I remember going to my grandma’s house and just spending hours staring at the toy catalogs she stashed in a corner for me
I used to think by filling in the tiny check boxes by each item the toy people would bring them to me one day
I even recall freaking out once cause I accidentally filled the wrong one so I wrote a whole letter on the page in all caps explaining that I actually wanted the toy below it so don’t charge us for the other one
took me way longer than it should’ve to realize that’s not how it works
Do any of u guys remember playing these enrichment games that had like chart and you had to match people to,say theyre favorite colors?
YES! I used to love those things we also played games from Mindware catalogs (anybody else remember those?), man some of these memories are DEEP
:0 BRO MINDWARE CATALOGS
Ooh ooh! Do y’all remember those mind puzzles where it was like “the person who lives in the green house drinks tea” and “the person who drinks coffee has a dog” and you’d have to like…match all the shit together?? I know that’s a terrible description bUt LiKe do y’all remember those??
Yeah, I think that's what @salami was talking about but I could be wrong, they were the best. We used to race and see who could finish them the fastest
I was talking about these. They were so fun and we also raced to see who'd finish first.
Dude, I hated those so much, I could never figure them out since there wasn't enough context
OMG I LOVE THOSE
I suck at them tbh, but sooooo much fun <3
I LOVED THOSR THINGS FHSKJ
I still have some solved ones from fifth grade. They were literally my favorite
We'd have whole classes for these lol
If I knew what they were called I'd probably still be doing them. My TAG teacher just handed it to us and had us try to solve them and then we'd do it together is people didn't figure it out. I thought they were insanely fun.
We did those and a number game. The number game was choose three random number from 1 to 20
For example 2, 7, 9
And we had to use those three numbers and create math problems that gave us every number from 1 to 20. It's very possible, even though it's difficult.
Another thing we did were puzzles that were basically larger versions of those connect the tube games. Also we were taught basic algebra in like fifth grade? They had balance scales that they used to get us to solve for variables
Do any of u guys remember playing these enrichment games that had like chart and you had to match people to,say theyre favorite colors?
YES! I used to love those things we also played games from Mindware catalogs (anybody else remember those?), man some of these memories are DEEP
:0 BRO MINDWARE CATALOGS
Ooh ooh! Do y’all remember those mind puzzles where it was like “the person who lives in the green house drinks tea” and “the person who drinks coffee has a dog” and you’d have to like…match all the shit together?? I know that’s a terrible description bUt LiKe do y’all remember those??
Yeah, I think that's what @salami was talking about but I could be wrong, they were the best. We used to race and see who could finish them the fastest
I was talking about these. They were so fun and we also raced to see who'd finish first.
YES THOSE WERE THE THINGS I LOVE THEM
I LOVED THOSE
I might do some later
Hoo boy. Ima hop in this chat because I'm a former gifted kid too. And let me say, categorizing kids like that actually ends up causing more damage imo.
I was in the gifted program as early as like kindergarten or first grade, and with my class, they did like… advanced reading content, we talked more about other cultures and went more in depth on certain parts of history. It was pretty cool when I was little, because it was just additional content. I ate that stuff up. I used to be a very busy little child, and I'm kind of the Jack of All Trades gifted child- still have that sort of thing going today. Like I have a creative streak, and I'm decent at math and science, but I'm not the best at any of those and never really have been. In middle school, they phased us into advanced coursework instead, which transitioned into honors and AP courses in high school (aka hell). And I was barely holding it together by senior year, but still managed 10th in my graduating class of 200, which is honestly impressive.
Then in college is when I fell apart, because I realized what I wanted to do wasn't necessarily what I wanted. I've spent so much of my life having my mom use me as bragging rights and stuff.
I nearly failed my first class last fall and also had to withdraw from another class, and I tried to explain to my mom what was happening and how I was going to fix it, and also that I've been really stressed and depressed, and I get "you're too smart for that." We love using a person's intelligence to invalidate their feelings!
(Also we never had Mindware catalogs, that was probably after my time lol)
I kinda remember those? Idk maybe my school just had a modified version of them. And we only did them once or twice.
Also yes I agree categorizing kids does not help
Yeah, like some kids felt excluded, and then even within my family, I was the "well-rounded" one, and my brother scored exceptionally high in creativity or something, which he got endless praise for (which annoyed me, the harder worker, to no end). And then like… once you're labeled "gifted," it's hard to shake the feeling of "well, if I'm smart, then this shouldn't be happening to me."
There are benefits to supplemental curriculum, but the process seems kind of wrong, and possibly damaging.
the title of gifted child instills a sort of pride and almost superiority in kids, and it hurts like a bitch when everything falls apart and you realize that sometimes it's not about how smart you are, it's about working hard, and even vice versa
and it's not the kids' fault. in no way, shape, or form. the adults are the ones to blame for making kids compete against each other constantly in academic environments that should be dedicated to learning, not winning. kids should be allowed to be kids, to experience and grow at the rates that they need to and do it together. the gifted kid idea and the programs built for furthering it suck and need to stop. imo i almost think that gifted kids don't even exist, its more a matter of how much they love learning, how well they retain information, and what things they click with when it comes to that learning
the title of gifted child instills a sort of pride and almost superiority in kids, and it hurts like a bitch when everything falls apart and you realize that sometimes it's not about how smart you are, it's about working hard, and even vice versa
and it's not the kids' fault. in no way, shape, or form. the adults are the ones to blame for making kids compete against each other constantly in academic environments that should be dedicated to learning, not winning. kids should be allowed to be kids, to experience and grow at the rates that they need to and do it together. the gifted kid idea and the programs built for furthering it suck and need to stop. imo i almost think that gifted kids don't even exist, its more a matter of how much they love learning, how well they retain information, and what things they click with when it comes to that learning
Golddamnit why couldn't you have said this when I failed every Honors English 2 test and didn't test into a gifted id for creativity
Yeah, because everyone is distributed their share of gifts and weaknesses, and the traditionally "gifted" kid isn't the only kind there is out there. Really, I think we should focus on what makes things click for different groups. If you're going to split them up anyway, do it in a way that helps the "not gifted" kids as well. Find what makes them tick. Most kids do have some amount of passion for learning when it's not about being the best at what they do, but learning how they do best.
exactly! make kids proud of their strengths, and help them with their weaknesses, and teach them to support each other instead of competing all the time
also fhdfh pickle i am big sorry i couldn't be there. it took me a while to get it too. also….how can you be gifted at creativity? isn't creativity inherently open to everyone at various times?
I have no idea but last year when they sent out the "your child is gifted" letters, mine said no for creativity. Like iM sOrRy what
I think that everyone has creativity, some are just more creative then others?
sir what do you mean 'not gifted in creativity'
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