWhy should I have my child tested? Recommended
bullet How Can I Prepare My Child for Testing? Recommended
bulletWhat Do the Tests Tell Us? Recommended
bulletWhy do my child's test scores vary from test to test? Recommended
bulletParent's Guide to IQ Testing and Gifted Education Recommended

October 2008 Curriculum Modifications that Work: Grouping Gifted Children

bulletThe Concept of Grouping in Gifted Education In Search of Reality: Unraveling the Myths about Tracking, Ability Grouping and the Gifted Recommended
bulletThe elephant in the classroom Recommended
bulletThe Relationship of Grouping Practices to the Education of the Gifted and Talented Learner Recommended
bulletResearch Synthesis on Gifted Provisions Recommended
bulletThe Effects of Group Composition on Gifted and Non-Gifted Elementary Students in Cooperative Learning Groups
bulletThe Effects of Grouping and Curricular Practices on Intermediate Students' Math Achievement

October 2008  Curriculum Modifications that Work: Differentiation of Instruction plus these great books...

bullet Teaching Gifted Kids in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use... Recommended by Winebrenner
bulletTeaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom: Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Ages 4-9 by Smutny, Walker, Meckstroth
bullet Acceleration for Gifted Learners, K-5 Recommended by Smutny, Walker, Meckstroth
bullet Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Preschool to High School Recommended by Halsted

October 2008  Do you know... Who Am I?

bulletAwards
bulletSpeaking Appearance
bullet Abstracts of Presentations
bulletHow Can You Support Hoagies' Gifted Education Page?
bulletVisitors Speak
bulletContact Hoagies - comments, questions, suggestions, we love feedback of all kinds!

September 2008  Don't Miss...

Did you know... Recommended items are links to the best internet research and articles on gifted education topics, Recommended are links to the most popular books and products for gifted children, their parents and their teachers.  Don't miss any of these great resources in gifted education!

bulletDon't Miss ... the Best Links of Hoagies' Gifted Education Page! Recommended
bullet RecommendedGifts for the Gifted: the Best of Hoagies' Shopping Guide Recommended

September 2008  Spotlight on 2e Booklets Recommended from 2e Twice-Exceptional Newsletter

Spotlight on 2e is a series of easy-to-read, information-rich booklets on 2e topics, that answer all the tough questions, and provide a terrific set of resources for additional information.  I'm already ordering a set for the teachers and administrators in our child's new school this fall!  Available:
bulletUnderstanding your Twice-Exceptional Student (for educators)
bulletParenting Your Twice-Exceptional Child (for parents)
bulletThe Twice-Exceptional Child with Asperger Syndrome

Also visit the 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter blog!

September 2008  Multiplication Links and Products

bulletMathgym! Click on Mathgym Arcade for great interactive games, including Multiplication Invaders!
bulletMath Games Space Shuttle, Save the Math Apple, Math Tunnel Blaster (+ - × ÷), and more...
bulletMultiplication: An Adventure in Number Sense there are only about 13 facts that you may want to memorize!
bullet FlashMaster A toy, a learning tool... both
bullet Schoolhouse Rock! Special 30th Anniversary Edition - DVD collection
bullet Times Tables the Fun Way! a fun pictorial method of learning the multiplication facts

September 2008  Full Text Search!

Hoagies' Gifted Education Page has a full text search function on every page.  Look in the upper right corner of every page, and type the word or phrase you're looking for into the search box.  Click "Go" and find all occurrences of that word or term on Hoagies' pages.  Just click on the one you're looking for, and Voila -- you've found your answer!

September 2008  Gifted Mailing Lists, Message Boards, Blogs...

bulletGT-World Recommended including GT-Families and GT-Special (twice exceptional)
bulletThe TAG Project Recommended including TAGFAM, TAGMAX (homeschooling) and TAGPDQ (more than moderately gifted)
bulletto subscribe to each mailing list, put the command Subscribe {listname}{yourfirstname}{yourlastname} in the body of the e-mail and send...
bulletEide Neurolearning Blog
bulletUnwrapping the Gifted Recommended
bulletPrufrock's Gifted Education Blog
bulletOur Gifted Online Conferences Recommended
bulletjust click and read these boards and communities!

September 2008  Depression and Suicide and Grief and Mourning...

If depression or thoughts or fears of suicide affect you or your child, giftedness doesn't matter.  First, take action: call a professional, intervene.  Next, use these resources, to again find a positive direction in your life... Depression and Suicide

Whether it is the death of a friend or relative, a stranger in another land, or a beloved pet, death affects gifted children with a depth and power that often takes us by surprise.  Grief and Mourning includes books and resources that gifted parents and professionals have found useful...

August 2008  Gifted Books and Hot Topics Reading List: On Being Gifted

bullet Smart Talk: What Kids Say About Growing Up Gifted Recommended and More Than a Test Score: Teens Talk About Being Gifted, Talented, or Otherwise Extra-ordinary Recommended by Shultz & Delisle
bullet Get Off My Brain: A Survival Guide for Lazy* Students (*Bored, Frustrated, and Otherwise Sick of School) by McCutcheon
bullet Mad: How to Deal With Your Anger and Get Respect by Crist
bulletLast to Finish: A Story About the Smartest Boy in Math Recommended by Esham
bulletThe Gifted Kids Survival Guide (For Ages 10 and Under) Recommended by Galbraith
bullet The Gifted Kids Survival Guide: A Teen Handbook Recommended by Galbraith & Delisle

August 2008  Professional Development including...

Miraca U.M. Gross and the University of Sydney present Gifted Education Professional Development Package Recommended

bulletResearch-based essential information teachers need; definitions; levels and types of giftedness; subjective and objective identification procedures; social and emotional characteristics and needs; underachievement; teaching strategies and methods of curriculum differentiation to enhance the learning in the mainstream classroom; practical strategies for establishment and monitoring of ability, achievement or interest grouping in classes, and the many forms of accelerated progression through schooling.  Offered for three instructional ranges; early childhood, primary and secondary grade levels. Don't let the Australian byline distract you; this is international professional development at its best!

August 2008  Ready-to-serve Instruction!

bullet(Free) Online High School Courses
bulletInternet Investigations also free!
bulletLesson Plan Collections
bulletIndividual Lesson Plans
bulletCurriculum Resources
bulletHomeschool Curricula

August 2008  Highly Gifted observations by Kathi Kearney

bulletThe 10 most commonly asked questions about highly gifted children Recommended
bulletDiscrimination against Excellence
bulletThe Highly Gifted Recommended Understanding Our Gifted columns 1988 to 1990
bullet School Placement   and   The Early College Option
bulletHighly Gifted and the Press   and   Homeschooling
bulletDiscrimination Against Excellence   and more...
bulletParenting highly gifted children: The challenges, the joys, the unexpected surprises

August 2008  PC Security Recommended  Don't risk your identity, especially if you do Internet Banking!

bulletAre you running a top-rated anti-virus program like BITDefender, Kaspersky, AVG (available free!) or Trend Micro, or are you still running Norman or Norton?
bulletAre your virus definitions AND your virus engine updated daily?
bulletIs Windows Defender running on your system, but no other memory-resident anti-spyware programs?
bulletDid you run AdAware and Spybot today, with up-to-date definitions?
bulletThe new Phishing schemes are impressive - have you answered any by mistake?
bulletWhen did you last back up your hard drive?
bulletThree of my friends and family have been attacked by malware this month alone! Follow these PC Security steps to protect yourself, your privacy, and your identity!

July 2008  Resources from the SENG Conference

bullet Gifted Children's Bill of Rights Recommended by Del Siegle
bullet The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance Recommended by Josh Waitzkin
bulletthe Zabbit by Jim Walkow (or from Amazon)
bullet SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) Annual Conference July 17 - 19, 2009 Orlando, Florida
bullet18th Biennial World Conference for Gifted and Talented Children August 3 - 7, 2009 "Promoting the Dream," Vancouver, Canada

July 2008  Highly Gifted research by Miraca Gross

bullet Exceptionally and Profoundly Gifted Students: An Underserved Population Recommended
bullet Factors in the Social Adjustment and Social Acceptability of Extremely Gifted Children Recommended
bulletFrom "the saddest sound" to the D Major chord: The gift of accelerated progression Recommended
bullet "Play Partner" or "Sure Shelter"? Why gifted children prefer older friends.. Recommended
bullet Small poppies: Highly gifted children in the early years Recommended
bullet Exceptionally Gifted Children Recommended
bullet Gifted Education Professional Development Package Recommended

July 2008  Success Stories including...

bulletThe Best of Both Worlds
bulletA Montessori Success Story
bulletProbably the best thing I have ever done...
bulletThe Tea and Terrorist Society: Parent Advocacy at the District Level
bulletYou can start a gifted school! We did!!
bullet Advocating for a Grade Skip: A Portfolio of Research

July 2008  Identification including...

bullet Distinguishing Myths From Realities: NRC/GT Research Recommended
bullet Giftedness: The View from Within Recommended
bulletGiftedness and the Gifted: What's It All About?
bullet Is It A Cheetah? Recommended
bulletTeacher Bias in Identifying Gifted and Talented Students
bulletWhen talent masks learning disability (read more at Twice Exceptional)

July 2008  Hoagies' Kids and Teens

bulletHot Topics! and other great summer Reading Lists
bulletKids and Teens Magazines
bulletSmart Toys and Software Favorites for kids and families
bullet Movie Featuring Gifted Kids (and Adults!)
bulletNerd Shirts... fun to wear!
bullet Contests and Awards

June - July 2008  Kids & Teens: Links...

Recommended an interactive space flight experience
bullet 20Q Recommended the neural-net on the internet - how do they DO that? in Variety Store
bullet77 Optical Illusions & Visual Phenomena Recommended but better than the illusions, are the explanations! in Brain Teasers: Optical Illusions
bullet Algebasics Recommended An online Algebra course in 16 chapters, with great instruction and examples! (Flash enabled) in Math
bullet blobs.org Recommended Is science baffling? Struggling to understand? Looking for help? blobs.org is here to help! in Science
bullet BrainPop Recommended Health, science, technology, math, English and more... in Math and Science and Young Kids
bullet Celestia Recommended space simulation lets you explore our universe in three dimensions (download) in Space
bulletCelestia Motherlode supplementary material for Celestia
bullet Educational dramatic educational tools in astronomy
bullet The Chaos Recommended Which rhymes with enough - Though, through, plough, or dough, or cough? in For the Love of Words
bullet Cogito.org Recommended news and features, questions and answers, even mentors, in math and science! in Math and Science
bulletConceptis Puzzles Recommended logic puzzles, including pixel puzzles, Sudoku, Kakuro, Battleship... in Brain Teasers: Logic & Critical Thinking
bullet The Elements Recommended animation of Tom Lehrer's song..., in Science: Periodic Table
bulletFlying Spaghetti Monster treats with working (and edible!) googly eyes Recommended, in Variety Store and Art (these really are a work of art!)
bullet Frame Games Recommended USA Today's weekly game, plus tons of archives..., in Brain Teasers: Rebuses
bullet GE Interactive Whiteboard Recommended draw on your screen, or invite friends to draw with you! in Art and Variety Store
bullet Google Earth Recommended combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips... in Geography
bullet Google Sightseeing Recommended "Why bother seeing the world for real?" The world will never be the same! in Geography
bullet Griddlers.net Recommended paint-by-number puzzles to solve online or offline, in Brain Teasers
bullet HippoCampus Recommended for high school and college students, a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE), in Homework Help
bullet How Stuff Works Recommended from UPC bar codes to Chess computers to Power Distribution Grids, in Physics
bullet Invention at Play Recommended from the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention... in Science
bullet Journey of Mankind Recommended genetic map, exploring the peopling of the world over the last 160,000 years, in Social Studies
bullet JuggleMaster Recommended Create your own juggling patterns! (download) in Variety Store
bullet NameVoyager Recommended Where does your name rank in history? in Social Studies
bullet Ozy and Millie Recommended Where did they find two gifted kids for this strip?? in Cartoons
bulletNational Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) Recommended write 50,000 words of fiction between November 1 and November 30th... you wrote a Novel! in For the Love of Words
bullet Nova Recommended companion websites to PBS Nova episodes, including these and TONS more... in Natural Science, Science, Social Studies and Space
bulletMysterious Life of Caves and Pyramids—The Inside Story
bulletDiamond Deception
bulletWhat's Up with the Weather?
bullet Pentagon-Hexagon Zig-Zag (PHiZZ) Unit Recommended modular origami fold whose locking mechanism is based on an accordion pleat - really cool! In Art
bullet Jaw-dropping demo of PhotoSynth (based on SeaDragon) Recommended in Computers
bullet Powers of Ten Recommended View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from Earth. Then move towards home in orders of magnitude... in Natural Science and Space
bullet Planarity Game Recommended Arrange the vertices such that no edges overlap, in Interact! and Math
bullet Puzzle Parlor Recommended interactive GamePuzzles, in Brain Teasers and Math
bullet Renaissance Connection Recommended Be a patron of the arts. Design your own innovation. Investigate Renaissance artworks in depth. Discover how past innovations inform life today, in Social Studies
bullet The Sliding Block Puzzle Page Recommended tons of great interactive sliding puzzles! in Interact! and Math
bullet Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait Recommended contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Visit Chris Jordan's other collections...
bulletShift Happens: Did You Know? and Did You Know 2.0 Recommended by Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod, the originals...  in Computers
bullet Spaced Penguins Recommended an interactive space flight experience, in Interact! and Physics
bullet Store Wars Recommended Star Wars and Organic Food fans alike will love this! in Variety Store
bullet TerraServer Recommended Satellite photos of (nearly) anywhere in the U.S. plus more! (plus great maps, too) in Geography
bullet TextTwist Recommended Addictive! Rearrange the letters and make as many words as you can, in Interact! and For the Love of Words
bulletTED Recommended Ideas Worth Sharing - an amazing collection of videos "by the world's greatest thinkers and doers," in Variety Store
bullet User Friendly Recommended the computer geek's comic strip - literally!, in Cartoons
bullet Vocab Minute Recommended catchy tunes to hum while you build vocab skills for success, in Jr. or Sr. level (podcast), in For the Love of Words
bullet WebSuduko Recommended Number puzzle, but no math required... trillions of puzzles!  in Brain Teasers and Interact!
bulletshareware PC version try Sudoku
bullet Wikipedia Recommended the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, in Variety Store
bullet Word Sandwich Recommended guess the mystery five letter word, by narrowing it down in the "word sandwich"..., in For the Love of Words
bullet Zome Model of the Month Recommended from the Flower of Life to Star Structure, examine and build a new challenge every month!  in Math and Variety Store

June 2008  A Summer of Gifted Conferences

bullet Queensland Association for Gifted & Talented Children Children's Conference (Queensland, Australia) July 8 - 9
bullet 10th Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness (Singapore) July 14 - 18
bulletSENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) 25th Annual Conference (UT) July 18 - 20
bullet Gifted and Talented Edufest (ID) July 27 - August 1
bulletCalifornia Homeschooling Network Family Expo (CA) August 1 - 3

June 2008  (Early) College Planning and Success Stories

bulletThe Early College Option
bulletThoughts on College Planning for PG-lets
bulletEarly College Entrance Programs