Fabulous February: Feel Good Ideas
Getting up on dark mornings, possibly craving more sleep, then braving the cold outside, can make even the most energetic child with high learning potential feel [...]
Creative Thinking – ‘Go for a Burst!’
An ice-cool easy way to boost creative thinking skills while you get up to speed with the experts. “The Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling said: [...]
Design It (B)Right!
Although many schools, in a bid to raise achievement in compulsory subjects, have cut GCSE Design & Technology from their syllabus, it’s the subject that brings [...]
20 Questions About “Pumice Rafts” – Cross-curricular Jump-off Points for Learning
Are you a teacher, home-educator or actively involved parent or guardian of a youngster with High Learning Potential (HLP)? Then you know the importance of finding [...]
Ball Games, Pets and Crisp Packets! – Crafty Up-Cycling and Easy Re-Using
Sports When you look in your cupboard, do you have a pile of things like old football boots, tennis balls or dance costumes? Do you get [...]
Not So Horrible History
Who remembers their school history lessons? Learning facts from textbooks and rarely going on an actual trip can be very dry. But the success of historical [...]
Multimedia Inspiration – Using Film to Inspire Cross-Curricular High Potential Learning
Keeping a child with high learning potential engaged with the curriculum can require the interweaving of multiple subjects, levels and brain regions at the same time. [...]
Explore Your World
There’s so much about geography to excite a very able child, simply because many aspects will appeal to their curiosity. They may have a real interest [...]
Creative Calendars and Calculations
You can stop and think about how we measure time on any day in the year. You could make something special using crafts, science, maths or [...]
Top Tinkering
Following on from the Engineer It article, this introduction to tinkering for younger children suggests how you can connect your child to design, which is one [...]