Got Gifted Education Books? We Do!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009 by Dianne Lorento
Center for Gifted Education at The College of William & MaryHave you checked out our gifted and accelerated learning resources lately?  Whether it's elementary education books for gifted students or high school science textbooks for accelerated learners, we have something that will meet your needs.  One of our partners is the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William & Mary with whom we publish a curriculum for high ability learners that spans the subjects of Language Arts, Science and Social Studies and grades 1-11. Additionally, the program offers teacher resources and lesson plans for gifted and talented.  You can find the program here.
 
Project M3: Mentoring Mathematical Minds Elementary Education Books for Gifted Learners
To complete our talented and gifted resources, is Project M3: Mentoring Mathematical Minds, a research-based mathematics program for gifted and talented students in grades 3, 4, and 5. Project M3 gets students involved by offering interesting subjects they find relevant, and gets them learning by doing.  You can check out this great program here.

Talented and Gifted Resources

Thursday, July 2, 2009 by Dianne Lorento

I don’t know about you, but when I was in school, there was no such thing as talented and gifted resources, gifted education books, or, for that matter, talented and gifted education. We had accelerated courses, but those were more about working a grade level ahead, using a high school biology book in 8th grade, or using middle school books in 5th grade, rather than the textbooks for elementary school.

What type of accelerated learning resources is your school using? Do you have a budget for books for gifted students? At my son’s school, the gifted teacher does a wonderful job of creating projects for the children using ideas of her own because she doesn’t have a budget. But I think about how much easier her job would be and how much more robust the program could be if she had a budget to purchase a curriculum for high ability learners.