Gifted Guide Courses and Curriculum

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Courageously Creative: Grades 3-5

This 15-lesson creativity unit goes beyond “fun creative activities” to teach creativity as a thinking skill. Students build fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration through structured strategies that transfer to other areas of learning.

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Courageously Creative: Grades K-2

This 12-lesson creativity unit goes beyond “fun creative activities” to teach creativity as a thinking skill. Students build fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration through structured strategies that transfer to other areas of learning.

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Video Guides + Winter Wonder Thinkers

Includes the 8 winter-themed lessons from Winter Wonder Thinkers, but this time with Sarah Young from The Gifted Guide with video directions for each part of the lesson!

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Video Guides + Autumn Adventures in Thinking

Includes the 6 fall-themed lessons from Autumn Adventures in Thinking, but this time with Sarah Young from The Gifted Guide with video directions for each part of the lesson!

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Foundations for Thinking: Curriculum for Grades K-3

Digital download includes the teacher manual, unit slideshow, and student packets for the Foundations for Thinking curriculum for grades K-3. Includes 45 total lessons on critical, creative, visual, and evaluative thinking skills.

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Infusing Critical and Creative Thinking (2 Hour)

This course is designed to help educators develop strategies for adding critical and creative thinking to their existing curriculum. Through video lessons and curated resources, participants will explore techniques for fostering these skills!

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Genius Hour (2 Hour)

Educators will explore how to maximize the benefits of Genius Hour, a student-centered learning approach that fosters creativity, autonomy, and passion in the classroom.

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Depth and Complexity (2 Hour)

Deepen your understanding and application of the Depth and Complexity icons! These frameworks promote higher-order thinking, encourage critical analysis, and support diverse learners.

Gifted and Grieving - Journal PDF

This is a PDF download of the journal Gifted and Grieving. It's a combination of sentence completion prompts, reflections, art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and resources to help people cope with grief. Recommended for ages 9 and up.

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Podcasting - Curriculum and Professional Development (2 Hour)

This is a curriculum and 2-hour professional development credit all in one! You'll get podcasting curriculum for grades 1-9, personalized podcast recommendations, podcast planning guides, and all the tips and tricks for success in your classroom!

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STEM Curriculum and Professional Development (2 Hour)

This is a curriculum and 2-hour professional development credit wrapped into one! You'll get a 75 STEAM lessons for grades K-8, Makerspace activities and printables, plus videos and training on my successful STEM practices.

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Create a Unit from Scratch (4 Hour)

In this course you will create your own unit from scratch using a template and example lessons and guides, plus access to the units others created in the course! 4 hour professional development credit certificate is available upon completion.

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Foundations for Thinking: Curriculum for Grades 7-8

With this purchase, you get access to the Foundations for Thinking Curriculum - that's 24 lessons on critical, creative, visual, and evaluative thinking for students in grades 7-8, along with implementation videos to help make the process seamless!

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Foundations for Thinking: Curriculum for Grades 4-6

With this purchase, you get access to the Foundations for Thinking Curriculum - that's 36 lessons on critical, creative, visual, and evaluative thinking for students in grades 4-6, along with implementation videos to help make the process seamless!

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PETS Professional Development - Virtual Companion Curriculum (2 Hour)

This course provides a 2-hour PD on the new PETS virtual companion curriculum. It also contains tons of resources to enhance and extend the curriculum, including reading lists and extension projects for each thinking skill, bulletin boards, and more!

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Curriculum and Lesson Planning (2 Hour)

This 2 hour professional development course focuses on create a scope and sequence, as well as planning week-to-week lesson in an effective way. It also includes an exclusive resource from The Gifted Guide - 8 Theme Overviews for Grades 1-8!

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Social and Emotional Learning (6 Hour)

This 6 hour professional development course focuses on meeting the social and emotional needs of gifted children through lesson plans, Socratic discussions, book studies, collaborative challenges, and more!

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Differentiation (6 Hour)

This course focuses on differentiation for gifted children. It provides approximately 6 hours of professional development, covering math, ELA, science, social studies, technology, and more! This PD will make your life easier, not harder!