Infinity and Zebra Stripes: Life with Gifted Children »

All children deserve an appropriate educational challenge - but frustrating barriers and unexpected surprises often prevent this from happening. This is why parents need to speak up and effectively advocate for their children. In Infinity and Zebra Stripes, Wendy Skinner shares her family's story of struggle and eventual success in working with the school system to meet her children's needs. Enlightening anecdotes of the author's experience demonstrate strategies for minimizing parent-school conflict. Learn how to build trusting relationships with teachers and administrators, and how your voice can change your child's life.

iParenting Media Awards' Reviewer

"The story was encouraging to parents of gifted children to further the exploration of appropriate educational experiences for their children. Parents should advocate for their children in their education endeavors and this author encouraged it without demonstrating defensiveness: an admirable quality."

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Prologue

Chapter 1
A Turning Point
Cherry-Flavored Cars
Enter Jillian, The Strong Girl

Chapter 2
I Want My Mommy!
Superman Saves the Day
Kindergarten Anxiety
Brown and Gray Kindergarten
Unos, Dos, Tres
Little Chairs, Little Meetings
First-Grade Turning Point
The End of Wait and See

Chapter 3
Whent he Saints Go Marching In
Shocking News
Floodgate of Knowledge
Principal of Learning
Painting
Inhale and Exhale

Chapter 4
Reading and the Yukon Song
Redundancy of Repetition Revealed
Making Plans

Chapter 5
Libraries and Weight Lifting
Mittens and Sheep
Boys for Friends
Adam and Eve, and Santa Claus
Vivaldi

Chapter 6
Eight-Year-Old Heaven
A New Country
A Fourteen-Year-Old Heart
The 10/90 Rule
A Little Research Expedition
Return to Sender, Classroom Unknown
A Love Affair with Backgammon

Chapter 7
Kindergarten or First?
Dissecting with Dr. Jillian
Fairness and Tradition
A Multidimensional Discussion
First Grade
Growing Up Bigger
Magic and Mysteries Revealed

Epilogue
Resources
Organizations
Internet Websites
Books and Recordings
Endnotes
About the Author