Math competitions for Mathematically Gifted kid (7 year old)

[Anonymous]

Hello,

MY 7 year old is extremely gifted in Math and we would like to have him participate in competitions. Which are the ones we can start applying and registering for? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

For 7 year olds I only know of Math Kangaroo which took place in March.

Here's a list of Math contests taking place during the 2018/2019 academic year at the precollege level: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h1670248_201819_contest_info

[Anonymous]

Continental Math League starts in 2nd grade. It's also possible to compete as an individual if your school doesn't offer it.

[Anonymous]

Beestar online math competitions let kids compete at their level. If you think your kid is gifted I would give it a try. It is online so it definitely helps with reducing the transportation costs and gives him an extra boost of confidence.

[Anonymous]

I suggest that you pump the brakes and let him be a 7 year-old.

[Anonymous]

If he’s in Fairfax county, ask the aart.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suggest that you pump the brakes and let him be a 7 year-old.

Not if he enjoys doing it. I think his parents should probably know what best for him.

[Anonymous]

Mathnasium has a Trimathlon which was just about perfect for that age. It’s short and there is a nice bag of prizes for each competitor. Math Kangaroo is an hour long test. It was a little much for my kid that young (even though she loves math). Have you tried any classes/camps at AOPS Academy?

[Anonymous]

Hi would you please elaborate what you consider as gifted for 7 years old? If your child can already solve multiplications and divisions then I would buy a few gifted kid books from Amazon and give word puzzles. Then checkout past math kangaroo questions and assess your child. If he is truly genius then try Aloha competition. Our child was stumped at Aloha while we thought he is gifted. A lot of gifted abilities go away once you reach 3rd and 4th grade because it’s really discipline and continuous willingness to learn and practice that makes your child come across as genius.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suggest that you pump the brakes and let him be a 7 year-old.

+1,000,000
And if you say it is his desire then that is even worse

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suggest that you pump the brakes and let him be a 7 year-old.

+1,000,000
And if you say it is his desire then that is even worse

Typical insecure, jealous, response. I don't have kids gifted in math, but I have one who does music competitions and another who had a college-level reading comprehension in elementary school. Your comments are ignorant and do not apply to children who really need the challenge. Please realize there are all types of learners out there, and those who are outside the norm need outside-the-norm activities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Typical insecure, jealous, response. I don't have kids gifted in math, but I have one who does music competitions and another who had a college-level reading comprehension in elementary school. Your comments are ignorant and do not apply to children who really need the challenge. Please realize there are all types of learners out there, and those who are outside the norm need outside-the-norm activities.

Hi PP, would you please explain habits of your child who likes to compete in reading comprehension?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Typical insecure, jealous, response. I don't have kids gifted in math, but I have one who does music competitions and another who had a college-level reading comprehension in elementary school. Your comments are ignorant and do not apply to children who really need the challenge. Please realize there are all types of learners out there, and those who are outside the norm need outside-the-norm activities.

Hi PP, would you please explain habits of your child who likes to compete in reading comprehension?

Ha! No, I wrote that he just developed a high-level reading comprehension early on. He does not have a competitive bone in his body, unlike my other kids, but is just addicted to reading, like me. You'll notice that many contemporary books written for children have really basic sentence structure and lack variety in vocabulary. When I realized he loved to read and would read anything I gave him, I started introducing some classic children's (or adult) literature, which has more complex sentence structure and richer vocabulary. I think that helped. He also liked immunology and read my old college textbooks on that at one point, before getting into history and ancient civilization. He's an intellectual soul.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Typical insecure, jealous, response. I don't have kids gifted in math, but I have one who does music competitions and another who had a college-level reading comprehension in elementary school. Your comments are ignorant and do not apply to children who really need the challenge. Please realize there are all types of learners out there, and those who are outside the norm need outside-the-norm activities.

Hi PP, would you please explain habits of your child who likes to compete in reading comprehension?

The PP said one competed in music competitions and another had a college level reading comprehension in elementary school. Nothing in the post said the child competed in reading comprehension competitions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suggest that you pump the brakes and let him be a 7 year-old.

+1,000,000
And if you say it is his desire then that is even worse

Why? My 9 year old loves math competitions and is eager to compete in as many as possible. My 11 year old has no desire to do math competitions and thus doesn't compete in any.

Math giftedness can be apparent when your math gifted child has bright older siblings, but can still run circles around them.