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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had a kid who really was an outlier.  Calculus at 10 kinda kid.  We homeschooled for medical reasons (he was also an outlier there) and it was the right choice.

I also have a kid who is more run of the mill gifted, ready for Algebra at 11 kinda kid.  He has been well served by schools.[/quote]

OP here.  May I ask what happened to your Calculus at 10 kid?  Mine is six and she is finishing up Fraction and started Algebra.  [/quote]
NP here, and I'd also be interested in suggestions.

We haven't done a lot of formal written math yet outside of Montessori, but my 5 y.o. is basically already working out symbolic equations with variables on his own. I'm not trying to brag. I was considered a math whiz as a kid, and I'm certain I couldn't do what he can do at his age. His pre-school Montessori teacher said she has never had a math student like him in 20+ years of managing her center. Right now we're supplementing math at his Montessori in the afternoon after Mandarin-immersion Kindergarten at our public in the morning. Aside from also being an early reader, though, he's quite young in other ways...so I wouldn't consider accelerating him grade-wise. But I can't keep up with his demand for more complex math...and I have a math-heavy PhD![/quote]

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