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Featured
Article
Is
your child gifted?
Written by Julie Armenta,
M.A. Educational and Family Specialist
Armenta
Learning Academy
Signs
to look for if your child is gifted:
- Learns
quickly and reasons well/early reader
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Extensive vocabulary, memory, and attention
span.
- Highly
creative, imaginative, sense of humor and
energy.
- Very
compassionate and sensitive to other people
and animals.
- Drawn
to older people, but does tend to question
authority.
- High
morals and very concerned with being fair
and just and will vocalize opinions.
- Excellent
problem solver, critical thinker, such as
jigsaw puzzles and music and has interest
and high abilities in math, especially numbers.
- Interested
in many ranges and diverse interest.
- Perfectionist
and wants things done his way.
Half
of parents have no idea that their child is
gifted. They tend to be dramatic, artistic,
and musically talented. Gifted children may
excel in mazes, building with legos, chess,
and science experiments. Large percentages may
have behavior problems - more so with boys than
girls - approximately 60% males and 40% females
- and act out in school. It is important to
keep them active and engaged so that they don't
get bored and get into trouble.
Gifted
children utilize visual spatial learning. They
see pictures more than words and learn all at
once - light bulb moment. Once they learn something
long term, it becomes permanent. The left hemisphere
of our brains is the sequential/analytical learning
while the right hemisphere sees the whole picture.
Questions
they ask themselves often-
Why
is everything so important to me?
Is no one upset by dishonesty or injustice but
me?
Why do I feel like such a misfit? How can gifted
children be helped?
- Project
based curriculum to enhance interest/talents
and giftedness.
- A
balance of shared gifted discussions and learning
classroom/respect etiquette to listen to others
and teacher instruction. (Formal learning
and world education)
- Innovative
and creative in instructional approach in
a nurturing but consistent environment.
- Meaningful
learning to reach the gifted learner in a
small specialized environment to nurture the
whole child approach.
- Self-empowerment,
motivation, confidence to excel beyond potential,
not only academically, but as a whole.
- Parent
involvement and planning is welcome.
- Flexibility
in scheduling times and curriculum and school
program desired.
- Teaching
morals, values, and personal interest of each
individual student.
- Focus
mainly on students strengths, but assist in
weakness as well.
- Credence
to student's goals, aspirations, talents,
interest, on all levels of each student.
- Sense
of self and balance and leadership in the
community.
About
Armenta Academy:
For advanced and gifted children trying to get
ahead and work at grade level in their academic
careers, our teachers offer wonderful advisement
and academic support for grade level acceleration.
Our accredited staff promotes a combination
of classroom learning and tutoring assistance
to achieve your child/children's goals. For
these gifted students we offer a small 6:1 and
1:1 option. We will work with your schools curriculum
and meet your child's specific academic learning
needs to keep them enriched, engaged, empowered
and educated!
Armenta
Learning Academy
26041
Cape Dr., #270
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
949-367-WISE(9473)
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