Davidson Gifted Database

Grade Level: Elementary School

Organizations: Competitions

Math Kangaroo in USA

Math Kangaroo is a popular international not-selective competition in mathematics for students in grades 1 through 12. The competition takes the form of a multiple choice test. Each participant is seen as a winner and receives recognition and gifts on test day.

National History Bee

The National History Bee is a history competition for elementary and middle school students. Participating students progress from the school level to the regional level and finally to the national level until one student is crowned the National History Bee Champion.

Noetic Learning Math Contest

The Noetic Learning Math Contest is a semi-annual math problem solving contest for elementary and middle school students. The goal of the competition is to encourage young students' interest in math, to develop their problem solving skills, and to inspire them to excel in math. During the contest, students are given 45 minutes to solve 20 problems. Many problems are designed to challenge students and to enrich their problem solving experiences. The contest is for students in grades 2-8.
Organizations: Local

Math in Action - Lake Washington School District (Redmond, WA)

Math in Action is a collection of math enrichment programs available for Norman Rockwell Elementary and other elementary students in Redmond, Washington. Math in Action was originally sponsored and partially funded by the Norman Rockwell's PTA in 2006. After school programs started at fourth grade and expanded to other grades since 2007. The math challenge program, piloted in 2007, is now participated by more than 1,000 students from different elementary schools at the Lake Washington School District.

The Arbor Learning Community (Southern California)

The Arbor Learning Community is a gifted-friendly, non-profit, secular homeschool organization serving elementary, middle and high school students in Southern California. The Arbor offers both academic and enrichment classes and specializes in experiences that are difficult to simulate at home, such as literature discussions, science labs, robotics, foreign language conversation, performing arts, and much more. Classes are offered year-round and are kept small so that students receive individualized attention. Non-homeschooled students are welcome during summer classes as well. A parent familiar with the needs of profoundly gifted (PG) students, the Arbor Learning founder created this organization to provide an educational environment where unique individuals, including PG, visual-spatial and 2e learners, feel comfortable being themselves.

The Quest Program for Highly Capable Learners (Puyallup, WA)

The QUEST Regional Program offers identified students in grades 3 through 6 a challenging instructional program designed to meet the needs of advanced learners. Specialized instruction and curriculum are designed to promote higher-level thinking and provide a variety of learning experiences to challenge students. Overarching themes integrate instruction and promote understanding within and across subject areas. Students participate in inquiry-based learning, problem-solving, individual and group research projects, and thoughtful discussion and dialogue. Intellectual peers provide social interaction and motivation to excel. Students participating in the QUEST Regional Program become full-time students at one of eight host schools.
Organizations: National

All About Learning

All About Learning harnesses the motivational effects of video game making, renewable energy, and engineering education for students using their LEGO® kits to teach science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts and educational skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, agility and adaptability, curiosity and imagination. All About Learning works with summer camps and school enrichment programs providing classes for kids throughout the United States.

Ascanius: The Youth Classics Institute

Ascanius: The Youth Classics Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge of and inspiring lifelong learning about Latin, Greek, and the ancient Greco-Roman world, especially at the elementary and middle school levels. To accomplish its goals, Ascanius maintains a number of programs. The centerpiece of the Institute is its student program, known as LatinSummer, a summer enrichment program.

Beast Academy - Art of Problem Solving (AoPS)

Beast Academy, a project from the Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), provides a full, rigorous and entertaining curriculum for aspiring math students in grades two through five. Four fully-illustrated guides per grade provide complete lessons, delivered by the Beast Academy instructors in an engaging comic book style. All Beast Academy books are aligned to national Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Beast Academy also now has a new online learning system for elementary school math that provides over 600 lessons, 10,000 problems, and access to the digital versions of the Beast Academy Guide books.

EEME - electronics

EEME makes hands-on project kits paired with an online video curricula to teach 7-12 year old kids electronics. Their goal is to nurture the curiosity & critical thinking kids need for the science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) opportunities of tomorrow.
Printed Materials: Books

1-2-3 My Feelings and Me

This friendly, positive picture book helps children understand their feelings, giving them coping strategies for communicating and managing emotions more effectively. With colorful expressive illustrations and an inviting counting format, 1-2-3 My Feelings and Me invites children and adults to share and explore feelings together. A special section for adults offers tips, activities, and discussion topics to help extend children’s understanding.

Abel's Island

In this Newbery Award winner, newlywed mice Abel and Amanda are out for a picnic in the woods when they are caught in a sudden storm. As they hide in a cave, a wind scoops up Amanda's scarf, and Abel tries to retrieve it. He is swept away and finds himself deserted on an island, where he is stuck and has different trials in trying to survive and escape the island.

All About Sam

Sam's big sister Anastasia thinks he's weird. Their parents say he's precocious. But Sam knows, even on the morning of his birth, when there are bright lights, and he's cold, and someone is messing with his belly button, that he's just Sam. And as the younger brother of the original drama queen herself Sam deserves a book all to himself. From the early moments at the hospital, to his first steps and words, to his lively days of nursery school, Sam escorts the reader through his mischief-filled life. His highly developed--and hilarious--verbal skills allow readers to get behind the fascinating logic of a toddler.

Apple Fractions

This book by author Jerry Pallotta uses a variety of different apples to teach kids about fractions. Playful elves demonstrate how to divide apples into halves, thirds, fourths, and more. Young readers will also learn about varieties of apples, including Golden and Red Delicious, Granny Smiths, Cortlands, and even Asian Pears.

Art Fraud Detective: Spot the Difference, Solve the Crime!

A clever book about a museum whose displays have been replaced with forgeries. Readers will enjoy learning about some of the world's greatest artists and their works while solving this mystery story and figuring out the spot the difference puzzles.

Bob Books!

The Bob Books are tiny sets of 4" x 5" books, perfect for little fingers. The series builds early reading skills incrementally starting with the beginning phonics sounds and uses a logical, structured method that has children reading right away. Part of the draw of these books is that young children can say they read the "whole book," thus increasing confidence. Clever and engaging black and white line illustrations are used (a child might even enjoy coloring them). The clever and humorous drawings help maintain attention.

Brain Surgery for Beginners and Other Major Operations for Minors: A Scalpel-Free Guide to Your Insides

For ages 9-12, this book looks at all aspects of the human body from the vantage point of this amazing control center known as the brain. It is full of humor and wacky cartoons making it fun for young students of neurology.

Captain Underpants series

These books by author Dav Pilkey are for ages 7-10. The story is a superhero spoof: two misbehaving fourth-grade boys, Harold and George, hypnotize their school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, Captain Underpants. The boys have their hands full when the captain escapes and starts chasing bad guys in his underwear.

Catwings

Mrs. Tabby's four kittens are born a bit different: they have wings. She has always hoped they might be able to escape the harsh city slums, and their wings will make that possible. One day they do fly away to the country, only to discover that life there has it's own dangers.

Changing Tomorrow 1: Leadership Curriculum for High-Ability Elementary Students

This book, for students in grades 4-5, offers instructional activities for high-ability elementary school students based on the Common Core State Standards that emphasize critical and creative thinking skills and gives gifted students an opportunity to apply these skills in an integrative and substantive way.

Coding, Robotics, and Engineering for Young Students: A Tech Beginnings Curriculum

This book builds foundational computer science and robotics skills and knowledge in bright Pre-K–grade 2 students. Originally developed as enrichment courses for Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development, this curriculum emphasizes active, hands-on, and collaborative learning. Students are challenged to learn computer science content, such as coding, and robotics and engineering concepts, as well as practice high-level academic skills, such as creative problem solving, computational thinking, and critical thinking. The lessons can be implemented as standalone enrichment experiences or as part of a coordinated scope and sequence that leads to higher level computer science and engineering studies.

Differentiating Instruction A Practical Guide for Tiering Lessons for the Elementary Grades

Written by Cheryll M. Adams, Ph.D. and Rebecca L. Pierce, Ph.D., this easy-to-use, teacher-friendly book is a must-have for any educator wanting to differentiate instruction for the gifted or regular classroom. Differentiating instruction has become an integral part of classroom instruction, and tiering lessons is a practical, easy, and efficient way to ensure the various needs and learning levels of elementary students are met.

Differentiating Instruction With Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: Language Arts

This book provides numerous types of leveled menus that lower and on-level elementary-aged students can use to demonstrate learning through a method of their choice. Menus with similar formats but geared towards varying ability levels allow teachers to differentiate easily.

Differentiating Instruction with Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: Math

This book provides numerous types of leveled menus that lower and on-level elementary-aged students can use to demonstrate learning through a method of their choice. Menus with similar formats but geared towards varying ability levels allow teachers to differentiate easily.

Differentiating Instruction With Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: Science

This book provides numerous types of leveled menus that lower and on-level elementary-aged students can use to demonstrate learning through a method of their choice. Menus with similar formats but geared towards varying ability levels allow teachers to differentiate easily.

Differentiating Instruction with Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: Social Studies

This book provides numerous types of leveled menus that lower and on-level elementary-aged students can use to demonstrate learning through a method of their choice. Menus with similar formats but geared towards varying ability levels allow teachers to differentiate easily.

Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House Series)

This fantasy, the first in the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne for ages 4-8, begins in a mysterious treehouse filled with stacks of books. When Jack wishes to see a Pteranodon for real after looking at a picture of one, he and Annie are transported through time and have some thrilling adventures in the prehistoric past.

Dinotopia (Book Series)

Travel back in time to a land where people and Dinosaurs lived together, where your best friend might have been a dinosaur. A Englishman and his son get shipwrecked on a land known as Dinotopia. Before long they can write in the dinosaur alphabet, and tell time by a dinotopian clock. Is it fact or fiction? More books follow in this series.

Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters

Written by MaryAnn Kohl and Kim Solga for ages 4-8, this book includes short biographies and information about the styles and techniques of more than 75 famous artists, from the Dark Ages up to the present day (Ghiberti to Christo and Wyeth). For each artist, an accompanying studio art project suitable for K-6 children is included, designed to focus on the media, design elements, style or type of art, or subject most associated with each individual artist. Materials needed for all projects are specified, along with directions and a sample of a child's work.

Ed Emberley's Drawing Book: Make a World

Using simple shapes, Ed Emberley shows would-be artists how to draw over 400 things, such as an airplane, anteater, submarine, train, kangaroo, gondola, and much much more! This classic book is packed with cool things that kids-and not a few adults-really want to draw. Easy and fun, the book provides hours of art-full entertainment.

First Thousand Words in Japanese

For ages 4-8, this book includes lists of common Japanese words in a colorful format. The words are listed in Hiragana as well as English pronunciation.

From A to Z with Energy

“Skate along the Ice for I! For J we Jam and Jive. K’s for Kicking as you swim and float and splash and dive.” Watch the alphabet come to life as children run and twirl and jump and play their way through the ABCs with energy! This imaginative alphabet book teaches young learners not only how to move from A to Z but also how to creatively have fun as they stay active and keep their bodies healthy and strong. The book includes a special section for parents and educators with tips for using movement to teach social-emotional skills.

I Don’t Wait to Wait!

Maisy is never patient. She hates waiting for her birthday, waiting to talk, waiting for attention from her sister. She interrupts, scowls, and stomps around. Everyone gets mad, and Maisy feels bad. After talking with her sister about ways to make waiting easier, Maisy starts a new approach. Eventually, she learns that having patience makes life calmer—and sometimes much nicer.

I’m Happy-Sad Today: Making Sense of Mixed-Together Feelings

This friendly picture book helps young children make sense of mixed-up emotions. With gentle messaging and charming illustrations, a little girl talks about her many layered feelings, ultimately concluding, “When I have more than one feeling inside me, I don’t have to choose just one. I know that all my feelings are okay at the same time.” A special section for adults presents ideas for helping children explore their emotions, build a vocabulary of feeling words, know what to do if they feel overwhelmed, and more.

If You Lived Series

Books in the series include: If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln; If You Grew Up with George Washington; If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King; If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War; If You Lived in Colonial Times; If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620; and If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad. The books are written in question and answer format, and provide information about what life was like at that time in history.

Igniting Creativity in Gifted Learners, K-6 Strategies for Every Teacher

This book is designed to help elementary school teachers use creative methods to enhance gifted students' learning and stimulate higher-level thinking, discovery, and invention. Linked to curriculum standards, these ready-to-use strategies, activities, and examples help teachers to inspire students, tie creative processes to learning outcomes and encourage students to explore new avenues for thinking and learning.

Instructional Units for Gifted and Talented Learners

The creative lessons covered in this book by master teachers cover all of the core academic areas for grades K-6. Lessons include standards-based ojectives, interdisplinary connections that can be explored and discussed amd assessments strategies for each unit of instruction.

Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Programs and Workbooks

This series targets reading comprehension skills in high-ability learners by moving students through an inquiry process from basic understanding to critical analyses of texts using a field-tested method developed by the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary. Students in grades K–9 will be able to comprehend and analyze any reading passage after completing the activities in these books. Using skill ladders connected to individual readings in poetry, short stories, and nonfiction, students move from lower order, concrete thinking skills to higher order, critical thinking skills. All of the books, geared to increasing grade levels, include high-interest readings, ladders to increase reading skill development, and easy-to-implement instructions.

Jane and Johnny Love Math: Recognizing and Encouraging Mathematical Talent in Elementary Students

For parents and educators, this book delineates methods of addressing the needs of mathematically talented students younger than 12. The approaches described are based on the authors’ experiences with hundreds of talented students. They discuss educational options allowing students to move systematically through the elementary math curriculum while matching the curriculum to the students' abilities and achievements. The book includes problem sets from the Mathematical Olympiads for Elementary Schools as well as practical ideas for classroom teachers, mathematics mentors, and parents.

Janice VanCleave's Science for Every Kid (Book Series)

for grades 3-6, this book series covers many scientific subjects: biology, ecology, astronomy, chemistry, physics, etc. Complete with illustrations, activities and experiments to help children understand science.

Knowing How: Researching and Writing Nonfiction, 3-8

The book demystifies the research process and provides tools students need to shape their research into substantive, well-written products that communicate with readers. Combining research with compelling writing is challenging for upper elementary and middle school students, but when done well, reports embody the passion that every student brings to the subject she or he loves.

KONOS Character Curriculum

The KONOS Character Curriculum is a multi-level, K-8 curriculum guide which allows a homeschooling parent to teach several ages of children from the same materials. The units are designed around desirable character traits, and incorporate many elements appropriate for gifted pupils, including an interdisciplinary approach to curriculum, challenging hands-on projects, enrichment suggestions, and the possibility of placing a child at accelerated or varied levels within the curriculum. A nondenominational Christian curriculum, this program was originally designed for Mrs. Hulcy's own highly gifted children.

Magic Tree House series

Meet Jack and Annie. Jack is an eight year old boy who seeks adventure. In every trip, Jack takes notes to learn more interesting facts. He carries his little backpack almost everywhere with his useful supplies inside. Annie is Jack's little sister. Annie is just one year younger than Jack. These two siblings have great times together in many different places. Annie is a sweet, honest, considerate girl who looks up to Jack.

Math Connects Program (Book Series)

This series, for students from pre-K through grade 6, presents math skills based on grade level standards. Each concept is clearly explained visually and auditorily at the top of the page and then the child can practice as needed. There are tests at the end of each chapter to measure progress.

Math Puzzles and Patterns for Kids

This book by Kristy Fulton explores the "math logic puzzles" concept in puzzle solving. Students are taught the basic premises behind each challenging puzzle: real-life patterns and puzzles such as Fibonacci's triangle, tangrams, and Sudoku. Resources for teaching math patterns are also included. For grades 2-4.

Matilda

For ages 7-12, this book is about Matilda, a little girl who at age five-and-a-half is knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. She has two of the most self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the nightmare of a school principal, Mrs. Trunchbull. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.

Nobody! A Story About Overcoming Bullying in School

By author Erin Frankel, Nobody! A Story About Overcoming Bullying in School, is a book for ages 5 to 9. The main character, Thomas, feels like no matter what he does, he can’t escape Kyle’s persistent bullying. At school, at soccer—nowhere feels safe! With support from friends, classmates, and adults, Thomas starts to feel more confident in himself and his hobbies, while Kyle learns the importance of kindness to others. The book concludes with “activity club” pages, as well as information to help parents, teachers, counselors, and other adults foster dialogue with children about ways to stop bullying. There is also an accompanying “leader” guide that can be downloaded to help discuss concepts about bullying.

Picturing Math

This unique book uses picture books to teach elementary students math concepts. Author Colleen Kessler feels strongly that all students should be challenged to experience and learn new things every day. She covers problem solving, geometry, algebra, measurement and probability. Grades 2-4.

Primary Grade Challenge Math

For grades 1-4, this book offers material that goes beyond calculation skills for children who enter the primary grades already knowing basic concepts. This curriculum allows parents and teachers to instill a deeper level of mathematical understanding and thinking skills in young children while nurturing a love of mathematics.

Put Your Worries Away

All children worry sometimes and need help learning how to deal with anxiety. In this picture book, readers find ways to help themselves when they feel anxious, nervous, or fearful. Strategies for how to cope with worries are accompanied by gentle illustrations. Additional activities and a note to adults are included at the back of the book.

Quotation Quizzlers: Puzzling Your Way Through Famous Quotations

For ages 9-12, this book will make you feel like you've stepped into the mind of someone famous (and have fun) while using deductive reasoning to solve unique and challenging puzzles. Fifty Quizzlers pit right brain against left brain in a struggle to decipher famous (and not so famous) quotations. In addition to the 50 Quizzlers, this book contains biographies of all the figures quoted. Explore the motivating thoughts of some of the world’s most inspired minds.

Real-Life Science Mysteries

Real-Life Science Mysteries puts an exciting new spin on scientific thinking by profiling real-life scientists, showing students in grades 5–8 ways they can use science in their everyday lives. With the more than 30 activities included in Real-Life Science Mysteries, students will be required to try their hand at solving common science problems and performing experiments while learning about real people from diverse backgrounds, all of whom share a love for discovering how things work, why things work, and how they can work better.

Rotten Ralph Series

For ages 4-8, the Rotten Ralph series is about a naughty cat, but his owner Sarah loves him anyway. These books track the adventures of Rotten Ralph as he plays at home, goes to school, and celebrates holidays. The books are funny, well illustrated, and are great beginning reading books.

Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs

For ages 4-8, this book is about Jean-Francois Champollion, whose dream was to sail up the Nile in Egypt and uncover the secrets of the past. In 1802, when Champollion was 11 years old, he vowed to be the first person to read Egypt's ancient hieroglyphs. He faced great challenges during the next 20 years as he searched for the elusive key to the mysterious writing -- and the fulfillment of his dreams.

Skinny Bones

For ages 8-12, this tale centers on Alex, a small kid who is the class clown and loves baseball. He is a very realistic character with whom children can identify, and he does some crazy things (a lot with what he says) that result in some hilarious situations.

Smarts! Everybody’s Got Them

Everyone is smart, even when they don’t think they are. This picture book celebrates eight types of “smarts,” includes suggestions and strategies for how to get smarter in each one, and assures young readers that they are intelligent in many ways. Kids will be able to explore their word smarts, music smarts, number smarts, picture smarts, body smarts, people smarts, self smarts, and nature smarts.

Solar Power, Fuel Cells, Wind Power and Other Important Environmental Studies for Upper Elementary and Middle School Gifted Students and Their Teachers: Technology, Problem-Solving and Invention Guide

The Fourteen Enriched Chapters in Harry's book are designed to stimulate the Imaginations and Problem-Solving Skills of gifted students. The chapters are: Solving Problems: A Quick Reflection; About Technology Education; Technology - History - Economy - Society Connection; Building Critical Career Skills While Still in School; Solar Power: Here Comes the Sun; Fuel Cells: An Exciting, New, Clean Energy Option; Wind Power: The Fastest Growing Alternate Energy Technology; Archaeological Investigations of Garbage; Organizational Skills: Teaching Timelines; Creative Communications: A Portal to Invention; The Internet: You Ain't Seen "Nuttin" Yet; Creative Makeovers in Your School; More Communications "Stuff"; Edison's Hands: Study of a Genius of Technology and Invention.

Some of My Best Friends Are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers from Pre-School to High School

This book by Judith Wynn Halsted, M.S. offers a list of recommended books for gifted students from preschool through high school. The author describes how to use books as bibliotherapy to provide support, guidance, and insight. This is an in valuable resource for parents looking for books to recommend to gifted readers not only to enjoy, but also to gain perspective on themselves and others. Click here to read a review of this book.

Splash! Monitoring and Measurement Applications for Young Learners

This book is a mathematics unit for high-ability learners in kindergarten and first grade focusing on concepts related to linear measurement, the creativity elements of fluency and flexibility, and the overarching, interdisciplinary concept of models. The unit consists of 13 lessons centered on the idea of designing a community pool. Students examine the question of why we measure, the importance of accuracy in measurement, and the various units and tools of measurement.

Take Charge of Anger

Everyone gets angry, including kids. But anger can feel overwhelming and hard to control. In this picture book, readers find ways to manage their emotions and feel calmer. Strategies for cooling down and coping with anger are paired with friendly illustrations.

The All-New Book of Lists for Kids

For ages 9-12, this book is an information sandwich with everything on it with tons of fun facts about your favorite movies, music, books, and sports and games, along with kid survival tips and techniques. Find out how to defend yourself against vampires, what to do if you're afraid of the dark, and how to look great in your school picture. You'll also find hundreds of addresses for kid-friendly Web sites (as well as information on how to visit them safely).

The Big Orange Splot

For ages 4-8, this book is about letting your dreams become your reality, being who you are, and bringing joy and a sense of freedom to all who come in contact with you. Mr. Plumbean turns the disaster of the "big orange splot" of paint dropped on his roof by a sea gull into an opportunity to break away from the constraints of conformity. You will smile as you read how his daring actions liberate his whole "neat street".

The Friendship Hotline: How to Make 'Em, How to Keep 'Em

The Friendship Hotline discusses having a best friend, being friends with the opposite sex, making friends online, and more with a fun friendship test to help girls find out what kind of pal they are, and friendship projects like charity work and joining a sports team. An introduction by a psychologist specializing in adolescence rounds out this teen-friendly guide.

The Hundred Dresses

The Hundred Dresses won a Newbery Honor in 1945. In the book, Wanda Petronski, a Polish girl in a Connecticut school who is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. Wanda claims she has one hundred dresses at home, but everyone knows she doesn’t and bullies her mercilessly. The class feels terrible when Wanda is pulled out of the school, but by that time it’s too late for apologies. Maddie, one of Wanda’s classmates, ultimately decides that she is "never going to stand by and say nothing again."

The Kids' Natural History Book: Making Dinos, Fossils, Mammoths & More!

For ages 4-8, this book is well-organized with scientific information, attention-grabbing facts and accessible procedures for activities and projects. Chock-full of entertaining activities that will help inspire enthusiasm for the natural sciences, this is a terrific way to introduce kids to the real-life meaning of scientific concepts.

The Roman Mysteries

The Roman Mysteries is a collection of eight novels by author C. Lawrence and is for ages 9-12. Four additional books are planned in the series. Welcome to Ostia, the port of Rome, and the world of Flavia Gemina in 79 AD. The daughter of a Roman sea captain, she embarks on thrilling adventures with her friends Jonathan, Nubia and Lupus.

The Search For Delicious

For ages 4-8, this story by Natalie Babbit is about a kingdom which is having a civil war over the definition of the word delicious. No one can agree about what delicious is. The prime minister's adopted child is sent to poll the kingdom about delicious.

The Survival Guide for Gifted Kids: For Ages 10 & Under

Written by Judy Galbraith, this book is a classic introduction to growing up gifted, the GUIDE has now been revised and updated for today’s bright, creative, talented kids. Based on new surveys of hundreds of gifted kids, it speaks directly to them. It includes first-person advice from boys and girls that’s pertinent, realistic, and inspiring. It answers readers’ questions about why they think and learn the way they do, what 'giftedness' and IQ really mean, different types of intelligence, how to handle high expectations, how to make school more challenging, how to cope with teasing, how to make friends, and much more. Click here to read a review of an older edition of this book.

The Whole Story Series

This collection of classics is unabridged, lavishly illustrated in color and in black and white, featuring drawings, maps, photographs, diagrams and paintings, many are dated from the era in which the stories were written. There are hundreds of extended captions offering lively explanations of history, geography, culture, customs, animal world, architecture, literature and science. Titles include: Around the World in Eighty Days; The Call of the Wild; Heidi; The Jungle Book; Tom Sawyer; Treasure Island; and, Little Women.

The Wind in the Willows

For ages 4-8, Kenneth Grahame's classic book is about the adventures of several riverbank characters.

Three Tales of My Father's Dragon

A 1940s Newbery Award winner for ages 9-12, this book by Ruth Stiles Gannett was reprinted for its 50th anniversary (with its two sequels in the same volume). In the first book, Elmer Elevator runs away with an alley cat to rescue a flying baby dragon who is being exploited on a faraway island. Elmer outwits the various animal residents of the island using his own ingenuity and cleverness, and frees the dragon. Read more about their adventures in the two sequels.

United We Solve: 116 Math problems for groups, grades 5-10

Math need not be a lonely endeavor! This is a collection of 116 mathematics problems designed especially for groups. The problems focus on proportional reasoning, spatial visualization, and learning to generalize from patterns -- central pillars of any math curriculum. The book includes help for the teacher, a topics grid, and connections to several high-quality middle-grades math programs.

Visual Perceptual Skill Building, Book 1

This book is intended for children in grades K-4 with developing visual perceptual skills. It has excercies in mazes, visual discrimination, visual closure, visual memory, visual sequential memory, and visual spatial relationship.

Why Should I?

Arin acts careless and rude—and other people are angry and upset. His parents and teacher tell him he needs to show respect. Confused and unhappy, Arin asks Grandma for help. They talk about how he would feel if someone broke his things or laughed at what he likes. Arin makes an effort to show respect to others and learns that everyone treats him better when he does.
Printed Materials: Periodicals/Reports & Studies

ASK Magazine

When gifted students ask “Why?”, ASK magazine may be the answer. Designed for 6 to 9 year olds, ASK answers all sorts of questions including: Why do animals sleep? Why are there tides? and How was the solar system formed? Full of fun facts, informative scientific articles, and hands-on activities, ASK magazine will enhance students' sense of wonder, boost imagination, and position them for a lifetime of exploration.

Ranger Rick

Ranger Rick is a monthly magazine about wildlife, for ages 7 and up. There is a featured animal each month accompanied by stories, poems, and fun activities to help kids learn about animals.
Schools & Programs: College Affiliated

Hunter College Elementary School (New York, NY)

Located on 94th Street between Park and Madison Avenues, Hunter College Campus Schools offer an elementary school for children from kindergarten to sixth grade and a high school from seventh to twelfh grade. The school is publicly funded and committed to serving a gifted student body. Students are taught to think critically and creatively. The curriculum emphasizes mastery of the arts and sciences. During the fourth through sixth grades teachers provide opportunities for students to explore topics in-depth. In addition to the material taught by homeroom teachers, children study areas known as "specials", which are taught by a specialist in the fields of foreign language, music, cultural arts, mathematics and others. Each year, 48 students are enrolled in the kindergarten program.

Kids on Campus – Schoolcraft College (Livonia, MI)

Schoolcraft College offers a Kids on Campus program that offers a large variety of exciting educational programs for children grades 1st - 12th. Classes are offered during the fall, winter, and summer semesters at times convenient for children and parents.

OU Mini College Day Camp (Norman, OK)

Mini College is an all-day program designed for students entering first through sixth grade, who are interested in building their knowledge of the world around them. Students are grouped by grade levels and attend three different classes daily. Students need to bring a packed lunch with them each morning. Each afternoon after a fun-filled day of camp, the students will get to relax and have some fun at the OU pool from 3 - 5 p.m. Students will be exposed to science, mathematics, art, culture, and other fields of study to immerse the students in the broad range of subjects available at the University of Oklahoma.

Stanford Math Circle (Stanford, CA)

The Stanford Math Circle offers quarter-long sessions for local, elementary-, middle-, and high-school students who are interested in math. Math circles are weekly gatherings of students working on problems involving complex and advanced mathematical topics, guided by mathematicians and educators. The weekly meetings take place on Thursdays on Stanford University’s campus.

The Hollingworth Center - Teachers College, Columbia University (New York, NY)

The Hollingworth Center, a program within the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, is a service, research, and demonstration site. The Center is designed to provide internship and training opportunities for the gradute students of Teachers College, develop model programs in early childhood education, and offer enriched educational services for children, families, and educators. Primarily concerned with nuturing the talent development of all young children, the Center maintains a special commitment to creating and implementing programs for underserved children and teachers in urban schools, and designing model curricula in areas traditionally neglected in elementary schools.

Walters State Talented and Gifted Program (Morristown, TN)

Consisting of approximately 100 programs designed to stimulate and challenge East Tennessee’s gifted students, from the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades, these classes are instructed by area experts and encourage student participation in hands-on activities.
Schools & Programs: Independent

Academy Hill (Springfield, MA)

Academy Hill School is a coeducational private day school for grades K-8, located in Springfield, Mass. According their web site, the student to teacher ratio is small, curriculum is compacted and learning is accelerated and enriched. Children are instructed individually and in small groups.

ACE Academy (Austin, TX)

ACE Academy is an independent, private school that offers gifted programming in person, virtually and in hybrid formats from K to 8th grade. ACE Academy provides a personalized education for gifted learners within a nurturing community. ACE students embrace a complex and progressive curriculum, thrive in academic environments and confront challenges with creativity and flexibility.

Acera: The Massachusetts School of Science, Creativity and Leadership (Winchester, MA)

Acera is an independent school for gifted and talented students in the Greater Boston area. The school enables learning based upon ability, not age. Focused on STEM, creativity and leadership, learning occurs through discovery, leveraging an interdisciplinary, thematic, hands-on approach.

Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain (Las Vegas, NV)

The Alexander Dawson School at Rainbow Mountain in Las Vegas, Nevada is a learning community for boys and girls in preschool through grade eight that challenges students to achieve excellence in mind, body and character.

AltSchool (San Francisco, CA)

AltSchool is currently building a network of micro-schools that are located in the San Francisco neighborhoods where most AltSchool applicants live. AltSchool micro-schools are small learning communities that range from 20 to 80 students. Because of their small size, micro-schools are flexible in adapting to the needs of teachers, parents and students. Micro-schools foster a strong sense of community while benefiting from the resources and innovations of the larger AltSchool network. Personalized Learning Plans are developed for each student.

Anderson Private School for the Gifted, Talented and Creative (Fort Worth, TX)

Anderson is a private coeducational day school for elementary and middle school students, located in Fort Worth, Texas. This school offers an extremely individualized curriculum.

Atlanta Gifted Academy (GA)

This private pre-K through fifth-grade school’s mission is to provide gifted young people an advanced educational opportunity. Each student receive a Personalized Learning Plan with the goal of engaging students in learning opportunities at a pace and depth consistent with individual knowledge, skills, and motivation. The school also offers a variety of summer camps focused on STEAM subjects.

Barthelmes Conservatory Music School (Tulsa, OK)

Barthelmes Conservatory is a non-profit organization offering a year-long music program. This after school schedule provides music education and is tailored to the needs of musically gifted and talented elementary and middle school youth displaying the potential to pursue music as a professional career.

Berkeley Hall School (Los Angeles, CA)

Berkeley Hall School is committed to serving a diverse student body and seeks applicants with records of strong academic ability and achievement, solid citizenship, and high moral values. Parents must embrace the academic and ethical standards of the Berkeley Hall community and be willing to participate as partners with the school in their child's education.

Birches School (Lincoln, MA)

This independent, co-educational elementary school offfers vigorous, interdisciplinary academics within a mindful, nurturing environment. The STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) approach centers on nature-based thematic units designed to cultivate academic and social development and to encourage students' curiosity, creativity, self-reliance and empathy.

BK Academy for Gifted Children (Bellevue, WA)

A Washington state accredited private school for pre-school through fifth-grade gifted students, this school offers inquiry-based and hands-on programs. Students are grouped by ability rather than age. The school also provides an academic program that tailors to the unique learning needs of asynchronously developing children (asynchronous meaning developing faster in some areas and slower in others) by offering individualized instruction that allows students to advance in their stronger areas and supports them in their weaker areas. IQ testing is required for admission; acceptance into the program generally requires a result greater than the 90th percentile for preschoolers or 95th percentile for kindergarten students.

Cyprus Classical Academy (Burnsville, MN)

Cyprus Classical Academy in Burnsville, Minnesota is a school that offers a customized and individualized classes and pacing for each student while maintaining a school structure and planned curriculum. Students leave Cyprus with an excellent education in math, language, composition, public speaking, the arts, history, science and technology. Cyprus also offers extensive options for foreign language, music and art, which further allows students to develop their talents and broaden and refine their knowledge into multiple areas of study and expertise.

Edlin School (Reston, VA)

Edlin School is a private coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Reston, Virginia. This school was established by two teachers with gifted children who found their needs were not being met in existing institutions. It is a nurturing place, relatively flexible, and quite small. There is a dress code; Willingness to make some accomodations for HG/EG/PG children.

Emerson School (Ann Arbor, MI)

Emerson School is a private coed day school for academically gifted students in grades K-8, in Ann Arbor, Mich. It has achieved success in developing the talents and strengths of the individual thanks to outstanding teachers and an innovative curriculum . The mission of Emerson School is to provide a whole child, multiple method approach to instruction for gifted and for academically talented students.

En Famille

This non-profit organization was established in France in 1978. It arranges long-term language immersion exchanges for students ages 9-16. American students are paired with a student of their own age in France, Spain, or Germany. After the two are matched, they spend a year together: six months in their own country, with their own family, and six months with their exchange partner’s family. Teens 14 and up can participate for a period of as short as three months.

Evergreen School (Shoreline, WA)

Evergreen School is a private coedcuational day school for grades PK-8, located in Shoreline, Washington.
The Evergreen School challenges and nurtures highly intelligent, creative children, fostering responsibility, love of learning and self-esteem. Evergreen offers an enriched curriculum using innovative educational techniques including independent and small, flexible group learning.

Feynman School (Bethesda, MD)

At Feynman School the focus is on real understanding, not rote learning. Kids tinker, get their hands dirty, think and question in a fun, dynamic setting. The school opened in fall 2010 and currently teaches through fourth grade. The school plans to add a level each year until eighth grade in 2019.

GATE Academy

We cluster motivated and cognitively gifted students in small groups with their intellectual peers and provide them with an inquiry-based, accelerated, self-paced curriculum in a school environment that celebrates them for who they are. Our Student Code emphasizes what we teach our kids and what we expect our graduates to bring forward into the world -- inquiry about the truth and respect for themselves and others.

Helios New School (Palo Alto, CA)

This is a private, progressive secular school based on a constructivist model of education. The K-5 curriculum is designed specifically for gifted students. There is multi-dimensional learning, including social and emotional development, and a low student-to-teacher ratio of 8:1. Students are placed where they will be most comfortable socially and academically, not on their chronological ages.

Hillside School (Boulder, CO)

Hillside School provides specialized instruction in reading, writing, and math for students in grades 1-9 in a supportive environment. They set out to enable students who have learning differences, such as dyslexia, to reach their academic potential and become capable and confident learners.

Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science (IMACS) - (Multiple Locations)

IMACS is designed to give children a competitive edge by teaching them how to think critically using logic and reasoning. Headquartered in Plantation, Florida, IMACS offers after-school and weekend classes for gifted and talented 1st-12th grade students in math enrichment, computer programming and virtual robotics, electronics, university-level mathematics, and university-level computer science. Classes are held at various locations throughout South Florida and at affiliate locations in North Carolina, St. Louis, and Connecticut. Some IMACS locations also offer a fun-filled Hi-Tech Summer Camp. Secondary school students not able to attend a local teaching center may take foundational courses through Elements of Mathematics: Foundations (EMF) or university-level courses through eIMACS, both of which are online.

Las Cruces Academy (New Mexico)

Las Cruces Academy is a private, non-profit, secular school for gifted and academically advanced children who thrive in this alternative to other schools. The focus is on languages, math, and science, but the Academy fills out a good education with a variety of other subject areas.

Logan School (Denver, CO)

The Logan School for Creative Learning is a private coed day school for children ages 5-15, located in Denver, CO. The Logan School provides a challenging environment that addresses the intellectual, emotional, and social needs children. Students have an individualized curriculum for his/her unique readiness level, learning style, and personal interests, and decisions are made each year about appropriate placement of students, depending upon their needs and progress.

Long Island School for the Gifted (Huntington Station, NY)

The Long Island School for the Gifted (LISG) is a private coeducational day school for gifted students in grades K-9, located in Huntington Station, New York. This is an academically rigorous school with a fairly traditional approach to education. The curriculum for each grade level is about 2 years ahead of other (non gifted) schools. Each graduating ninth grader enters high school having already earned several credits and is in a position to accelerate through the high school curriculum.

Mackintosh Academy (Boulder, CO)

Mackintosh Academy in Boulder, Colorado is the area’s premier independent, International Baccalaureate (IB) World School for gifted and creative kindergarten through eighth grade students. Mack Boulder is committed to inspiring motivated learners through its core mission tenets: Keen Minds, Compassionate Hearts, and Global Action. Featuring small classes sizes, two homeroom teachers per class, vigorous academics, social emotional learning, innovative programming in the arts and design, and service learning.

Mackintosh Academy (Littleton, CO)

This school stands as the Rocky Mountain pioneer in gifted and talented education. The holistic, well-rounded educational program focuses on the mind and the heart and nurtures the social, emotional, physical, and creative needs of gifted children, as well as academic ones. Mackintosh Academy employs the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Programme and Middle Years Programme curricular framework, which helps ensure that each individual student is engaged, challenged, pushed to be an independent thinker.

Montessori Centre Academy (Glenshaw, PA)

Montessori Center Academy, a private organization in Pennsylvania, offers alternative curriculum that encourages peer and cooperative learning. The school is also concerned with individual learning styles and aptitudes to maximize each child’s potential up through the sixth grade.

Nasri Academy (Henderson, NV)

This school is committed to providing an engaging, stimulating, and nurturing environment where the intellectual, academic, social, emotional, and physical needs of students are met in order to produce ethical world citizens. Through a curriculum that includes creativity, depth, complexity, and differentiation students foster academic excellence and lifelong learning.

Open Window School (Bellevue, WA)

Open Window School now serves students in grades K-8. Vista Academy, the OWS middle school division, offers a unique and challenging program to students in grades 6-8. Open Window School/Vista Academy offer a differentiated curriculum at all grade levels targeting the needs of students.

Peabody School (Charlottesville, VA)

The Peabody School's mission is to serve the needs of academically advanced children in one or more areas of all backgrounds by promoting cognitive, social and emotional development for each child at a rate commensurate with his or her ability, while providing a foundation for students to become life-long learners. Serving Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade students, the Peabody School provides hands-on, differentiated learning experiences; wide-ranging and rigorous curriculum; and a nurturing, positive learning environment to meet individual needs. The Peabody School offers classes in world languages, visual arts, performing arts, physical education, and service learning in addition to the traditional core curriculum.

Pegasus School (Huntington Beach, CA)

Pegasus School is a private, coeducational day school for gifted students in grades PK-8, located in Huntington Beach, California. The Pegasus School promotes academic excellence in a supportive environment that develops active learners and creative problem solvers who are eager to apply their knowledge to real life experiences. We are committed to providing unique opportunities to achieve through a challenging curriculum that also encourages character development and traditional values.

Quest Academy (Palatine, IL)

Quest Academy is an Independent School educating and nurturing gifted students in grades PreK-8. The school offers a liberal arts curriculum that challenges and inspires gifted children along with character education and service learning. Small classes are designed to allow for teachers to meet the individual needs of students through differentiation and individualized learning plans. All classrooms use state of the art SmartBoard technology.

Renaissance Village Academy (San Diego, CA)

The mission of Renaissance Village Academy is to provide gifted, profoundly gifted, and highly motivated students with the experiences and knowledge they will need to be successful navigating the complexities of the world from an international perspective.

Revo Academy (Thousand Oaks, CA)

Revo Academy is a K-8, WASC accredited, private school for gifted learners in Thousand Oaks, California. It was founded by educators with an expertise in gifted education as well as a personal connection and passion for serving this student population.

Rhoades School (Encinitas, CA)

The Rhoades School is a private coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Encinitas, California. The Rhoades School was established in 1980 to provide a safe haven for the intellectual, creative and human potential of very able children. The children at the Rhoades school receive individual attention from a faculty and staff committed to contributing to each student's fulfillment and happiness as adults.

Sage School (Foxboro, MA)

The Sage School is a private co-educational day school for gifted students ages 3.9 to 14 years of age. Established more than 25 years ago, Sage is a leader in gifted education, drawing students from around the Greater Boston and Providence areas. Sage offers academically advanced students a challenging curriculum using an interdisciplinary approach. Class sizes are small with two co-teachers allowing for greater individualized instruction, always keeping high-ability students engaged and inspired. Sage’s academics are balanced by fine and performing arts program as well as foreign languages. Students have the opportunity to participate in a wide selection of extracurricular clubs and activities. Transportation and financial aid are available.

San Tan Charter School (Gilbert, AZ)

San Tan School for the Gifted offers tuition-free, first through fifth grade, self-contained gifted classes. Gifted students have unique needs academically, socially and emotionally. All teachers at San Tan School for the Gifted are gifted endorsed or working towards gifted certification. Each gifted student will have an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) which will address the specific academic and emotional needs of each student. Further each student will follow an individualized curriculum path ensuring they are kept at their cutting edge. Classes will be self-contained and will utilize cluster grouping, based on ability, to best meet the needs of each student within the class.

Seabury School (Tacoma, WA)

Seabury School is a private, coeducational day school for grades Pre-k-8 located in Tacoma, Washington. The school's mission is to challenge gifted children in a community that cherishes each individual and fosters a love of learning, discovery, and creativity. Accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools, Seabury is focused on educating the whole child – intellectual/academic, social/emotional and developmental. The school nurtures students' curiosity, helps them pursue their passions, lets their readiness and interests guide the pace and depth of learning, and supports gifted kids in a community that “gets” them.

Seattle Country Day School (Seattle, WA)

Seattle Country Day School is a private coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Seattle, Washington. Our mission is to provide an extraordinary educational experience for children of high intellectual and creative promise.

Seven Arrows Elementary School (Pacific Palisades, CA)

The school offers a multicultural arts and education program. They currently enroll approximately 100 students with a total teaching staff of 19 including specialists in drama, Spanish, music, karate, dance, physical education and art.

Sterling Montessori Academy and Charter School (Morrisville, NC)

Sterling Montessori Academy and Charter School is comprised of two separate educational entities. The Academy serves children ages 3 to 5, and is a tuition-based program. The Charter School serves children ages 6 to 14, which includes kindergarten through 8th grade. Each institution has individualized admissions procedures.

Summers-Knoll School (Ann Arbor, MI)

Summers-Knoll School is a private coed day school for gifted students in grades K-8, located in Ann Arbor, Mich. Through individualized instruction, students can progress at their own academic pace and are not pitted competitively against each other, but challenged to improve relative to their own performances. Summers-Knoll students learn to take on increased responsibility for their own learning as they mature.

Sycamore School (Indianapolis, IN)

Sycamore School provides a full-time educational program to meet the needs of academically gifted students. The faculty sets criteria for evaluating students' academic progress, and it promotes and expects the development of personal responsibility, task commitment, self-discipline, independent learning, and respectful conduct. High standards of behavior and performance, as well as high aptitude, are expected.

Talcott Mountain Academy for Science, Math & Technology (Avon, CT)

This small private school is for "intellectually excited" students and focuses on science, math & technology. It has its own weather station including Doppler, TV station, hypospherium, planetarium, observatory and state of the art computer labs. The 4th through 8th grade program has been well established for over 15 years, and the Primary school (grades K-3) opened in 2000.

The Altair School (Beaverton, OR)

This school offers an inquiry-based, supportive learning environment for gifted students. Both full-time and part-time schedule options are offered for K-5th grade students. Altair teachers are committed to knowing each child, personally and academically. Teachers continually assess each student's knowledge, abilities and effort, encouraging each child to do his or her personal best.

The Avery Coonley School (Downers Grove, IL)

The Avery Coonley School is an independent school whose mission is to provide a learning environment that is appropriate both for academically bright and gifted children, preschool through eighth grade, who are motivated to learn and have demonstrated the potential for the scholastic achievement necessary to succeed in a challenging academic program, in order that they may become positive, productive, and respectful members of society.

The Brighton School (Framingham, MA)

Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, the Brighton School is a small private coeducational day school for gifted students in grades kindergarten through sixth. Offering an accelerated program for advanced students, the Brighton School believes that elementary school is a crucial time to lay the foundation for future academic success. Children should be provided with a structured and intellectually stimulating environment in which they feel secure and know that their accomplishments are valued. Their main goal is to provide each youngster with a superior educational background in a warm supportive environment in which he or she is motivated to do their utmost.

The Knox School of Santa Barbara (CA)

The Knox School of Santa Barbara is a private school serving kindergarten through 8th grade and specifically designed for the gifted learner. Their mission is to provide a stimulating and nurturing environment where, alongside an engaging and challenging curriculum, the social and emotional needs of gifted and talented students are respected and compassionately supported.

The School of Choice (San Jose, CA)

The South Bay's only school for the gifted, grades 4-12, with a strong AP program and capacity to handle gifted and challenged children. Students get a classical education, which challenges them to read great books and ideas in each of the arts and sciences. The intellectual freedom and rigor encourage students to think critically and imaginatively as they develop character and leadership abilities; they will become mature adults who can solve the world's problems.

University Child Development School (Seattle, WA)

University Child Development School is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-5, located in Seattle, Washington. Each child has unique talents, unique ways of thinking and understanding. Each child develops those talents at varying rates. UCDS welcomes this uniqueness, and structures its classrooms so that each child is involved in appropriate kinds and levels of learning.

Vanguard Gifted Academy (Batavia, IL)

Vanguard is designed to be a perfect fit for gifted students who delve deeply into areas they are passionate about, like to work at their own pace, love working on projects, and are eager to solve problems.
Schools & Programs: Math & Science Programs

Math in Focus - The Singapore Approach

Math in Focus offers the authentic Singapore math pedagogy with fewer topics taught in greater depth at each grade level. The program features visual representations and modeling strategies to solve complex problems; a consistent concrete-pictorial-abstract progression; and strong development of both conceptual understanding, place value, and computational fluency so students that understand the “how” as well as the “why.”
Schools & Programs: Public

Academy for Advanced & Creative Learning (Colorado Springs, CO)

A K-8th grade charter school, serving
advanced, gifted, twice-exceptional and typical learners who want to excel! AACL provides personal learning plans, advanced content, hands-on porjects, thematic units, and is tuition free with no admission requirements.

Accelerated Learning Lab Classroom (A.L.L.) (American Fork, UT)

An Advanced Learning Lab (A.L.L.) classroom is composed of 30 or more students who have tested with the district on nationally normed tests and have shown ability for advancement in academic learning.

Aspen Creek K- 8 School - Boulder Valley School District (Broomfield, CO)

This elementary and middle school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.

Beacon Academy (Maple Grove, MN)

Opened in the fall of 2004 with grades K-3, Beacon Academy, a tuition-free public school, has two classes per grade covering K-8. Enrollment is approximately 400 students and the school is located in the lower level of the Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove. What makes Beacon Academy different from most other Core Knowledge schools is the inclusion of comprehensive Spanish instruction at each grade level. Spanish is used daily to enrich specific lessons in many classrooms. Beacon Academy is not an immersion school but a FLES-language program that includes daily instruction in Spanish along with supplemental Spanish instruction in other curricula areas. This school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.

Buist Academy (Charleston, SC)

Buist Academy is a gifted & talented elementary and middle school for exceptionally bright children.

Candeo Schools - Gifted Education Program (Peoria, AZ)

Candeo Peoria a non-profit, Arizona state-approved public charter school serving children in grades K-6.
At this school, all students are tested in math and reading. Then, they are placed according to their level either in independent study groups or even the next grade level for these subjects. They also have a pull-out gifted enrichment program.

Carl Sandburg Elementary and Sandburg Center for the Sciences - Littleton Public Schools (Centennial, CO)

This elementary school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students. Pull-out services, including math acceleration, are provided in the Cottage (a modular near the southeast corner of the building), while other services are provided by the classroom teachers.

Challenge School (Denver, CO)

Challenge School is a public coeducational day magnet school within the Cherry Creek School District, for grades K-8, located in Denver, Colorado.

Chandler Elementary School - Goshen Community Schools (Goshen, IN)

This public elementary school has been identified as working with gifted students in terms of grade and subject acceleration within certain classes. They have also worked with students to respond to individual needs. They also have a high ability program, which has been flexible for profoundly gifted kids.

Chatsworth Elementary School (Reisterstown, MD)

Chatsworth Elementary School is a public "multi-age magnet" day school for grades K-5, located in Reistertown, Maryland. Students are placed in mixed groups of K-1, 2-3, or 4-5 grade students. Enrollment is accomplished through a lottery system. The multi-age environment is conducive to ability group regardless of age.

Dean Street Elementary School - Woodstock Community Unit School District 200 (Woodstock, IL)

This elementary school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students in subjects.

Dimensions Academy (Bloomington, MN)

Dimensions Academy is a self-contained classroom-based program designed to meet the needs of highly/profoundly gifted learners, in grades 4-8.

Discovery Academy (Edgewater, FL)

Discovery Academy is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-8, located in Edgewater, Florida. The director and founder of this school is the parent of a profoundly gifted child and has created a learning environment that appears to be very gifted-friendly. The school claims that most of their students are working above typical grade level by 2-3 years. Each student is assessed and given appropriate level materials in every subject.

Discovery Public Charter School (San Jose, CA)

This public charter school, which has grades K-8 with K-5 as elementary and 6-8 as middle school, allows grade acceleration as well as subject acceleration in math.

Dr. Joseph S. Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy (Hartford, CT)

The Renzulli Academy in Hartford, CT is an inner city school designed for students who have a passion for learning and are capable of gifted performance. Students not only share academic talents, a knack for curiosity and high levels of task commitment, but they also display an abundance of additional gifts and talents that extend beyond the formal classroom. They are original thinkers who are open to discovering their gifts in a creative educational setting. Students are characterized by intrinsic motivation, creativity and high aptitude.

EAGLE School (Madison, WI)

This private, coeducational day school for grades K-8 is dedicated to serving the educational needs of gifted and talented children. Students are allowed to move as quickly as they can through basic subjects without unnecessary repetition or drill. They then have time to pursue those subjects at a more complex level, to explore new areas, or to develop other skills and talents.

Edison Elementary (Denver, CO)

The Gifted and Talented Program is available for all Edison students who qualify based on potential. Identifiable characteristics, extraordinary abilities and accomplishments and/or demonstrated needs. High acheiving students may be placed in the Highly Gifted and Talented (HGT) classrooms on a space available basis as well as meeting specified criteria.

Edison Regional Gifted Center (Chicago, IL)

Edison Regional Gifted Center is a school built upon the dedication of great educators and very supportive parents. Since 1975, Edison Regional Gifted Center has welcomed thousands of gifted and high-ability students through its doors and graduated some of the most well-prepared, disciplined and top-performing students in the state.

Explorer Elementary School - Academy School District 20 (Colorado Springs, CO)

Explorer Elementary has adopted an enrichment program to support the reading program used by the classroom teachers. Accelerated Reader (AR) is a nationally recognized program developed by Renaissance Learning. While it is primarily motivational, Accelerated Reader also provides a measurement of student reading practice.

Far Brook (Short Hills, NJ)

Founded in 1948 by a group of parents looking for an uncommon education for their children, Far Brook is an independent, nonprofit, coeducational day school for students from nursery through 8th grade. Far Brook values character as much as achievement, process as much as product. Our curriculum is unified by inter-disciplinary studies of thematic units and great historical eras which allow a child to relate himself to the universe and to the history of mankind.

Fruitville Elementary School (Sarasota, FL)

The Sarasota County north area Magnet Program for Gifted Students is housed at Fruitville and provides services for eligible students in an elementary school setting while preparing them to move on to other sites for the middle school years. This program is for students enrolled in grades 1-5.

G·tec Kids (New Rochelle, NY)

Students attend G·tec once a week for approximately 1 1/2 hours after school. The curriculum has been carefully developed by the director, in consultation with a team of dedicated and respected leaders affiliated with higher learning institutions such as Columbia University, Wayne State University, Pace University, Pratt University, Whitney Museum, New York Botanical Garden, Mystic Life Aquarium, Eastchester High School, and more! Students are exposed to a balanced program of visual arts, history, science, and computer literacy.

Harding Elementary School - Lebanon School District (Lebanon, PA )

This elementary school, as well as other elementary schools in this district, have been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.

Haycock Elementary School - Fairfax County Public Schools (Falls Church, VA)

This elementary school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.

Horizons Program of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (Charlotte, NC)

Horizons is the district’s self-contained gifted program designed to meet the needs of highly gifted students whose intellectual, academic, and affective needs exceed beyond those of other gifted students in regular classrooms. The program offers a learning environment and advanced curriculum for same-aged peers in four of the content areas from kindergarten to eighth grade, including English and Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. The program emphasizes not only academic and intellectual rigor but also emotional and social growth for a wide range of highly gifted children from all backgrounds.

Iles School (Springfield, IL)

Iles School is a public coeducational gifted magnet school for students in grades 1-5, located in Springfield, Illinois. Gifted and talented students throughout the school district coming together at one site has produced the model for self-contained classes for gifted and talented students at Iles.

Jackson Street Elementary School - Northampton Public Schools (Northampton, MA)

This elementary school has been identified as allowing subject acceleration for profoundly gifted students in mathematics.

Kemps Landing/Old Donation School (Virginia Beach, VA)

This is a centralized, full-time, gifted school designed to house students in grades two through five. Parents of children interested in attending this school must complete an application. All applicants are assessed in terms of determining the best educational environment to suit his or her academic needs.

Kennard Classical Junior Academy (St. Louis, MO)

Kennard Classical Junior Academy is a public, gifted/magnet school for grades PreK-5th. Noted for a rigorous course of study, its curriculum encourages students to approach learning creatively. Students explore, experiment and engage in critical thinking as they gain lifelong learning skills.

Lakewood Schools Elementary Discovery Program - (Lakewood, OH)

Lakewood City Schools provide an exceptional program for gifted students and encourage subject acceleration as well as artistic and creative learning.

Lincoln Elementary School - River Forest Public Schools District 90 (River Forest, IL)

This K-4 public elementary school was identified as allowing fluidity for 3rd and 4th graders in math. The district, Illinois District 90, has been supportive of subject acceleration in math allowing students to take accelerated math at any point between 3rd and 8th grade. The two elementary schools have run an accelerated 4th grade math class that compacts the Everyday Math 5th and 6th grade curricula into a single year for as few as one and as many as six children in a class.

Loring Community School (Minneapolis, MN)

This K-5 school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students. They also have an accelerated math and reading program.

Lowell Elementary School (Seattle, WA)

Lowell Elementary School is a public coed day school in Seattle, Washington. Lowell is home to one of the Seattle Public School District's all-city-draw programs, the Accelerated Progress Program (APP). APP offers accelerated instruction for students who perform within the top 1% on standardized tests. It offers a challenging curriculum designed and taught in a socially and ethnically diverse setting. The APP curriculum matches the student's competency level while allowing them to remain with children their own age.

Manchester GATE School (Fresno, CA)

Manchester GATE School is a 2-6 grade magnet school in the Fresno Unified School District. This elementary school offers a multitude of opportunities in academics and extra-curriculars for gifted and talented students.

Margaret Ross Elementary - Hopewell School District (Aliquippa, PA)

This elementary school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.

Maxwell Spanish Immersion Magnet Elementary School - Fayette County Public Schools (Lexington, KY)

Maxwell students leave the school proficient in both English and Spanish. This elementary school has been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.

Menlo Park Academy (Cleveland, OH)

Menlo Park Academy is Ohio’s only tuition-free public school for gifted learners in grades K through eighth. Located in the historic Joseph & Feiss building on Cleveland's west side, the school currently serves more than 500 students from more than 40 school districts throughout the state. Menlo Park Academy is a community school – a public school that is governed by an independent board of directors for the purpose of providing a choice in education. This school is not a member of one school district; it is its own school district.

Metrolina Regional Scholars' Academy (Charlotte, NC)

This public charter school, designed for children of extremely high intellectual ability in grades K-8, provides numerous enrichment classes. The goal of the Academy is to provide an environment tailored to the unique needs of gifted children.

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) - Gifted and Talented Education (Nashville, TN)

Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) serves Gifted and Talented students through the Encore Program. Students eligible for this program are in kindergarten through sixth grade. Encore classes meet one-half day each week in local schools.

Millburn School (Wadsworth, IL)

Millburn School is a public coeducational day school for grades K-8, located in Wadsworth, Illinois. Millburn is committed to efficiently preparing students to become productive, responsible members of a changing world by providing a nurturing environment that stimulates a voluntary desire to learn and educational experiences that rigorously promote the realization of individual potential and excellence in achievement.

Missouri - Kansas City Program for Exceptionally Gifted Students (PEGS) (Kansas City, MO)

The Program for Exceptionally Gifted Students (PEGS) program identifies and serves exceptionally gifted students in a full-time academic environment appropriate for their unique needs in the Center School District located in Kansas City, Missouri.

Missouri - St. Louis Regional Program for Exceptionally Gifted Students (PEGS) (St. Louis, MO)

The St. Louis Regional Program for Exceptionally Gifted Students (PEGS) is a full time public gifted program in the St. Louis metropolitan area (Pattonville School District) featuring acceleration and enrichment for students grades 1-12 (or equivalent ages) with two separately administered and funded branches--a South Campus housed in the Lindbergh school district and a North Campus located in the Pattonville school district.

Missouri - University City Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) - University City, MO

In the school district of University City, the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program is offered off-site for a limited number of qualifying students in grades two (2) through twelve (12) who qualify as being exceptionally gifted.

Montgomery County Public Schools - Elementary School Highly Gifted Centers (MD)

This program provides a learning environment for students in grades 3 through 5 that enriches, accelerates, and extends the MCPS curriculum. It is designed to meet the needs of highly gifted and motivated learners in mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies. The program focuses on critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills, and communication skills.

New School Preparatory (Orlando, FL)

New School Preparatory provides students from K-8 a demanding and comprehensive academic curriculum geared toward Gardner’s multiple intelligences. New School provides an environment that promotes intellectual independence, creativity, and a sense of responsibility to community. The interdisciplinary academic curriculum includes language arts, science and technology, mathematics, the humanities, foreign language, and visual and performing arts. Unique learning experiences and hands-on activities encourage students to visualize concepts and promote understanding.

Newcomb Academy (Long Beach, CA)

Newcomb Academy is a K-8 school in Long Beach, Calif. Newcomb continues to rank among the highest achieving schools in the state. Newcomb’s success is directly related to the collaboration, hard work and dedication of students, teachers, school staff, parents, business partners and the community.

Nysmith School for the Gifted (Herndon, VA)

This day school accepts students pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. The curriculum cornerstones are mathematics and reading; students also work on computers, science, social studies, French, logic, music, and art. Students are grouped chronologically by age and move through classes as a group. Two teachers per classroom facilitate individualized student learning plans. Details regarding curriculum, tuition, and special events are included on the web site.

Opportunities for Learning Environment for Advanced Programming (LEAP) (Chapel Hill, NC)

LEAP is a district-wide, self-contained option for qualified highly gifted students who demonstrate mastery of curriculum that is two or more grade levels above their age peers in Grades 4-8.

Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School (Norristown, PA)

Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School is a coeducational public school in grades K-7 for Pennsylvania students. Students and parents connect to the school, the lessons, assessments, teachers, and each other online. Each student who enrolls in the Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School will be loaned a computer system from the school—including a computer, printer, and other necessary hardware—and an Internet connection. As a public charter school, PAVCS does not charge tuition.

Pine Crest Elementary: Center for Highly Gifted (Silver Spring, MD)

Pine Crest is home to one of the six Centers for the Highly Gifted in Montgomery County Public Schools. Selected students from the elementary schools in the Blair, Einstein, and Kennedy Clusters attend our Center. The goal of the program is to provide exceptionally gifted and motivated 4th and 5th grade students with a full-time instructional program that is accelerated and enriched. It is designed for students who learn at a faster pace and who can handle advanced concepts of greater complexity.

Polaris at Ebert (Denver, CO)

Located on the northeast edge of downtown Denver, Ebert Elementary is the home of the Polaris Program (serving grades K-5). The Polaris Program at Ebert is a program dedicated to meeting the needs of highly gifted and high achieving students. It has operated as an independent site in the Denver Public Schools, and is the only such school.

Portland Public Schools - ACCESS Alternative Program for Highly Gifted Students (Portland, OR)

The ACCESS Alternative Program is designed for only the most highly capable students in the Portland, Oregon area. With grades 1 through 8, ACCESS is located in Rose City Park. ACCESS serves the needs of students who have a high degree of asynchrony between subjects. Both the abilities and needs of the candidate are considered during the application process. ACCESS accepts applications from students in the Portland Metropolitan area.

Quest (Buffalo, MN)

The Quest program is a school-within-a-school program for highly gifted students located in the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District. Students in the program have accelerated or enriched classes in mathematics, science, English and social studies, as well as the opportunity to participate in special programs such as Math Masters.

Rainard School (Houston, TX)

Rainard School is a private coeducational day school for academically gifted students in grades PreK-8, located in Houston. Rainard School embraces the needs of gifted children by nurturing the individual's intellectual growth, social skills, and emotional development in an environment that inspires the joy of learning.

Ricks Center for Gifted Children (Denver, CO)

Ricks Center for Gifted Children is a private coedcuational day school for preschool through middle school grades, located in Denver, Colorado. In cooperation with the College of Education [at the University of Denver], Rick's Center provides model program services to students who show exceptional, differentiated ability and learning needs.

Ridgecrest Elementary (Largo, FL)

Ridgecrest is a regular elementary with a zoned population while also being home to a full-time gifted program called The Center for Gifted Studies, a magnet program serving gifted students. Students come from all over Pinellas County for this program - from the Skyway area to Tarpon Springs, and from Tampa Bay to the Gulf. The program is part of the Choice/Magnet Options offered in the district.

Riverside Elementary Public School - Dublin City Schools (Dublin, OH)

This elementary school has been identified as allowing subject (math) acceleration for profoundly gifted students, as well as early acceptance.

San Jose Highly Gifted Magnet Center (Mission Hills, Los Angeles, CA)

The San Jose Highly Gifted Magnet Center is a public school in California for profoundly gifted students. It encourages personal development within an environment of peers with supplemental activities such as a Shakespearean drama program, field trips, a supplemental science program, and yoga/dance.

Science & Arts Academy (SAA) (Des Plaines, IL)

Science & Arts Academy (SAA) is an independent, non-denominational, co-educational, not-for-profit day school for students preschool through middle school. The unifying mission of SAA is to provide a stimulating environment in which intellectually or creatively gifted children can realize and learn to celebrate their full academic and artistic potential.

Sonoran Sky Elementary School - Paradise Valley Unified School District (Scottsdale, AZ)

The Self-Contained Gifted Program located at Sonoran Sky Elementary School serves highly and profoundly gifted students in grades K through 6. The Self-Contained Gifted Program is designed for high achieving, highly gifted students whose needs may not be met by the other gifted programs offered in the district. In this program, students generally work two or more years beyond grade level with intellectual peers.

Soundview School (Lynnwood, WA)

Soundview School is a private coeducational day school for grades PK-8, located in Lynnwood, Washington. We believe that highly capable children enthusiastically nurtured in a strong academic and creative environment will become highly capable young adults for whom adventure, honor, and success are joyously routine.

Spring Hill Elementary (Santa Cruz, CA)

Spring Hill is a public elementary school where the talents of bright and gifted children are recognized, nurtured and developed to their full potential. The school's accelerated and enriched curriculum supports academic success and encourages a spirit of inquisitiveness and creativity.

Steppingstone School for the Gifted (Farmington Hills, MI)

Steppingstone School is dedicated to addressing the unique, individualized, and often-asynchronous developmental needs that face many gifted children in the elementary age group. By nurturing and supporting gifted children through academic, social and emotional development, Steppingstone believes that the child's chance of success can be greatly enhanced. Steppingstone's mission is to provide an environment that will enable our students to become confident, generous, and inquisitive learners who will have the foundation upon which to become leaders.

Sterling School Charles Townes Center (Greenville, SC)

The Greenville County Gifted Center provides an innovative learning environment for students with high intellectual potential in grades 3-8. Students will be supported in distinctive ways to develop as thinkers and well-rounded young people who make responsible, ethical contributions to the
cultural, social and community activities of a global society.

Texas - The Spring Branch School for Highly Gifted Students (Houston, TX)

The Spring Branch ISD School for Highly Gifted Students is designed to provide highly, exceptionally, and profoundly gifted children an advanced educational opportunity matched to their individual abilities, strengths and interests.

The Anderson School (New York, NY)

This New York public school (PS334) provides accelerated education for students in grades K-8. Its program is designed to meet the specific needs of children with superior intellectual potential. Their commitment is to the whole child: balancing social, emotional and academic development in a stimulating environment where children can become producers as well as consumers of knowledge.

The Country Day School (Huntsville, AL)

A strongly held belief that learning should be a joyful experience, consisting not only of the mastery of academic skills, but also of growth in creative and critical thinking, underlies the foundations of this school. Programs center on activities designed to build skills and self-assurance.

The Einstein Academy (Elgin, IL)

The Einstein Academy believes that education is a collaborative experience. Parents, teachers, and students work together as a team to maximize each student's learning potential. This school guarantees class sizes will never exceed 12 students.

The Montessori School of San Antonio (TX)

This is a private coeducational day school for ages 3-14, located in San Antonio, Texas. The mission of the Judson Montessori School is to provide a personalized education, using the Montessori method and philosophy, to support each student's development while fostering a love of learning.

The Rice School (Houston, TX)

Gifted and Talented Program for grades K-5: For our students identified as Gifted and Talented, The Rice School offers the inclusion model of the G/T program. Students remain in the regular classroom and are provided with differentiated learning opportunities that include modifying the depth, complexity, and pacing of the general curriculum. After-school courses are also offered to promote our G/T students pursuit of independent research.

The Rubicon Academy (The Woodlands, TX)

This private, nonsectarian academy serves gifted and talented students, pre-K through 8th grade, in the north metro Houston, Texas area. In groups of two to 12 students, each student receives instruction tailored to his/her particular needs. In addition, students have the opportunity to travel to museums, art galleries and work places in order to enhance classroom learning.

The Weiss School (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)

The Weiss School has gained recognition throughout the state in student competitions, teacher accolades and school-wide commitment to gifted education. The core curriculum combines a firm foundation of skills and knowledge with the development of reasoning and thinking abilities that allow Weiss students to become lifelong learners.

Tyler Elementary School (Belleville, MI)

Public elementary school with a Gifted & Talented Magnet program, Grades 1-5. Tyler Elementary School’s purpose is to educate all students to their highest level of academic performance, regardless of previous academic performance, socio-economic status, race, or sex. We provide an atmosphere that enhances each child’s social/emotional growth and positive self-image. Our teachers and staff accept the responsibility to maintain high expectations for each student.

Warren Elementary School - Warren Local Schools (Marietta, OH)

This elementary school, as well as other elementary schools in this district, have been identified as allowing acceleration for profoundly gifted students.

Windsor Park Elementary (Corpus Christi, TX)

Windsor Park Elementary, an exemplary campus, is a full-time magnet school for Corpus Christi I.S.D. gifted and talented students in grades one through five.
Schools & Programs: Saturday Program

Space Voyage Academy - Summer Programs, Weekend Programs (Littleton, CO)

Space Voyage programs bring to life the importance of math and science, reinforces concepts identified in academic content standards, build confidence through genuine achievement and offer a fun place for kids to imagine the possibilities, learn and grow. Parents of gifted children report that the program is challenging and supportive of their gifted children. The Summer Camp offers 10 weeks to choose from for ages 5-16.

Vanderbilt Program for Talented Youth - SAVY (Grades K-6) – Saturday/Summer Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young (Nashville, TN)

SAVY – Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young Day Program – Held each fall and spring, students in grades K-6 engage with like-ability peers in accelerated courses over six consecutive Saturdays.

SAVY – Summer Academy at Vanderbilt for the Young Day Program – Each summer, rising 1st-7th grade students take part in a variety of advanced courses taught by content experts. Weekly sessions are available for all grades in the months of June and July.

Weekend Institute for Gifted Students (WINGS) (Iowa City, IA)

Belin-Blank Center offers half-day weekend enrichment opportunities for elementary and junior high students. Classes include science, art, math, writing, computer science and social studies.
Summer Programs: MidAtlantic Region

Saturday & Summer Enrichment Program, University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

In coordination with the Curry School of Education, the Saturday and Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) seeks to offer gifted and/or high ability students a rich and rewarding learning experience. Modeling best practices in curriculum and instruction, the SEP staff works as a community to maximize potential in each student and foster a passion for lifelong learning. SEP hosts two programs throughout the year. The Saturday program serves students in kindergarten through fifth grade and the Summer residential program hosts students in rising fifth through eleventh grade.
Summer Programs: Midwestern Region

Gifted Education Resource Insititute (GERI) Summer Youth Program - Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)

The Summer Residential Programs sponsored by the Gifted Education Resource Institute offer "accelerated and enriched learning experiences in mathematics, science, the humanities, and the arts" for academically talented youth. Enrichment programs for ages 4 through 4th grade, as well as residential summer camps for students in grades 5-12 are available. The program also presents the opportunity for students to interact and establish lasting friendships with cognitive peers.

Kids and College - McHenry County College (Crystal Lake, IL)

Kids and College is an expanded enrichment program for all students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12th. Classes are designed for four different age categories to help all students explore new interests, gain additional skills, and start the process of life long learning. Programs include: Discovery Crew PreK to 3rd Grade; Kids on Campus 4th to 8th Grade (Summer Program); Investigators 4th to 8th Grade; Home School Connections 4th to 12th Grade; and, G.O.L.D. 9th to 12th Grade.

Leapfrog - Center for Talent Development (Illinois)

The Leapfrog Program provides innovative academics for young, academically talented students, beginning at age four and a half. Leapfrog classes are a one-week enrichment curriculum offered in a language arts track and a math/science track. These courses include substantial, engaging, hands-on activities designed to help students acquire and practice new concepts in fun and interesting ways. Students can sign up for one, two or three weeks. Children can enroll in math, science, or language arts courses, depending on their test scores.

Summer Quest / Summer Pals - Drury University (Springfield, MO)

Drury University and Springfield Public Schools work together to sponser a summer experience for gifted students grades K-1, called Summer Pals, and for grades 2-5, called Summer Quest. Class size is limited to 16 students. Courses are taught by highly qualified, effective teachers who understand and use both enrichment and accleration. Courses are hands-on, activity oriented and highly motivating. The goals of Summer Quest are: To provide opportunities for students to interact with peers of similar academic abilities and interests, to encourage students to use their intellectual and creative abilities, and to allow students to pursue areas of interest they would not have a chance to study.

Summer Youth Camps, Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL)

Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois, offers a variety of summer camps for students in 4th through 11th grade. Residential and days camps are available. The camps are focused on a variety of topics including science, art for gifted students, literature, and math.

Summer@IMSA - Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (Aurora, IL)

Science, mathematics and technology take the center stage in Summer@IMSA programs as students utilize discovery, exploration and problem-solving in innovative ways. Programs are being planned for numerous locations in Illinois. These programs are for all students entering grades 3 through 10, who have an interest or passion for math and science.

University of Iowa - Belin-Blank Center - Summer Programs (Iowa City, IA)

At the University of Iowa, Belin-Blank Center Summer Programs students can enjoy taking challenging courses, connecting with interesting classmates, and learning from inspirational teachers. Explore a variety of cultural and recreational activities that encourage friendships and extend your learning outside the classroom. Experience college life as you live, study, and play in university classrooms, laboratories, dining halls, and recreational centers.
Summer Programs: Northeastern Region

Acera Summer STEAM Camp (Winchester, MA)

Launched in 2015, the Acera summer program extends rich STEAM learning experiences available at the school to the summer months. Open to both Acera and non-Acera students in elementary and middle school, this program offers unique opportunities for STEAM exploration and growth, and engages students in hands-on, contextual learning across disciplines.

Challenge Day Camp (Hartsdale, NY)

Challenge Camp offers summer enrichment learning opportunities for bright and curious children ages 4 to 15. Located in Hartsdale, New York on a picturesque campus, Challenge Camp is accredited by the American Camp Association (ACA) and offers over 100 STEM and Arts courses. These courses range from 3D printing to architecture to chess to cooking to magic to Minecraft to model rocketry to robotics to theater to video production and many options in between. The Afternoon Challenge includes enrichment and sports options to encourage students to challenge both their mind and body. Bus transportation, early drop-off / extended day options are available.

College Gate & College Academy (Multiple Locations, MA)

College Gate is a non-profit organization offering classroom based academic summer enrichment programs for students currently in kindergarten through 3rd grade.College Academy is a classroom based academic summer program for students currently in grade 4 through grade 8.

Hollingworth Science Camp - Teachers College, Columbia University (New York, NY)

Recognizing that the development of exemplary science curricula for young children and talent development in science are often neglected areas in the early grades, the Hollingworth Center designs and field tests innovative, hands-on, developmentally appropriate science curriculum for young children in kindergarten through the fourth grade at the Hollingworth Science Camp. Each summer 200 learners from a wide range of schools and neighborhoods participate in this enriched curriculum. While at Columbia University's Teachers College, the children are afforded the opportunity to develop their scientific interests.

Manchester Community College - Excursions in Learning (Manchester, CT)

Gifted, talented and high-achieving students in kindergarten through eighth grade have the opportunity to take courses in creative writing, visual and performing arts, world cultures, math and sciences, art, and technology through this program at Manchester Community College in Connecticut.
Summer Programs: Northwestern Region

Expeditions For Gifted,Talented and Creative Thinkers (Corvallis, OR)

Expeditions for gifted, talented and creative 3rd and 4th graders is an educational summer program designed to provide an enjoyable, stimulating learning environment aimed at meeting the particular needs of these students in the company of other capable learners.

Read, Write & Type! Learning System

The Read, Write & Type!™ Learning System provides systematic instruction with engaging games and lively graphics to help children learn to read. As children progress through the 40-lesson adventure, they become empowered to tackle the new words they encounter both in their reading and writing. But most of all, Read, Write & Type!™ is fun and easy to use.
Summer Programs: Southern Region

Summer Program for G/T Students (STARS) - Xavier University (New Orleans, LA)

The Summer Program for G/T Students (STARS) at Xavier University in New Orleans is a two-week commuter program for gifted/talented children in grades 1-8. Students choose from many diverse enrichment classes, including creative dramatics, science and technology.

University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) Summer Laureate (Little Rock, AR)

Summer Laureate University for Youth is a three week summer educational program in Little Rock, Arkansas for grades K-7 that provides unique learning experiences for students to explore and expand their talents and abilities in a university environment. The Summer Program offers a variety of classes taught by a staff that includes graduate students seeking masters' degrees in teaching the gifted and talented, certified master teachers, and other experts.
Summer Programs: Western Region

Adventures in Nature, Natural History Museum - Summer Camp (Los Angeles County, CA)

Explore Earth's features, creatures, and cultures in a one week long day camp program offered in the summer at the Natural History Museum (ages 3-13) or the at the Page Museum at the Tar Pits (ages 7-13). Hands-on experiences and behind the scenes tours and fun activities for children. Full day or half day option.

Colorado Math Camp (Denver, CO)

Colorado Math Camp is for elementary or middle school students who love math, and want to improve their math problem-solving and math-contest abilities. Students can sign up for Math Contest Mini-Camps with beginner and advanced sessions in July. The vision for these camps came from the National MathCounts Competition. In Colorado, these camps provide the opportunity for motivated math students to work with experienced coaches in a fun and engaging setting.

Education Unlimited - Gifted and Talented Camps and Programs

This organization provides a number of program offerings for gifted and talented students, as well as for highly motivated students. For some of these programs, students must have achieved certain levels of academic accomplishment, in particular, strong GPAs, and may need teacher recommendations as well.
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MathTango

This app is designed to make learning addition and subtraction truly fun for kids aged 6-9. Kids will learn more and learn faster with a unique, classroom-tested combination of math puzzles (incorporating modern techniques that make math easier and more intuitive) and classic “world-building” activities found in games.

Plus.HappyNumbers.com

This is a K-2 math supplement designed to promote higher-order thinking and non-routine problem solving. It's designed to be free, challenging, and fun at the same time.

Tinkr Math

This application is a game that kids can play on the go, combining education with fun. Answer ten math questions correctly, and your child helps the sailor bring his boat to shore with whale sightings and shark encounters along the way.
Websites & Other Media: Commercial

300-in-One Electronic Project Lab

This mixed media electronic project kit helps kids learn the basics of electricity and electronics. Contains a control panel with LED digital display, photoelectric cell and light emitting diodes.

Brain Chase

This five-week online summer learning challenge is disguised as a massive global treasure hunt for students in grades two through eight. The Brain Chase dashboard integrates instructional content developed by Khan Academy and myON. Each summer, a golden mechanical treasure will be buried somewhere on earth – and it will contain the key to a safety deposit box holding a $10,000 college scholarship fund. Pinpoint the treasure’s location first, and you’ll be the one on a plane to dig it up.

Bright Minds

This website connects children with tutors in order to receive higher grades and better understand materials.

Cool School with Ms. Maria

This mixed-media program is a fun, educational, entertaining upbeat music CD and video series for kids ages 3-8. These CDs and videos feature Spanish songs, counting songs, spelling songs, songs about manners, and a poetic story. They also feature everyday children from local communities interacting and learning with Ms. Maria. COOL SCHOOL WITH MS. MARIA is a program that offers children an opportunity to learn while providing entertainment to captivate their attention. It’s a fun, musical, educational tool for parents and teachers.

Enchanted Learning

This online curriculum resource is filled with learning opportunities for grades PK - 4. There are worksheets, games, information, jokes, printouts, craft ideas and more about many topics.

Experiland

This website and online store has science books for parents and students trying to find ideas for science projects; for teachers looking for classroom ideas; for science enthusiasts who enjoy the delight of experimentation. Enjoy and learn about the amazing world of science with this database of more than 300 fun, tried and tested science projects. Experiland offers hands-on science projects in a variety of science experiment e-book ranges suitable and safe for elementary and middle school students.

Jump Start Learning System

Jump start offers a wide range of educational software. They offer products for Toddlers up to the 5th grade.

Learning.com

Learning.com allows K-8 teachers to integrate technology with their lessons.

Tin Man Press

Tin Man Press originates and publishes thinking-skills materials for the elementary school grades. Books and card sets are used in gifted programs and conventional classrooms, and also by home schoolers and parents. Tin Man Press offers a variety of fun activities including the "Think About" series, "Brain Stations", and the "Discover Series" of 24 card sets.

Word Masters Challenge

The WordMasters Challenge is a fun and mind-stretching classroom competition for Language Arts students in grades 3 - 12.
Websites & Other Media: For Fun

DIY.org

DIY is a safe online community for kids to discover new passions, level up their skills, and meet fearless geeks just like them.

Start with a Book

To ward off the learning loss that many children experience over the summer, Start with a Book offers parents, caregivers, summer program staff and librarians lots of engaging ideas for getting kids hooked on reading, exploring and learning all summer long — and beyond.
Websites & Other Media: Informational

Book Adventure

This site offers a free reading incentive program encourage kids in grades K-8 to read. With the help of Rex Reader and Bailey Bookmark, kids have more than 4,000 popular and acclaimed titles.

BYTES Power Smarts

This website provides free stories for children in grades 3-5 (ages 8-11), designed to help them recognize and appreciate their strengths and talents. Power Smarts are the 8 multiple intelligences identified by Harvard research psychologist Howard Gardner. Each story comes with optional discussion questions to spark conversations and develop face-to-face conversational skills.

Cool Science for Curious Kids

This website is designed to help your children appreciate science. We looked at some of the best science projects from some of the best museums in the country. Then we adapted them for the Web. Some of these activities are entirely electronic. Your child will do everything on screen. Others require you to go to your kitchen or backyard. They are designed for students in kindergarten through second or third grade.

Education Place

This website is produced by Houghton Mifflin School Division, which publishes a variety of educational materials, including textbooks, resource materials, and technology for K-8 teachers and students. Launched in January 1996, Education Place is the longest running website of any educational publisher. With more than 18,000 pages of engaging content to explore, visitors to award-winning Education Place can delve further into the subjects they most enjoy to find helpful teaching resources, textbook support, educational games, and more.

Handwriting Worksheet Maker

Make custom handwriting worksheets with text in basic print, denelian and cursive

Kidspace: Science Fair Project Resource Guide

Internet Public Library has put together a useful resource for those trying to participate in or run a science fair. Science Fair Project guidelines include: Getting Started; Choosing a Topic; Completing the Project; Displaying Your Project.

Project EXCITE

Project EXCITE is a collaborative project involving Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy through its Center for Talent Development (CTD), Evanston/Skokie School District 65, and Evanston Township High School (ETHS) District 202. Project EXCITE addresses the achievement gap existing between minority and non-minority students in the Evanston schools by providing supplemental educational opportunities for students who are underrepresented in the advanced mathematics and science courses at ETHS. EXCITE serves 130 underrepresented minority students in grades 3-8.

Project M3

Project M3, Mentoring Mathematical Minds, was a 5-year collaborative research effort of faculty at the University of Connecticut, Northern Kentucky University, and Boston University and teachers, administrators, and students in 10 schools of varying socioeconomic levels in Connecticut and Kentucky. A team of national experts in the fields of mathematics, mathematics education, and gifted education created a total of 12 curriculum units of advanced mathematics. This website, maintained by the University of Connecticut, provide smathematics education through a series of online learning units geared toward educators, students and parents.
Websites & Other Media: Learning Tools

Challenge Math Online

Challenge Math is designed for upper elementary students who are seeking to improve their problem solving, logic reasoning and analytical skills, seeking challenge in math beyond regular school curriculum and preparing for national math competitions. Challenge Math gives out 2 assignments with 5 challenging problem solving questions each every week. Problems are non-routine problem solving questions that are adapted to many math competitions.

Hooda Math

Hooda Math is a website designed by a math teacher that includes games, tutorials and worksheets. Every game on HoodaMath.com is personally screened by a former public school mathematics teacher as well as approved by thousands of other school teachers.

Keyboarding Without Tears®

Keyboarding Without Tears® is a new curriculum created by the Handwriting Without Tears® family. The curriculum features lessons on keyboard and mouse functions, digital citizenship, and computer readiness for children in grades K-5.

Reading Blaster Series

The first in the Reading Blaster series, Reading Blaster Ages 4-6, helps students master essential prereading skills through alphabet, phonics, and word-knowledge activities. Problem-solving challenges develop basic literacy skills and prepare students with the thinking skills needed for comprehension.

Scratch (MIT)

This website is designed for those interested in computer programming. Children are given the opportunity to create software and cartoon simulations and share them over the web. Designed for children ages 8 and up, Scratch can be useful for teaching mathematical and computational ideas.

Student Guide

StudentGuide.org is a collection of useful resources for students to assist their scholastic goals. This website contains articles on hundreds of student-related topics to help them improve their study habits, writing skills, organizational and analytical skills.

The Quirkles

The Quirkles® are 26 imaginary scientists that help children everyday, all over the world, develop a love and appreciation for science. They offer a fresh new way to integrate literacy and science at school, for educational programs, or at home. Vocabulary builders, two related science experiments, and a character education lesson are also included in each of the 26 alphabet-series books. For a complete introduction and to get to know each Quirkle, start with "About The Quirkles" and work your way across the main menu bar above. Have fun exploring and please contact us with any questions you may have!

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