I just don't know what to do with a kid who's clearly bright... noteworthy abilities in the humanities.
Many parents dedicate themselves to supporting their child's growth through enrichment and special-interest activities, classes, and/or camps outside of school.
For example, as a starting place there are:
- crowd-sourced reading lists of
recommended books,
- Davidson Database
lists of resources including contests/competitions,
- Hoagies' Gifted Education Page
Kids and Teens page,
- homeschool ideas, such as
Favorite Things listed by Gifted Homeschoolers Forum (GHF).
The key is to ensure the areas of study are child-led (chosen by the child) not parent-pushed. You may wish to keep a list of books read and a list of activities enjoyed.
Unfortunately, many gifted kids do not receive appropriate academic/intellectual challenge at school, and are not in the company of academic/intellectual peers. Both are important to the child's development. Therefore parents may strive to provide
appropriate challenge and
academic/intellectual peers outside of school. If given the opportunity, kids will hopefully begin to seek out these challenges and peers.
