Shared experiences through school-hosted events, such as family literacy events, can afford opportunities to support and extend academic learning while fostering positive home-school relationships. This article describes the importance of developing primary-grade students' literacy skills through a talent development lens and explains several ways…

This paper presents a number of general principles and guidelines for the development of an emotional intelligence training program designed to foster emotional abilities in gifted students. The presented guidelines underscore the need for EI theory-driven program planning geared to the needs of gifted students; integrating activities into routine…

Gifted second and third graders formed a corporation and marketed their own products in a special acceleration and enrichment program. Organized by a classroom teacher, art teacher, and a local businessperson, the program incorporated work on math skills, language art, art, problem solving, and decision making. (CL)

The cumulative learning effect is explained to help overcome lack of coordination and scheduling difficulties in programing for the gifted. An example is recounted of the model's application in an interdisciplinary series on experiencing history. (CL)

Using steps in constructing a building as guidelines, the booklet discusses elements in developing programs and curricula for the gifted and talented. Addressed are the following aspects: defining the needs of the gifted and talented, locating resources, involving faculty and administration, brainstorming concept areas and goals, and planning a…

Procedures in "webbing"--allowing gifted students to creatively explore alternatives or connections in interesting areas--are described to include topic and subtopic selection, subtopic expansion, discussion, planning, and questioning. A sample unit in space exploration is included, along with unit bibliography and webbing activity checklist. (CL)

The Purdue Three-Stage Enrichment Model, which encourages gifted students to develop skills of inquiry, problem solving, and product development, can be an approach to implementing a futures-oriented curriculum. Examples of activities in the three stages of the model are given. (CL)

TO HELP GIFTED CHILDREN GAIN SOUND EDUCATION IN THE HUMANITIES, THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, THE NATURAL SCIENCES, AND IN MATHEMATICS, A PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED FOR EIGHTEEN SIXTH GRADERS. THE CLASS DIFFERED FROM OTHER SIXTH GRADE CLASSES IN THE WAY IT USED MATERIALS. PILOT PROGRAMS WERE SET UP TO ACQUAINT THE TEACHERS OR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT WITH THE…

This document attempts to provide guidelines for discovering giftedness in a preschool population and for setting up a program of instruction for kindergarten gifted children. Theoretical and operating principles for a gifted kindergarten program (Project Challenge) in Hollidaysburg School District, Pennsylvania are described. Preschool screening…

An enrichment class for gifted students (grades four-six) sponsored a townwide convocation in which students were teamed into minicompanies, asked to devise a plan to make and sell a game, and exposed to business and industry resource people. Planning for the day took place over a seven-month period. (CL)

Reponses to four letters from parents and a teacher of gifted children, relating to truancy in a gifted teenager; development of a regional gifted program; strategies appropriate for a primary gifted program; and instructional activities for a parent to use with her preschool age gifted child. (SBH)

Describes activities and courses designed to help gifted secondary school students develop their skills in critical analysis and verbal expression. (FL)

The Academic Lab involves gifted intermediate-grade students in a minicourse concentrating on one topic with activities including research, competition, and fun. The learning activities stress problem-solving, creative thinking, communications, and self-direction, and the minicourse culminates in team and individual competitions. A sample…

A review of research about museum education and a description of a group of gifted elementary school students' museum-building activities (display techniques, collection of resources, classification and arrangement methods, and work with outside donors) indicate that museum-building is a stimulating activity which encourages independent study and…

Describes application of Renzulli's School Enrichment Model in one Connecticut elementary school. The program uses enrichment clusters in which nongraded groups of students come together to pursue common interests during designated time blocks. Program development and implementation, cluster sharing, teacher reactions, and parent/student reactions…