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Tips for encouraging critical thinking skills at home: (tips adapted from Colin Seale's Thinking Like a Lawyer)

encourage productive struggles (give them a chance to fail)
combat learned helplessness
limit lifesavers (make it clear that they are on their own until they make a true attempt to solve the problem)
seek specificity (have your child clearly explain the problem that they are trying to solve)
help without being too helpful (rather than telling them what they did incorrectly, ask questions to have them discover where they made a mistake)
objecting for no reason (disagree with something that is correct simply to have your child develop claims and reasons to support their side)

Click this link to view a PowerPoint presentation that explains the qualification process for Program Challenge, a program for gifted students.