Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Ages 4-9

"Teaching Young Gifted Children In The Regular Classroom" is a realistic and creative resource for teachers (and parents) challenged by kids who want to know more, and are eager to find ways, to keep children ages 4 to 9 interested in their studies over the long haul. "Teaching Young Gifted Children In The Regular Classroom" provides helpful, practical, classroom-tested strategies and techniques that can be used effectively and immediately. Curriculum-specific sections for math, science, language arts, and social studies suggest ways teachers can augment their general subject activities while providing their gifted students with that extra challenge. "Teaching Young Gifted Children In The Regular Classroom" includes frequently asked questions (and their common sense answers), and dozens of reproducible handout masters for students and their parents. "Teaching Young Gifted Children In The Regular Classroom" also discusses individual learning styles; finding a balance between structure and creativity; coping skills for stress, sensitivity, and perfectionism; gifted kids with different needs; gifted kids from ethnic minorities; cooperative (group) learning vs. clusters; and engaging parents as colleagues in their child's education experience. "Teaching Young Gifted Children In The Regular Classroom" is further enhanced by the inclusion of extensive references to books, organizations, multi-media, and website sources for further information and exploration.Franklin Smutny, Joan is the author of 'Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom Identifying, Nurturing, and Challenging Ages 4-9' with ISBN 9781575420172 and ISBN 1575420171.