I created and taught a gifted program at the elementary level for twelve years. I didn't want to just give my students more work, I wanted to give them the same lessons as their peers, but with greater depth. I started creating lessons for the novels my students were reading. These lessons had questions with links to websites that provided background information, scientific descriptions, games, literary concepts, anything they would come across in the novel they may not fully understand. My colleagues loved them and someone suggested I sell them on Teachers Pay Teachers. I did, and the requests for more rolled in quickly. The problem was that some concepts or events central to a novel necessitated a link with an explanation and I just couldn't find one that was appropriate. Some were written at a reading level too high for young students, some were loaded with too many ads, some were so text dense, I could imagine students clicking on the link and physically deflating at the sight. I decided to create my own website to provide simple explanations with lots of images—without subscriptions, without ads. 

I believe just about every kid could be "gifted" with enough resources and with parents who know how and are engaged in fostering their child's interests. Whenever I was asked, "How do I raise a gifted student?" I would respond, "You don't. You raise gifted parents."