Sparking the Smallest Scientists

Sparking the Smallest Scientists

Lisa Reaugh, Annie Burleigh, Joy Giovanini

Highly Capable Resources

Gifted Education books:

Teaching Gifted Kids in Today’s Classroom Susan Winebrenner

Differentiating Instruction with Menus Series (Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies K-8) Laurie Westphal

When Gifted Kids Don’t Have All the Answers Judy Galbraith

Practical Ideas that Really Work for Students Who are Gifted Gail Ryser

Trade books:

Q is for Duck Mary Elting and Michael Folsom

Harold and the Purple Crayon Crockett Johnson

Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak

If the World Were a Village David J Smith

If You Hopped Like a Frog David M Schwartz

Archibald Frisby Michael Chesworth

Rosie Revere, Engineer Andrea Beaty

Girls Think of Everything Catherine Thimmesh

Young Chapter Series- Cam Jansen, Amelia Bedelia, Nate the Great

Famous Artists books:

Art for Fun Projects Sue Lacey

Month by Month Masterpieces Bobbi Chertok

Brain Teasers, Critical Thinking Puzzles, and Logic books:

Scamper and Scamper On Bob Eberle (K-5)

I Believe in Unicorns Bob Stanish (K-3)

Mind Joggers and More Mind Joggers Susan Petreshene (K-8)

Visual Discrimination Jean Edwards (2-8)

Analogies for Beginners Lynn Chatham (K-3)

Primarily Logic Judy Leimbach (2-4)

Primarily Math Sharon Eckert and Judy Leimbach (2-4)

Lollipop Logic Bonnie Risby (K-2)

First Time Analogies Dianne Draze (K-3)

Thinking Through Analogies Bonnie Lou Risby (3-6)

Critical Thinking Activities Dale Seymour (3-6) (More in this series)

Word Search Puzzles series for Young Einsteins Helene Hovanec (3-6)

Word Bogglers and Alphabet Soup Dianne Draze (3-6)

Creative Problem Solving Series Authors- Bob Stanish, Bob Eberle, Donald Treffinger

Creativity Unhinged Marjorie Sarnat

STEM books:

STEM to Story Jennifer Traig (5-8)

One Hour Mysteries Ellsa Ahlin (4-8)

Mystery Festival and all other GEMS units (2-4 unit and 5-8 unit)

Challenging Whodunnit Puzzles and series Jim Sukach

Two Minute Mysteries Donald Sobol

Classroom Activities for the Busy Teacher: NXT Damien Kee

Educate NXT Chris Bracken

Inventors Workshop Alan McCormack

Dry Ice Investigations GEMS LHS

Hands-On Equations Borenson

Team Accelerated Instruction

Publishers and Online Resources:

Critical Thinking Books and Software

Prufrock Press

Hoagie’s Gifted

Lawrence Hall of Science GEMS

Interact Simulations

Free Spirit Publishing