Books for gifted children from Royal Fireworks Press, publishers for the gifted education curriculum.

LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM FROM MICHAEL CLAY THOMPSON Grammar, Vocabulary, Poetry and Writing A staple of Gifted and Talented Programs throughout the country. Word Within The Word Vocabulary program Magic Lens Grammar program Poetics series Writing series Free Downloads | Videos | Join his Email List

Royal Fireworks Press is the world's largest publisher of books for gifted children.

Our aim is to enhance the educational experience of gifted and talented children and to provide teachers, administrators, homeschoolers and parents with the books they need at affordable prices. Amongst our 800 titles we are particularly proud of Michael Clay Thompson's language arts curriculum.

We welcome inquiries from authors about publishing books for gifted children.

All of our books are printed and bound in the United States by union workers using recycled paper, vegetable-based inks, and environmentally friendly cover coatings.

Latest News:

• The MCT Language Arts Curriculum is a great success in gifted education and increasingly with homeschoolers. Michael Thompson has devised a slideshow about how and when to introduce the elements of grammar, vocabulary, practice, writing, reading and poetics. See his implementation advice
• See below, new books for gifted children: Michael Thompson's new book, Advanced Academic Writing Volume 1; the first of a new Social Sciences series by Dr Shelagh Gallagher and the start of Dr Dave's Teaching Manuals on Elementary Science
  
• There is a new Yahoo support group, MCTLA, for users of the Thompson curriculum: see Homeschooling page and Michael Clay Thompson pages.
  
• In OTHER NEW TITLES see our new books on Obama's landmark speech on race

FEATURED TITLES FOR GIFTED CHILDREN

Advanced Academic Writing, Volume 1

Class sets of 25 or more: $22.00 each; includes free teacher manual. (Order Code: 6744S) Add to Cart

The first volume in this new Secondary Writing series by Michael Clay Thompson is an important addition to his curriculum for formal language study and extends the writing series from Sentence Island, Paragraph Town and Essay Voyage into higher grade levels.

Students practice advanced academic writing with four assignments for which they must review their knowledge of grammar and punctuation, learn the MLA formatting method for research papers, know how to structure a well-written paper and use standard proofreader's marks for correcting their own work.

There are sample papers to illustrate good and bad writing, Read more: Advanced Academic Writing, Volume 1

Excluded! Chinese Immigration to the US: Resource Book

This is a Problem-Based Learning unit about the Chinese Exclusion Laws in the late 1800s. Designed primarily for high school classes, students investigate how and why the Chinese Exclusion Laws came into being from the vantage point of a Congressman from California trying to decide whether support the Geary Act.

The Resource Book, Teacher Manual and Problem Log make up the Unit.

Before the unit is over, students are forced to consider what reasonable limits can or should be placed on immigration in a country that urged "bring us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses…" Throughout, students draw powerful parallels to contemporary immigration issues. Read more: Excluded! Chinese Immigration to the US: Resource Book

Dr Dave's Teaching Manual: The Digestive System

Everything you need to teach a unit on the Digestive System is here, with full-color illustrations, hints and tips and detailed activities. There are diagrams and colorful images for classroom presentations on the accompanying CD.

The aim of the manual is that children are enabled to discover and construct knowledge for themselves and that teachers have the resources and information to make the learning exciting. There are dozens of activities and topics to choose from at various levels and a wonderful 'end-of-it-all' class demonstration to simulate how the digestive system works. Read more: Dr Dave's Teaching Manual: The Digestive System

Essay Voyage: Student Book

Class sets of 25 or more: $20.00 each; includes free teacher manual. (Order Code: 6720S) Add to Cart

In what will be an indispensable book for English teachers and all teachers of gifted children, Essay Voyage explicates the elements of the correct, formal essay—the essay expected for essay exams, research papers, critical responses, and other formal analyses of academic subjects. With the use of extensive examples and thorough explanation, we see that formal writing involves the correct use of words, sentences, paragraphs, punctuation and other elements such as organized structure and unity. Read more: Essay Voyage: Student Book

Paragraph Town: Student Book

Class sets of 25 or more: $20.00 each. (Order Code: 6706S) Add to Cart

Paragraph Town is at the same level as Grammar Town, Caesar's English I and Building Poems. With these four books, teachers are now able to implement a full language arts curriculum strongly grounded in the fundamentals.

Read more: Paragraph Town: Student Book

Sentence Island: Student Book

Class sets of 25 or more: $22.00 each; includes free teacher manual. (Order Code: 6683S) Add to Cart

In response to requests from English teachers who have discovered the results that can be achieved from using his grammar and vocabulary programs, we are pleased to present Michael Clay Thompson’s series about writing.

It begins with Sentence Island, a lavishly illustrated book for third grade, gifted or fourth grade regular students. Read more: Sentence Island: Student Book

Rammarg Files

Novel

Class sets of 20 or more: $7.00 each; includes free teacher manual. (Order Code: 7437S) Add to Cart

An ingenious and exuberant fantasia in which sci fi, fable, zany punning and computer wizardry join forces to make learning grammar both accessible and fun. Peter Kemp, noted literary critic.

Scared of grammar? Terrified of syntax? Well, just follow the path and adventures of GrahamRQuest.doc and you too, with the help of the fanboys and the punctuation patrol, will help save the parts of speech from evil Captain Cliché and his henchmen, Danger and Warning. Donna Leon, author.

The Rammarg Files is the story of the quest to rescue the Grammar Chick and restore The Golden Grammar Book with a commentary provided by Radio Nounistan. It is a vehicle for encountering all the parts of speech and so much else in a truly unique way that will appeal to gifted children. Read more: Rammarg Files

Bloom's Taxonomy Poster

Class sets of 25 or more: $8.00 each. (Order Code: 2432S) Add to Cart

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Based on the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy; widely used in the education of gifted and talented children.

A classroom wall poster of approximately 2 feet by 3 feet, on glossy light card stock, uv coated for maximum durability. Based on Benjamin Bloom’s Taxonomy as revised, it sets out and explains the different levels of thinking in the cognitive domain, with question clues and student activities. Read more: Bloom's Taxonomy Poster

Reclaiming the Lives of Gifted Girls and Women

Royal Fireworks Press is proud to present this important new work from one of the leading figures in Gifted Education as part of the Royal Fireworks series of Monographs on Education. Dr Smutny writes about the special challenges and needs of gifted females, drawing both on academic research and on the life-experiences of individuals.

Though drawing on research, this is a practical guide with activities and strategies to strengthen the inner life of gifted girls, Read more: Reclaiming the Lives of Gifted Girls and Women