Early Childhood Matters' blog
Mimi Wellisch is an early childhood teacher, registered psychologist and parent of adult gifted children. This blog reflects her belief in the importance of early childhood.
How To Find Out Whether Your Child Is Academically Gifted
Monday, 29 March 2010 23:06
The IQ test has been on the nose for a long while now, although in the not-too-distant past it was held to be the only sure way to assess academic giftedness. One of the issues confronting IQ tests when their respect began to unravel, was that they can only measure academic ability and not other forms of giftedness.
Not Academically Gifted? Never Mind, Your Child May Still Be Gifted!
Monday, 29 March 2010 23:03
Research shows that parents are generally correct when they suspect that their child is gifted. Typically these children are great conversationalists, often using sophisticated language that stops you in your track. They are quick at learning, have amazing memories, and thrive on complexities. But some children I have tested turn out not to be academically gifted, and it is not easy to face the parents and give them the bad news.
A Funny Thing Happened On Grandparents Day
Monday, 29 March 2010 23:01
It is rare for me to get feed-back on the outcome of recommendations I have made as a psychologist as a result of assessing children for giftedness. But the other day when I was invited to my twin-grandchildren's 'Grandparents Day' I had a really sweet experience, and it had nothing to do with being a grandparent.
More research about who make the best carers - mothers or others
Friday, 23 October 2009 23:09
I went to Macquarie University today to listen to a presentation by Professor Michael Keane, a distinguished finance and economics researcher at the University of Technology. As you may have guessed by now, my interests are somewhat removed from the cold world of 'human resources', productivity, and statistics, and the only reason I went to listen to this presentation was the unusual research topic, especially coming from an economist.
Long hours in care & multiple care = poor school performance
Wednesday, 14 October 2009 21:23
The first large Australian longitudinal study on the effects of child care on children's adjustment and achievement indicates that long hours in care, and multiple care arrangements in the early years (for example, the baby or young child would attend a number of different care situations each week such as be with the nanny in the morning, dropped off at long day care during the day and perhaps attend a family day care carer's home some of the time), were predictors of lower literacy scores.
Imaginary Friends Can Be Very Useful
Friday, 05 June 2009 12:59
It has long been known that gifted children tend to have imaginary friends. Now there is Australian research to support this observation.
Time to let the children go to school
Monday, 30 March 2009 21:06
I have been away this weekend and during a leisurely Sunday morning I had time to read the Sydney Morning Herald (28-29 March 2009) where I found an article on p. 3, "Youngest Kindies Catch Up", and could hardly wait to get home so I could share the news with you, my reader.More Articles...
- Victory for early entry in Victoria
- To School or Not to School, That is The Question
- Gagné, the DMTG and early childhood education
- Why corporate greed may not be as simple as ABC
- At last - 1:4 ratio announced for under 2s
- The inconvenient truth about being a parent
- Disadvantages of using the Stanford-Binet Version 5
- Our Children or The Productivity Commission's Children?
- Should we treat all children the same way?
- Hyper Narcissistic Parenting
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