Summer2020-Mag-1

In this article, Milestones Magazine introduces some of
our magazine contributors, each of whom will provide
one or two tips or examples of resilience and problem
that is necessarily the best. Often these are the easy
solutions. Resilience encourages more thought
and reflection.
solving they have shown during this still ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic.
Two of my characters, Chadwick and Chevron, display
these qualities. Chadwick comes up with many solutions
The first of these are new contributors, Gloria & Peter
van Donge, who I came upon virtually, through a
Linked-in contact. Gloria has written a series of children’s
to help Tiger run as fast as he does; while Chevron finds
a way to interest his friends in numbers and shapes when
they only want to run and jump and play.”
books. While these books (and the advice she gives) are
focused on children formally identified as gifted,
everybody is capable (sometimes with some guidance)
of the resilience and problem solving the characters in
these books show. The advice she offers applies to
everyone. In Gloria’s own words:
For more about The Gifted Kid Books Series, visit their
website, www.giftedkidzone.com or email Gloria at
giftedkidzone@gmail.com. U.S. residents who might
be interested in purchase of the series can contact the
publisher, Royal Fireworks Press, at this link:
www.rfwp.com/series/gifted-kid-book-series.
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“Resilience and problem-solving go hand in hand for
gifted children. Often, it is not their first or second idea
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