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I have over 30 years of teaching experience in gifted and talented education, special education, and 3rd grade. I retired from an exciting schoolwide enrichment program in Texas for ALL students, not only Gifted, called the Challenge Lab! I'm currently a Gifted Education Consultant and children's book author...I present a wide variety of teacher-friendly Differentiation and Gifted and Talented in-services, and consult with districts and elementary schools on setting up Challenge Labs. My hobbies include family time & owning my own cottage bakery, La Paloma Treats. Visit my Education blog at http://challengelabenrichment.blogspot.com/ for more info!
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Wanted: Creature Creator! STEAM Activity for Gifted Students or Enrichment
Your advanced or gifted students and fast finishers will LOVE this S.T.E.A.M. activity integrating Science, Art, and Engineering! Watch your students' creativity ooze as they design an original creature for the New Zoo. Focusing on animal adaptations, this product guides students through the design process of brainstorming, planning, illustrating, labeling, and building. Differentiation made easy- let me do the work for you!
Want a fresh schoolwide enrichment program that's not just for the g
K - 6th
Science, Visual Arts
100th Day of School Mystery! Logic Puzzle for Early Primary
100th Day of School Mystery! Logic Puzzle for Critical Thinking for PreK-K-1! Differentiation made easy- the work is done for you!! Students learn to think like a detective to figure out which child brought which objects for a class 100th Day of School display. 13 page packet includes: • Extensive Teacher Tips for using puzzle, and for teaching logic and deductive reasoning • clipart to cut into manipulative pieces for hands-on activity (can mount on cardstock and laminate) • 2 problem-solv
PreK - 1st
Also included in: MEGA Logic Puzzle Bundle for Young Learners!
MILANO-CORTINA 2026 Modern and Ancient Games Research Menu- Enrichment/Gifted
***UPDATED for Milano Cortina Italy 2026 Winter Olympics!*** Differentiate for gifted students, high achievers, fast finishers, and all levels with 8 fun research mini-projects about the Olympics! (including Ancient Greece and the Winter Olympics!) Menu includes choices for several levels of difficulty and all learning preferences. Teachers can have students select one or several projects from creating graphs and Venn diagrams, to designing god/goddess trading cards, and inventing their own Olym
1st - 8th
Social Studies
Also included in: Multitude of Menus! Enrichment Bundle
Kite Book Report Packet for Fiction and Non-Fiction
SPRING into literature with a creative book report in a kite form! Your students can SOAR by writing story elements or cool facts from their books, then assembling their book report into an adorable mini-kite. (book can be any book, or it can have a kite theme!) 8 page packet includes:
Terms of Use
Book report form- Fiction (lined and unlined)
Book report form- Non- Fiction (lined and unlined)
Bow patterns for kite book report
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Great product for Gifted and Talented, enrichm
K - 5th
Literature
Indigenous Peoples Research Menu for Gifted, Enrichment and Differentiation
Enhance your social studies and language arts curriculum with critical and creative thinking! Your students' higher-order thinking skills will bloom as they research various Indigenous Peoples to complete their choice of 8 motivating research activities. Social Studies and Language Arts integrated, including research websites and categories. Perfect for Thanksgiving or anytime! This 17 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty (coded), diverse multiple intelligences/learning styles, and 5
K - 8th
Native Americans
Also included in: Holiday Menu Bundle for Critical & Creative Thinking!
Spider Sleuth! Creepy Crawly Research Activity Menu for Gifted and Enrichment
WEAVE critical and creative thinking into your science curriculum! Your students' higher-order thinking skills will SPIN as they become Spider Sleuths, researching various spiders to complete their choice of 8 motivating research activities. Science and Language Arts integrated, including research websites and categories. Perfect for Halloween! This 7 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty and diverse multiple intelligences/learning styles. Want differentiation made easy? Try an activ
1st - 8th
Create-A-Game! Planning Packet for Research Products for Advanced Students
One of my best sellers! The Create-A-Game Planning Packet for Enrichment/ Research Products is for ANY research topic! Your advanced or gifted students, or even your fast finishers, can "show what they know" in a unique, fun way! My students have been creating their own games for years…this packet is the end result of the lessons, guidelines, and many details I helped them include in their original games. This planning packet includes a 14 page detailed checklist to guide students through the s
1st - 9th
For All Subjects
Fruit Frenzy Logic Puzzle for K-2 (Critical Thinking, Gifted, Early Finishers)
This is a logic puzzle for early grades (K-2) to promote higher level thinking. Great for young gifted children also. The work is done for you! 7 pages include clipart to cut into manipulative pieces (can mount on cardstock and laminate), 2 solving strategies (a logic chart and possibilities chart) and answer key.
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: MEGA Logic Puzzle Bundle for Young Learners!
Early Reading Alphabet Enrichment Menu Packet with 8 Activities for PreK- 2
Want differentiation to be easier? Try an extension menu! Great for 1st grade at the beginning of the year, high level kinders, or early finishers! This 14 page early reading and language arts menu packet is based on the letters of the alphabet, and includes 3 levels of difficulty and multiple intelligences/learning styles. Students choose 3 activities in a row to make tic-tac-toe. All the forms you need are included for all 8 activities...the work has been done for you! Choice and challenge are
PreK - 2nd
Creative Writing, English Language Arts
Also included in: Multitude of Menus! Enrichment Bundle
Goin’ Batty! Research Activity Menu for Gifted or Enrichment
FLY into critical and creative thinking in your science curriculum! Your students' higher-order thinking skills will SOAR as they "Go Batty" researching various bat information to complete their choice of 8 motivating research activities. Science and Language Arts integrated, including research websites and categories. Perfect for Halloween! This 13 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty (coded), diverse multiple intelligences/learning styles, and 5 forms. Want differentiation made ea
1st - 8th
Halloween 4-in-1 Critical and Creative Thinking Bundle for Gifted and Enrichment
Fly into critical and creative thinking in your science and math/ logic curriculum! Your students' higher-order thinking skills will SOAR during the Halloween season with this HUGE 4-in-1 bundle! Bundle Includes these 4 products: (click links for details and previews) 1) Goin’ Batty! Research Activity Menu for Gifted or Enrichment 2) Spider Sleuth! Creepy Crawly Research Activity Menu for Gifted and Enrichment 3) Halloween Logic Puzzle for Young and Gifted Thinkers!4) Halloween Headlines Mys
PreK - 6th
Presidents With Pizzazz! A Research Choice Menu for Gifted/Enrichment
Want differentiation for your gifted or advanced learners made easy? Try an activity menu! Great for President's Day! This 30 page Presidents With Pizzazz Research menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty and multiple intelligences/learning styles.
SAVE $$$ by buying my bundle of 3 Winter Enrichment Menus here (includes this one)! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sensational-Set-of-3-Winter-Enrichment-Menus-966786
All the forms you need are included for all 8 activities! Ready-to
1st - 9th
Also included in: Holiday Menu Bundle for Critical & Creative Thinking!
Holidays Around the World Gifted or Enrichment Menu for K-5
Want differentiation made easy? Try an activity menu! This 19 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty and multiple intelligences/learning styles. All the forms you need are included for all 8 activities!
SAVE $$$ by buying a bundle of 3 Winter enrichment menus here (includes this one)! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sensational-Set-of-3-Winter-Enrichment-Menus-966786
Ready-to-go with website links, choices for different holidays such as Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa;
K - 5th
Also included in: Holiday Menu Bundle for Critical & Creative Thinking!
MEGA Logic Puzzle Bundle for Young Learners!
Save $$$ as you teach critical thinking and logic to your youngest students in PreK-Kinder-1st! MEGA Logic Puzzle Bundle includes TEN hands-on logic puzzle packets for use throughout the year. Great for Gifted/Talented, advanced learners, fast finishers, differentiation and enrichment. Let me do the work for you! Each puzzle includes: • teacher tips for packet and for teaching deductive reasoning/ logic • colorful images to cut into hands-on manipulative pieces (can mount on cardstock, cut, and
PreK - 1st
Other (Math)
Valentine's Day Logic Puzzles for Lower and Upper Elementary!
TWO Logic Puzzles for Critical Thinking for upper and lower elementary! Includes BOTH puzzles: Valentine's Day Party Mix-Up (Pre-K -1) and Bewildering Bake Sale (upper elementary). Differentiation made easy- the work is done for you!! Students learn to think like a detective to see which child had which treat at the Valentine's Day party (lower level), and which child bought which treat at the Valentine's Day bake sale (upper level). Please click the links below for previews: Valentine's D
PreK - 5th
Flurry of Winter Research Gifted/Enrichment Menu: Sled Dogs, Inuits, MLK & More!
Want differentiation made easy? Try an activity menu! This 19 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty and multiple intelligences/learning styles. SAVE $$$ by buying my bundle of 3 Winter Enrichment Menus here (includes this one)! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sensational-Set-of-3-Winter-Enrichment-Menus-966786 All the forms you need are included for all 8 activities! Ready-to-go including: Terms of Use Teacher information and hints Winter Activity Menu Websites for resear
K - 8th
Also included in: Multitude of Menus! Enrichment Bundle
Sensational Set of 3 Winter Menus for Critical & Creative Thinking!
Want differentiation made easy? Try an activity menu! This 67 page bundle includes ALL THREE of these popular Winter Enrichment menus (save $$$$ when you buy all 3 bundled instead of separately!) :
• Holidays Around the World Menu (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Holidays-Around-the-World-Gifted-or-Enrichment-Menu-for-K-5-432039)
• Flurry of Winter Research Menu (http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Flurry-of-Winter-Research-GiftedEnrichment-Menu-Iditarod-Inuits-and-More-51
K - 8th
Crazy Compounds: Creative Word Building Gifted Enrichment Activity for K-1
Need a fun, hands-on word building activity to differentiate for your higher or gifted readers in kindergarten and first grade? This 13 page Crazy Compounds document includes it all: directions page with five activities, several pages of compound word parts for students to cut apart, answer keys, and student sheets with answer blanks. Teachers can even make one laminated set for use in a language arts center. (Could also be used as a good hands-on activity for your lower readers in 2nd grade.) I
PreK - 1st
Reading, Vocabulary
Kite Kapers! Spring Cross-Curricular Research Menu for Gifted/Enrichment
Spring into critical and creative thinking! Your students' thinking skills will SOAR high with amazing kite research! Math-Science-Social Studies-Language Arts choices included. Perfect for National Kite Flying Month in April! Want differentiation made easy? Try an activity choice menu! This 18 page menu packet includes 3 levels of difficulty and diverse multiple intelligences/learning styles.
9 activities! Ready-to-go packet includes:
Terms of Use
Teacher Tips
Kite Research Menu (9 activity
1st - 8th
Also included in: Multitude of Menus! Enrichment Bundle
Lucky Logic Mystery Puzzle for Pre K-2!
The Lucky Logic Mystery Puzzle for Critical Thinking for Pre K-2! Differentiation made easy- the work is done for you!! Students learn to think like a detective to see which child painted which St. Patrick's Day decoration. 13 page packet includes:
• Extensive Teacher Tips for using puzzle and for teaching logic and deductive reasoning
• clipart to cut into manipulative pieces for hands-on activity (can mount on cardstock and laminate)
• 2 problem-solving strategies (logic chart and possibi
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: MEGA Logic Puzzle Bundle for Young Learners!
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About the store
Experience
I have over 30 years of teaching experience in gifted and talented education, special education, and 3rd grade. I retired from an exciting schoolwide enrichment program in Texas for ALL students, not only Gifted, called the Challenge Lab! I'm currently a Gifted Education Consultant and children's book author...I present a wide variety of teacher-friendly Differentiation and Gifted and Talented in-services, and consult with districts and elementary schools on setting up Challenge Labs. My hobbies include family time & owning my own cottage bakery, La Paloma Treats. Visit my Education blog at http://challengelabenrichment.blogspot.com/ for more info!
Teaching style
Differentiation is my specialty! I believe in teaching with hands-on activities whenever possible, allowing students choice, and gearing activities towards students' strengths and passions!
Awards & shining teacher moments
I worked in the regular and gifted classrooms in a National Title I Distinguished School from 2002-2018. I was chosen Oak Crest Middle School Teacher of the Year. I have presented in my own school districts and campuses, various Texas school districts, at the Texas Association for Gifted/Talented (TAGT) conference and Leadership Conference often since 2005, for regional education service centers, and at the annual conference of the New England Council for Gifted and Talented.
My own education history
I have a B.A. in Elementary and Special Education, Kindergarten Endorsement, Early Childhood Handicapped Endorsement, and a M.Ed. in School Leadership, all from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
Additional biographical information
I love helping teachers and groups take the mystery and stress out of differentiation! Let me share some easy teacher-friendly strategies for rigor and engagement with your group! Want a GREAT way to promote academic excellence in your WHOLE school, and nurture your gifted program at the same time? For an innovative approach to differentiation and enrichment schoolwide,
visit my blog: http://challengelabenrichment.blogspot.com/
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