The aim of this paper was to contribute to the existing works on the topic of giftedness through a brief overview of the term, the state of the gifted education around the world and in Croatia as well as how to program curriculum contet for this group of students. Enabling proper support for the gifted has been a long-time topic for discussion among experets on the field of eductaion. The media often make stories about exceptionally talented children, but in reality, their needs are still mostly neglected thus it is important to put more work in order to satisfy aforementioned needs. Furthermore, the paper lists most notable characteristics of the gifted children, as well as the role of school culture and teachers in their education. Accordingly, the paper briefly analyses current state of education for the gifted in Croatia in comparison with other countires in the world. Moreover, the paper brings about short descriptions of influental theoretical models which still play major role in the further development of the concept. The last chapter analyses the current state in practice on the field of gifted education, with emphasis on programming curriculum contet. Lastly, it suggests couple of methods and techniques which would help teachers and school counselars during the process of identification of the gifted, but also in their daily work.