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Posted By: La Texican Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/08/12 03:49 PM
Some parents who blog are very excited to be participating in the Parenting the Gifted Blog Tour 2012 from July 15-21st. This blog tour is organized by parents who met on The Well Trained Mind Message boards and who would like to help celebrate SENG’s National Parenting Gifted Children Week 2012.

This blog tour is not officially associated with The Well Trained Mind or SENG, but we are parents with experience and insights to share.  We come from different parts of the country, different school choices, and different social and economic backgrounds, but we all have one thing in common. We know that parenting a gifted child can sometimes be as challenging as it is rewarding.  If you have ever woken up at 3 AM in the morning wondering “What am I going to do with this child?” then this blog tour is for you!

From July 15-21 the Parenting the Gifted Blog Tour will discuss some of the most pertinent issues facing gifted education today:

On July 15th Childhood Inspired will write about “Loneliness as a Gifted Parent”.   Our Roxaboxen Adventure will discuss “Identifying Gifted Minority Students”.

On July 16th  Sceleratus  will share “Don’t Panic! Musings about realizing that your child’s learning pattern is ahead of schedule.”

On July 17th   Teaching My Baby To Read will feature “When School Isn’t Enough; Fanning the Flames of Learning Afterschool”.

On July 18th   Homeschooling: or Whoever's Home  will write about “A Broader Definition of Success for Gifted Children”.

On July 19th  A Treehouse Education  will feature “2E Issues”.   Homeschool in Florida  will share “Get Out of Your Own Way: How to Listen to the Needs of Your Gifted Child”.

On July 20th  Making Music With Kids  will discuss “Finding a Good Fit for a Preschooler You Suspect is Gifted”. Barely Educational will offer “Worrying Too Much and Overanalyzing Parenting”

On July 21st Teaching My Baby to Read will feature guest posts.  Dancing With Dragons  will write about “Teaching the Visual Spatial Learner: When Your Child Thinks in Pictures”.

Teaching my Baby to Read still has room for more guest posts, so if you have something on your heart that you would like to share, please email Jenny via Teachingmybabytoread at gmail dot com.
Posted By: La Texican Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/10/12 12:58 AM
Ahh... It looks like this rookie blog tour listed above is based on something that's happening over at the SENG website. http://www.sengifted.org/npgc-week-2012/2012-npgcw-week-blog-tour

The one I mentioned above is some of the well trained mind accelerated learner mamma's making a blog tour celebrating SENG's national parenting the gifted week. I see that it's modeled after a blog tour that SENG hosts that week.

Update.

Both blog tours are happening.
Posted By: Madoosa Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/12/12 10:54 PM
I will be reading these with great interest! what a lovely idea smile thanks for sharing these tour lists
Posted By: La Texican Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/15/12 08:57 PM
Here's the schedule for the SENG Gifted Blog Tour 2012
http://www.sengifted.org/npgc-week-2012


Here's the various blog posts scheduled for today between the two blog tours:

http://alittlefirekindles.blogspot.com/?m=1

http://parentingforhighpotential.com/

http://www.thepoweroftwo.typepad.com/

http://childhoodinspired.com/?p=69



Posted By: ABQMom Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/16/12 12:30 AM
Very nice collection of blogs ... Thanks for sharing!
Posted By: La Texican Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/16/12 04:34 AM
Eek! I missed one of today's.
http://www.sengifted.org/archives/articles/parenting-a-gifted-child-is
Posted By: La Texican Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/16/12 04:59 PM
Today's posts are ready to read from the 2012 gifted parenting blog tours:

http://chasinghollyfeld.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/parenting-to-intensity/

http://giftedinwisconsin.com/2012/07/15/welcome-readers-of-the-seng-blog-tour-npgc-week-2012/

http://laughingatchaos.com/

http://motherofdiscussion.blogspot.com/2012/07/national-parenting-gifted-children-week.html?m=1

http://sceleratusclassicalacademy.b...ic-musings-about-realizing-that.html?m=1
Posted By: La Texican Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/17/12 03:49 PM
Here's today's blog tours blog posts

http://teachingmybabytoread.blog.com/

http://educationaladvancement.wordpress.com/

http://www.sengifted.org/archives/articles/tips-on-identifying-2e-students
Posted By: Madoosa Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/17/12 10:36 PM
thanks la tex! smile some great reading there smile
Posted By: La Texican Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/17/12 11:40 PM
I didn't write them. I'm going to write one though on Friday.

Here's the two I liked the best so far. But they all ring a little familiar.
http://chasinghollyfeld.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/parenting-to-intensity/
http://childhoodinspired.com/
Posted By: La Texican Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/18/12 05:28 PM
Today's posts:

http://ptmom.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-broader-definition-of-success-for.html?m=0

http://www.sengifted.org/archives/articles/advocacy-skills-for-parents-from-diverse-backgrounds

http://www.greatpotentialpress.com/...e-impact-of-praise-on-school-achievement
Posted By: La Texican Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/19/12 03:11 PM
http://www.sengifted.org/archives/articles/the-first-duty-of-love

http://www.reallearningatlanta.com/blog.html

https://atreehouseeducation.wordpress.com/
Posted By: La Texican Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/20/12 03:28 PM
http://makingmusicwithkids.blogspot.com/?m=1

http://barelyeducational.webs.com/index.htm?no_redirect=true

http://coppellgifted.org/2012/07/19/national-parenting-gifted-children-week-2012/

http://giftedselfadvocacy.blogspot.com/?m=1

http://www.homeschoolinflorida.com/

http://derrin-thebrightside.blogspot.com.au/?m=1

http://www.livingthelifefantastic.com/
Posted By: st pauli girl Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/20/12 08:53 PM
Originally Posted by La Texican

I didn't have a chance to read through all of these yet, but I read this one on "Getting Teachers on Your Side - Finding the Right Fit for Young Gifted Children". Some very useful info from the perspective of a teacher who found herself with a gifted youngster. Nice discussion of what to say/what not to say. Small example from a section called "Don't say the G word-or, how not to be one of 'those' parents":

"If all you can give us is 'He thinks and talks and moves constantly, and he's driving me crazy! I need a break!!!', that's fine too-that is honestly more helpful to me, as a teacher, than 'He's reading on a 3rd grade level'.

"An added bonus of framing things behaviorally is that it will tell you a lot about whether the teacher is a good fit by how the teacher reacts. If the teacher responds to a statement that your child learns kinesthetically and often needs to move with a comment like 'We're up moving a lot, and we'll see if it's enough. If not, I have fidgets we can use', you're probably in good hands. If the response is 'All our children are gifted, so I'm sure he'll be just fine', look elsewhere. And if her response is 'Well, he'll just have to learn to sit and listen', run away!"
Posted By: La Texican Re: Gifted Parenting Blog Tour 2012 - 07/21/12 03:58 PM
If you're not reading them all this next one is by Aimee Yermish- bookmark worthy
http://davincilearning.wordpress.com/

http://teachagiftedkid.com/2012/07/...r-newly-identified-gifted-childs-parent/
(why gifted folks should think about giftedness)

http://www.dvacademy.org/blog/dva-blog/2012/july/why-is-my-gifted-child-so-anxious-all-the-time.aspx

http://teachingmybabytoread.blog.com/ will feature two guest posts: "Grade Acceleration" and "The Financial Hardship that Sometimes Comes With Educating Your Gifted Child".

And....that's All Folks... That wraps up the 2012 Gifted Parenting Blog Tours

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