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Child educators and counselors of the day keep using a number of buzz-words and definitions to explain the basic concepts of critical thinking skills. Some of them use words like creative thinking to drive home the idea, while a number of others employ words like higher-order thinking or logical thinking to explain the topic. Whatever [...]
Do we want our kids to use their noggins wisely and independently, or do we want them to be little ventriloquist dummies parroting the thoughts of the pop culture and their peers? Not really a hard choice, is it? But where do we start? Creating the proper family environment so that our children are comfortable [...]
All babies and toddlers are very astute learners. By birth, they are too curious to know and learn things around them. They also show a keen interest in trying to figure out what is happening around them. Curiosity is the intense desire to learn and understand things and issues around them. Curiosity is also the [...]
When you think ‘creative type’ do you envision a starving artist? Although creativity has always been an essential part of science and industry, not to mention human survival, many parents see creativity as a path to the food service industry (would you like fries with that art school degree?), instead of the difference between obscurity [...]
School’s in session – and although most of their parents don’t realize it, millions of early elementary age kids are being screened, tested, and sorted in an attempt to find those who need gifted education support services to flourish. While it may seem that gifted kids should be able to do well in any setting, [...]
Raising and nurturing a gifted child could be parent’s tough task and a difficult exercise. Highly gifted children are too complicated and difficult to manage and understand. In fact, these kids never come to you with a readymade caring sheet. To support your gifted child and to manage his or her intrinsic capabilities, as a [...]
Raising a socially responsible and intelligent kid could be a daunting task and a strenuous exercise. It is very common to see parents struggling to raise their kids in way that is good and satisfactory for them as well as their kids. All parents want their kids to be very smart and intelligent. They also [...]
Most of today’s homes have at least one television and many of these sets are hooked to a commercial cable system that provides a seemingly limitless number of programs. Moreover, many television programs are pushing the limits of good taste and decency. Some parents, who worry that their children are being exposed to violence and [...]
Intelligence in children comes in many forms and types. Some children are extremely gifted and they have exceptional talents. On the other hand, other children are just good with an average set of skills and intelligence. Measuring intelligence among children is a difficult task, as there are no definite or fixed methods can measure or [...]