Resources

Great Web resources for Kids
   Ask Jeeves for Kids - www.ajkids.com  
A great question-based search engine for students. 

 Discovery Channel - www.discovery.com  
A great place to explore and find out exciting info. on many subjects! 

 Fun Brain - www.funbrain.com  
Have fun with a weekly quiz of current events and much more! 

 Kid's Place - www.eduplace.com/kids/index.html  
Games and activities for math, reading, language arts, social studies, and more! 

 The Amazing Picture Machine- http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm   
Find cool pictures to add to your web page, reports, or posters. 

 The Mint - www.themint.org  
With games about budgeting, interest rates, savings, and spending, this site helps students gain a better understanding of economics and personal finance. 

 Yahooligans - www.yahooligans.com  
For help in discovering interesting facts for research or just for interest, as well as games, puzzles, jokes, and more. 

 NASA - www.nasa.gov  
Have fun exploring and discovering 

 Space Place - www.spaceplace.nasa.gov  
Check out games, animations, projects, and fun facts about Earth, space and technology. 

 

And Great Books for kids-
   The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide (Ages 10 & under) by Judy Galbraith
Addresses questions about why children think and learn the way they do. What does "gifted" mean? Who gets into gifted programs and how? Why do other kids tease them about being smart and what can they do about it? How can they make school more challenging and interesting? And other questions for children under 10 years of age that are gifted and talented. 

 The Gifted Kids' Survival Guide (A Teen Handbook) by Judy Galbraith and Jim Delisle
For teenagers that are gifted and talented, this is the ultimate guide to surviving and thriving in a world that doesn't always value, support, or understand high ability. Step-by-step strategies, practical how-to's, and inspiring quotations, featuring insightful essays contributed by gifted young people and adults. 



Great Resources for Parents
   Hoagies Gifted Education Page: Parents - www.hoagiesgifted.org/parents.htm  
Find the latest research and experiences on parenting and educating gifted children, plus great Internet and print resources to be found on every aspect of giftedness. 

 KidSource Online - www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/ed.gifted.html  
These articles and digests provide ideas, guidance and activities for both parents and educators of gifted students. 

 National Association For Gifted Children: Parent Information - www.nagc.org  
The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is an organization of parents, teachers, educators, other professionals and community leaders who unite to address the unique needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents as well as those children who may be able to develop their talent potential with appropriate educational experiences. 

 Parenting for High Potential - www.nagc.org  
Selected articles from NAGC's parent magazine. 

 Resources for Parents of Gifted Children -
www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/learning/gifted_children.shtml  

 American MENSA - www.us.mensa.org  
An organization open to anyone who scores in the top two percent on an accepted, standardized intelligence test. 

 The Survival Guide for Parents of Gifted Kids by Sally Yahnke Walker
Includes information about giftedness, gifted education, problems, personality traits, and more. 
 


Great Resources for Teachers
   Council for Exceptional Children: The Association for the Gifted - www.cectag.org  
The Association for the Gifted (TAG) was organized as a division of The Council for Exceptional Children in 1958. TAG plays a major part in helping both professionals and parents work more effectively with one of our most precious resources: the gifted child. 

 National Association for Gifted Children - www.nagc.org  
NAGC is an organization of parents, teachers, educators, other professionals and community leaders who unite to address the unique needs of children and youth with demonstrated gifts and talents as well as those children who may be able to develop their talent potential with appropriate educational experiences. 

 NEAG Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development - www.gifted.uconn.edu  
Housed at the University of Connecticut, the Neag Center also includes the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. Information and registration for Confratute is available. 

 Odyssey of the Mind and Oklahoma Odyssey of the Mind
Odyssey of the Mind is a world-wide, nonprofit organization that promotes creative team-based problem solving in a school program for students from kindergarten through college. The program helps students learn divergent thinking and problem solving skills while participating in a series of challenging and motivating activities, both inside and outside their regular classroom curriculum. 

 Oklahoma Advanced Placement Incentives Program - http://title3.sde.state.ok.us/ap  

 The College Board - www.collegeboard.com  
The College Board manages the Advanced Placement Program, the SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and CLEP. Opportunities for professional development are available. 

 Federal Reserve - http://federalreserveeducation.org/FRED/?CFID=1015236&CFTOKEN=50920807 
Connects you to all of the education resources available from the Federal Reserve.