Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children

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Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children

Description

Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children will help you to meet the challenges of providing the mental stimulation for a gifted child – whether you’re a primary school teacher or a parent.

 

The book contains refreshing, motivating activities, based on the latest theories and research, to stretch your pupils’ analytical, creative and evaluative skills. Activities range from quick warm-ups, brainteasers and maths focussed activities to entertaining, open-ended exercises for pupils to complete independently. All the activities are photocopiable, so that you can easily select the best activity to suit your particular needs. With over 100 activities, Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children will be able to keep stretching your pupils for many years to come.

While written mainly for exceptional pupils up to the age of 11, this book presents approaches and insights that can apply to virtually any pupil and to any teaching situation.

 

Introduction 6

Part I – Theories and Related Activities 7–32

Bloom’s Taxonomy 7–11

The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking 12–21

Brainstorming 22–24

Scamper Your Way to Creative Thinking 25–30

Blockbusting 31

Making Associations 32

Part II – Whole-class Activities 33–55

Quick Warm-ups 33–36

Island Fever 33

Pollution Solution 33

War Works 34

Sweet Sounds 34

Housing Heaven 35

Cook’s Delight 35

Busy Machine 36

Clever Cleaner 36

Brainteasers 37–39

The Walkers’ Vans 37

Namesake Double Take 37

Tyre Trouble 38

Doorway to Paradise 38

Light Bulb 39

Farmer Lloyd 39

Maths Mania 40–45

Galactic Currency (Part 1) 40

Galactic Currency (Part 2) 40

Highest Number 41

Magic Formula 41

What’s the Connection? 42

Calculator Calamity 42

Magic Square Mystery 43

How Old Are You Exactly? 43

Decimal Time 44

Mysterious Maths 44

Behind the ?, Part 1 45

Behind the ?, Part 2 45

Answers (Brainteasers and Maths Mania) 46

Longer Whole-class Activities 47–55

Galactic News 47

Galactic News, Part 2 – Advertisements48

Galactic News, Part 3 – Property 49

Galactic News, Part 4 – Sports 50

Galactic News, Part 5 – Classifieds

and other sections 51

The Future 52

Things to Do with Junk 53

Alligator’s Dinner 54

The Time Machine 55

Part III – Individual Activities 56–102

Challenge Cupcakes 56

Metaphors 56

Sound of Happiness 57

Missing PE Teacher 57

Open the Car! 58

Give ‘em a Hand 58

Wanna Fly Like a Bird? 59

Ferocious Rabbits! 59

I’m Curious 60

Travel Tips 60

Sun Glum 61

What’s in the School? 61

Unhang a Coat-hanger 62

Imagine That! 62

Culinary Utensils 63

My Environment 63

Metaphors 64

More Metaphors 64

Natural Comparisons 65

Stretch Your Imagination 65

If I Were … 66

Xander Paul Dition 66

Force Fitting Functions 67

Point of View (imagine) 67

Design a Cycle 68

A Better Box 68

Elaboration Tasks 69

Eye Charts 69

Think Like a Vegetable 70

Improve a Smile 70

Elephant Day 71

Interesting Sentences 71

Reversing Myself 72

Hibernation 72

Multiple Meanings 73

Finding New Ways 73

Sun Living 74

Three-toed Sloth 74

Stretch Your Imagination 75

Fashion Designer 75

New Shoes 76

Grasshopper Alert! 76

nvention Categories 77

Travel Puzzlers 77

What If? 78

The Pet Elecat! 78

The Spacecraft 79

Be Curious 79

Circle Fun 80

New Year’s Resolutions 80

Alternative Uses 81

A Whale’s Tale 81

Bird’s-eye View 82

Over the Rainbow 82

Power Challenge 83

The Unique Seashell 83

Make a Long List … 84

Treasure! 84

Who’s the Creature? 85

Feelings Poem 85

Drawing Feelings 86

A Creative Puzzle 86

Days of the Week 87

Tall/Small 87

Milk Containers 88

No Corners! 88

Wishes, like Butterflies … 89

In the Sky 89

Idea Finding 90

Idiomatic Phrases 90

Fashionista 91

Falling Star 91

Creative Comparisons 92

Make a Long List 92

Read, Read, Read 93

Why? 93

Coloured Stars 94

Which One? 94

Cheeky Children 95

Never Never Land 95

Rhyming Words 96

The Stork 96

What If … ? 97

A New Planet 97

Silly Questions 98

No Shoes – No Problem! 98

Celebration! 99

Parodies 99

Body Numbers 100

My Own Design 100

Star Formation 101

Word Play 101

Igloo Living 102

Be Original 102