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go BK1!
How Lovely!
Thanks for providing us with that discription. I think teaching study skill is important to gifted kids who are used to learning by "osmosis" - I know this is an issue in our family! For us, the Middle School is big into teaching study methods, so I was less directly involved - but, hey, why wait until middle school? I was lucky that my DH is a big fan of rapid Math, and he would quiz DS in the car every morning, out of my hearing!
Ideally, once a child has some study methods, then a parents might help the child brainstorm which ones to use in a particular situation. I really think that "the gifted problem" must be taken into account, in that NT kids are learning study skills in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade just to try and keep up.
It sounds like your child was heading down a dangerous road, with "gifted" = "no effort learning" - and You saved the day! Well Done. Let us know when he beat the times table, and I'll nominate you for the hall of fame! Yippee!
Love and More Love,
Trinity
