Nineteenth World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children
1. Nineteenth World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children “ Lighting Flames: Successful Programs for Gifted Children from Around the World” Maureen Kalbus Head of Lower School [email_address] Prague August 2011
2. When you give away some of the light from a candle by lighting another person’s flame, there isn’t any less light because you’ve given some away, there’s more. When everybody grows, there isn’t less of anybody, there’s more of and for – everybody. Kaleel Jamison
3.
4.
5.
6. BRIGHT CHILD Knows the answers Interested Is attentive Has good ideas Works hard Answers the questions Top Group Listens with interest Learns with ease 6-8 repetitions for mastery Understands ideas Enjoys peers Grasps the meaning Completes assignments Is receptive Copies accurately Enjoys school Absorbs information Technician Good memoriser Enjoys straightforward Sequential presentation Is alert Is pleased with own learning GIFTED CHILD Asks the questions Is highly curious Is mentally and physically involved Has wild silly ideas Plays around, yet tests well Discusses in detail, elaborates Beyond the group Shows strong feelings and opinions Already knows 1-2 repetitions for mastery Constructs abstractions Prefers adults Draws inferences Initiates projects Is intense Creates a new design Enjoys learning Manipulates information Inventor Good guesser Thrives on complexity Is keenly observant Is highly self-critical by Janice Szabos Bright Child / Gifted Child
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18. If you’ll help me to ask my own questions try out my ideas experience what is around me share what I find If I have plenty of time for my special pace a nourishing space things to transform If you’ll be my patient friend trusted guide fellow investigator partner in learning Then I will explore the world discover my voice and tell you what I know in The Hundred Languages of Children
![Nineteenth World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children “ Lighting Flames: Successful Programs for Gifted Children from Around the World” Maureen Kalbus Head of Lower School [email_address] Prague August 2011](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/kalbus-110719153629-phpapp02/85/Nineteenth-World-Conference-on-Gifted-and-Talented-Children-1-320.jpg)
