Category / More Able
Teaching more able, gifted and talented children with activities other children will love too.
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The problem of being bright
Being gifted can bring obvious benefits to a child, but it also can bring with it physical, social and emotional challenges at the same time.
July 18, 2023 -
What’s the point of the box?
It’s often said that the successful adults of tomorrow will be adept at thinking outside of the box. Why?
July 10, 2023 -
What is the gifted child?
If Monday’s child is fair of face and Tuesday’s child is full of grace, what is the gifted child?
For many parents and indeed some teachers, the gifted child is one who could indeed be described as, on occasion, full of woe.
April 26, 2023 -
For the more able
What are the most effective ways of stretching the minds of more able children at KS2? More able children are as varied in their individual attributes as everyone else in the class. Therefore a wide range of approaches and activities is needed to provide them with the stimulus that they need in school.
February 6, 2023 -
The problem of brightness
What problems does having a high IQ bring to children, and how can they be best helped? For many of us working in a primary school classroom, a fair amount of our time is spent showing children how not to make mistakes
August 26, 2022 -
For the gifted and talented
What are the most effective ways of stretching the minds of gifted and talented children at KS2?
Gifted and talented children are as varied in their individual attributes as everyone else in the class, and so a wide range of approaches and activities is needed to provide them with the stimulus that they need in school.
February 7, 2022 -
What’s new at Brilliant Publications? (27 January 2022)
We were thrilled to read the review for A Brilliant IQ: Gift or Challenge? by Brian Page in the February edition of the Mensa magazine.
January 27, 2022 -
The bright are different.
The journey from being a very bright child to becoming a well-rounded, well-adjusted and sociable very bright adult, is not without its challenges.
March 3, 2021 -
For the gifted and talented
More able children are as varied in their individual attributes as everyone else in the class, and so a wide range of approaches and activities is needed.
December 7, 2020
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