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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you asking about how parents supplement their FCPS aap child (3rd grade plus), and your child is four or less?[/quote]

OP. My child is at home with me this year for various reasons but I plan to enroll said kid in school in fall of next year or possibly in spring. I taught my child to read when 3y during the pandemic and it was a great gift bc now reading fluently at 6y and enjoys it very much. Finding that while at home it's almost impossible not to accelerate past peers when just doing 2-3 hrs a day of focused, traditional academic activities. My concern is that when said child goes to "real" school, learning will actually slow down bc is too far ahead and also less time per day devoted to actually academic work.

Agree with the poster that it is a golden age of strivers. We are not putting any pressure on our kid. It's just a core value of ours that if a child can learn, they should learn and achieve their potential rather than be idle so as not to get too far ahead.  [/quote]

My kids entered kindergarten reading fluently and one was very good at math. For example, the summer before kindergarten (5 years and 3 months), I could ask for the sum of 2 or 3 three digit numbers aloud and he could give the correct answer. If I said, “What’s 923 + 365?” Or same thing but adding a third three digit number, one of my kids could give the correct number. The same kid sat non-bored in FCPS kindergarten counting out pumpkin seeds. I volunteered that day and saw him counting them out by 2s, then 3s, then 5s and then 10s. I am guessing your kid will be ahead of some and on par with a few and behind some, too.  [/quote]

I think this is a great point. We saw something similar. Gifted/advanced kids aren't necessarily going to be bored, they're going to find ways to make connections and extend what they are doing. [/quote]

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