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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone have recommendations for trying to work ahead in math?  My daughter just started kindergarten this year, and the Eureka workbook she received seems pretty basic.  I totally get that they are teaching to get kids up to a minimum standard, but given that my daughter can handle it, I’m interested in going ahead.  I’d like to do so intelligently if possible.

Thanks![/quote]
My goodness! Please tell me this is a troll post.[/quote]

Probably not. The intelligent thing to do is let her be a kid. She’s in kindergarten for god’s sake.  She has plenty of time to get ahead. [/quote]

I’ve gotten enough comments like this that I’ll respond, although I’m sure I shouldn’t.

Of course we let her be a kid.  My daughter loves doing academic stuff for fun.  My son doesn’t, and I don’t encourage him to.  I don’t think my daughter is unusual or exceptional at all.  She has almost finished the Eureka book without any nudging from me (just help reading it).  I’m not a math-science person myself but I thought encouraging them to pursue different things that they enjoy was normal.

All that said, I appreciate the comments that working “ahead” may not be the right framing.[/quote]

I’m the PP who wrote the long list.  I think it’s good to encourage kids in their interests, but when they have academic interests that can lead to a lot of criticism.  More than once I was accused of being pushy, when despite my attempts to do other things, they were pulling forward, dragging me behind them.  Just keep exposing them to new things, support them when they get interested in something (creative, athletic, social, etc. - even academic), and ignore the naysayers. [/quote]

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