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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son went to various sport camps last summer - swimming, tennis, basketball/football, soccer, fending, ice skating. He was not interested in academics back then so we focused on his physical development and attention. This summer, we have been trying to protect his 30 min reading time each day after the sports camps. So far, he actually reads more than 30 min each day because he wants to read. We bought about 30 books when the summer starts and I guess he will keep reading until he finishes all those books. 
For math, I plan to teach him multiplication table and simple division during the last two weeks of August. I read from here that they need those skills in 3rd grade. His 2nd grade teacher also asked parents to work on telling time since they did not have enough time to cover this topic last school year.

As many other parents here, we are a little bit nervous about AAP because we don't know what to expect. Almost all kids have IQs above 130 and some are extremely bright, while my son has an IQ only at the 130 mark. IQ wise, he will be one of the lowest kids. So theoretically, we should focus more on academic development. However, we also feel that physical development somehow is more important for boys than academics. So we are trying to balance. [b]Now his schedule is 8 hours sports and 1 hour reading each day. We plan to make it 7 hour sports and 2 hour academic in August.[/b]Please share if there are certain skills they must know before the start of 3rd grade. Thanks[/quote]

Why does an 8 year old need a "schedule" in the summer?  I'll bet he can barely wait for the multiplication and division you'll teach him in August.   My AAP son would have resisted such a regimen.  When will you teach him how to figure out what to do in his down time? [/quote]

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