MDL Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 My youngest (mathy 7 year old) has found my stash of BA guidebooks and I'm catching him sneaking off and reading them. Of course, I'm thrilled that he wants to read math books for fun, but I'm also concerned he will consume the fun from them and not get the content. He has read all of level 3 (we have been waiting very impatiently for 2 to get published) and now is into 4D which has probability, decimals, multiplying fractions, etc. What would you do? Should I just let him at it, or restrict it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Leave him to it. It doesn't matter whether he understands all the content or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Let him read it, and then it will be easier when he gets to it. I have to be mindful of where the guides run off to as well. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 My newly 6 year old has already heard all of BA level 3 as bedtimes stories, and we are now making our way through level 4. He loves them, and I'm sure some of the content is sneaking into his brain even though they seem way over his head. Wendy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDL Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Thank you for quelling my fears! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Just another person chiming in to say let him read them freely! My daughter does best with math concepts that have had a chance (or many chances) to rattle around in her brain before she needs to apply them. Tonight, she took a Murderous Maths book to bed saying, "I don't understand this one except the first little bit, but I really love it anyway," Someday, when we address probability in a much more in depth way, that book will have started something in her brain that makes the concepts move along just a bit easier for having seen it before. :) She reads the Beast Academy books in bed, too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Of course let him read them. A--whats wrong with fun? B- dude your 7 year old is reading about math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDL Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 Of course let him read them. A--whats wrong with fun? B- dude your 7 year old is reading about math. My concern was basically that he would consume all the fun now, and not want to do the Workbook when the time comes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fralala Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 My concern was basically that he would consume all the fun now, and not want to do the Workbook when the time comes... Oh, but when the time comes, he may find the workbook lots of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 That's like telling a kid who tries to walk or talk early..no no..you aren't ready for that just yet..you should not even try it. I'd let him at it. There may come a time when he is NOT so interested in something. That's a heck of a lot more difficult to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 My concern was basically that he would consume all the fun now, and not want to do the Workbook when the time comes... My son read them for a while and loved them, so I bought him the practice books. They were too easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDL Posted July 3, 2017 Author Share Posted July 3, 2017 That's like telling a kid who tries to walk or talk early..no no..you aren't ready for that just yet..you should not even try it. I'd let him at it. There may come a time when he is NOT so interested in something. That's a heck of a lot more difficult to deal with. Tell me about it[emoji849] the older brother (12) hates everything he deems educational. So frustrating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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