Six Qualities of A Gifted Child And How to Encourage Him

When I was getting my teaching certificate in college, my very first classroom observation was in a middle school TAG (Talented and Gifted) classroom. It was the first time I had heard of this label. In the Texas school, these students had been tested and were found to be gifted. Because of this, they were put in a few special classes throughout their public education.

The next year, when I did my student teaching, I had the same group of students again. They were freshmen in high school, and I was in charge of their TAG English class.

All day long, I taught regular and advanced English classes. The last class of the day was this TAG class, and it was a unique group that stood out greatly from the others.

The TAG students were loud. That’s what I remember the most.

Learn to Appreciate and Encourage Gifted Students

I could hear them coming, en masse, down the hallway to class. Usually, they were singing boisterously –always laughing. The class took more energy to lead, because they were witty and highly interactive. They lived outside of the box.

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