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  1. Listened to Dr. Ken Robinson on "How schools stifle creativity". Should be watched weekly by parents. http://bit.ly/3rJdwB
  2. Just a thought: Don't stop with just test prep- keep going to build the cognitive skills so important for learning.
  3. Trying to finish a review of Naglieri & Lohman discussion re:NNAT, CogAT and use for gifted selection. What is 'ability'? Can we agree?
  4. Great Quote: Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school. ~Albert Einstein
  5. At the Minnesota Council for Gifted and Talented Annual Conference talking about resources to challenge bright kids.
  6. FAQ-Child set to take OLSAT for gifted program selection, where do I start? Building Thinking Skills at http://tinyurl.com/thinking....
  7. FAQ-What to do when child answers: "I Don't Know". Ban that as an answer, then require a 'best quess' & discuss HOW to approach the problem.
  8. Blogging 'What do the OLSAT scores mean and how are they used?' http://bit.ly/viZu0
  9. Blogging 'Child Brains Organized Differently Than Adult Brains | LiveScience' http://bit.ly/apKxj
  10. New blog post: Be there to catch children thinking. Questions to use. http://tiny.cc/X6LBR
  11. Finally, the newsletter for home school parents is done: Making the most of summer months to improve critical thinking. http://tiny.cc/0cENQ
  12. Daily Quote: “Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it” Ralph Waldo Emerson
  13. Blog Post : Classroom tests - how parents can utilize them to help their students. http://tiny.cc/UyBya
  14. Blog: Achievement testing and the homeschooler, benefits to consider: http://tiny.cc/Lm1BW
  15. @DesignsByGypsy- your question about preschool curriculum - used by home educators and award winning-ThinkingToLearn.com-Beg.Thinking Skills
  16. Oddball out - not watching - grading Geometry, answering questions on prep for OLSAT, reasoning skills, mathematical reasoning, and logic.
  17. Daily Quote: "Thinking is like loving and dying. Each of us must do it for himself." ~Josiah Royce
  18. Digging out from snow storm. 5 inches. Getting shipments out was challenging. Like the post office - neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow....
  19. Quote of the Day: "You and I are not what we eat; we are what we think". ~Walter Anderson
  20. Update to Hands On Thinking Skills information- resource for building non-verbal reasoning ability in preschool-1st using manipulative sets.