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Despite their advanced capabilities, gifted learners can face many challenges in the classroom—boredom, frustration, and isolation, to name just a few. If your child is gifted, enrichment programs are a must to keep them excited and engaged. New York City’s FasTracKids, a trusted source for enrichment and accelerated curricula, looks to child-development experts and proven tactics for keeping these special students invested in the traditional classroom.

Below, FasTracKids offers three strategies from their gifted enrichment programs on how to meet the needs of advanced learners:

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  • Embrace Autonomy: Allowing gifted learners to direct their own activities and take charge of projects can be an exciting way to keep their minds challenged and engaged. This also allows children who are ahead of peers to accelerate their pace and tackle future skill sets as they feel ready to do so.
  • Incorporate Multiple Intelligences: The Multiple Intelligences Theory posits that intelligence manifests in many forms and subjects, such as mathematical, musical, and interpersonal capabilities. Allow gifted learners to explore the many facets of their intelligence, bearing in mind that individuals will not necessarily be equally gifted in all areas.
  • Dive Deeper: Adapting curriculum to gifted learners allows them to dive deeper into the material, seeking greater breadth and exploring many aspects to keep them interested. As a result, students will get to experience and exercise their higher level thinking skills, a crucial skill that will serve them throughout their academic and professional lives.

FasTracKids is New York City’s destination for enrichment programs, after-school programs, and summer classes for all ages. To learn more about their approach to gifted education, call (347) 983-2229 or visit their website.

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