
WEBSITE SUPPORT FOR PARENTS Behavioural issues: www.behavioradvisor.com an American website with useful information. Brainy Child: www.brainy-child.com British Museum: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk Food and Drink Federation: www.fdf.org.uk has on-line quizzes, directory of web links and downloadable resources on all aspects of food Free rice: www.freerice.com a website where all the family can enjoy answering questions whilst winning rice for the UN World Food Programme Global Footprints: www.globalfootprints.org take an online quiz to tell what your global footprint is and learn how to reduce it Headliners: www.headliners.org a website on journalism for children aged 8-11 IGGY International Gateway for Gifted Youth: www.warwick.ac.uk/iggy a website for gifted children. Try the IGGY Junior area IPSEA: www.ipsea.org.uk free and independent advice and support to parents Kids Astronomy: www.kidsastornmy.com free games and activities for parents and teachers of children of all ages. Kidscape: www.kidscape.org.uk advice for parents, professionals, children and young people. Also run Assertiveness Training and Courses Maths: www.nrichmaths.org mathematical resources for children, parents and teachers to enrich learning. Mensa: www.mensa.org.uk Parent s In Touch: www.parentsintouch.co.uk Reading Reform: www.rrf.org.uk a website for reading, spelling and nonsense word tests. Reading for gifted children: www.amazon.co.uk/tag/childrens%books/forum Science at Home: http://science-at-home.org/predict-observe-explain/ a website explaining how to turn anything into an experiment. There is a wealth of websites now available for parents of gifted and talented children. All have value but much depends on what information you are looking for. Here, we try to categorise the information.
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