Dear Friend, Welcome to Gifted and Talented Education! And welcome to Big Ideas for Little Scholars. I created this website with you in mind. I don’t know your situation, but many GATE teachers are islands, alone in their role with little support or guidance. I would love to help. Here is some advice I would … Read more
This was so much fun! With new GATE teachers in mind, I asked colleagues to share some of their favorite first-day activities. Here are just a few ideas shared! First-Day Letter – Steph loves to incorporate letter writing in the first week. She often begins by reading the book A Letter from Your Teacher on … Read more
A few years back, around this time of year, I saw the tweet below. I felt so validated because Lisa Van Gemert is an icon in gifted education, and I couldn’t agree more with her on this! “I’m concerned by the tweets and posts I’m seeing about how teachers are spending a couple of weeks … Read more
