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[quote=Anonymous]How do you handle a kid who is on grade level with math and says they like math, but gets bored with repetitive problem sets? She will do the first few problems of any set no problem, and can use what she's learned in class to do it. It's easy but not automatic. Like if the problem is "80+11" she will say out loud "8 plus 1 is 9, so it's 91." So it's not hard but since she's still reasoning it out, I still see the benefit in having her do these until it becomes more automatic.

But after the first few, she's like "what's the point these are all the same" and wants to quit. She doesn't get a ton of problem sets in a week, but some. It's easy to get her to start them but she always wants to quit halfway through. She's only in 1st so homework is not strictly enforced -- they get extra points and rewards if they do homework and turn it in, but there are no negative consequences for skipping it. And since she's at grade level the teacher is not worried either way -- we could turn in half finished homework every week and it would be fine.

But she says she LOVES math and I have seen her get really excited about figuring out more complex math problems. She also really likes geometry. but they do very little of that in school.

How hard would you push to finish these repetitive sets? I don't want to kill her interest in math by making it a chore, but I also think that if she likes math, then doing the extra practice on these skills she understands but has not mastered will help her to advance more quickly and she could get to the more rewarding math sooner.

TIA for any advice.[/quote]

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