My son, 7 year old second grader, is 'gifted' according to the three teachers he has had.

Is there a magazine that is geared towards the gifted elementary school child (not for the parent, for the child)?

Some ones that have been recommended elsewhere are: Time for Kids, Muse, and Ask.

* should have included this earlier...he loves learning about anything and everything, not really sure what his reading level is...right now he's reading the Harry Potter series and the Origami Yoda series, reading skills are probably at a higher level than his math skills

Thank you for any and all input.

TripleB

I know you already mentioned it, but Muse really is great. My son loves it so much that he has written letters to the editor, one of which got published, which was a real thrill for him.

Would resources sought be different without the air quotes around gifted?

Particular interests, level of interest, and ability to read and understand a resource would be my guides independent of age. My eight year old is happy to read through an issue of Popular Science or the latest Lego Creator magazine.

Muse, National Geographic, Smithsonian.

I agree with Zen on this - one of my "gifted" kids read Popular Science and Scientific American and Discovery in detail at 7 years old, and one of my other "gifted" kids wanted nothing more than to read those early-reader-chapter books about Fairy Princesses (covered with rainbows… I can't remember the name of them for the life of me!).

All of my children loved Junie B Jones, Captain Underpants and various other books which were not what I dreamed of my children reading as young kids!

Have fun trying out magazines - there are so many good mags out there!

polarbear

We discussed a similar topic three years ago in the thread What magazines do your children read?

Our current list is

Discover magazine
Popular Science
Boy's Life
Time
Imagine (for gifted middle and high school students, a perk of qualifying for SET)
The Atlantic (for me, but the 11yo sometimes reads it)

Forgot about Discover as the corner store stopped carrying it. I still remember the year it came out and my mom got her and I a subscription to that to go along with OMNI and Games Magazine (which I think is still published and great fun for kids who like to get some brain calisthenics going.)

Our fave is New Scientist. It is a British weekly (and unfortunately a U.S. subscription is a bit pricey). It is newsy and the articles are short (but generally accurate and well-written) and it's got humor in the back few pages.

When dd was 2yo, we started what turned out to be a wonderful family tradition of printing off copies of articles of particular interest and putting them on the dining room table. Such articles (not just from New Scientist) have sparked many a mealtime discussion about current issues as well as important topics that could otherwise be difficult to talk about.

Our kids are teens now, and we're known to fight over the New Scientist when it arrives in the mail….

You could try the library and see what magazines they have in kids and adult magazines. It depends on what your child is interested in and also his reading level.

We like Odyssey, Dig and Cobblestone (by Cricket, they also make Muse)
Also look at trade magazines or building magazines in the adult section if your child is interested in something specific, like Engineering.

At second grade, we all still liked Highlights and Ranger Rick and National Geo kids.

Magazine subscriptions make great gifts!

My 9 year old is very interested in archaeology. I got him an archaeology magazine at the grocery store. It was definitely written to a higher reading level audience.

Maybe let your child spend some time thumbing through some titles at a B&N?

He also reads Boys Life, but he's also a scout so we get that in the mail normally. He also likes Ranger Rick, which I get sometimes for him too.

Thanks for the lists, everyone. Good food for thought.