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3D Learner, Inc
3D Learner provides workshops, in-services, speeches and individualized training programs that focus on the bright right-brained learners. These students are often gifted and experience problems with processing speed, working memory and/or test ...
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Attend iD Tech Camps: North America's #1 Tech Camp!
Experience North America's most reputable summer technology program. Over 100,000 kids and teens worldwide have learned to create video games, websites with Flash®, digital movies, C++ and Java programs, iPhone® and Facebook® apps, robots, 3D ...
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Attend the iD Gaming Academy - Game Design Summer Program
Game On! Learn first-hand how industry professionals create premier commercial video games. Ages 13-18 immerse in the dynamic world of video game development and choose from one of four courses: Modeling & Animation with Maya®, Programming for Game ...
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Attend the iD Programming Academy – Code for the Real World!
The iD Programming Academy offers teens 2 weeks of intensive study in programming and software development at Stanford University or MIT. Ages 13-18 choose from one of three courses: iPhone® App Development, Facebook® App Development and C++ ...
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Attend the iD Visual Arts Academy
For two weeks, ages 13-18 choose from 3 courses: Film Production with Apple Final Cut Studio®, Professional Photography and Professional Web Design. All graduates leave with a portfolio and the tools to excel in the rapidly changing field of visual ...
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Borenson & Associates, Inc., Hands-On Equations®
Hands-On Equations enables students as early as the 3rd grade to solve algebraic linear equations such as 4x + 3 = 3x + 9 and 2(2x + 1) = x + 11 while having fun. The students develop a deep understanding of key algebraic principles using our unique ...
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Center for Talent Development (CTD) at Northwestern University
The Summer Program at CTD offers students the chance to enjoy engaging courses on a college campus with intellectual peers. Enrichment, honors and AP? courses are available for students completing PreK through grade 12. Residential opportunities ...
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CLC Network
CLC Network offers online math, pre-algebra, algebra, geometry and honors English courses for middle school-aged students who excel in these areas and who have limited opportunity to work at a level that challenges their ability. Students enjoy the ...
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Davidson Institute for Talent Development
In 1999 former educational software entrepreneurs, Jan and Bob Davidson, founded the Davidson Institute for Talent Development, a nonprofit operating foundation, out of a concern that our nation’s most gifted and talented young people are largely ...
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Duke TIP (Duke University Talent Indentification Program)
Duke TIP’s educational programs are residential summer programs designed to meet the intellectual and social needs of gifted students in grades 7-12. Programs are held on college campuses across the country and in field locations around the world. ...
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Gifted Education Resource Institute
The Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI) provides outstanding residential summer camps for gifted and talented youth in grades 5-12 that stimulate imagination, expand abilities, and create lasting friendships. Get a taste of college life while ...
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Great Books Foundation
Read.Think.Discuss.Grow.
The Great Books Foundation empowers readers of all ages to become more
reflective and responsible thinkers. To accomplish this, we teach the art of civil discourse through the Shared Inquiry™ method, and publish ...
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Great Potential Press
An award-winning company that publishes quality books and materials for parents and teachers of gifted children. GPP's publications are based on research and life experiences and provide information to support, encourage, and foster growth in the ...
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Green River Preserve
The Green River Preserve is a fun summer camp with substance, designed specifically for bright, curious, and creative children. Here, campers connect with the natural world* as well as explore the arts, experience adventure, gain new skills, and ...
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Invent Now Kids
The Camp Invention program is a weeklong summer enrichment program that partners with schools across the country to reinforce the traditional school year with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities through inquiry-based, ...
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Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Young Scholars Program supports hundreds of high-achieving students with financial need across the United States. Young Scholars receive a unique combination of services, which may include guidance in selecting a high ...
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K12
Many children simply do not thrive in the one-size-fits-all approach of a traditional classroom. This can be especially true for gifted kids. For them, the four walls of a classroom can feel like the four sides of a box.
At K12, we understand ...
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Lintor Make-A-Book, Inc.
Lintor Make-A-Book provides an INNOVATIVE and EASY way to enrich and expand your students' language, writing and technology skills across all content areas and all grade levels. Interested in starting an Afterschool Writing Club? Have you ever ...
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Mindfull Games
The new and improved Verbal Volley® was a featured "hot topic" product at the 2010 NSSEA Ed Expo! The highly acclaimed Verbal Volley is an exciting word game which teaches unlimited vocabulary. It can be used at the elementary, middle ...
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Open Space Communications LLC
Understanding Our Gifted, a quarterly journal for educators, parents, and counselors, is in its 23rd year!
Understanding Our Gifted provides practical strategies and valuable resources for those who live and work with gifted ...
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Program for the Exceptionally Gifted at Mary Baldwin College
The Program for the Exceptionally Gifted (PEG) is an innovative educational alternative designed to meet the needs of academically gifted middle and high-school-aged females. At PEG students begin their college education one to six years early and ...
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Prufrock Press Inc., Gifted Education Publisher
Gifted education publisher Prufrock Press offers award-winning products focused on gifted children, advanced learning, and special needs learners. For more than 20 years, Prufrock has supported gifted children and their education and development. ...
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Ricks Center for Gifted Children
The Ricks Center for Gifted Children at the University of Denver offers programs for children ages three through eighth grade. Designed to address the intellectual, social, emotional, aesthetic and physical needs of gifted children, the curriculum ...
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Seacamp Association, Inc.
Seacamp is a Marine Biology/SCUBA summer camp for teens 12-17 located in the beautiful Florida Keys. Our tropical location on Newfound Harbor in the lower Keys is just minutes from the only living coral reef in the United States. Just 30 miles east ...
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Summer Institute for the Gifted
The Summer Institute for the Gifted offers prestigious & unique 3 week residential, commuter & day, co-educational, summer programs for gifted & talented students in grades K-11 at top institutions across the US. Campuses include Princeton ...
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You Can Do the Rubik's Cube
You Can Do the Rubik’s Cube Math Education Kit is perfect for challenging your Gifted Student.
Teach Geometry, Algebra and General Math while promoting 21st century skills like problem solving and critical thinking. Each Kit includes 12 Rubik’s ...
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4 Star Camps at the University of Virginia
Academic Enrichment programs for middle school and high school students. Among the courses offered are SAT Prep, Writing (essay and creative), Math, Enviromental Science, Business and Languages. Academics may be combined with any of our afternoon ...
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7 Ate 9 by Out of the Box Publishing
It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3! Players add, or subtract, 1, 2, or 3 to the number on the top card on the pile to determine if they have a card that can be played next. Sounds simple, but with everyone playing simultaneously, the options are constantly ...
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Acadia Institute of Oceanography
The Acadia Institute of Oceanography is a hands-on summer science program where young people are offered a unique oceanographic experience on the coast of Maine. For 33 years, AIO has offered a field-oriented program with activities at rocky tidal ...
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Adventure Treks
Adventure Treks has been providing safe outdoor experiences for teens since 1978! Our Adventure Programs are offered during the summer, while our School Programs are offered in the fall. In addition to an immeasurable amount of fun, these programs ...
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Barnard College - Columbia Univ. Summer in New York City
The Barnard College Summer in New York City Pre-College Program offers rising high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to immerse themselves in college life. Academic course offerings, which include topics as varied as architecture, art, ESL ...
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Belvoir Terrace, a Visual and Performing Arts Camp for Girls
Belvoir offers exciting training in art, dance, music, theater and individual sports. Girls grades three through ten develop skill, creativity and self confidence. Each girl selects her own program and is then placed in small classes graded by age ...
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Berklee College of Music Summer Programs
Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music is through the study and practice of contemporary music. For more than half a century, the college has evolved to reflect ...
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BEST SUMMER EVER at Summer Study Programs
Summer Study Programs provides students completing 9th, 10th or 11th grade the opportunity to take college-credit courses, enrichment classes, the Kaplan SAT prep course and intensive sports clinics at four world-famous locations...Penn State ...
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Brown University Pre-College Programs
Pre-College Programs at Brown University
Prepare to succeed in a college environment. Experience the freedom and responsibility of college life. Discover and develop new passions. Meet exceptional students from around the world. Connect with ...
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Burgundy Center for Wildlife Studies Summer Camp
Overnight nature camps for teens (aged 11-15) and children (aged 8-10), also a weekend for Adults in July.
Unique for small size (32 campers to a session), the strongest assets of this program are the knowledgeable, dynamic, caring staff, quality ...
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Cardigan Summer Session
Cardigan’s Summer Session is a unique program for boys and girls in grades three through nine. In six weeks, students improve their academic and athletic skills, develop friendships, and enjoy New Hampshire’s beautiful outdoors. Most importantly, ...
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Contraptions by MindWare
Learning that’s right on track! Young thinkers can build unbelievable ball track structures with this simple stacking plank system. Create ramps, funnels, chutes and crazy contraptions like the “Black Hole” or the “Bounce Plate”. No glue, no ...
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Creator 2 - Zometool
“The node knows what I’m thinking.”
- 12-year-old at an Aspen Institute Picnic
Zometool is creative, hands-on mathematics toy for children ages 4 and above, and their parents, students, educators, scientists, engineers, architects and ...
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CTY Diagnostic and Counseling Center
The Diagnostic and Counseling Center (DCC) is part of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth, a world leader in gifted education. The DCC was founded over ten years ago to help families address the educational needs of gifted children, ...
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de Bono For Schools/The Opportunity Thinker
Equipping students to become excellent lifelong thinkers, we are the official publisher of Edward de Bono's school materials-K-College-in North America.
Choose from two practical methods-Six Thinking Hats and CoRT 1 Breadth Thinking Lessons. ...
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Education Program for Gifted Youth, Stanford University
The EPGY Summer Institutes are two, three and four-week residential programs offered by Stanford University for academically talented and motivated middle and high-school students. The Summer Institutes provide an opportunity for these students to ...
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Educational Consultant
Private educational consultant specializing in meeting the emotional, social, and intellectual needs of gifted children.
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Educational Options
Deborah L. Ruf, Ph.D., lives in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area of Minnesota and works professionally as a specialist in gifted assessment and individualized interpretations and guidance for gifted children and adults.
Dr. Ruf has written ...
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Energetic Einsteins
Energetic Einsteins offers a number of opportunities to gifted students and their families including Wizard Camp for Gifted Muggles program for gifted 3rd-6th graders as well as our Brains and Behavior Summer Program for gifted 6th-9th graders. We ...
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Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute
Located in the heart of New York's Finger Lakes region, on Seneca Lake, the Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute at Hobart and William Smith Colleges provides exceptional opportunities to explore the scientific, social, and humanistic ...
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Forbidden Island by GameWright
Forbidden Island™
How You Play
Dare to discover Forbidden Island! Join a team of fearless adventurers on a do-or-die mission to capture four sacred treasures from the ruins of this perilous paradise. Your team will have to work together and ...
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Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies
The Summer Program for Academically Talented Youth, a three-week residential program scheduled for July 4-23 is designed for students in grades seven through 10 who qualify based on SAT or ACT results. A variety of intensive, fast-paced courses ...
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GRASP
GRASP (Grand Rapids Academic Summer Program) is a correspondence program in math and reading for grades K-8. The program seeks to help students retain skills learned during the past school year by providing review exercises. There are about 20,000 ...
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Great Books Summer Program
Read and discuss selections from classic and contemporary literature with college professors and top faculty at Amherst College and Stanford University. Co-ed, residential program for grades 6-12. Also, writing, theater, music and art.
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Guided Discoveries
Summer Camps that Educate and Inspire:
Catalina Sea Camp, Astrocamp, and Tall Ship Sailing. These California camps are among the finest accredited camps in the nation. Whether it's studying marine biology on Catalina Island, learning astronomy in ...
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IDEAL
IDEAL offers distinctive academic enrichment programs to high-achieving children in grades K-12 to promote academic excellence, citizenship, leadership, diversity, and appreciation of the arts. Programs include:
Shake Hands With Your Future
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Imaginets by Mindware
Want to boost their fine motor and visual thinking skills? You want Imaginets. The sturdy wood carrying case features durable hinges and rope handles that are perfect for little hands to grasp. Inside, brightly-colored magnetic blocks can be ...
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InspirEd Educators
InspirEd Educators offers complete, student-centered, and THOUGHT-PROVOKING instructional units for social studies and language arts (so far). All units include lesson plans that vary daily, focused warm-ups, research guides, and differentiated ...
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Institute for Educational Advancement
The Institute for Educational Advancement offers two summer programs.
The Apprenticeship Program is a three or four week residential summer program that provides gifted high school students with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience working ...
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Iowa State University
Innovative Programs for Exceptional Students.
The goal of the OPPTAG program is to match students with appropriate learning experiences, and emphasize an approach to teaching that underscores strengths and encourages high achievement. Additionally, ...
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Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth: CTYOnline
Since 1979, the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) has served the needs of academically gifted students in the United States and worldwide, providing challenging programs matched to their abilities. CTY offers online courses ...
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July Experience @ Davidson
July Experience is a pre-college summer enrichment program for rising high school junior and seniors offered July 4 - 24, 2010. The program is sponsored by the Davidson College Department of Education and offers a preview of college life on one of ...
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Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS)
JETS provides programs and resources that let students explore, assess, and experience engineering first-hand. From exciting student competitions to assessment tools and career exploration materials, JETS provides multiple pathways for students to ...
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Keystone School
Keystone School, located near downtown San Antonio, is a nationally-recognized, college preparatory school offering small classes and an accelerated environment for students in grades K-12. Graduates from the Class of 2009 will attend colleges all ...
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Light Up Your Child's Mind
Drs. Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis
Based on the renowned "Renzulli Method," which has been adopted in schools all over the country, LIGHT UP YOUR CHILD'S MIND presents a practical program to help children fire up a love of learning to ...
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Living with Intensity
By Drs. Susan Daniels and Michael M. Piechowski
Gifted children and adults are often misunderstood. Their excitement is viewed as excessive, their high energy as hyperactivity, their persistence as nagging, their imagination as not paying ...
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Mackintosh Academy
We are pleased to introduce you to Mackintosh Academy, and welcome you to explore our school with us. Students, faculty, and parents are all very proud of our school philosophy and community and would be honored to share our experiences with ...
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Morph-O-Scopes by OOZ & OZ
What’s a Morph-O-Scope?
Morph-O-Scopes are unique 21st Century toys inspired by an ingenious 16th Century Chinese mirror device called an “anamorphoscope.” To picture the concept, think fun house – only in reverse. Imagine a weird, warped alien ...
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NAGC Mile Marker Series
Your GPS for the world of gifted and talented education. More than a map or one-dimensional tour book, the NAGC Mile Marker series is a multi-dimensional navigational toolbox that you’ll need to traverse the vast landscape of gifted education as you ...
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Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures
A primitive summer camp for boys, ages 10-14
Located in the Green Mountains of Vermont and surrounded by National Forest, Night Eagle is a unique primitive summer camp. Outdoor community living and a wilderness skills based program combine to ...
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Oxbridge Academic Programs
Oxbridge Academic Programs offers academic summer programs in Oxford, Cambridge, Paris, Montpellier, and Barcelona.
Each program is designed to immerse students in two academic subjects or creative arts while taking advantage of the enormous ...
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Phoenix Country Day School
Phoenix Country Day School is an independent, co-educational day school of 700 students in grades pre-k through 12. Founded in 1961 and located on a 40-acre campus in a residential suburb of Phoenix, the School serves the 4 million residents of ...
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Pirate Code by LEGO Systems
Pirate Code from LEGO® Games: A new way to play!
Introducing LEGO® Games, the world’s first collection of games that you build, play and change. With the unique buildable LEGO Dice and changeable rules, LEGO Games is a great way of having fun ...
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PORTSMOUTH ABBEY SCHOOL
Portsmouth Abbey School is the nation’s leading coeducational Catholic boarding school. Unique in its English Benedictine tradition, it offers a challenging academic curriculum rich in mathematics and science and built upon a signature Humanities ...
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Ringling College of Art and Design
Ringling College of Art and Design is a private, not-for-profit, fully accredited college offering the Bachelor's degree in fourteen disciplines. Located in Sarasota, FL, the College is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and ...
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Riverside Publishing
Riverside Publishing’s Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT®) is your best choice to identify gifted students while expanding instructional opportunities for the whole class. The (CogAT) is a group administered ability assessment that measures students’ ...
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Rory's Story Cubes by GameWright
Rory’s Story Cubes®
How You Play
Rory's Story Cubes is a pocket-sized story generator, providing hours of imaginative play for all ages. With Rory's Story Cubes®, anyone can become a great storyteller and there are no wrong answers. Simply ...
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Science Camp Watonka
Science Camp Watonka is a small summer camp in the Poconos offering hands-on science and a complete range of crafts, sports, waterfront, climbing, mini-bikes and trips. Our 46 year history, cabin accommodation, 11 laboratories and staff ratio of 1:3 ...
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SEA High School Summer Seminars
Sea Education Association (SEA) offers unique 3-week Summer Seminars designed to give high school students a hands-on introduction to the field of marine science while encouraging them to develop a greater understanding of and appreciation for our ...
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Some of My Best Friends are Book
This is the third edition of Some of My Best Friends are Books; Guiding Gifted Readers.
Because gifted readers often intensely identify with characters, good books can provide bridges to new insights and better communication of feelings, values, ...
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SuperCamp
Over 27 years of Making Great Kids Greater! Kids and teens gain an academic edge with learning and life skills at fun 7- to 10-day summer residential programs held at nine prestigious school in the U.S., including Brown, Stanford, Wake Forest ...
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Teacher Certification
Teacher Certification offers an in-depth guide to undergraduate and graduate teacher certificate programs. As well as useful school information, Teacher Certification offers a wide range of teaching resources and information for current teachers or ...
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The Critical Thinking Company
Develop critical thinking skills with highly effective lessons in reading, writing, math, science, and history. We do not use drill and memorization or teach to the tests —we empower the mind! We guarantee our educational books and software will ...
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The Gifted Child Society
Summer Super Stars is a summer day camp that is uniquely tailored for gifted kids from 4-years-old to 8th graders, with plenty of just plain fun activities plus the enrichment of academically challenging classes. Classes are small (10 to 15) and ...
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The Sage School
The Sage School is a private, independent, non-profit day school dedicated to serving the educational needs of academically gifted girls & boys in greater Boston and Providence.
The Sage School at a glance:
• A day school dedicated to realizing ...
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The Wisconsin Center for Gifted Learners, Inc.
The Wisconsin Center for Gifted Learners offers three main services: the Magellan Day School, EPL; Developing Dimensions Saturday and Summer sessions; and a Parent Support Council that meets monthly.
Magellan Day School, Early Preparatory ...
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THINK Summer Institute
The THINK Summer Institute is a three-week residential summer program for profoundly gifted students, ages 13 to 16. Hosted on the University of Nevada, Reno campus, students earn six transferable college credits by completing two university-level ...
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Truman State University
An intensive, three-week residential program with academically challenging curriculum for rising grades 8-10 that offers a rich selection of liberal arts and sciences courses taught by Truman State University faculty. A few of the courses offered ...
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UConn Mentor Connection
Mentor Connection is an annual, three-week, summer program at the University of Connecticut for academically talented secondary students. It provides participants with opportunities to participate in creative projects and research investigations ...
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University Child Development School
University Child Development School is centered around the lives of children and dedicated to the development of their intellect and character. Enrolling 300 children in Preschool through Grade 5, the School actively encourages and everywhere ...
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University of Georgia Pre-Collegiate Programs
These exciting pre-collegiate programs are offered through the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Summer Offerings include the UGA Pre-College Summer Sessions program for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school; ...
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University of Maryland
The University of Maryland offers two programs, the Young Scholars Program for rising tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students, and Young Scholars Discovery for rising eighth and ninth grade students.
YOUNG SCHOLARS PROGRAM
July 11–30, ...
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University of Oregon - Summer Enrichment Program
SEP is a two-week residential summer program providing challenging academic coursework and a wide range of social activities for gifted and highly able 6-10 grade students. Students are encouraged to largely construct their own schedules while at ...
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University School @ The University of Tulsa
University School is a full school program for gifted children from age three through 8thgrade. The curriculum thoroughly covers all basic skills, provides challenging extensions for learning, and encourages creativity. In addition to the regular ...
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VISIONS Service Adventures
Established in 1989, VISIONS Service Adventures offers dynamic month-long summer programs for teenagers that blend three fundamental ingredients: construction-based and other service work, cross-cultural immersion and stimulating exploration. ...
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Washington University - High School Summer Scholars Program
For an early taste of college, attend our residential or commuter academic summer program for talented high school sophomores and juniors. We have two five-week sessions, June 13 to July 17, and July 18 to August 20. You may enroll in up to seven ...
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Webb School
What makes a truly great school? It’s more than highly accomplished graduates. It’s graduates with character, people who know the right thing to do and who have the courage to do it. It’s more than a challenging education. It’s a learning ...
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What's My Style?
What's My Style? for the student who doesn't test well, despite doing well in class, is great with complex issues but stymied by simple ones, loses focus, and is a master of procrastination.
This is a break-through book. It translates the world of ...
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Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth (WCATY)
WCATY is the only statewide, year-round organization in Wisconsin dedicated to serving gifted students. WCATY's mission is to nurture Wisconsin's most academically talented students by providing programs that support, motivate, and challenge them. ...
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Zenith by Mindware
In Zenith, the classic game play of checkers pairs with the competition and strategy of king of the hill. Players take turns placing or stacking pieces one at a time to collectively build the final formation of the board design. There are only 3 ...
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