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    Great to hear! Three cheers for little Bostonian jr. !!!


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    Wow that's amazing! Way to do little guy!!!

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    Thanks to everyone for the kind words.

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    Originally Posted by Bostonian
    My 8yo son has qualified for the Study of Exceptional Talent by scoring at least 700 on the math section of the SAT. His verbal and writing scores were in the 400s, which are also good at his age.

    He prepared as follows. After finishing Honors Beginning Algebra at EPGY I challenged him to get a 600 on the math SAT and mentioned 700 as a "reach". He read an SAT math book by Richard Corn as well as The Official SAT Study Guide and a Kaplan book, and he took three practice tests (just the math sections). He has participated in MOEMS (Math Olympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools) for 2 years.

    Besides his scores, I am pleased by the effort he put forth to prepare and to sit for a 4-hour exam. My advocacy of a grade skip in math has failed so far (skipping 3 grades to 8th grade Algebra I would be conservative), but so far our after-schooling appears to be successful.
    That's wonderful!


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    Originally Posted by Val
    I used to do a deal with my 12 year-old when he was that age: I would do his math homework (faked his writing) and in exchange, he would do his algebra.

    LOL!!!

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    That's pretty amazing, Bostonian.

    DS4 has started reading silently. I don't remember when DD started doing this, but it seems like a milestone to me. His stamina is also improving, such that he's able to read entire short books at a time (leveled readers in the grade 2-3 range).

    DH was asking me how DS learned to read last night (he hadn't had him read aloud to him for a while and was surprised at how far he'd come), and just as with DD, I have to answer that I'm not really sure. We did help him learn to sound out, and he was in a very phonics-rich house and played Starfall, but it's just like with her in that I have no idea whatosever how we went from helping him with "Stop!...Do...not...hop...on...pop!" to "Houndsley and Catina were having a delicious lunch of strawberries and biscuits when the doorbell rang outside." Good lord, the human brain is so bizarre!

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    Wow! Thats Great!

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    Originally Posted by MegMeg
    Originally Posted by Val
    I used to do a deal with my 12 year-old when he was that age: I would do his math homework (faked his writing) and in exchange, he would do his algebra.

    LOL!!!

    That had me laughing, too.

    Congratulations to your DS, Bostonian-- that's really terrific!


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