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[quote=Anonymous]We are not doing doing extra math to give our rising fourth grader a leg up but because he is bored in math. Last year was the first year that we did a specific program. DL was boring for him. He knew the material that was being presented. The only time he got excited for school was for Level III pull outs. They had a unit that used base 3 math and he went crazy. He learned a variety of the different bases and was creating math problems for his Dad. After 2 Quarters of work that was not challenging, we enrolled him in AoPS. That class was fun for him. He enjoyed the 2 hour class and would spend extra time playing the math games that they had at the end of his homework.

There isn't anything I can do about what is being taught at school. He is not disruptive n class. His Teacher comments that he does a great job explaining concepts when she asks a student to explain an answer. He quietly does his own thing in class. We have to provide some type of outside enrichment if I want him to continue to be engaged in math.

So it is not about getting ahead but meeting him where he is and challenging him.

And no, I don't think he is gifted or a genius or anything along those lines. He just loves math and he is good at it. I loved history and politics as a kid. I was reading biographies about political leaders and extra non-fiction books in ES. It was easy for my Mom to take me to the library and check out books to read. DS loves math so we enroll him in activities that he enjoys. This summer he has coding and space camp, to go with sports camp and an art camp. [/quote]

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