Mrs.Maier's GSP Reading List

Print/Hard Copy books for gifted kids:

1. Girls Who Looked Under Rocks The Lives of Six Pioneering Naturalists by Jeannine Atkins

2. And the Good Brown Earth by Kathy Henderson

3. The Winds Garden by Bethany Roberts

4. On Meadowview Street by Henry Cole

5. Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens

6. Compost Stew by  Mary McKenna Siddals

7. I Hate Being Gifted by Patricia Hermes 

8. Oh Say Can You Seed by Bonnie Worth

Websites for gifted kids:

• Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/

• PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/

• Junior Duck Stamp http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/pdf/education/JuniorDuckStamp-YouthGuide.pdf

• The Happy Scientist http://thehappyscientist.com/

Print/Hard copy books for adults re: gifted (parents/teachers)

1. How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature 

Websites for adults re: gifted

• The Seven Habits of Happy Kids http://www.theleaderinme.org/parents/
• Positive Discipline https://www.positivediscipline.com/
• Project Learning Tree – Connecting Kids to Nature - https://www.plt.org/connecting-kids-to-nature-family-activities
• Edible Schoolyard http://edibleschoolyard.org/

3 Surveys/Quizzes for gifted kids – personality inventories

1. Multiple Intelligences Quiz - https://gse.gmu.edu/assets/docs/forms/mirs/mi_survey_grades_4-8.pdf

2. Mindset Assessment http://community.mindsetworks.com/my-mindset?force=1

3. Education Planner http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/character.shtml

   There are lots of great self-assessments on this sight, we did the character assessment earlier in the year.

Games for the Family to Play

Scrabble
Wildcraft
Worst Case Scenario Survival Game
Chess
Card games such as Cribbage