Open-ended activities to challenge gifted and talented primary school children - that other children will love too!Brilliant Activities for Gifted and Talented Children by Ashley McCabe Mowat provides open-ended classroom activities to stretch more able pupils at Key Stage 2 (KS2). Based on Bloom's Taxonomy, the activities will develop children's creative and critical thinking skills. Gifted and talented children are not the only ones who will benefit from this book! All the class will enjoy taking on these creative, open-ended challenges.Children will thoroughly enjoy these activities. Some of the activities can last for days. Others, such as the brainteasers, can be used for a quick warm-up to spark interest and excite the brain.Use the ideas in Brilliant Publications' Brilliant Activities for Gifted and Talented Children and have the confidence of knowing that the extra you are doing in the classroom will really help pupils to develop their thinking skills on all six levels of Bloom's Taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation.For more open-ended mental stimulation activities for the more able, see Brilliant Activities for Stretching Gifted and Talented Children, also written by Ashley McCabe Mowat and published by Brilliant Publications.

About the Author
Ashley McCabe Mowat is a Gifted Educator and Consultant. Ashley grew up in the southern states of America and was a student in the gifted programme from the age of 8. She received a BA in Early Childhood Education, a BA in Elementary Education and studied Psychology at Converse Women's College in South Carolina. Following university, Ashley continued her education at Converse, receiving a masters degree in Gifted Education. During this time, Ashley taught in an inner city school and completed a thesis on Underachieving Gifted Males. She also planned and implemented a curriculum for the top 100 gifted students in her area for the Athena Institute, a summer programme for gifted studients. Ashley moved to England, married, and now teaches at a school in Buckinghamshire. She has provided INSET training days for teaches in schools involved with the Excellence in Cities programme and works with the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) on their website. Ashley is available for INSET training days, and workshops for children.


Book Information
ISBN 9781903853474
Author Ashley McCabe-Mowat
Format Paperback
Page Count 52
Imprint Brilliant Publications
Publisher Brilliant Publications
Weight(grams) 207g