Does anyone have a bibliography for resources about gifted pre-schoolers? I am just started my research, and I thought it would be helpful to ask all of you first.
I don't think there's going to be so much stuff about gifted pre-schoolers, maybe "is my kid gifted?" type stuff. For one thing there's such a variety of what parents think is best for a toddler and it's such a diverse group, for another thing "giftedness" is mainly used to identify the educational need of school children. Really, it's "on again, off again" whether the world thinks gifted school age kids have different needs, hee-hee, good luck finding a bunch of books about the special needs of gifted babies. At least you have the stories on the forums. That's more than our parents had.
James Webb " a parents guide to gifted children"
Smart Boys/ Smart Girls. By Cohen
Haven't read:
(but s'posed to be great)
Miraca Gross "exceptionally gifted children"
Jan Davidson "genius denied"
"developing math talent"
"your spirited child"
"living with intensity"
"Iowa acceleration scale"
"Ruff's levels of giftedness"
(other famous titles)
The Drama of the Gifted Child
Hothouse Kids
Dibs in search of self
Battle hymn of the Tiger mother
Not about gifted, but I liked them
"transforming the difficult child: the nurtured heart approach workbook" (practical positive discipline)
"your child's strengths" by Jennifer Fox
Popular
How to talk so your kid will listen and listen so kid will talk
Sibling Rivalry
Popular ideas
Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration & overexcitabilities
Carol Dweck fixed vs incremental theory
Piagets developmental theories
Google:
Gifted child quarterly
SENG gifted
Educational
Unschooling - John Holt
Montessori - Maria Montessori
Waldorf - Ralph Steiner
Reggio
Renuzili
Thank you so very much. Some of the entries are familiar to me but most are not. I'm hoping that as I read I will also come to better understand myself.