Parent Resources
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Ever wish you could get advice from other parents of GT students? Try the CGA Yahoo! Group
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GT Academic Opportunities
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science - Denton, TX
Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth - Baltimore, MD
Davidson Institute for Talent development - University of Nevada, Reno
GT Parent Reading Materials and Resources
http://www.criticalthinking.org/
The Foundation and Center for Critical Thinking
Parenting Gifted Kids
Early Gifts: Recognizing and Nurturing Children's Talents
Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Kids
Gifted Child Today
Genius Denied: How to Stop Wasting our Brightest Minds (Simon and Schuster)
Being Smart about Gifted Children
Parenting for High Potential
Free Spirit Publishing
Library of Congress
This site offers high level differentiated content curriculum for high-ability and gifted students in the classroom.
Testing Information and Talent Searches
Regional Talent Search Programs
http://eric.hoagiesgifted.org/fact/gt-univ.html
Advanced Placement Info and Test Dates
GT Parent Organization Web Sites
Carroll ISD
Highland Park ISD
Carrollton-Farmer Branch ISD
Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD
Clear Creek ISD
Katy ISD
Fort Bend ISD
Pearland ISD
Books & DVDs about Gifted Kids, for Kids (available from Coppell Public Library)
Often gifted kids think they are different, weird, and therefore alone. One way to help them realize they are not the only ones who are gifted is through books and movies.
Please use care in deciding which stories to share with your child as some may be disconcerting for emotionally sensitive gifted children. For example, Matilda includes a Disneyesque mean principal. They can be good starting points for conversations, but should not be blithely used as babysitters or entertainment without parental involvement. The collection (easy books, juvenile fiction, young adult fiction, or adult fiction) can be a good aid in determine whether a book is appropriate.
Bee Season. Perf. Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche. DVD. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006. Collection: Fiction DVD; Call#: BEE
Brill, Marlene Targ. Extraordinary Young People. New York: Children_P, 1996. Collection: Juvenile Nonfiction Call#: 920.00879 BRI
Evangelista, Beth. Gifted. New York: Walker & Co., 2005. Collection: Young Adult Fiction Call#: EVA
Finding Forrester. Dir. Gus Van Sant. Perf. Sean Connery, Busta Rhymes. DVD. Columbia Pictures, 2001. Reclusive Pulitzer Prize-winning author mentors a talented teenage basketball player / writer.
Fitzgerald, John Dennis, and Mercer Mayer. The Great Brain. New York: Dial P, 1967. Collection: Juvenile Fiction Call#: FIT
Fredericks, Mariah. Crunch Time. 1st Ed. ed. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2006. Four students form an SAT study group. Collection: Young Adult Fiction. Call#: FRE.
Gibbons, Kaye. The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster. 1st Large Print Ed. ed. New York: Harcourt Books, 2006. Collection: Large Print Fiction Call#: GIB
Goldberg, Myla. Bee Season a Novel. 1st Ed. ed. New York: Doubleday, 2000. Collection: Fiction; Call#: GOL
Goldberg, Myla. Bee Season. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2001. Collection: E-audio book; Call#: Downloadable Audio
Good Will Hunting. Dir. Robin Williams. Perf. Matt Damon, Ben Affleck. DVD. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 1998. Ivy League professor discovers a young genius working as a janitor and tries to mentor him, then struggles with knowing his pupil is smarter than he is.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 1st Ed. ed. New York: Doubleday, 2003. Mathematically gifted autistic 15-year-old with fear of interaction with people investigates the murder of a neighbor's dog. Collection: Fiction. Call#: HAD
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2003. Mathematically gifted autistic 15-year-old with fear of interaction with people investigates the murder of a neighbor's dog. Collection: Books on CD Call#: HAD.
Hickam, Homer H. Rocket Boys a Memoir. New York: Delacorte P, 1998. Young boys in a poor mining town get the notion to create a rocket from junk and end up going to the national science fair and on to college. Inspiring true story that was made into the movie, October Sky. Collection: Biography Call#: Hickam
Imagine. Baltimore, MD. Johns Hopkins University Press for the Study of Exceptional Talent. Each issue contains stories from students who have succeeded in academic competitions or attended challenging summer camps. Collection: Teen magazine display area
James, Simon. Baby Brains Superstar. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick P, 2005. Collection: Easy (Picture Books) Call# IAM
Little Man Tate. Dir. Scott Frank. Perf. Jodie Foster. DVD. MGM Home Entertainment, 2001. Young single mom struggles with how to handle a young genius.
Luddy, Karon. Spelldown. 1st Ed. ed. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007. Collection: Young Adult Fiction; Call#: LUD
Maguire, James. American Bee the National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds : the Lives of Five Top Spellers as They Compete for Glory and Fame. Emmaus, Pa: Distributed to the Trade by Holtzbrinck, 2006. Collection: NonFiction; Call#: 372.532 MAG
Matilda. Perf. Danny DeVito. DVD. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2005. Based on book by Roald Dahl. Young genius is belittled by parents, terrorized by principal, but loved by a teacher who appreciates her talents. Simplistic story about a gifted child who doesn't feel she fits in. Collection: Juvenile Fiction DVD Call#: MAT
McDonald, Janet. Spellbound. 1st Ed. ed. New York: Frances Foster Books, 2001. Collection: Young Adult Fiction Call#: MCD
Moriarty, Laura. The Center of Everything. 1st Ed. ed. New York: Hyperion, 2003. Math whizzes. Not all children fulfill their early promise. Collection: Fiction. Call#: MOR.
Moriarty, Laura. The Center of Everything. Prince Frederick, MD: Recorded Books, 2003. Story of 2 math whizzes. Not all children fulfill their early promise. Collection: Books on CD Call#: MOR
October Sky. Dir. Joe Johnson. DVD. Universal Studios Home Video, 1999. Uplifting true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
Olson, Steve. Count Down Six Kids Vie for Glory At the World&Apos;S Toughest Math Competition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. The behind-the-scenes story of the American Mathematics Competition and the International Math Olympiad, coached by UNT's Dr. Titu Andreescu. Collection: Non Fiction Call#: 510.79 OLS
Peters, Julie Anne. How Do You Spell Geek. 1st Ed. ed. New York: Little, Brown, 1996. Collection: Juvenile Fiction Call#: PET
Silverstein, Ken. The Radioactive Boy Scout the True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor. 1st Ed. ed. New York: Random House, 2004. Collection: Biography Call#: HAHN
Spellbound. Dir. Jeffrey Blitz. DVD. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, 2004. Follows the journey of eight students ages 10-14 through the 1999 National Spelling Bee held in Washington, DC. Collection: Nonfiction DVD Call#: 372.632 SPE
Tammet, Daniel. Born on a Blue Day: the Memoir of an Extraordinary Mind. Free P, 2007. Call# TAMMET
Yee, Lisa. Millicent Min, Girl Genius. 1st Ed. ed. New York: Arthur a. Levine Books, 2003. Collection: Young Adult Fiction Call#: YEE
