A SUMMER PROGRAM FOR GIFTED SECOND GRADERS IS PRESENTED. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A CHILD'S PARTICIPATION INCLUDE AN IQ OF 130 OR BETTER, STRONG ACADEMIC TALENT, HIGH MOTIVATION, PARENTS' APPROVAL AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STAFF. THE CURRICULUM CONSISTS OF READING (E.G. TEXTS, SUPPLEMENTARY READING, INDIVIDUALIZED READING, SOCIAL STUDIES MATERIAL),…

A CURRICULUM WITHIN THE SIX-PERIOD DAY, THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR DEVELOPING SUFFICIENT DEPTH BACKGROUND IN THE HUMANITIES, WAS PRESENTED. THE PROGRAM SUGGESTED AUGMENTING THE EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED THROUGH SPECIAL SUMMER SESSION CLASSES OR IN A SATURDAY OR WEEKDAY SEMINAR-TYPE SITUATION (HORIZONTAL ENRICHMENT). THE STUDENTS WERE TO BE SELECTED IF…

A compilation of presentations on programs for the gifted includes the following: increasing opportunities for education, notes on Project Talent, talent development and national goals, talent identification in California, problems and recommendations in the area of the talented, innovations in talent development, issues and problems in modern…

These 12 articles focus on the theme of the arts in gifted education and nurturing artistic talent in the schools. "The California State Summer School for the Arts and Some Thoughts on Advocacy for Arts Education" by William Cleveland describes a program for artistically talented high school students and proposes a workshop based…

All five issues of volume 21 of the "Communicator," a journal concerned with giftedness in school-age children, are collected in this document. Major articles (and their authors) include the following: "Technology and Change: From the Renaissance World to Microworlds" (Gail Marshall); "Computers and Creativity: Tools,…