Product Description

A volume offering ideas for classroom activities for children aged six and up. It is geared towards gifted and talented children, but other children should benefit from the activities too. The activities cover many types of creative and critical thinking skills that should enable all children to develop their cognitive processes. The work that the children produce should be extremely different because the activities allow room for creativity and open-ended answers. Some of the activities can be stretched out for days, or the Brainteaser section can be used for a quick warm-up to spark interest. The author seeks to encourage children to think on six levels: knowledge; comprehension; application; analysis; synthesis; and evaluation.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89925 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 52 pages

About the Author
Ashley McCabe Mowat is a Gifted Educator and Consultant. She grew up in the southern states of America and was a student in the gifted programme from the age of 8. She received a BA in Early Childhood Education, a BA in Elementary Education and studied Psychology at Converse Women's College in South Carolina. Ashley continued her education at Converse, receiving a master's degree in Gifted Education. During this time Ashley taught in an inner-city school and completed a thesis on Underachieving Gifted Males. She also planned and implemented a curriculum for the top 100 gifted students in her areas for the Athena Institute, a summer programme for gifted students. Ashley moved to England, married, and in 1999 taught Key Stage 1 at Gateway School in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. The following year she piloted a gifted programme in the school, writing and implementing a themed curriculum dealing with issues of the gifted and talented. The programme was a great success. Ashley has organized Creative and Critical Thinking Workshops at Gateway during the school holidays and taught at various summer programmes for gifted pupils. Ashley teaches at Gateway part-time. She has provided INSET training days for teachers in schools involved with the Excellence in Cities programme and has worked with the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) on their website.

Customer Reviews

it does exactly what it says on the tin
This was worth every penny. I have been using it since it arrived and not just for G&T it is accessible by others too. I have been impressed by the variety of activities and the way they are structured, it gives G&T children a chance to carry out independent activities without it being an onerous task for the teacher. I hope they bring out volume 2 and 3 and 4....

brilliant activities for younger children
this is a good book. however, it is more suitable for teachers of younger children - I bought this thinking it would be appropriate for children of lower secondary school and it is not.
great for primary school, but doesn't really address what i need it for.

Good book for boys
My boys are not always inclined to sit still and study but this book makes thinking and learning more fun. The Brainteasers section at the begining is very good. The rest of the exercises can be used as written exercises in a more structured learning environment than the home but we use them verbally to spark discussion or to keep our family focussed on constructive interaction rather than squabbling.