Author, Advocate for Gifted Learning
Dr. Joanne Foster
EMPOWERING LEARNING, CREATIVITY, AND GIFTED DEVELOPMENT WITH INSIGHTS, RESOURCES, AND STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS.
EMPOWER LEARNING, CREATIVITY, AND OPTIMAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Books
This collection of insightful books on creativity, gifted education, productivity, and children’s well-being will inform and inspire parents, educators, and young minds.
Ignite Your Ideas, Creativity for Kids
This book is bursting with ideas designed to fuel possibilities
Ignite Your Ideas: Creativity for Kids is the 8th book written by multiple award-winning author and gifted education specialist, Dr. Joanne Foster. This book is for readers aged twelve and up. However, parents, teachers, and others will also discover important information and abundant strategies to fortify their own creativity, and to inspire the young people in their lives! Set creativity aglow and feel the burn, because these pages positively sizzle with ideas that will ignite the imagination!
Being Smart About Gifted Learning
Empowering Parents and Kids Through Challenge and Change
Being Smart about Gifted Learning: Empowering Parents and Kids Through Challenge and Change is the third edition of the multi-award-winning Being Smart, and it is totally updated and revised! Dona Matthews, Ph.D., and Joanne Foster, Ed.D., provide information and strategies to encourage children’s and adolescents’ optimal development.
ABCs of Raising Smarter Kids
Hundreds of Ways to Inspire Your Child
In ABCs of Raising Smarter Kids, each letter of the alphabet has a clear thematic focus (such as Development, Independence, Learning, Motivation, and Productivity). The ABC design differentiates this book from other parenting, gifted-related, and educational publications; the alliterative style makes the book unique; and the illustrations by artist Christine Thammavongsa are creative and thought-provoking. ABCs is a distinctive, engaging, and comprehensive book.
Bust Your Buts
Tips For Teens Who Procrastinate
Bust Your Buts is for teens—and it’s filled with tips to help them understand, prevent, manage, and eliminate procrastination. There are 28 BUTS (or reasons why kids procrastinate), including having too much to do, being distracted, laziness, not wanting to take risks, being disorganized, confusion, lacking confidence, and more… Kids will find out how to bust their BUTS! They will learn how to tap their strengths, confront challenges, and become more successful.
Not Now, Maybe Later
Helping Children Overcome Procrastination
Not Now, Maybe Later helps parents and teachers understand why children procrastinate and what to do about it. Chapters are organized around specific areas of focus such as expectations; different age levels; goal-setting; power struggles about messiness, chores, and homework, motivation, and more. There are hundreds of practical ideas to help children and teens overcome tendencies to procrastinate. And these strategies apply to adults, too!
Beyond Intelligence
Secrets For Raising Happily Productive Kids
Beyond Intelligence is an informative resource for busy parents. Dona Matthews and Joanne Foster discuss how intelligence develops and describe how parents can offer children and teens a healthy balance of challenge and support. Using quizzes, checklists, and examples from decades of work with families and teachers, the authors reveal how to nurture creativity, curiosity, resilience, and good work habits so kids can be happily productive.
Dr. Joanne Foster’s
Presentations
Dr. Joanne Foster offers a diverse array of presentations designed to enrich learning and foster development in children and teens. Covering topics from creativity to gifted education, her talks cater to parents, educators, and professionals, and can be tailored for various formats including keynotes, webinars, and workshops.
Creativity: The Superpower Within!
Creativity is a choice, with unlimited potential.
Creativity: Unleash the Superpower!
Seeking creative fun and fulfilment?
Meeting Diverse Learning Needs
How can parents and teachers provide an “optimal match” for learners?
Learning and Development
Parents’ questions and concerns about learning and development.
ABCs of Raising Smarter Kids
An exciting learning expedition with an alphabetical twist.
Eliminate Procrastination
How to prevent, manage, and put an end to procrastination!
Supporting Gifted Learning
What is giftedness? How can kids’ capacities be nurtured?
Motivating Children’s and Teens’ Engagement
What motivational strategies work—on a consistent basis?
Selections from the Blog
These pieces represent a sampling of blogs written by Dr. Joanne Foster. To see more, click on the Blog Page – and subscribe to the Fostering Kids’ Success Newsletter.
Motivating Activities for Children
Explore a treasure trove of creative and engaging activities designed to spark children’s imaginations and foster family connections. From inventive play to artistic expression, these ideas promise enriching experiences for weekends, rainy days, and beyond.
24 Creativity Tips
Dr. Joanne Foster shares 24 tips for nurturing children’s creativity, emphasizing the importance of curiosity, support, and the joy of imaginative exploration.
Heartfelt Thoughts
Explore the profound connections between the heart’s physical and emotional roles, highlighting the importance of kindness, family bonds, and emotional well-being in children’s lives.
Recent and Featured Resources
These selected resources are topical, and address diverse areas of interest. To see many more relevant articles, as well as interviews and podcasts, check out the Resources page on this website.
Dynamic Assessment
Dynamic assessment bridges learning and teaching, tailoring education to a child’s unique journey. It’s a collaborative process, adapting to diverse learning styles through a cycle of assessment, tailored teaching, and reassessment.
Children’s Downtime: Opportunities for Creativity, Engagement, and Self-Discovery
Discover engaging activities for children’s downtime, promoting creativity, exploration, and self-discovery, from co-creating brainstorming sessions to setting up a home-based science center.
How to Help Your Child Learn
Dr. Joanne Foster shares insights on nurturing advanced learning in children, emphasizing the importance of a balanced, enriching environment and the power of play in fostering curiosity and development.