*The families and staff members of the Davidson Institute Young Scholars program have contributed these ideas to consider when buying gifts for a profoundly intelligent young person:
Reading Lists
CTY Johns Hopkins Reading List
Other Books
Books & DVDs by The Mathemagician, Dr. Arthur Benjamin
Books by The Verbivore, Dr. Richard Lederer
Calvin and Hobbes a book by Bill Watterson (bookshop.org)
Mysteries of the Universe Book Set
The Klutz Book of Animation: How to Make Your Own Stop Motion Movies
7 x 9 = Trouble by Claudia Mills
Annika Riz, Math Whiz by Claudia Mills
Anno’s Math Games by Mitsumasa Anno
Fractions = Trouble by Claudia Mills
George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Stephen Hawking and Lucy Hawking
Go Figure!: A Totally Cool Book About Numbers by Johnny Ball
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
Numericon: The Hidden Lives of Numbers by Marianne Freiberger and Rachel Thomas
One-Hour Mysteries by Mary Ann Carr
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table (and other books in the Sir Cumference series) by Cindy Neuschwander and Wayne Geehan
The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat by Theoni Pappas
The Magic of Math: Solving for x and Figuring Out Why by Arthur Benjamin
The Man Who Counted: A Collection of Mathematical Adventures by Malba Tahan
The Murderous Maths series by Kjartan Poskitt
The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
You Can Count on Monsters by Richard Evan Schwartz
Magazine Subscriptions
Video Games – For Learning & Fun
Klutz Lego Crazy Action Contraptions
Games
7 ATE 9 – Fast and Fun Number Crunch’n
Professor Noggin’s History of the United States Card Game
Scrabble (Editions in multiple languages to expand vocabulary, including Spanish, French, Polish, Russian and more)
Ultimate Magic Show with Performance Table
Puzzles and Single Player Games
Toys
Top 10 Toys for Gifted Children
Bloco Toys – Dragons and Reptiles
Miscellaneous
Power Tech Chemistry 120 – Kitchen Chemistry Kit
Art Supplies – Gift Ideas for Young Artists
Lego Stop Animation Video Camera
Membership to a local museum of interest (Click here for a list of museums throughout the country)
Mini Dino Excavation Kits – Dig It Up
NSI Room Planetarium and Projector
Star Theater Pro Home Planetarium
Storytelling Recordings and Performance by Jim Weiss
Thames and Kosmos Science Kits
– Hoagies’ list of smart toys includes lots of games, puzzles, and construction sets among other toy ideas.
– Hoagies’ list of software favorites includes many computer and console games.
– Hoagies’ list of movies featuring gifted kids (and adults) includes both recent and older titles that may make great gifts.
– This About.com article by Carol Bainbridge provides Gift Giving Guides and Ideas.
The Davidson Institute has compiled this list from various sources and does not have a relationship with any of the companies manufacturing these items. We have not tested these products ourselves. If you would like to offer comments about these products, please reply to the topic with your feedback below. If you have information to add to this list, please email info@davidsongifted.org with “Gift Ideas” in the subject line.
*Some links on this page go to Bookshop.org and are affiliate links. While these books are available from many retailers, all links that go to Bookshop.org help support the Davidson Institute’s mission and continuing work to support profoundly gifted students and their families.
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