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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a SAHM. I was teaching Math concepts - counting, reverse counting, addition, subtraction, skip counting by grouping, tally marks, sorting, pattern recognition, shapes, puzzles, time...etc to my kids since the time they were toddlers - mainly because I had to keep my kids busy the whole day.

So, even though my kids were at home with me, they were getting full exposure to math.  My kids never went to Kumon or any sort of tutoring etc.  We used to play "school" at home every evening and we had "homework time" in the evening.  I started supplementing in all subjects using curriculum, textbooks, workbooks, websites, toys etc before they were in Kindergarten - so my kids were very advanced (not just a couple grades).

My kids are not geniuses but they are fast learners and they were in a sort of home-made STEM immersion with me. So, they were very advanced and they had no fear of learning new concepts, abstract thinking, pattern recognition in any subject.  I am not a STEM student myself - but in the journey to teach my kids, I also went to community college to  learn subjects that I had not been educated in in collegd. I pretty much became an expert in K-12 content in most subjects except FL.

I absolutely reject the idea that the smartest kid will learn Math organically without being taught Math concepts.  Parents need to educate their children at home  in addition to sending them to school.

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Well, it sounds like you are aware your kids aren’t the smartest kids? And if you wanted to prove your worth as a SAHM by doing all of that I guess it’s not bad. But my kids go to school 6.5 or whatever hours a day. They are always ahead based on their natural abilities and my willingness to talk through things they are interested in. But they don’t want to do extra math or reading so I can tell everyone I’m super mom! They want to do playdates and sports and dance and read what they like to read. So I let them.

The older one still tests consistently over 99th percentile and is in compacted math. That’s what the question from OP was. Yes you can probably do enough to get your borderline kid into the program but it really is not every kid who needs that. If my younger one ends up below the cutoff, which is possible, even though their scores are high now, I won’t regret feel any differently.[/quote]

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