Parents teaching second graders “games we played as children”in a rural regional school.

Gifted children

A national test is administered annually to second or third graders of which the top ten percentage of scorers are invited to a second examination. The high scorers on the second exam are eligible to participate in special programs for gifted children. Varying from region to region, the programs range from an afternoon, to one full day a week, to special schools for the gifted. As a rule, the goal of the programs are to provide a learning environment which brings together children with similarly high potential. The program focuses on creative thinking and leadership skills, and does not attempt to develop an expertise in any particular subject.

* courtesy of Amit-Dror religious primary school, Jerusalem.
** courtesy of the Maimon pre-school in Kiryat Moshe Jerusalem, one of two religious kindergartens in Jerusalem with an official scientific status.

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