Looking for opportunities to challenge my 2E child
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Hi! I have an elementary school aged child (8yo) with dyslexia, ADHD, and high IQ.
She adores art, engineering/building things, and math. I’m looking for opportunities (classes, camps, etc) to challenge her. Based on her IQ test results, she qualifies for Hopkins CTY (136/99th percentile overall, 99.8th percentile in visual spatial and 98th percentile in verbal comprehension). Has anyone had their kid do any CTY courses? How does it work if you’re not that close to Baltimore? Is there anything in MoCo that is similar to CTY? I’d love to get her involved in a class or camp that really challenges her. She blows through the Mark Rober CrunchLabs boxes and the KiwiCo Tinker Crates (9-14 age range). So I want to especially find a challenging engineering opportunity for her. Thanks! |
Anonymous
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The Rockville Science center has programming for elem kids.
For CTY—if you’re not close to Baltimore, you drive. |
Anonymous
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Have a very similar profile kid. Have not yet found anything that seems more than helping achievers increase their capabilities. Intrigued by CTY. I've had RSM recommended. We may try to get a HS mentor to pursue and area of interest.
I'll add, we are lost what to do with school. Our kid feels they are bad at math due to the slow pace and "fun" way of teaching it. They have a hard time staying focused (yet not a problem in other areas). It's way too basic. Yet they test 99+%. We will meet with teacher about this soon. Now that the ADHD is managed, we are contemplating a private school or maybe a different program? |
Anonymous
| I have a similar profile child in MoCo. Mine is a boy and a 3rd grader. I am exhausted, so I don't really challenge him. I just buy books for him to read if he wants to, and he has accesds to internet for resources if he wants to. We don't live far from rockville sciemce center, but their hours sometimes do not fit our schedules. Other than lovinh to play, he would love to get with someone on math and boardgames. I have not found a kid boardgame groups, and he especifically love stratgetic boardgames. |
Anonymous
| Montgomery College runs courses, as does the Kid Museum in Bethesda. |
Anonymous
| Chess could be good. Also make sure they are doing stuff that is less fun but important life skills, like swimming. There's an art program in Rockville town center too. |
Anonymous
Very much hear you about this! Our 4th grader started D&D. That had been amazing. We do boardgames at home but have a similar wish for him to have peers for board games. Sometimes we can find camps for this. The chess club is a neat suggestion. Ours hasn't done chess because a lot of after school time is eaten up with activities to get enough movement, homework, and therapy. KID museum has been ok. |
Anonymous
| No engineering ideas, sorry. But how about challenging her to learn to read (and spell) fluently? With the right support of course. Look into Kids Up Reading Coaches. They take dyslexic kids and turn them into kids who love (and are good at) reading and spelling. |
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| Hi! My kid is in a very similar place and we recently signed up for online courses with Create and Learn (one on microbits, leading up to another on arduinos). |
Anonymous
| When the kid is old enough, CTY is truly great tho expensive |
Anonymous
Tried to look at the JH website for CTY and I was a bit confused. For elementary school aged kids, there does not appear to be eligibility requirements for the classes? Or maybe there is and I couldn't find it? My daughter has 132 FSIQ/98th %ile, which usually is not near any IQ criteria cutoffs for such programs. But maybe these programs are for all kids? Not sure she'd want to do it anyway--she's more into unstructured free play outdoors during the summer--or if we'd spring for it ($$$ pricey!), but am curious. Also wonder if they'd provide accommodations for dyslexic or other SLD kids. |
Anonymous
| I'd look into a robotics program, Vex IQ would be a good place to start. It can be offered through schools, but also other non school based groups participate as well. |