Madeline L’Engle – Institute for Educational Advancement Connecting bright minds; nurturing intellectual and personal growth Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:15:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ieafavicon-e1711393443795-150x150.png Madeline L’Engle – Institute for Educational Advancement 32 32 Help Us Meet Our Fundraising Goal /blog-help-us-meet-our-fundraising-goal/ /blog-help-us-meet-our-fundraising-goal/#respond Tue, 29 Sep 2020 22:43:36 +0000 https://ieadev.wpengine.com/blog-help-us-meet-our-fundraising-goal/ By: Beth Goldstein

鈥淵ou can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax all you need is a book!鈥 鈥 Dr. Seuss

优蜜视频 kicked off our Read-a-Thon just over a week ago! Since then we have held our kickoff event, our first game of trivia, and we are getting set for our first round of virtual book clubs. In times like these, our 优蜜视频 family is more important than ever. The 优蜜视频 Read-a-Thon is a time to connect, share, fundraise, and read together.

We know not everyone is in a position to give right now, but if you are, we appreciate any amount that you’re able to give to support this fundraiser. Our goal is $20,000 and we are already over 25% of the way there!

It is not too late to join! Check out the 优蜜视频 Read-a-Thon kickoff video and follow these simple instructions to join one of our four 优蜜视频 fundraising teams!

1. Go to the 优蜜视频 .
2. Click on “I Want to Fundraise for This.”
3. Click on “I Want to Join a Team.”
4. Choose which team you wish to join and create an account.
5. Build your personal fundraising page; add a photo, your personal statement, and your fundraising goal.

Finally, start sharing your fundraising page! And please join us for our upcoming book clubs!
Click on the title of a book to register for its book club:

Saturday, October 3
9:00-10:00am PDT
by Madeline L’Engle
 by Rebecca Skloot

10:15-11:15am PDT
by Roald Dahl
by Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson

Saturday, October 10
9:00-10:00am PDT
by Louis Sachar
by Jeffrey Kluger

10:15-11:15am PDT
by Pam Munoz Ryan
鈥 by RJ Palacio

While we are not physically able to be together right now, our virtual community is coming together to learn and grow. Thank you for your support so we can continue to support gifted children and create nurturing, enriching experiences that foster all aspects of each participant鈥檚 intellectual and personal growth.

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10 Lessons for the Gifted Child from Children鈥檚 Literature /blog-10-lessons-for-the-gifted-child-from-childrens-literature/ /blog-10-lessons-for-the-gifted-child-from-childrens-literature/#respond Wed, 03 Jun 2015 03:45:15 +0000 https://ieadev.wpengine.com/blog-10-lessons-for-the-gifted-child-from-childrens-literature/ Literature has so much to teach all of us.聽Because reading is a cherished pastime for many gifted individuals, we thought we would share some great quotes from children鈥檚 literature and beloved children鈥檚 authors that teach gifted kids and adults alike important lessons.

Be Yourself

鈥淚t is very frustrating not to be understood in this world. If you say one thing and keep being told that you mean something else, it can make you want to scream. But somewhere in the world there is a place for all of us, whether you are an electric form of decoration, peppermint-scented sweet, a source of timber, or a potato pancake.鈥 鈥 Lemony Snicket, The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story

“Never be ashamed! There’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with.” 鈥 J.K. Rowling

鈥淏e who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don鈥檛 matter, and those who matter don鈥檛 mind.鈥 鈥 Dr. Seuss

Dr Seuss Be Who You Are Quote

You are Unique and Special and Complex; Embrace It

鈥淭here’s such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I’m such a troublesome person. If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable, but then it wouldn’t be half so interesting.鈥 鈥 L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

You Will Find Your Tribe, and It Will Be Magical

鈥淜indred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.鈥 鈥 L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

鈥淲e are all a little weird and life鈥檚 a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.鈥 鈥 Dr. Seuss

Use Your Talents to Make the World a Better Place

“‘We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts.'” 鈥 Madeline L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” 鈥 J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter

Do Not Be Afraid of Failure or Obstacles

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” 鈥 Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

Live in the Present

鈥淵esterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.鈥 鈥 A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

A.A. Milne Quote - Today is a Gift

Embrace Life鈥檚 Quiet Moments

鈥淚n this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet a child’s need for quietness is the same today as it has always been鈥攊t may even be greater鈥攆or quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.鈥 鈥 Margaret Wise Brown

quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked

Dream Big

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream” 鈥 C.S. Lewis

鈥淟isten to the mustn鈥檛s, child,
Listen to the Don鈥檛s
Listen to the shouldn鈥檛
The Impossible, the won鈥檛s
Listen to the never haves
Then listen close to me 鈥
Anything can happen child,
Anything can be.鈥
鈥 Shel Silverstein

鈥淗ow do we know imagination isn’t just a different way of knowing something? A message from outside.鈥 鈥 Stephanie S. Tolan, Welcome to the Ark

Listen to Your Heart

鈥溾楨yes are blind. You have to look with the heart!鈥欌 鈥 Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry, The Little Prince

Believe in Yourself

鈥淧romise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.鈥 鈥 A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

A.A. Milne Quote - Braver than you believe

What are your favorite lessons from children鈥檚 literature? Share in the comment section below.

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The Best Hideout in the World /blog-the-best-hideout-in-the-world-2/ /blog-the-best-hideout-in-the-world-2/#respond Wed, 03 Sep 2014 04:56:20 +0000 https://ieadev.wpengine.com/blog-the-best-hideout-in-the-world-2/ By Zadra Rose Iba帽ez

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鈥淥utside of a dog, a book is man鈥檚 best friend. Inside a dog, it鈥檚 too dark to read.鈥 鈥 Groucho Marx

Summer, Tuesday afternoon, 3pm. You find me sitting at a beautiful wooden table with the sunlight streaming in through the window panes, perfectly spotlighting my notebook and pen. I write until the sun climbs off the table and only fluorescent light illuminates my writing.

I am at the library, and I am happy. Comfortable, calm, at peace. I feel powerful: full of potential and opportunity.

When I was little, my mother would take me to the library each week to get my fill of reading materials. The children鈥檚 section was to the left of the entrance and the grown-up section was to the right. My mom allowed me to go off to the kids鈥 books on my own 鈥 giving me autonomy in a safe space. I remember reading Nancy Drew and the Secret of the Old Clock to my mom at bedtime, a chapter a night.

Sometimes the library would hold movie screenings in the auditorium. We would wait until the doors opened and then the kids would be allowed to sit in the front without their parents 鈥 such freedom! They showed Bambi 鈥 I didn鈥檛 like that because it was scary. They showed the Fox and the Hound and Pinocchio; I liked Jiminy Cricket and Gepetto.

I loved books by authors like Jack Prelutsky, Richard Scary, Madeline L. Engle鈥hose early reads shaped my future interest in poetry, in fantasy, and in adventure.

As a teenager, one of my favorite places was the periodicals section. Wandering through the stacks amid the smell of pulp and newsprint, I would pull a random magazine off the shelf 鈥 usually Scientific American or Popular Mechanics, sometimes the Los Angeles Yellow Pages (we didn鈥檛 live in California). I would flip to an article and learn something (anything!) new. Sometimes, I would load microfiche or microfilm just to hear the machine 鈥渨hirr鈥 or marvel at the way a tiny image in a cell can be magnified to readable print.

Now that I鈥檓 older, I still frequent my local library. I鈥檓 spoiled now; I live in a metropolitan area where I can find a library 5 miles in any direction. I still marvel at the availability of free literature, non-fiction, audiobooks, CDs, and movies. Recently, 3M and Overdrive have made audio books and Kindle editions available remotely.

I appreciate the reading rooms, the law libraries, the Friends of the Bookstore sales where books are 50 cents. Even now, years later, I return to the children鈥檚 section occasionally to borrow a new YA or JUV book by authors such as Paladini, Stroud, Riordan, Colfer, Sage and old favorites like Keene and Dicamillo.

The library is a gift to an inquisitive mind, and I am grateful that in today鈥檚 world of electronic and digital media our libraries are still places where we can feel at home, pass the time, and learn something new.

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