Gifted Children's Resource Guide

Kids' Games

Each year since 1990, Mensa has solicited new games from manufacturers and selected five of them to bear the Mensa Select® seal. These games are generally challenging and fun to play time after time. The following winners are eminently suited for families.

SET (Set Enterprises, Inc) is a card game that requires players to find sets of three cards with each of 4 different attributes either all the same or all different. This makes a great family game, as after some practice the kids start doing as well, if not better than, the adults. It retails for about $12, and we've seen it at Gamers Paradise and some other stores.

Rat-a-Tat-Cat (Gamewright, Inc) is a game that combines a little memory work, some skill, and a small bit of luck. Rounds are played very quickly, and the rules were clear and easy to understand. This game is geared more for children than SET, but it is still fun for the family to play.

Books & Software

Giftedchild.com
Online store specializing in toys, etc., that gifted children might like.

Cuisenaire
(800) 237-0338
Math Olympiad workbooks.

Gifted Education Press
10201 Yuma Court
Manassas, VA 20108
Books.

Hewlett-Packard
Software, educational materials and hardware.

Educational Insights
(800) 995-4436
Workbooks, software, children's computers, GeoSafari products.

Knowledge Adventure
Software lines including JumpStart and MathBlaster.

V-Tech
(800) 521-2010
Educational toys, software and hardware.

Freespirit Publishing
(800) 735-7323
"Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom"
by Joan Franklin Smutny, Sally Yahnke Walker and Elizabeth A. Meckstroth