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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look into math competitions like Math Kangaroo, there are others but that is the first that comes to mind. The problems are more puzzles and reinforce grade level concepts. There is more thought involved in how to approach the problems and apply concepts.[/quote]

Compete at 6 years old sounds ridiculous.  Why add stress to it?  Don’t be pushy just because it’s easy for her.  It’s easy until it gets harder.   [/quote]

Math Kangaroo is not a head to head competition. The kids take the same test and then those are scored. It is not a big deal. The problems are more challenging then regular math class and use the skills that the kids are learning in regular math. They learn to think about how to apply what they have learned without being told what they are supposed to do. And you have the choice of getting the old tests and doing those at home without doing the actual competition if you want. Some kids really enjoy it and don’t find it stressful, it is a math test for fun, especially at that age.

There are very few head to head competitions in early math. Even in MS math the competitions are less one v one or the top scorers announced. That does happen but a lot of the scores are groups of kids who scored in X percentile or who got one wrong or whatever. [/quote]

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