Raise Genius Kids

Hello Friend,

Yesterday Jennifer called me. She left a message saying that she got my name and phone number from the head of PTA for Northern California. She explained that she is working on the casting for a new TV show. In the show genius children ages 4 to 12 will answer trivia questions. She asked if I can help her identify participants for the show.

I told her that I will send out an email to “Develop Your Child’s Genius” subscribers, and parents who are interested will be able to contact her directly. Here is her email:

Hi Esther!

Below is the casting info for our show. Thanks so much for sending it out! Hopefully something will work out

Best,
Jennifer Cron

Below is the casting info for our new show for a MAJOR network. We have a limited time to narrow down our candidates for the project so the sooner you respond, the better your chances are of being selected.

Are you the parent of a little genius? Is your child a walking encyclopedia of knowledge? Now casting children (ages 4-12) who are extremely bright for a new major network series from Mark Burnett Productions (cast Survivor, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader, etc). We are looking for children who are exceptionally advanced for their age in one or more subjects.

Does your child know all there is to know about Baseball, the Presidents of the United States, English Literature, etc.? If so, then we want to meet you! Parents, this is your chance to let your child’s genius shine.

Please email us NOW at casting.jennifer@gmail.com (the sooner the better!), make sure you include your name, phone number, your child’s name & age, the city you live in, a brief description of their genius and several photos of all of you (please note your photos will not be returned).

All the best,
Esther

She is barely out of diapers, but the world already knows 2-year-old Karina Oakley is a genius. Her mother, Charlotte Fraser, revealed to the British media Tuesday that a London-based intelligence researcher estimated her young daughter’s IQ around 160.

Share Inside an innovative class for some of the world’s most brilliant kids. This March, America learned it had its own genius child. Six-year-old Pranav Veera of Ohio made the media rounds after he scored 176 on an IQ test.

Although millions of us celebrate these children’s brilliance on TV shows that air past their bedtime, childhood development experts debate whether Pranav and Karina should ever have been told.

“We don’t usually tell children what their IQ scores are,” said Sylvia Rimm, a child psychologist and author of “Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades, and What You Can Do About It.” By LAUREN COX ABC News Medical Unit

There’s no doubt about it, homework is a vital part of children’s development. As parents, it is our duty to encourage them to do their homework and learn so that they can reach their full potential. Not only will this help them learn but it will instill a sense of pride within them. Plus, they’ll have a better understanding of the concepts at school and can do better overa

ll. But, what if your child hates homework and it is a struggle to get them to do it every day? Well, I can help. In this article, I will teach you how to make homework more appealing for your child.

>>1. Help them get into work mode.

When children hear the word homework, they automatically remember something that is not fun. In addition, they’re often exhausted after school. Therefore it important that we give them ample time to unwind before we insist that they complete their academic work. We can do this by administering a health snack and giving them a bit of personal time immediately after school.

>>2. Change their vision about homework.

Many kids don’t like homework therefore we must turn their vision around. We must teach them that homework can be a lot of fun. Instead of thinking of it as work to do at home, we can encourage them to see it as a time to further educate our brains in a fun and enriching manner. This simply paradigm shift will get results, trust me.

>>3. Make an enrichment plan with your kids.

Get your children involved and excited about their homework. This can be done by getting them involved in a homework plan that gets them excited. To create this plan, brainstorm with your kids. Ask them questions like, “Why do we need to have enrichment time? How much time should you spend every day on enrichment time? Where will you set up enrichment time? What can we both do to make enrichment time more fun and enrichment? Both of you should take time to really think about the plan and how to make it worth for the both of you.

>>4. Be versatile.

Just remember that children are not soldiers. They’ve been in school all day and they need a breaks as well as a snack before they get started with homework. So, give them a bit of down town before you create the enrichment at home program. Not only will this make them more excited about the plan but it will excite them as well. Understand that nothing is set in stone. So, make changes to the schedule when necessary. After all, you want to keep your kids happy and excited about completing their work. Right?

>>5. In conclusion, .. if you and your children work together to develop a realistic home enrichment program, they will be more excited about getting their work done and will feel a sense of immense pride and accomplishment as a result of their involvement with the plan. Good luck parent

Experts Say Brilliant Children Can Later Fall Into an Underachieving Emotional Trap

She is barely out of diapers, but the world already knows 2-year-old Karina Oakley is a genius. Her mother, Charlotte Fraser, revealed to the British media Tuesday that a London-based intelligence researcher estimated her young daughter’s IQ around 160.

This March, America learned it had its own genius child. Six-year-old Pranav Veera of Ohio made the media rounds after he scored 176 on an IQ test.

Although millions of us celebrate these children’s brilliance on TV shows that air past their bedtime, childhood development experts debate whether Pranav and Karina should ever have been told.

“We don’t usually tell children what their IQ scores are,” said Sylvia Rimm, a child psychologist and author of “Why Bright Kids Get Poor Grades, and What You Can Do About It.”

“The overemphasis on how brilliant they are often leaves them with a pressured existence trying to living up to their potential,” she said.

By LAUREN COX
ABC News Medical Unit
Abc News

Animal Genius combines wacky animal facts, entertaining fast-paced animal games, and photo-realistic graphics to make this into an outstanding video game for kids. Plus all directions, words and identifications have voice-overs so young kids who aren’t yet reading can play. It is rare to find a Nintendo DS game that talks to you.

The game is themed around earning 25 animals — five animals in each of five habitats. Kids select the rain forest, arctic, woodlands, ocean or grasslands and once there, the game offers them an animal to earn. Kids earn the animals by playing games to get points, with animals varying in cost from 25 up to 125 points.

Kids gain the points by repeatedly playing four fun games in any order they wish. In the game called “Scratch and See,” kids see a blank gray screen. By moving the DS stylus back and forth across the screen, kids “scratch” away part of the gray mask covering an animal underneath. Since kids will only see part of the animal, they must deduce which animal they are viewing from the traits they can see. The game then asks them to select the correct animal from a list of four.

The “Maze Munch” game lets children become a lion, a clownfish, a skunk or a chameleon that travels through a maze. When playing as the clownfish or the skunk, they need to gather food while avoiding predators. Playing as the lion may be a little disturbing to younger children because you chase zebras, pounce on them and devour them (no blood is shown, but you do hear a loud roar).

“Matchomatic” cleverly asks kids to match animals to specific traits such as the body coverings or the type of tail. Kids use the stylus to select an animal on the lower screen and then fling it up into one of two circles on the top screen showing the trait.