Product Description

This book contains refreshing, motivating activities, based on the latest theories and research, to stretch your pupils' analytical, creative and evaluative skills. Activities range from quick warm-ups, brainteasers and maths-focussed activities to entertaining, open-ended exercises for pupils to complete independently. All the activities are photocopiable so that you can easily select the best activity to suit your particular needs. While written primarily for exceptional pupils up to the ages of 11, this book presents approaches and insights that can apply to virtually any pupil and to any teaching situation, including the home.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #189631 in Books
• Published on: 2008-07-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 104 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

Kitchen Entertainment Unit
This book is fantastic! We keep it in the kitchen and I use it to spark discussion when we have lots of children round the table. The exercises would work well in schools, but are equally applicable at home. Best of all, the kids do not feel that they are "learning", they just know that when the book comes out, interesting things happen.

My children (gifted and not) love it!
This book was a saviour during the school break. My kids absolutely love it. My eldest is a bright spark. She loves to be challenged and to think creatively. Since we bought the book I just leave it lying around and she tends to pop it open herself and choose an acitvity. It's such a treat to come into the kitchen and find her writing an essay on how she'd change the world or coming up with new ideas for a better pair of jeans! Sometimes her siblings/friends also like to play along (it's fun learning) and gifted or not, they all learn and grow and laugh.