New Entries

2022, April

• • Making Friends in the Researchers´ Club (chapter 4.5.1)

2022, March

• • Felix and His Photography (chapter 4.4.4)
  • The Water King and the Electricity King (chapter 4.4.4)

2022, February

• • Experiment „Vulcano“ (chapter 4.4.4 – Projects on Explorations in Physics and Chemistry)
  • In the Forest with a Ranger (chapter 4.4.3)

2022, January

• • Building a Positive Self-Concept (chapter 4.1)

2021, December

• • Drama Activities at Kindergarten (chapter 4.8)
  • Theatre Play with Gifted Children (chapter 4.8)
  • The Theatre Play „Little Red Riding Hood“ (chapter 4.8 – Examples for Drama Activities at Kindergarten)
  • The Theatre Play „Hansel and Gretel (chapter 4.8 – Examples for Drama Activities at Kindergarten)
  • Emma as a Stage Director (chapter 4.8 – Examples for Drama Activities at Kindergarten)
  • Theatre Adaption: Tale of a Princess Whom Almost Everybody Considered Too Smart (chapter 4.8)
  • We Are All Individuals (chapter 3)
  • 1 new Example of: Critical Thinking, Authorities Must Prove Themselves (chapter 2.1 – Indicators of Possible Intellectual Giftedness)

2021, November

• • 1 new Example of: Great Interest in Systems and Logical Relations (chapter 2.1)
  • Alena, 4;1 Years Old (chapter 2.1 – Examples of Initial Observations on Possibly Gifted Children)
  • 1 new Example of: Quick Learning (chapter 2.1)
  • Felix (5;1) Discovers the Numbers and Is Thrilled (chapter 4.3 – Kindergarten Teachers Supporting Children in Learning Arithmetics)
  • Mathematical Advancement in a Group of 2 (chapter 4.3 – Kindergarten Teachers Supporting Children in Learning Arithmetics)
  • Alena (5;2) Gets to Know the Shadow Theatre (chapter 4.8 – Examples for Drama Activities at Kindergarten)
  • Alena (5) Studies Letters – When Should She Enroll at School? (chapter 6)
  • Alena (5;10) and a Small Group Are Becoming Experts in the Learning Workshop (chapter 4.4 – Projects on Explorations in Physics and Chemistry)

2021, October

• • Cognitive Advancement in Kindergarten. Gaining Knowledge, Practising the Act of Thinking (chapter 4.2)
  • Alena (4;6) Leading a Small Gymnastics Group (chapter 4.5.2)
  • Disassembling Electric Devices (chapter 4.4.4)
  • Experiments with Magnets (chapter 4.4.2 – Projects on Explorations in Physics and Chemistry)
  • The Dead Mother from Pompeii and Crayons for South Africa (chapter 4.7)

2021, September

• • Watching Beans Grow (chapter 4.4.3)
  • Playful Mathematics at Kindergarten (chapter 4.4.1)
  • Bastian Is Explaining His Dream Car (chapter 4.4.4)
  • Bastian (6;1) Comes Out of His Shell (chapter 4.5.1 – Gifted Children Show Their True Colours)

2021, August

• • 1 new example of: Early Interest in Numbers and Mathematics in General (chapter 2.1)
  • Johnny Makes Lists (chapter 4.3 – Examples for: Plans, Drawings, Sketches, Mind-Maps)
  • How Does Learning and Research Happen? (chapter 4.1)
  • Death and Cemetery (chapter 4.7)
  • Pia Makes Her Own Books (chapter 4.6)
  • Malte Brings the Rubbish Issue into the Group (chapter 4.4.4)

2021, June

• • Acceleration and Enrichment (chapter 4.1)
  • The Würzburg Language Programme 1 Year Earlier (chapter 4.1)

2021, May

• • An Extraordinary Little Girl (chapter 2.1 – Examples on Children under the Age of 3)
  • One-on-One-Advancement, Mentoring (chapter 4.1)
  • Cultivate Motivation (chapter 4.1)
  • Questions before an Early School Enrolment (chapter 5 and 6)

2021, April

• • Malte, 5;0 Years Old (chapter 2.1 – Observations…)
  • Five Children Form a Group and Follow Their Interests (chapter 4.5)

2021, March

• • Philosophising about the Soul (chapter 4.7)
  • Loneliness and the Social Dilemma of the Gifted (chapter 3)

2021, February

• • A Gifted Child „Crashes“ (chapter 2.1)
  • Joshua, the Inventor (chapter 4.4)
  • Leaving Traces (chapter 4.8. – Examples for the Fine Arts at Kindergarten)
  • Confirm Intellectual Achievements of the Children (chapter 4.1)
  • Examples of: Advancement in Small Groups (chapter 4.1)

2021, January

• • Jasmin, 3;4 Years Old (chapter 2.1 – Observations after the Observational Chart by Joelle Huser)
  • Playing around on Paper (chapter 7)
  • The World of Professions (chapter 4.7)
  • Power Girls´Club (chapter 4.1 – Girls Having Their Way)
  • What Is a Power Girl? (chapter 4.4.3)
  • Carrot Experiment (chapter 4.4.2 – Projects on Explorations in Physics and Chemistry)
  • Lina Has Pedagogic Talent (chapter 4.5)
  • Two Little Ones at the „Club of Great Scientists“ (chapter 4.4. – Projects on Explorations in Physics and Chemistry)
  • 1 new example of: Complex Thinking (chapter 2.1 – Indicators of Possible Intellectual Giftedness)

2020, December

• • And What They Think! (chapter 4.2)
  • From a Parenting Consultion for a Very Young Boy (1:1) (chapter 2.1 – Examples on Children under the Age of 3)
  • Jasmin (4;7) Is Writing a Story (chapter 4.6 – Children Make up Their Own Stories)
  • A Story Written by a Seven-Year-Old (chapter 4.6 – Children Make up Their Own Stories)

2020, May

• • From Clown to Expert (chapter 4.5.1)
  • A Hen´s Egg (chapter 4.4.2 – Projects on Explorations in Physics and Chemistry)
  • Talent for Research (chapter 4.4.2 – Projects on Explorations in Physics and Chemistry)

2020, April

• • Kindergarten as a Good Place for Learning (chapter 4.1)
  • I Think: „Reading Is for School Children“ (chapter 4.3 – Kindergarten Teachers Supporting Children in Learning How to Read and Write)
  • 1 new example of: Great Perseverance and Resilience in Endeavors… (chapter 2.1 – Indicators of Possible Intellectual Giftedness)
  • Project „Letters“ – Activity for Small Groups (chapter 4.3)
  • Manuel, 5;0 Years (chapter 2.1 – Observations after the Observational Charts…)

2020, March

• • An „Old“ Conception – in Full (chapter 4.1 – Conceptional Ideas)
  • It Takes Courage to Overvome Fears (chapter 5 and 6)
  • Mrs Becker Stages an Opera (chapter 6 – Positive Examples from School)
  • Lena Learns How to Code (chapter 6 – Positive Examples from School)
  • Communication in Kindergarten (chapter 4.1)

2019, April

• • Advancement in Small Groups – Possibilities and Advantages (chapter 4.1)
  • History of an Idea: Advancement of Gifted Children in Kindergarten (chapter 8)
  • An „Old“ Concept – in Short (chapter 4.1 – Conceptual Ideas)

2019, March

• • When Parents Provide Little Advancement (chapter 5.1)
  • Where Do the Extraordinary Abilities Come from? Giftedness or Suberb Advancement? (chapter 1)
  • Isabel (3;8) Finds Adequate Playfellows for Number-Games (chapter 4.1 – Playfellows and Friends of Gifted Children) 

2019, February

• • Observations after the Observational Chart by Joelle Huser (chapter 2.1)
  • Isabel (2;10) and Her Numbers (ch. 2.1 – Examples on Children under the Age of 3)
  • How Do Parents Find an Adequate Primary School? (ch. 5.1 and 6)
  • DeepL Translator to Help with Parents Discussions (ch. 5.1)
  • Divergent Thinking (ch. 4.2)

2019, January

• • Jonas (5;3) Makes Another Picture Book and Screens Paper (chapter 4.6 – Children Writing Picture Books / 4.8 – Examples for the Fine Arts at Kindergarten)
  • Jonas Does Make Paper Planes (chapter 2.1 – Examples of Evocative Observations)

2018, October

• • Little Experiments with Snow (chapter 4.4 Examples on Explorations in Physics and Chemistry)
  • Gifted Children and Exceptional Emotional Sensitivity (chapter 3)
  • Examples on Children under the Age of 3 in Kindergarten (chapter 2.1)
  • Jonas, 4;2 Years (chapter 2.1 – Examples of Initial Observations)
  • Foreign Languages at Kindergarten (chapter 4.6)

2018, September

• • Rachel: „I Made up a Story and We Want to Show It to You Now!“ (chapter 4.5.1)
  • Learning How to Write before School (chapter 4.3)
  • Adrian, 5;0 Years (chapter 2.1 – Examples of Initial Observations)
  • Adrian Studies Nature’s Creeps (chapter 4.4.3)
  • Adrian Takes to Reading the Newspaper – Questions of Life and Death (chapter 4.7)
  • Preface (chapter 0)
  • Who Made the Manual Possible? (chapter 0)
  • Notes on Using the Manual (chapter 0)
  • Are All Children from the Examples Gifted? (chapter 1)

• 2018, August
  • Chess (chapter 4.2 )
  • Chess Club (chapter 4.2 )
  • Personal Competencies (chapter 4.3)
• 2018, May / June / July
  • A Cognitive Approach of Pacification (chapter 3 – Examples of Timidity and Apprehension)
  • Soccer and Newspaper (chapter 4.6 – Reading a Newspaper, Making a Newspaper)
  • What Kinds of Toys Do Gifted Children Need? (chapter 7)
  • Keyword Register (chapter 0)
  • Butterfly Club (chapter 4.4.3)

2018, March /April

• • Rachel (4;6) and Her Letters (chapter 2.1 – Examples of Evocative Observations)
  • Rachel, 4;6 Years (chapter 2.1 – Observations after the Observational Chart by Joelle Huser)
  • Yahtzee for the Little Ones (chapter 4.2)

2017, May/June/July

• • The Civil Servant Wanted too Much Ice Cream (chapter 4.1 – belonging to: What Is Parenting? And When Does It Begin?)
  • And Gone Were the Presents (chapter 4.1 – belonging to: What Is Parenting? And When Does It Begin?)
  • Have You Filled a Bucket Today? (chapter 4.6 – Examples for Foreign Languages at Kindergarten)
  • Playfellows and Friends of Gifted Children (chapter 4.1)
  • 1 new example of: Quick Learning (chapter 2.1 – Indicators of Possible Intellectual Giftedness)
  • Lea, 3 Years Old (chapter 2.1 – Examples of Initial Observations…)

2016, September

• • The Initial Observation (chapter 2.1)
  • What Is Parenting? And When Does It Begin? (chapter 4.1)
  • Aggressive-Abusive Behaviour and Giftedness (chapter 3)

2015, September

• • Ergün, 3;10 Years (chapter 2.1 – Observations after the Observational Chart by Joelle Huser)
  • Experimenting with a Candle Flame (chapter 4.4.2 – Projects on Explorations in Physics and Chemistry)

2014, November

• • Ergün and Music (chapter 4.8)
  • „Peter and the Wolf“ and the Fine Arts (chapter 4.8)
  • Children Interpreting a Painting by Dalí (chapter 4.8)

2014, July

• • Making Use of the Computer and the Internet (chapter 4.3)
  • Snow Worlds Seen Through a Lens – An Art Project Involving Photography (chapter 4.8)

2014, March

• • Developmental Reports at the End of Kindergarten Attendance (chapter 6)

2014, February

• • Checklist: Cognitive Advancement (Chapter 4.2)

2014, January

• • Observations about a Baby / Toddler (Chapter 2.1 – Examples on Children under the Age of 3)
  • How Do Gifted Children Learn? (Chapter 4.1)

2013, December

• • What Can We Do in Kindergarten? (Chapter 4.1)
  • Custom-fit Cognitive Advancement (Chapter 4.2)

2013, November

• • How to Promote Thinking (Chapter 4.2)
  • Gifted Children between Kindergarten and Primary School (Chapter 6)
  • A Mother’s Worries before School Enrolment (Chapter 6)
  • IHVO Certificate Courses: Quality Standards (Chapter 8)
  • IHVO Certificate Courses: Criteria for the Evaluation of Practical Assignments (Chapter 8)
  • IHVO Certificate Courses: Levels of Achievement (Chapter 8)

2013, October

• • When Were the Middle Ages? (Chapter 4.7)

2013, August

• • Car Construction (Chapter 4.3 and 4.4.4)

2013, July

• • Questionnaire on Child’s Interests (Chapter 3)
  • Examples for the Questionnaire on Child’s Interests (Chapter 3)
  • Ben, 3;10 Years (Chapter 3)
  • Marcus, 5;8 Years (Chapter 3)
  • Florian, 6;1, and Other Children (Chapter 3)
  • Jonas, 6 Years (Chapter 3)
  • Advancement through Projects (Chapter 4.1)
  • Children’s Questionnaire on Communication (Chapter 4.1)
  • Plans, Drawings, Sketches, Mind-Maps (Chapter 4.3)
  • Drawing Course with Linda (Chapter 4.3)
  • Jerome Practises Writing (Chapter 4.3)

2013, June

• • Giftedness Is Not a Happy Problem (Chapter 4.1)
  • Children Writing Picture Books (Chapter 4.6)
  • Änne Draws and Writes a Book (Chapter 4.6)
  • Picture Book about the Perchten (Chapter 4.6)

2013, May

• • How Useful Are Checklists? (Chapter 2.1)
  • Special Playing and Learning Needs or the Early Notion of Being Different (Chapter 3)
  • Goals and Services of the IHVO (Chapter 8)

2013, April

• • Diagnostics for Advancement – What Is It? (Chapter 2.2.)
  • Possible Reasons for the Implementation of Diagnostics for Advancement (Chapter 2.2.)
  • Thoughts, Worries and Fears by Parents and Pedagogues with Regard to Testing (Chapter 2.2.)
  • Standards for Conducting Diagnostic Test Procedures (Chapter 2.2.)
  • 7 new entries in the article: Examples of: Original, Unusual Thinking (Chapter 2.1.)
  • 2 entries in the article: Examples of: Rapid Recognition of Patterns and Rules (Chapter 2.1)
  • 1 new entry in the article: Examples of: Quick Learning (Chapter 2.1.)
  • 1 new entry in the article: Examples of: Astonishing Memory (Chapter 2.1.)
  • 1 new entry in the article: Examples of: Consistent, Profound Interest in Subjects Normally Only of Interest to Grown-Ups (Chapter 2.1.)
  • 3 new entries in the article: Examples of: Striking Interest in Older Children (Chapter 2.1.)
  • 8 new entries in the article: Examples of: Early Interest in Numbers and Mathematics in General (Chapter 2.1.)
  • 2 new entries in the article: Examples of: Aversion and Even Unwillingness to Perform Routine and Repetitive Assignments (Chapter 2.1.)
  • 1 new entry in the article: Examples of: An Early Desire for Self-Direction and Self-Determination (Chapter 2.1.)
  • 1 new entry in the article: Examples of: Great Perseverance and Resilience in Endeavors Which Are of Interest and Which Push towards the Limits of the Individual Potential (Chapter 2.1.)
  • 3 new entries in the article: Examples of: Early Interest in the Alphabet and in Reading (Chapter 2.1.)

2013, March

• • Specific Problems Gifted Children Face in Kindergarten (chapter 3)

2013, February

• • Permanent Frustration because of Being Underchallenged and Facing Incomprehension (chapter 3)

2013, January

• • The Creative Personality (chapter 3)
  • Examples for: Plans, Drawings, Sketches, Mind-Maps (chapter 4.3)
  • Our Village in the Woods (chapter 4.3 – Examples for: Plans, Drawings, Sketches, Mind-Maps)
  • Drawing Exercises at 4 (chapter 4.3 – Examples for: Plans, Drawings, Sketches, Mind-Maps)

2012, February

• • Disturbing Stupidity of the Adults (chapter 3)

• 2011, December

  • • Early Reading (chapter 4.3)
    • Journalism in Kindergarten (chapter 4.6 – Reading a Newspaper, Making a Newspaper)

  2011, August

  • • Integrative Focus Kindergartens for the Advancement of Gifted Children (chapter 8)
    • The Municipal Kindergarten Sedanstraße and Its Becoming an Integrative Focus Kindergarten for the Advancement of Gifted Pre-School Children (chapter 8)
    • A Vision (chapter 9)

  2011, June

  • • How Children, Who Thought They Better Conceal Their Abilities, Have Been Helped (chapter 2.1)
    • Agneta Has Learned to Write (chapter 2.1 – How Children, Who Thought They Better Conceal Their Abilities, Have Been Helped)
    • Professors, Step Forward! (chapter 2.1 – How Children, Who Thought They Better Conceal Their Abilities, Have Been Helped)
    • Little Need for Sleep? (chapter 3)
    • Reading and Writing in Kindergarten (chapter 4.6)
    • Tale of a Princess Whom Almost Everybody Considered too Smart (chapter 2.1)

  2011, May

  • • Basic Ideas of Mathematics (chapter 4.4.1)
    • The Advancement of Mathematical Talent in Kindergarten (chapter 4.4.1 )
    • Children under the Age of 3 (chapter 2.1)
    • Concealing Abilities and Interests (chapter 2.1)
    • Quality Criteria for the Advancement of Gifted Pre-School Children in Kindergarten (chapter 4.1)

  2011, April

  • • Recognizing by Observation (chapter 2.1)
    • Modes of Observation (chapter 2.1)
    • Indicators of Possible Intellectual Giftedness (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Perceptual Speed (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Quick Learning (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Complex Thinking (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Original, Unusual Thinking (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Rapid Recognition of Patterns and Rules (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Striking Interest in Older Children (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Elaborate Speech, Large Vocabulary, Great Joy in Configuring Language (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Astonishing Memory (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Consist, Profound Interest in Subjects Normally Only of Interest to Grown-Ups (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Great Interest in Systems and Logical Relations (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Early Interest in Numbers and Mathematics in General (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Early Interest in the Alphabet and in Reading (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Self-Determined Learning Strategies (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Aversion and Even Unwillingness to Perform Routine and Repetitive Assignments (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: An Early Desire for Self-Direction and Self-Determination (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Great Perseverance and Resilience in Endeavors Which Are of Interest and Which Push Towards the Limits of the Individual Potential (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Critical Thinking, Authorities Must Prove Themselves (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Early and Marked Sense of Humor (chapter 2.1)
    • Examples of: Skilled Observation, Pronounced Sense of Justice (chapter 2.1)

  2010, March

  • • Examples of Timidity : Afraid of the Trip to the Zoo (chapter 3)
    • Examples of Timidity : Blood Coagulation (chapter 3)
    • Timidity and Apprehension in Gifted Children (chapter 3)
    • Questionnaire for Parents First Term in Kindergarten (chapter 5.2)
    • Questionnaire for Parents for 4- to 6-Years Old Children in Kindergarten (chapter 5.2)

  2010, February

  • • Determining Giftedness (chapter 2.1)
    • Prerequisites for the Evolvement of Giftedness (chapter 4.1)
    • IHVO-Certificate Courses (chapter 8)

  2009, September

  • • The Becoming of the Manual (chapter 0)
    • Which Are the Children in Question? (chapter 1)
    • Giftedness a Definition (chapter 1)
    • Above Average or Gifted? (chapter 1)
    • Making Careful Use of the Term Giftedness (chapter 1)
    • Domains of Giftedness (chapter 1)
    • What is Intelligence? (chapter 1)
    • Giftedness and High Intelligence (chapter 1)
    • Gaussian Distribution of Giftedness (chapter 1)
    • On Gifted Preschool Children´s Reasoning and Emotion (chapter 3)
    • About the Authors (chapter 0)
    • Imprint (chapter 0)