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But who is exposing these bright youngsters to math problems at young ages? Many bright underprivileged kids aren’t even exposed to math before K, and even if the parents notice a their child has a gift, no one cares.[/quote]

They glean a lot from reading books, watching educational cartoons, playing on their iPads, and just plucking ideas out of thin air.  Also, kids who are above a certain threshold of giftedness catch on to everything they are taught at lightning speed.  Mine was already reading "how to" books for Minecraft, implementing what he read, and even figured out multiplication and unit conversions via crafting in Minecraft at ages 3-4.  He had memorized the standard multiplication and division tables when he was 3, and then at 4 learned remainders because I asked him what 84/9 was equal to. He replied that "it didn't work." I told him that there would be some left over, and he needed to tell me how many groups and how many leftovers.  Just like that, in the span of 30 seconds, my 4 year old mastered an entire unit taught in FCPS 4th grade math.  As a preschooler, he also intuitively understood that 1/2 + 1/4 = 3/4 and other simple fraction additions.  I have no idea how he learned it, other than that he just saw that that was the way it should be.  [/quote]
I just asked my 6 year old what 1/2+1/4= and DC answered 75%. DC has been levels ahead since birth in most areas, I should maybe schedule testing, but not sure if it will make any difference knowing his IQ. DC can be so awkward around kids his age.[/quote]

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