Preschool Aged Gifted Children

Teaching Young Gifted Children in the Regular Classroom by Joan Franklin Smutny, Sally Yahnke Walker, and Elizabeth A. Meckstroth. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Press, 1997.
This is a good book for educators and is oriented specifically towards the classroom teacher. It contains chapters on identifying preschool aged gifted children, creating a learning environment, compacting and extending the curriculum, promoting creativity and imagination and understanding children's emotional need. It also contains reproducible forms for teachers.

Parents Nurturing Math-Talented Young Children by Barbara Waxman, Nancy M. Robinson, and Swampna Mukhopadhayay. Published and available from the Halbert Robinson Center for Capabable Youth, Seattle WA, CAPABLE@u.washington.edu.
This book gives an overview of the behavioral manifestations of early ability in mathematics. The results of a major research study conducted at the University of Washington is presented (easily digested by parents). The authors also review various alternatives in meeting the needs of math-advanced children including acceleration and strategies within the classroom.

Teachers Nurturing Math-Talented Young Children by Barbara Waxman, Nancy M. Robinson, and Swampna Mukhopadhayay. Published and available from the Halbert Robinson Center for Capabable Youth, Seattle WA, CAPABLE@u.washington.edu.
This is the educators version of the book listed above. It presents in detail the Math Trek curriculum which was used in the Center for Capable Youth study of preschoolers talented in mathematics. There is a focus on curriculum, instructional strategies. Several profiles of students are included.

Gifted Young Children by Wendy Conklin Roedell, Nancy Eowald Jackson and Halbert B. Robinson. New York: Teachers College Press, Columbia University, 1980.
This book is old but it is timeless. It contains one of the best reviews of the research literature on the families, physical development, social and emotional development and patterns of intellectual abilities of young children. It is recommended for those with an interest in the research issues surrounding young gifted children.