Articles, essays on childhood, high potential and reading
The value of play
Bridges are games: the value of play in the fable
Play as a bridge between reality and imagination in Solomon J. in the village of the Pepileni: the ferris wheel and the little bridges of home.
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A guide for parents and teachers
High cognitive potential: traits to watch for and tools to learn more
The signs of high cognitive potential visible at home and at school, the value of a professional assessment, and how to support a Sun Child.
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In depth
Arborescent thinking: how it works
Arborescent thinking proceeds through branches and simultaneous connections. How to recognise it in gifted children and support it at school and at home.
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Relationships between children
Friendship and high cognitive potential
How gifted children build friendships, which settings help them feel recognised, and how adults can support strong bonds among peers.
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Peter Pan and Solomon J.: two children between worlds
A comparison between J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Solomon J.: two models of childhood, boundary and return, between Pepilandia and the world of grown ups.
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In depth
Bubbles: a space of self preservation
Bubbles in Solomon J. in the village of the Pepileni as a metaphor for the inner space where a child regulates emotion and processes experience.
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For teachers
Teachers or Pepilena Magna? Educating also means knowing how to see
The Pepilena Magna protects, accompanies and waits. Four verbs that help us think about the educational presence in today's schools.
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When school and family talk, but the child disappears
Communication between school and family risks losing the child when it searches for someone to blame instead of shared understanding.
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When feeling different becomes loneliness
For some gifted children, the distance they feel from their peers can turn into loneliness. What can adults do to support belonging?
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Sun Child
So much to say and no one to talk to
The loneliness of a child who thinks beyond his years: the wish for rapport, the difficulty of finding someone to talk to, and the adult's role.
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Figures and perspectives
Prahlāda, the child who keeps what he knows about himself
Prahlāda in the fable of Solomon J.: the child who keeps an inner truth even when adult eyes read him through narrow categories.
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The Takaró: symbol of the greatness we are born with
The Takaró as a literary symbol of a greatness that belongs to the child from the very first breath: a fresh perspective in contemporary fable.
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