T'NT: Talented and Thinking Independent Study Guides in a New Reproducible Kit -- $100 --  a series of 15 independent learning contracts designed to provide in-depth,  high level, creative, enrichment studies to develop students to be creators of original products!  Each booklet includes a self-evaluation for the student.

    Book A:  Creative Communications:  Speaking Out!, Creative Stories, Science Fiction Findings, Thought Provokers - Games Puzzlers and Codes

    Book B:  Science and Invention:  Environmental Explorations, Scientific Experimentation, Interesting Investigations, Innovative Inventors

    Book C:  People and Places:  Athletic Competition, Around the World, The Hall of Famers

    Book D:  Intriguing Endeavors   Art Adventures, Music Magic, Creative Poetry, Puppet Happenings

The format of these books has been improved.  A reproducible friendly kit is now available.

The Thinking Bag (G4432AP) (publisher, a. w. peller.com), $12.95

Children stretch their imaginations to create unusual and interesting ideas. The fun-filled activities will will help students develop important creative-thinking skills. They will learn to brainstorm to think of lots of ideas, to look at things from different points of view, to expand ideas, and to create unusual, inventive ideas.
 

Creating  with Your Funny Bone (publisher, a. w. peller.com), $12.95

Cartooning can be an exciting vehicle for creative expression. Creating with Your Funny Bone! helps students develop the skills needed to design and draw their own fascinating characters and to create intriguing cartoon adventures.
 

Creative Connections for Kids ... 50 Creative Lessons by Students for Students -- Site license for school $100.00

"What a team!  Thinking outside of the box and out of this world!"

50 spontaneous problems created by students to stimulate

Fluency * Flexibility* Elaboration* Originality

Publications co-authored by Franny:

Invent America Enrollment Kit and the Train the Trainers Manual -- www.inventamerica.org

Articles published by Franny:

Learning That Lasts a Life Time ... Former Students Tell What Works!  to be published in Gifted Education Press Quarterly, 2004

About Best Practices and Programming for Gifted Students

• Learning That Lasts a Lifetime .... Former Students Tell What Works!

• Challenging Students Through Extension and Exceptional Learning

• USA - Building an Olympic Year for Academics

• Dandelions Roar Through Pittsburgh ... Customized Curricula 

• One Gifted Program's Successes 

• Assessment by the Students ... an Apprenticeship Program

• Partners in Advocacy, the Journey ... Teachers, Administrators, Parents and Students

• A Review of the Federal Excellence Report on Gifted Education

• Javits Grant Programs:  An Overview and One Project Sample

• The Challenge ... to Bring Out the Best, a Case Study

• Chapter 16 ... a Process of Change for Gifted Education

• Comprehensive Assessment of Gifted Students

           What Works!?  Assessment of a Gifted Program from the Students and Parents After Graduation!

• A Seven-Point Assessment (of a Gifted Program) ...  From the Students

• Everything I Ever Wanted to Know About Effective Teaching I Learned from my Students

• Get Out of Their Way, Three Assessment Strategies

           What are the Students Doing?   Strategies Receiving an A !

• TIEing It Together for Our Gifted Students

• The Human Spirit ... Creativity and Change!

• Let the Inventive Spirit Soar

• Cartooning: Unleashing Your Creativity!

• A Kid's View of Creative Thinking

• Kids' Crimes ... Justice in the Land of Mother Goose

• The Hall of Fame

• Athletic Events

• On Creativity