Experience with competition math?

[Anonymous]

Any parents care to share their experiences with competition math starting in elementary school? How'd you get into it? Was it a positive experience for your child? What's the right age to start? I have a kid who isn't very engaged in sports or other extracurricular activities, but can sit and work on math puzzles for hours. I'm wondering if I should introduce competition math, or at least join a math circle. Math seems to be their "thing," and so far we've just been doing AoPS at home and haven't experimented with anything more structured.

[Anonymous]

Mine LOVES RSM national competition class. For competitions themselves, you just sign up and show up on the day, there aren't that many, maybe like 3-4 a year. And you have to wait quite a long time for results, so it's not very exciting.

[Anonymous]

I have a very talented math kid. He hated the math competition group and competitions. If you have a social and neurotypical kid they likely find groups super odd and not fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a very talented math kid. He hated the math competition group and competitions. If you have a social and neurotypical kid they likely find groups super odd and not fun.

[Anonymous]

DD back home one day saying she wanted to join math club. So I signed her up. She got in. And one day she said she wanted to learn AOPS and asked me to sign her up for the course and so I did. Her school would drive her and a couple of kids to the competition. All I need to do is pick her up from school. I believe she got some title like AMC8 honor something. She is happy so we are happy too.

[Anonymous]

Mine loves math competitions. RSM starts math competition classes in 4th grade, maybe 3rd. Google math competitions and you’ll find a list. If they take a math competition program they will tell you what comps are coming up.

[Anonymous]

Be careful with RSM. I know many kids who started there because they liked math and ending up hating it. It could be center dependent.

[Anonymous]

We have done Math Kangaroo. It's honestly just taking a long math test in the spring with a bunch of Indian kids who I know will kick my kid's butt. If you are serious about it, you can drill your kid with math competition workbooks or look into RSM and get into their math competition class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a very talented math kid. He hated the math competition group and competitions. If you have a social and neurotypical kid they likely find groups super odd and not fun.

Mine is social and neurotypical and loves doing the math competitions. Honestly I think he just likes all the little trinkets and swag.

[Anonymous]

Mine hate the classes but like the competitions. The main reason they hate the classes is because they "struggle" with the homework. It's the one academic and extracurricular activity that they do not excel at. The regular Math Honors RSM classes have been a breeze for them. So I bribe them to keep taking competition class so they can experience challenge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine hate the classes but like the competitions. The main reason they hate the classes is because they "struggle" with the homework. It's the one academic and extracurricular activity that they do not excel at. The regular Math Honors RSM classes have been a breeze for them. So I bribe them to keep taking competition class so they can experience challenge.

What do you bribe them with?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine hate the classes but like the competitions. The main reason they hate the classes is because they "struggle" with the homework. It's the one academic and extracurricular activity that they do not excel at. The regular Math Honors RSM classes have been a breeze for them. So I bribe them to keep taking competition class so they can experience challenge.

Luckily, my kid is fine with struggling with the competition homework. It shows him he needs to keep working and he is ok with that. I love that he has a math class that challenges him and that he sees the benefit it being challenged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine hate the classes but like the competitions. The main reason they hate the classes is because they "struggle" with the homework. It's the one academic and extracurricular activity that they do not excel at. The regular Math Honors RSM classes have been a breeze for them. So I bribe them to keep taking competition class so they can experience challenge.

What do you bribe them with?

Money. $20 per class if they: attend class( which is once a week), spend about an hour on homework for each class, and participate twice per class (ask and/or answer 2 questions per class).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine hate the classes but like the competitions. The main reason they hate the classes is because they "struggle" with the homework. It's the one academic and extracurricular activity that they do not excel at. The regular Math Honors RSM classes have been a breeze for them. So I bribe them to keep taking competition class so they can experience challenge.

What do you bribe them with?

Money. $20 per class if they: attend class( which is once a week), spend about an hour on homework for each class, and participate twice per class (ask and/or answer 2 questions per class).

What age???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine hate the classes but like the competitions. The main reason they hate the classes is because they "struggle" with the homework. It's the one academic and extracurricular activity that they do not excel at. The regular Math Honors RSM classes have been a breeze for them. So I bribe them to keep taking competition class so they can experience challenge.

What do you bribe them with?

Money. $20 per class if they: attend class( which is once a week), spend about an hour on homework for each class, and participate twice per class (ask and/or answer 2 questions per class).

What age???

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