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Educational Options Newsletter
December 2006
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-- NAGC
-- American Mensa
-- Games Magazine
-- Hoagies -- MindWare -- Amazeing -- About Gifted Kids
Greetings! Have you finished your holiday shopping already, or do you still need some gift ideas for that special, especially bright person in your life? We're listing some links below to help you find some intellectually engaging games, toys or books. And no matter which holiday you celebrate, we wish you blessings of the season! |
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NAGC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The National Association for Gifted Children's
magazine, Parenting for High Potential, has
published its annual list of recommended games and
toys. You may click on the article written by Karen Yannacio, or here
for purchasing information.
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American Mensa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
American Mensa has put together 20 pages of
Mind
Games. The list includes the appropriate ages
for each game, a description, the price and a web
address.
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Games Magazine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Games
Magazine is "the magazine for creative minds
at play." It features a wide variety of verbal and
visual puzzles, brainteasers, trivia quizzes,
contests, and many other features, as well as
reviews of new board games and electronic games.
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Hoagies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hoagie's Gifted Education Page has a shopping guide
of Gifts
for the Gifted. The list includes smart toys,
software, books, magazines, music, movies,
educational products, and even nerd shirts.
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MindWare ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We discovered the MindWare
catalog when it came in the mail. It features a wide
range of "brainy toys for kids of all ages." It
includes brick construction sets and fashion design
kits, as well as puzzles, books, and early learning
items. It even has a clearance center.
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Amazeing ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Amazeing Art
is all about "extraordinary mazes for extraordinary
minds." It offers free printable mazes, maze
information (terminology, history, tips, etc.), and
maze gifts to buy.
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About Gifted Kids ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
About,
Inc., a part of the New York Times Company, has
put out a list of the top ten games for gifted kids.
You will also find many other links to related sites.
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Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email:
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