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Teaching gifted children in today's preschool and primary classrooms : identifying, nurturing, and challenging children ages 4-9 / Joan Franklin Smutny, Sally Yahnke Walker, Ellen I. Honeck.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : Free Spirit Publishing, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: viii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781631980237
  • 1631980238
Uniform titles:
  • Teaching young gifted children in the regular classroom
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- Identifying the Young Gifted Child -- Creating the Learning Environment -- Planning Curriculum and Extending Learning -- Promoting Creativity, Discovery, and Critical Thinking in the Social Studies Curriculum -- Promoting Imagination in the Language Arts Curriculum -- Promoting Discovery and Higher-Level Thinking in Math and Science -- Assessing and Documenting Development -- Flexible Grouping to Help All Children Learn -- Building Partnerships with Parents -- Understanding and Meeting Children's Social and Emotional Needs -- Meeting the Needs of Children from Diverse Populations.
Summary: These proven, practical early childhood teaching strategies and techniques help teachers identify young gifted children, differentiate and extend the curriculum, assess and document students' development, and build partnerships with parents. Individual chapters focus on early identification, curriculum compacting, social studies, language arts, math and science, cluster grouping, social-emotional development, and finding and supporting giftedness in diverse populations. The text includes current information on brain research and learning; rigor and complexity; and integrating creativity, the arts, and higher-level thinking in accordance with learning goals. Scenarios and vignettes take readers into teachers' classrooms. The book includes extensive references and resources to explore. Digital content includes customizable forms from the book. -- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 371.95 S666 Available 33111009681640
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

These proven, practical early childhood teaching strategies and techniques help teachers identify young gifted children, differentiate and extend the curriculum, assess and document students' development, and build partnerships with parents. Individual chapters focus on early identification, curriculum compacting, social studies, language arts, math and science, cluster grouping, social-emotional development, and finding and supporting giftedness in diverse populations. The text includes current information on brain research and learning; rigor and complexity; and integrating creativity, the arts, and higher-level thinking in accordance with learning goals. Scenarios and vignettes take readers into teachers' classrooms. The book includes extensive references and resources to explore. Digital content includes customizable forms from the book.

Revised edition of: Teaching young gifted children in the regular classroom. 1997.

These proven, practical early childhood teaching strategies and techniques help teachers identify young gifted children, differentiate and extend the curriculum, assess and document students' development, and build partnerships with parents. Individual chapters focus on early identification, curriculum compacting, social studies, language arts, math and science, cluster grouping, social-emotional development, and finding and supporting giftedness in diverse populations. The text includes current information on brain research and learning; rigor and complexity; and integrating creativity, the arts, and higher-level thinking in accordance with learning goals. Scenarios and vignettes take readers into teachers' classrooms. The book includes extensive references and resources to explore. Digital content includes customizable forms from the book. -- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Identifying the Young Gifted Child -- Creating the Learning Environment -- Planning Curriculum and Extending Learning -- Promoting Creativity, Discovery, and Critical Thinking in the Social Studies Curriculum -- Promoting Imagination in the Language Arts Curriculum -- Promoting Discovery and Higher-Level Thinking in Math and Science -- Assessing and Documenting Development -- Flexible Grouping to Help All Children Learn -- Building Partnerships with Parents -- Understanding and Meeting Children's Social and Emotional Needs -- Meeting the Needs of Children from Diverse Populations.

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