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  1. :iagree: I agree because I get caught up with that too. Like I KNOW she can do something but I feel like she needs to complete every page just because the pages are there! That's what was happening with her Beginning Math Reasoning book (CTC) that we are currently working through. She would do 10 pages or so then I noticed she would only do maybe 3 or 4. I asked why and she basically said she was bored because it was too easy. So I skip stuff now.
  2. I wouldn't slow down in the subjects in which he is advanced. Work each subject at his level. My dd is the same - we are doing K math and reading/phonics this coming September in homeschool and tracing/writing are still at a 3 year old level. I would never want to slow down her math and reading. Let them go at their own pace in everything!
  3. Yeah, even though I'm happy she enjoys academic stuff, it does get tiresome and exhausting. Sometimes I don't want to "build words" at 7:30pm or do worksheets at 8pm! My dd is EXACTLY like my father. He would have been a college-lifer if he could have, just taking all sorts of courses and obtaining all sorts of degrees.
  4. Thanks, I ordered Earlybird B for her to start in Sept!
  5. Ok, I hope I didn't come across as a jerk with my response. I get a "lecture" about doing school with my dd since she is so young often. Like I said, she loves workbooks, seat work and structure and apparently, that must not be normal! :001_huh: I did go ahead and buy Earlybird B for her. I didn't do the placement test because based on the units they listed for A and B (and the worksheets samples I've found around the net), I could easily place her myself.
  6. What are HIGs? I'm not up on the lingo yet!:tongue_smilie:
  7. Thanks for the advice but I'm not doing this because my dd is bored in general - she IS interested in academics. She WANTS to do math (and school) but is bored with the level she is doing now. Therefore, I'm looking for something more challenging for PreK coming up. Just because she is at a young age and excelling in math doesn't mean I'm going to put that on hold just so she can get to a more "acceptable" teaching age. Why would I stop the learning that she loves to do just because she's so young? She loves workbooks, she loves seatwork, she loves the structure! I don't know why this is so hard to believe!! LOL! It's normal to me! With that said, thanks for the advice on Singapore. I'm really considering it over RS right now.
  8. Thanks! The difference I gathered from the site is that the Standards has a few more concepts and moves a bit faster than the US Edition...is that accurate? Just seems odd that the US Edition wouldn't be the more challenging one or at least AS challenging.
  9. Singapoore users - What Singapore edition are you using? Standards or US edition? All that choice confuses me! Skaterbabs- What is CLE?
  10. Background: My dd will start PreK/K this coming September and she will almost be 3.5. She learns quickly and gets bored with repetition - we believe she's moderately gifted...nothing off the charts. Right now, we are going through Beginning Mathematical Reasoning (3 and 4 year olds) and she is breezing through - she actually told me she was "bored" at one point (that is when I stopped all the repeat exercises after she "got it"). I bought RightStart Math to use but am wary of the way it's taught. I'm worried I won't be able to get used to it myself in order to teach her effectively. So I've been looking at other curriculum. I was wondering what everyone else thinks in regards to RS and other curriculum. I think Saxon will be too slow. I'm also looking at Horizons and Singapore early bird. Someone suggested Miquon but that is a 1st grade math. Should I stick with RS or purchase something else? If we start RS and it doesn't work, how easy is it to transition to something else? Plus if it doesn't work, I guess I'll need a back up - which is another reason that I'm looking for feedback on other curriculum. THANKS!
  11. We are going to start RightStart Math Level A in September for PreK/K so I don't think skipping will be an option due to the way they teach math. Right now, I'm using the Beginning Mathematical Reasoning for 3 and 4 year olds workbook. I don't skip lessons but when the same lesson drags on for 3 or 4 pages, my dd (38 months) gets bored so I'll skip the last page of the lesson. Like we just did the intro section to patterns and after 3 pages of patterns, she was too bored to even want to do the last pattern page because she "got it" on the 1st page.
  12. We believe that our dd is moderately gifted - nothing off the charts but enough that she is whizzing through school...what little school she has been introduced to at least. She turned 3 in May and will begin PreK/K in September. Her fine motor (writing/tracing) skills are at a normal 3 year old level but her math and phonics are at a K level. I think if I didn't accelerate her to a K level come September, she would become bored and I think it would be an injustice to her education if I kept her doing PreK material. So I would never choose to NOT accelerate her because I think it's important to keep her challenged.
  13. Um yeah...I get the "oh, you are pushing her right along" bit if I make mention that my dd is going to do Prek/K work this coming Sept since she will only be almost 3.5. I am very new to this and find the term "gifted" gets you the THAT PARENT look from people, so I don't use it. I find it saddening that I can't talk to even closer friends and family about my dd's advancements. And I believe my dd is moderately gifted, so I can't imagine folks with kids with super high IQs!
  14. Yes, I'm struggling to understand my dd's asynchronicity. This is all new to me and I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around how fast she can learn. We are homeschooling too and the preK curriculum I bought in March is already a wash!
  15. I have been emailing with Dr. Cotter and she said the earlier the better. My dd will be 3.5 when we begin using Level A in Sept. We will, of course, go at dd's pace and see how it goes!
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