Wondering why we’ve had to disable our comments? One word – spammers. Spammers are the bane of a blog’s existence. To get to one useful comment, you have to delete 250 spammy ones – it’s just impossible for normal bloggers to keep up with. So, if you want to reach us you can email us … Read more
I know all about Dabrowski’s Theory of Overexcitabilities. It’s possible that I Googled something along the lines of, “newborn easily startled by loud noises” when Lucy was a brand new baby, trying to figure out why she displayed “abnormal” reactions to stimuli (ice from the fridge, doors slamming, bumps in the road even!) and came … Read more
I don’t see a lot published about competitiveness in gifted kids, nor do I hear it discussed often at the “gifted children seminars” that I so often attend – so I thought it warranted some attention here. The gifted kids I know are extremely competitive (particularly academically, but also athletically) – so it makes sense … Read more
Although Lucy has already been identified as gifted and is currently enrolled in a self-contained gifted class, we now have her little sister coming down the road to kindergarten. With this in mind, I am reluctantly revisiting our experience with Lucy in order to try and have a better outcome with her sister. When Lucy … Read more
When the girls were very young (about 9 mos. – 18 mos.), I showed them the Your Baby Can Read series for about 20 minutes each day. They watched NO other TV during this time (not the news in the family room, cartoons, or anything else) and read tons of books. The idea was definitely … Read more