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Teaching Gifted Children 4-7: A Guide for Teachers
Teaching Gifted Children 4-7 A Guide for Teachers Author:Valsa Koshy This book offers practical guidelines on how to identify gifted and talented young children and looks at ways to enhance their learning opportunities. Provided are a wealth of practical, tried and tested strategies that readers will be able to use in their classrooms with confidence. — It includes advice on how to create the right classroom envir... more »onment, guidance on how to assess and record children's talents, a list of suggested appropriate resources, and help with planning the curriculum.
The emphasis is on creating a classroom environment that encourages children to be engaged in higher order thinking skills, exploration and creativity; the importance of play and the role of questioning is highlighted. Using case studies of young gifted children and rooted in theoretically sound principles, this book makes a significant contribution to the learning and teaching of younger children. Teachers, teaching assistants, advisers, Gifted and Talented Coordinators and training teachers will find this book relevant to their needs.« less