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Playing the Market
Karen Isaacson

Dale Seymour Publications, 1996

Students learn important math concepts while engaged in a stock market simulation. In working through the simulations students form investment groups, choose stocks to "purchase" and pay brokers commission, and track the changing value of their investment over time. Grades 5+

Raisin' Brains: Surviving My Smart Family

9 reviews
Karen L.J. Isaacson

Great Potential Press, 2002

New test for giftedness!
Thanks to Karen Isaacson, we won't need standardized tests to see if children, or their entire families, belong in a gifted program. All we have to do is have them read this book, and wait. If, within minutes, the parent is on the floor hysterically laughing, "I'm not the only one! I'm not the only one!".. her kid gets in the program. As I read this thoroughly enjoyable book I kept wondering how ...

Intelligent Life in the Classroom: Smart Kids & Their Teachers
Karen Isaacson, Tamara J. Fisher

Great Potential Pr., Inc., 2007

This teacher book will provide lots of laughs as well as some good insights into the nature, quirks and vulnerabilities of gifted kids. As a companion to the award-winning book titled Raisin' Brains: Surviving My Smart Family, it's a fun read that includes information about helpful teacher traits and much more. This book will be useful for teacher training with its extensive list of books and resources.

LIFE IN THE FAST BRAIN: Keeping Up With Gifted Minds

2 reviews
Karen L. J. Isaacson

Great Potential Pr., Inc., 2007

Very enjoyable read
What a fun book. I really enjoyed the writers stories and writing style. I read the first book Raisin Brains and was excited to see a sequel, it didnt disappoint.