Visions

Ms. Hoover and Ms. Rodgers- Visions Instructors

Winona Elementary Visions Group in historic Savannah, Georgia

Intellectually Gifted Education
Grades 2-6

"Intellectually Gifted Children" shall mean those children and youth who are found to have an exceptionally high degree of intelligence as documented through the identification process. SDE Regs- page 1- State Definition for Gifted Education Programs

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GIFTED AND TALENTED:
General Characteristics:

Typically learn to read earlier with a better comprehension of the nuances of the language
Commonly learn basic skills better, quicker and with less practice
Better able to construct and handle abstractions than their age mates
Display a better ability to work independently at an earlier age and for longer periods of time than other children
Can sustain longer periods of concentration and attention
Frequently have seemingly boundless energy, which sometimes leads to a misdiagnosis of "hyperactive"

Creative Characteristics

Fluent thinkers, able to produce a large quantity of possibilities, consequences or related ideas
Flexible thinkers, able to use many different alternatives and approaches to problem solving
Original thinkers, seeking new, unusual, unconventional associations and combinations among items of information
Elaborative thinkers, producing new steps, ideas, responses or other embellishments to a basic idea, situation or problem
Have a high level of curiosity about objects, ideas, situations or events
Often display intellectual playfulness; fantasize and imagine readily