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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]To OP - have you considered putting your child in a Montessori program? Our child has always been interested in numbers and math and has done great in a Montessori program..@ K is doing multiplication and division.

I should note that it is true that we face an issue of being so far ahead in school but he would have been there anyway. [b]We don't do any supplementing but are in math related careers so can "talk about" numbers in a detailed way [/b]when our child wants to talk about them.

Good luck.[/quote]

I like your nuanced definition of supplementation...an act that cannot occur in the home with professionals.  That's cute.  I wonder whether supplementation at home from mathematicians beats supplementation in a Kumon center with high school students?[/quote]

I am the one who posted above and not sure what you are saying?  my reference to being in math related fields and being able to discuss numbers means that when our child asks us something mathematical (which he will do often) we normally will see several different ways to answer the question and if we answer it one way and he keeps talking about it, we might tell him about another way to think of the same thing.  We do that because he thinks making those connections is funny and because we actually make those connections automatically in our own minds (when many other people might not)  This is all verbal and part of a regular conversation before moving onto the next topic (which could be about dinosaurs? The playground, etc.)  It is not sitting down and teaching math facts - it is never writing problems and there are no formal lessons involved.  Just a small part of the many conversations we might have in a day. 
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