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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gifted children can benefit from tutors. They may be gifted but weren’t born with all the worlds knowledge in their brains, or know instinctively how to study. Not every gifted child excels in every subject area. If your child is just very smart they might not ever need a tutor, but gifted children aren’t just regular kids with a high IQ, they often need support. [/quote]

This is very true. Our child is 2e and just started with a math tutor. He struggles with math fact memorization, but tested at the 5th grade level in math on the WISC. He just finished up 2nd grade. We sought a tutor to help with the math facts, as we were running out of ideas. Once that is mastered, the tutoring will hopefully keep him stimulated in one of his favorite subjects.[/quote]

Stop gaming the system and prepping all the time. [/quote]

Ok, AAP police. Wow. Some people come on here to literally put down 7 and 8 year olds. I thought the point of this board was for parents to share info and help each other out, not slam other parents and their kids. You have an awful lot of time on your hands to come on just to be so rude. Wake up. What planet are you living in? Please contact all the Mathnasiums, Kumons, Russian School of Mathematics, Sylvan Learning etc. and tell them they are not allowed to take anyone who will apply for AAP. I guess the AAP board needs to eliminate anyone who takes additional enrichment. And let’s not forget te kids who play instruments. Gifted kids should automatically know how to play every instrument. They should also not be coached for athletics. They should automatically be star athletes. Everyone, please remove your kids from any form of extra-curriculars, enrichment etc that will help them improve academically or otherwise.  . If your child is truly gifted, they don’t need any of this. They are born with super powers and should also be able to fly a plane by simply watching a You-tube video. If they can’t, they are not gifted. [/quote]

lol.. true. People get carried away quite a bit here. If a kid can benefit from the enrichment, but parents still deny it, then its their choice. If the kid not interested or not capable, but parents push it down their throats, then its bad. However, I don't think there is anything wrong with enrichment (either at home or external) as long as kids are able to handle it well.

In our case, if we leave the kids alone, they do nothing but watch electronics all the time. We know they can easily handle above the grade instruction and we try to provide them in various ways. May be some elementary school kids pick up calculus and figure out on their own, but most of them need sort of push from parents do improve themselves. Though I did not like it during school, I am now grateful that my parents pushed me hard on education early on and made sure that I wasn't being drifted away (I had my fair share of shenanigans). I am willing to do the same with my kids. [/quote]

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