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Brilliant Activities for Gifted and Talented Children

Ideas for classroom activities

A book full of ideas for classroom activities for ages 6 and up. Gifted children are not the only children who will benefit from this book. These are activities that cover many types of creative and critical thinking skills that will enable all children to develop their cognitive processes. The work that the children produce will be extremely different because the activities allow room for creativity and open-ended answers.

Ages: 6-12 | Pages: 48 | Code: TS0131 | ISBN: 9781921454189

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Ashley Mowett

Ashley McCabe Mowat is a Gifted Educator and Consultant.

Ashley grew up in the southern states of America and was a student in the gifted programme from the age of 8. She received a BA in Early Childhood Education, a BA in Elementary Education and studied Psychology at Converse Women's College in South Carolina. Following university, Ashley continued her education at Converse, receiving a masters degree in Gifted Education. During this time, Ashley taught in an inner city school and completed a thesis on Underachieving Gifted Males. She also planned and implemented a curriculum for the top 100 gifted students in her area for the Athena Institute, a summer programme for gifted studients.

Ashley moved to England, married, and now teaches at a school in Buckinghamshire. She has provided INSET training days for teaches in schools involved with the Excellence in Cities programme and works with the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) on their website.

Contents

Introduction4
Bloom’s Taxonomy 5–6
Cognitive and affective domains 7–8
How the activities relate to the domains9
Guidelines for brainstorming10
Ideas for brainstorming11
I wonder12
Brainteasers
Do or die!13
The magic words13
Who could it be?14
A die-r mistake!14
Twins ... or ...15
Trickster15
A flying nuisance16
Who is he?16
Quilting memories17
A dog’s life17
Wacky neighbours18
Main activities
A carnival wish19
The big top!20
Sweet Shoppe21
The secret clubhouse22
Dinotrocious23
Up, up and away!24
Reach out and touch someone25
Can you see the sea?26
N is for narwhal27
Breakout28
Treat your taste to chocolate29
Futurama30
Cut-ups31
Timmm...ber!32
Again and again!33
Traffic blues34
Newspaper bonanza35
Treasure hunt36
Rain, rain, go away37
Special edition38
Sandwich-city39
Where in the world?40
The moon or bust!41
Inside out!42
The dilemma43
Peek-a-boo44
Survivor45
It’s a lemon46
Answers47
Further reading48
Bibliography48
Acknowledgements48