Gifted and Talented

Suggested Activities

The suggested activities have been organised under the following headings:

Heading		Definition
Activity		Theme/Topic Name
Strategy		Teaching and Learning Models and Instructional Strategies
Phase of Development		Early Childhood, Middle Childhood or Early Adolescence
Learning Area		Curriculum Framework Eight Learning Area's

Each heading is also a sort button for that column. Clicking the sort button for a column will cause that column to sort into alphabetical order, reordering the list. In this way you will be able to easily access the activity that best suits you and your student's context.

These activities have been incorporated from the 1996 Teaching TAGS (Primary) file. Future direction of this section will include the opportunity for teachers to share their own examples of best practice through an online learning community.

Activity	Strategy	Phase	Learning Area
Trees	Blooms Taxonomy	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Media	Blooms Taxonomy	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Cross Country Race	Deductive Reasoning	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Diagrams and Pictures	Deductive Reasoning	Early Childhood	Mathematics
Occupations	Deductive Reasoning	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Patterns	Deductive Reasoning	Middle Childhood	Mathematics
Recycling	Deductive Reasoning	Early Childhood	Society and Environment
Shapes	Deductive Reasoning	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Show Dogs	Deductive Reasoning	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Six Caps	Deductive Reasoning	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Spring Cleaning	Deductive Reasoning	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Conclusions	Inductive Reasoning	Middle Childhood	Mathematics
Decisions	Inductive Reasoning	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Imagination and Creativity	Inductive Reasoning	Early Childhood	English
Messages	Inductive Reasoning	Middle Childhood	Mathematics
Patterns and Colour	Inductive Reasoning	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Patterns and Sequences	Inductive Reasoning	Middle Childhood	Mathematics
True or False?	Inductive Reasoning	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Spiders	Krathwohl	Early Childhood	English
Trees	Krathwohl	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Media	Krathwohl	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Jack and the Beanstalk	SCAMPER	Early/Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Pollution	Creative Problem Solving	Early/Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Ideas	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Alternatives	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Design an animal	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Design a toy	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Friends	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Changes	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Pose the problem	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
The Machine	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Complications	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
If I were in Charge	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
The Unknown	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
What if?	Creative Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Possibilities	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Alternatives	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Inventions	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Elaboration	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
What If?	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Alternatives	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Hansel & Gretel	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Imagination	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Mutants	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Thumbs	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Old skateboards	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Recycling CD's	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Possibilities	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Planet Lombo	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Sensible Ideas	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Future Shopping	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Hidden Objects	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Mystery	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Desert Adventure	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Emotions	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Ears and Ankles	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Cinderella	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Man from Snowy River	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Squiggles	Creative Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Advertisements	Critical Thinking	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Advertisements	Critical Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Logical Argument	Critical Thinking	Early Childhood	English
Zoos	Critical Thinking	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Snails	Problem Solving	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Penguins	Divergent Questioning	Early/Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Mixed examples	Divergent Questioning	Early Childhood	English
Jack and Beanstalk	Divergent Questioning	Early Childhood	English
Hansel & Gretel	Divergent Questioning	Middle Childhood	English
Pollution	Divergent Questioning	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Edible Newspapers	Divergent Questioning	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Semicircles	Divergent Questioning	Middle Childhood	Mathematics
Mini-Beasts	Renzulli's Enrichment Triad	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Disasters	Renzulli's Enrichment Triad	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Space Trekking	Renzulli's Enrichment Triad	Middle Childhood	Science
Solving Problems	N/A	Early Childhood	English - Speaking & Listening
Inferences	N/A	Early Childhood	English - Speaking & Listening
Team Player	N/A	Early Childhood	English - Speaking & Listening
Sentence Maker	N/A	Early Childhood	English - Speaking & Listening, Writing
Story Reconstruction	N/A	Early Childhood	English - Reading/Writing
Cinderella	N/A	Early Childhood	English - Reading
Story Time	N/A	Early Childhood	English - Reading/Writing
Memories	N/A	Early Childhood	English - Reading
Enemies	N/A	Early Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Puppet Play	N/A	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
The Borrowers	N/A	Middle Childhood	Cross Curriculum
Monolouge	N/A	Middle Childhood	English - Speaking & Listening
Sound effects	N/A	Middle Childhood	English - Speaking & Listening
Creative Writing	N/A	Middle Childhood	English - Writing
Myths and Values	N/A	Middle Childhood	English - Reading
Creative questioning	Divergent Questioning	Middle Childhood	English - Reading
Block Building	N/A	Early Childhood	Mathematics-Space
Distances	N/A	Early Childhood	Mathematics-Measurement
Footprints	N/A	Early Childhood	Mathematics-Space
Model Building	N/A	Early Childhood	Mathematics-Measurement
Animal Boundaries	N/A	Early Childhood	Mathematics-Space
Model Making	N/A	Early Childhood	Mathematics-Space
Time	N/A	Early Childhood	Mathematics-Measurement
Balance	N/A	Early Childhood	Mathematics-Measurement
Number Sentences	N/A	Early Childhood	Mathematics-Number
3D Shapes	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Space
Mapping	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Space
Time	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Measurement
Mass	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Measurement
Classification	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Number
Puzzles	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Number
Capacity	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Space
Mapping	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Space
Tessellation	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Space
Solar System Time	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Measurement
Number Systems	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Number
Real Life Chances	N/A	Middle Childhood	Mathematics-Chance & Data
Family Rules	N/A	Early Childhood	Society & Environment
Families	N/A	Early Childhood	Society & Environment
Communication	N/A	Early Childhood	Society & Environment
Communities & Change	N/A	Early Childhood	Society & Environment
World Environments	N/A	Middle Childhood	Society & Environment
Settlements	N/A	Middle Childhood	Society & Environment
Water Resources	N/A	Middle Childhood	Society & Environment
Environments	N/A	Middle Childhood	Society & Environment
Plants-Fruit	N/A	Early Childhood	Science - Life & Living
Animals - Birds	N/A	Early Childhood	Science - Life & Living
Matter - Toy Cars	N/A	Early Childhood	Science - Energy & Change
Energy - Colour	N/A	Early Childhood	Science - Energy & Change
Plants - Classifying	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Life & Living
Animals - Growth	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Life & Living
Animals - Tracks	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Life & Living
Matter - Ice	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Energy & Change
Matter - Wheels	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Energy & Change
Energy - Candles	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Energy & Change
Energy - Simple Circuits	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Energy & Change
Plants - Colour	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Life & Living
Animals - Insects	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Life & Living
Animals - Bones	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Life & Living
Matter - Minerals	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Life & Living
Matter - Structures	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Energy & Change
Earth's Neighbours	N/A	Middle Childhood	Science - Earth & Beyond

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Suggested Activities