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Hi
I am new to the forum but lurked for a while

Most of children here are very advanced with speaking and reading.

My son is not early talker, sometimes I wonder if he got speech delay. He is not that advanced reading like kids here, start reading at 3 and read Dr Susses book fluently when he just turned 4

But his math skill is quite amazing, sometimes scary, what he can do now(4 1/3 yr old)
add/subtract any numbers
Multiply two digit and division with remainder in head, simple long division
Understand negative number, prime number,odd number, event number, fraction....
Can tell time/date/age easily, always know what day/date is today, know how old everyone will be after some years
Can tell how minutes to go to certain time(for example he read the timetable to tell how long the bus will come)
He is crazy about math and numbers,does that all the time , when we in book store, he goes to area of math books and pick up the one he wants
Now we put him in Piano classes with group children but soon I found it is too easy for him because he already read notes by himself,and memorised quit many songs

I wonder if any kids here similar, not that ahead with reading but good with math, and still gifted?
And what to do with kids like him, good in math but not so good in reading in school??

Welcome! I am sure others here on the board can help you more with your questions, but I just wanted to say that just because your son isn't a fluent reader at 4 doesn't mean that he isn't going to pick it up easily at 4.5 or 5 or 6. Some kids pick it up early and quickly, some kids pick it up early and with slow progress, some kids pick it up "on time" but quickly, and all these kids can be gifted. It certainly sounds like your son is! But, too, even if he turns out to be an "average" reader, it is absolutely possible to be much more gifted in one area than another.

BTW: your son's math abilities do sound amazing! I look forward to hearing more about him in future posts.

mnmom23
Thanks a lot for the support

It is really hard to share my thought with other parents even my husband won't buy the "gifted" thing

Thats great I can talk free here and get understanding and support from others who have similars kids and experience like me

Oh, one other thing. It is not uncommon for a boy with a math-centric brain to be a late talker. There are several books on this issue, in fact. You might want to google the Einstein Syndrome.

mnmom23

Cool, I are looking for speech therapy , hopefully it can helps him.

Thank you

My DS7 started reading very early and was making great progress until the day he discovered numbers... Math took over his life and ours! Even now at 7, he reads very well but has no interest in it unless it has to do with math or science. Unlike a lot of the kids on here, he thinks fiction for the most part is dumb and saw no point to Harry Potter.

So it sounds like you and I are kindred spirits! Welcome to our world....

Anyone has idea that what level giftness he should be?

What to do in primary school if he know most of math concepts already?

Have you seen this?

http://www.khanacademy.org/

Grinity

Thanks, that website is awesome!

Enjoy!