Parenting for High Potential
September 2009 Web Links
Picture Books, Carolyn Cooper article:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15281/15281-h/15281-h.htm
Mary Baldwin College gifted ed program (advertisement):
http://ww.mbc.edu/peg
K12 Curriculum Provider (advertisement):
http://www.k12.com/gifted
National Beta Club (advertisement):
http://www.betaclub.org/2min
Common Gifted Education Myths:
http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=569
Keeping Your Child Challenged:
http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=967
Conclusion of “Things to Think About & Places to Go” article:
http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=1180
Summer Institute for the Gifted (advertisement):
http://www.giftedstudy.com
Google Custom Search:
http://www.google.com/coop/cse
Surfing the net with kids:
http://www.surfnetkids.com
Homeschool.com’s Top 100 Educational Web Sites:
http://www.homeschool.com/articles/top100-2008/default.asp
Renzulli Learning:
http://www.renzullilearning.com
American MENSA for Kids (advertisement):
http://www.mensaforkids.org
Manufacturer Info from 2009 NAGC Toy List (Tools of the Trade: Finding Value in Play):
Patch Products: http://www.patchproducts.com (maker of “Perfect Sense” board game)
FoxMind: http://www.foxmind.com (maker of “Six” strategy game)
Birdcage Press: http://www.birdcagepress.com (maker of “Gallery Ghost” puzzle book)
Exploramania: http://www.exploramania.com (maker of “Gymathtics” DVD)
Creative Whack Company: http://www.creativewhack.com (maker of X-Ball creativity tool)
Fat Brain Toys: http://www.fatbraintoys.com (maker of “Brain Food” toy)
Out of the Box Publishing: http://www.otb-games.com (maker of “The Chain Game” board game)
Zometool: http://www.zometool.com (maker of “Creator 2” creativity tool/toy)
Viva Media: http://www.viva-media.com (maker of “Crazy Machines 2” computer game)
Learning Resources: http://www.learningresources.com (maker of “Gears! Gears! Gears! School Set” building tool)
MindTwisterUSA: http://www.mindtwisterusa.com (maker of “Quadrago” strategy game)
Ooz & Oz: http://www.oozandoz.com (maker of “Morph-O-Scopes” coloring activity)
Avalon Hill: http://www.wizards.com (maker of classic board games “Diplomacy” and “Axis & Allies”)
NAGC Online Resource Directory:
http://www.nagc.org/resourcedirectory.aspx
June Issue of PHP:
http://www.nagc.org/PHP_June09Web/Home.html
NAGC WOW!: Webinars on Wednesdays Info:
http://www.nagc.org/WOW.aspx
Example sites used in the article “Harnessing the Power of the Computer: Challenging Your Gifted Child” (Natcharian):
NASA site for space exploration: http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/papermodels.cfm
Smithsonian National Zoo Web Site for habitat design: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Education/ConservationCentral/design/default.cfm
Australian National Science and Technology Centre site for rollercoaster design: http://sideshow.questacon.edu.au/maketracks.html
Great Depression resource sites:
Actual photos from the era: http://www.history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyindexdepression.htm
Copies of letters from destitute children to Eleanor Roosevelt: http://www.newdeal.feri.org/eleanor/index.htm
An audio file of President Roosevelt’s Fireside Chat about the banking crisis: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/economy-watch/fireside-chats
“Seven Months of Boyhood Adventures,” a first-person story of a young man traveling the country with his best friend during the Depression: http://newdeal.feri.org/attic/005.htm