More Early Entry!

Our early entry post has attracted a lot of discussion. As school enters its second week, I guess people have made up their minds about whether or not to start their gifted children "early". I put "early" in inverted commas because I agree with something I've heard Prof. Miraca Grose say: "Grouping children by age is like grouping them by shoe size". I have often taught "cross-stage" classes, because I am more than happy to let , say, Year 2 students do Year 3 and above work. As far as grouping goes, I am already seeing the effects of putting bright kids together. The level of thinking is fast-paced and higher-order, and socially they seem all to be on the same wave-length. I'm looking forward to an interesting year!

Did you know?

Gifted children vary a lot. Some are great at sports. Some have disabilities. Children can be gifted or not along one or more of a large number of dimensions. Labels like "gifted" need to be used carefully as all children are different.

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