I am looking into signing up one or two of my rising 4th graders for the AMC8 test in November. Our school doesn't participate but a couple of the local colleges provide testing accomondations for kids whose schools do not participate.
Anyone whose kids participated as elementary students care to share their experiences? How much preparation beyond familiarity with the sample questions at the AMC site?
Have you checked if the middle school in your school district participates? My son took it as a 4th-grader and earned a place on the achievement roll for high scores in grade 6 and below. He found it interesting and will participate again this fall. Past AMC 8 exams are at
https://sites.google.com/site/mathjunk/amc8 .
