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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on the child, but I second the PP about letting the kids play.  My DC is in HGC now.  We didn't push.  We had some workbooks, brain teaser books and such that DC did if DC wanted.  We never had set-aside time.   It was all just for fun.

But, if your DC really wants to do more academic stuff, then try out some of the links that your school provides. Our's has links to math games and such.[/quote]

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I completely agree with you and the PP.  There is plenty of creek stomping, fort building, ball throwing and general mayhem around here.  We encourage it.  I hope you didn't take me for some rigid task master :)  I merely focused on the academics in my post because I've looked at the curriculum over the next two years and it's what my daughter can do in her head now.  It just seems like such an empty path to follow... I guess I'm just looking for ideas to make it... not so empty.  :)

[b]And I just checked out code.org that a PP had mentioned.  That looks awesome... thanks PP![/b][/quote]

You're welcome!  One of my other kids stumbled on code.org, and it is fantastic -- our 4-year-old begs to do it because OMG, Elsa is teaching coding!  It's like playing video games, but it's teaching them to code, how logic works, spatial analysis...but what do they know, they're just having fun.  Khan Academy also has coding lessons, but it requires learning syntax, so probably better for older ones...although my older ones love Scratch, which also uses the visual interface -- they are creating their own video games and animations.  Sumdog is also a fun math game site -- we learned about it through HGC one year (all the kids signed up as part of a school-based challenge).  The kids compete against one another online playing math games...they earn virtual coins to buy things for their digital avatars....for when the kids are bored of IXL and Khan Academy...[/quote]

For the record... code.org rocks.  My daughter completed the first Hour of Code tonight and didn't want to stop.  She was ready to give up dinner, cartoons... or anything to start the next Hour of Code.  Heh.  Maybe tomorrow :)

It's thoughtfully laid out and since I have a background in programming I really appreciate the way they approach it.  Kind of reminds me of learning Logo a very, very long time ago on Apple IIe's :)[/quote]

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