If This is a Gift, Can I Send It Back?
A quick but enjoyable read about the gifted/2e student. Jen Merrill is a parent and blogger who shares honestly about the journey they have taken with her son, "incessant curiosity in crocs".
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant. WOW! He sees numbers as colors and shapes, can identify every prime number into the 9000s, and has memorized 22,514 digits of pi! His ability to describe how he thinks and sees things is very insightful. He touches on perfectionism, and other characteristics associated with giftedness.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck is a very powerful book for all people, but I think it is particularly eye-opening when considering gifted students and some of the issues we can sometimes see with perfectionism and motivation.
What To Do When Your Kid Is Smarter Than You by Linda Levitt is a practical guide for parents and teachers for helping to understand gifted children
Living with Intensity by Susan Daniels, PhD & Michael M. Piechowski, PhD
If you are not familiar with Dabrowski's concepts of overexciteabilities and positive disintegration, you need to read this book. Many of the characteristics that make gifted students stick out in a crowd can be understood by learning about their overexciteabilities. And if you are a gifted adult, it deals with these intensitites throughout a lifespan.
Nurturing Brilliance: Discovering and Developing Your Child's Gifts by Janine Walker Caffrey, Ed.
This is a great read for parents. I love how Dr. Caffrey identifies different kinds of gifts and passions and then gives suggestions on how to nurture that gift. Chapter three is my favorite as it identifies different things that spark a child's passion, but it goes further in explaining how to help your child follow that passion. Each section talks about what to do, places to visit, people to meet, structured activities, and unstructured activities. There are other great chapters as well, but this is the one that really caught my eye.
A quick but enjoyable read about the gifted/2e student. Jen Merrill is a parent and blogger who shares honestly about the journey they have taken with her son, "incessant curiosity in crocs".
Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet, an autistic savant. WOW! He sees numbers as colors and shapes, can identify every prime number into the 9000s, and has memorized 22,514 digits of pi! His ability to describe how he thinks and sees things is very insightful. He touches on perfectionism, and other characteristics associated with giftedness.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck is a very powerful book for all people, but I think it is particularly eye-opening when considering gifted students and some of the issues we can sometimes see with perfectionism and motivation.
What To Do When Your Kid Is Smarter Than You by Linda Levitt is a practical guide for parents and teachers for helping to understand gifted children
Living with Intensity by Susan Daniels, PhD & Michael M. Piechowski, PhD
If you are not familiar with Dabrowski's concepts of overexciteabilities and positive disintegration, you need to read this book. Many of the characteristics that make gifted students stick out in a crowd can be understood by learning about their overexciteabilities. And if you are a gifted adult, it deals with these intensitites throughout a lifespan.
Nurturing Brilliance: Discovering and Developing Your Child's Gifts by Janine Walker Caffrey, Ed.
This is a great read for parents. I love how Dr. Caffrey identifies different kinds of gifts and passions and then gives suggestions on how to nurture that gift. Chapter three is my favorite as it identifies different things that spark a child's passion, but it goes further in explaining how to help your child follow that passion. Each section talks about what to do, places to visit, people to meet, structured activities, and unstructured activities. There are other great chapters as well, but this is the one that really caught my eye.