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Welcome to the Gifted Education
Cooperative web site! Here you can learn more about GECO, find out what
events we have planned for ourselves and our kids, find references to
useful resources on the web, join our group and volunteer to help out!
Please select from the options on the menu to the left.
Update from Monday, July 29th, 2010
GECO Upcoming Events
Check back to soon to see an updated list of GECO events.
Information Kept by Popular Demand:
We try to maintain a list of a list of interesting opportunities for children, for families and for parents. Click on the Opportunities link to go to that page.
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Information from the Summer Camp Fair
A variety of day and overnight camps from near and far sent representatives and information to our annual GECO Summer Activities Fair on February 4. Click here to view detailed information and find website and contact information for all of these organizations.
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On Tuesday, March 2, GECO hosted Dr. Michael Piechowski, speaking on “Living with Intensities and Sensitivities”. During that talk, Dr. Piechowski handed out an informal intensity assessment. Click here for a copy of this form. In addition, Dr. Piechowski sent a reference on mediation as a follow-up to a question her received that night. He recommends this book as a “terrific source”: Teaching Meditation to Children by D. Fontana and I. Slack (London: Watkins, 2007).
Click Here.
- In her talk “Encouraging Reluctant Mathematicians”.. Dr. Edna Bazik,
recommended several math websites, click here
for her full list. Dr. Bazik, a noted educator and author, is the winner of the 2009 Illinois Council of Math Teachers Max Beberman
award for outstanding service in the field of mathematics education.
- Gifts for the Thinking Child.
Are you stymied for a good gift for your child? GECO has compiled a
list of parent recommendation, click here: Gifts for the Thinking Child.
- Thanks to Theresa Wilkie and Dr. Edna Bazik, who have
been kind enough to share their annotated bibliography of sixty-four
children's literature books with a Mathematics theme. This list was created
as part of an action research project for National Louis University and
includes books for a wide age range. For more information: Book List
- Literature for gifted kids: This article by nationally recognized speaker and gifted consultant Dr. Bertie Kingore contains an annotated bibliography with dozens of quality examples of children's literature that meet three important criteria: the books are written by authors of merit; each book contains well-developed characters who display gifted behaviors; and the stories include thought-provoking problem situations, issues, or personal needs with which gifted students can identify. Includes books for grades K to 8. http://www.bertiekingore.com/gtchildreninlit.htm
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