We haven't applied to dys (may never do so) but I wanted to add one thing that we sent in for ds's application to the gt program at school: drawings.
I wasn't sure about this at first but more and more I realize this is the way that ds best learns, and demonstrates what he's learned - processing what he's heard and read through the medium of drawing.
These can be as straight-forward as a wonderfully detailed drawing of the frog life cycle or more abstract. He will often draw a character from a show or book broken out into it's constituent 'parts' so that he can later assemble them into three-d models for playing with. Sometimes these don't get cut out and assembled and are just really interesting looking either way!
What are the ways a gt child plays? I think these can be some of the strongest testaments to potential.
Last edited by chris1234; 09/21/08 02:49 AM. Reason: too verbose
