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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe your daughter doesn't belong in the gifted and talented program for math.  Those who excel at reading and writing rarely also excel at math.  This becomes most apparent in third grade when division and fractions are introduced and the coursework gets harder. My DS was extremely good in everything until about third/fourth grade when his math grades slipped.  He reads, writes, and understands languages extremely well, [b]but math just isn't his thing[/b]. My DD is the opposite.  You can do all the supplemental activities you want, which will help her to at least be proficient, but either it clicks or it doesn't.

Gifted and talented programs should split in the older grades, one track for math/science the other for reading/writing.[/quote]

Mmm... I just don't accept that.  I'd accept math not being someone's thing when it comes to AP Calculus.   But not in 4th grade.  And not is the root problem seems to be anxiety.  I'd rather find ways to deal with the anxiety so she CAN have math be her thing.... if she wants.   I'm not giving up in elementary school, just accepting that a child will never be competent in math.[/quote]

Anxiety often stems from being unprepared.  Being unprepared in math usually stems from lack of understanding. I agree intervention can help her become proficient, but it will most likely never be her thing.  Of course it starts early, because math builds upon itself.  You really can't get to AP Calculus without fully grasping every other math course (except maybe Geometry) up to that point.  There's nothing wrong with that, though.  It may help to meet the child where they are rather than try to make her become some universal superstar.[/quote]

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