Gifted Education

I had the opportunity to visit Quest Academy in Palatine, Illinois, which is a school for gifted children last week.  It was a wonderful experience and reminded me of the special needs of gifted students!  I was introduced to the Principal of the school through LinkEd!  So it really does work as a networking experience.  While we were visiting, he recommended a book called Outliers by Malcom Gladwell.  I started reading it and am enjoying it very much.

I had the opportunity to visit their prekindergarten classroom which was quite stimulating.  They were visiting a rainforest and were quite engaged with learning about the different animals.   I saw some of the activities they do in their small groups and it was very interesting.  They have enough materials for three groups - one is the head teacher and the other two are assistants.  They evaluate how the children do with the materials and then work from where the children are.  I enjoyed this visit!