Author: Vanessa Ryan Rendall
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Asking open ended questions
Open ended questions and activities are what gets kids moving, excited and engaged. What are open ended questions? Open ended questions are those that have a myriad of responses. Open ended questions allow us to embrace different ways of thinking and responding and can often, at times, waken our own thinking up as we learn…
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Ease off the drill and practice
In this time of remote learning I have noticed one of my children has been set a lot of drill and practice activities for mathematics. Drill and practice has a place, even for our bright and gifted students – but not an overload. Once a person has understood the concept, drill and practice is no…
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Mathematics and Gifted Education
Many educators and parents are often quick to jump onto online games, free worksheets and you tube tutorials to help support mathematics. But what about gifted students? At times, most gifted students do need support from a teacher in the classroom – even if it is a quick five minute lesson. But do they need…
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Depth and Complexity for Gifted students
So you have a gifted child and you are remote learning? The activities being provided online may not be ideal for your child as teachers juggle the new platform and catering for all students. So what can you do with a frustrated child and perhaps worried parent? Projects! A great way to support your gifted…
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Are there underachievers in your classroom? Part 2
There is still a lot of work being done in the field of underachievement in gifted students and one area that has been looked at is building the self esteem of the student. Different research methods have been trialled recently to see what works best to lessen the amount of students who are underachieving in…
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Are there underachievers in your classroom? Part One.
An underachiever is a student who is not achieving to their potential. The underachieving gifted student is too common in classrooms today due to various factors , of which many we can change. Why underachieving gifted students? Many might think if a student is gifted then they find work easy, always want to do their…
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Being Gifted is not how well a child does at school, it is who they are.
Are you confused with the label of Giftedness? Perhaps you have heard it being used too often or not at all? For someone to be labelled as Gifted they are functioning at a higher level in their field of talent than the majority of the population. That field can be: Academic/Intellectual Creative Socio/Effective Muscular/Physical They…
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Building resilient learners
Without considering learning difficulties or underachievement, many gifted students cruise through their schooling years. I come across many gifted students who just cannot cope with a challenging task – although they are gifted, have tested highly or are anecdotal extremely able. They cry, they misbehave, they say ‘I’m hopeless’ at the drop of a challenging…
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Discombobulated by Cate Sawyer illustrated by Adriana Avellis — Educate.Empower.
Have you ever heard of the word Discombobulated? Have you ever tried to spell it or say it or even wonder what the meaning of it is? Language surrounds us and we take it for granted that children will absorb new words quickly. But how about the more difficult and interesting words? And how about […]…
Extend, Empower, Enrich 