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Hello P.A.L [Parents of Accelerated Learners] NYC,

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Welcome to PALNYC, If your child exhibits advanced abilities in reading, music, art, math or other areas, seems intensely curious or sensitive, appears bored or acts out in the general ed classroom, is already a bit too good at negotiating, or if you are simply looking for resources, programs and innovative tools to support your child’s learning needs, then you…

It’s Here! The 2016 NYC Gifted & Talented ‘Right Fit’ Symposium & Benefit, March 12, 2015

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Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 12, 2016 and join PALNYC and our partners at the 2016 NYC Gifted & Talented Symposium & Benefit— one day to invest in your child’s future. Update your calendar! PALNYC announces the second biennial 2016 NYC Gifted & Talented Symposium & Benefit is now on Saturday, March 12, 2016! — one day to invest in your child’s future. This day-long symposium,…

PALNYC Supports ‘Breaking Through Walls & Featured Events for G&T Families

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Spring is fast approaching and with it, more great local workshops for parents, educators and families. Check out the new line up of Spring Workshops from PALNYC and then head over to the Spring 2015 Calendar of Events for a complete listing of other great local workshops and conferences happening this Spring.

Featured Event: Breaking Through Walls

Screen Shot 2015-02-03 at 10.39.16 AMBreaking Through Walls- Breakthroughs in Twice Exceptional Education Conference & Gala with The Quad Preparatory School – As the first and only NYC conference focusing exclusively on Twice Exceptional children, this national conference, hosted by The Quad Preparatory School, will bring together cutting-edge Twice Exceptional providers including physicians; educators; psychologists; therapists; lawyers; and advocates; children who are gifted and learn differently, and their parents. For more information and to buy tickets, visit the event page.

Location & Details: 

Saturday, March 7, 2015

9:00am – 5:00pm

The Cooper Union, 7 East 7th St

Prices start at $75 for students and up Continue reading →

60 Days of Summer Fun… #12- Be A Model for Your Child

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‘I don’t want to take swim lessons!! I already know how to swim.” That’s what happens when I make the choices for summer activities, so despite desperately wanting my daughter to have stronger skills in an area she is improving in on her own, sometimes you have to let loose of the reigns a bit. I’ve learned to instead narrow down the choices…

60 Days of Summer Fun… #8- READING, Part 5- Great Summer Read Alouds

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I’m sure I’m not the only one who has at least ten one-liners stored in her memory bank from the movie The Princess Bride: “My Sweet Wesley”; “This is true love – you think this happens every day?”; “You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles”; “I am not left-handed”; “You killed my father…prepare to die…”; “Mawage. Mawage is wot bwings us…

60 Days of Summer Fun… #1- The Daily Learning Routine

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Summer is officially here and whether your child is at camp, on a family vacation with you, or with a caregiver during the week, PALNYC has you covered. We’ve got 60 Days of Summer Fun to beat the summer brain drain and prevent your child’s summer learning loss. For starters, don’t miss the recap of our 2014 signature session for parents last month on Preventing…

ONE MORE ‘SPATIAL’ EVENING WITH THE CENTER FOR MATHEMATICAL TALENT’S SIAN & MARK

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Join us Tuesday, May 13, 2014 at the Downtown Community Center in Tribeca for another FREE interactive math workshop that will give your mind a workout.  BEYOND FLASHCARDS: VISUAL & SPATIAL THINKING: Supporting your Child’s Ability to Visualize Mathematics An important component of mathematics is visualization. Beyond Flashcards: Visual & Spatial Thinking, is the final session of a four-part free…

FREE Parent & Educator Workshop this Monday, March 10- BEYOND FLASHCARDS: Meaningful Arithmetic

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Join Parents of Accelerated Learners, NYC [PALNYC] in partnership with the Center for Mathematical Talent [CMT] at NYU’s Courant Institute for Part 2 of our 4-Part math series, Beyond Flashcards: Exploring Mathematics with Children this Monday, March 10 from 6:30-8pm at the Downtown Community Center in Tribeca. Arithmetic is an essential building block in mathematics. Without proper understanding of key concepts, a simple problem could…

P.A.N.D.A.S. Awareness Day is Today

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Today, October 9, 2013 marks the first PANDAS/PANS Awareness Day. PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections)  is  often referred to as rheumatic fever of the brain. As Executive Director of PALNYC, I want to make a personal plea to parents to put PANDAS on their radar now. Exactly two months ago– like most parents– I wasn’t familiar with the…

P.A.L.’s Top 10 Recommendations to Prevent Summer Learning Loss

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 P.A.L.’s Top 10 Recommendations to Prevent  Summer Learning Loss: #1- Attend The P.A.L. Workshop’s Preventing Summer Slide session on May 21, 2013 at The Anderson School. We’ll  learn strategies from the experts and have hands-on opportunities to see how we can put the knowledge into action with literacy, math and even Mind Sport activities. #2- Summer Reading, Family Style. Make reading a family ordeal,…