My daughter is in the process of being evaluated for the gifted program in our district. She's in 1st grade and they really prefer to wait until age 8 which is 3rd grade for her as she is a late July birthday...so we all agree that is too long to wait. But, b/c it is such a highly competitive program (must be 140+ in every area -- not just one) they are really careful about who and when they test. (You only get one shot -- in or out. Unless you pay for a private re-test down the road then petition the district to have them accept the scores!)
My DD is obviously very gifted in reading & writing. It all came completely naturally to her and she was completely self-taught. Now math is another story -- she tests very high on the MAPs so she obviously knows something but she doesn't sit around doing math worksheets and sometimes even has a hard time with something like 28+11 (can't do it in her head -- has to write it down). But she does understand some abstract concepts like when we're cooking she knows 8 1/2 cups make 4 cups, etc. Anyway, it isn't her "thing."
Knowing that she has to score through the roof on both, and it looks like it'll be this year sometime, and they are doing like NO MATH at school and send home reading and writing homework EVERY NIGHT, would you send her to like KUMON or Math Monkey for math enrichment? I mean, I know it would be good for her anyway, but I am wondering if it could even help her when it comes to time to test?
I am on the school like white on rice, so for now I am not comfy asking them to do more math with her. I just feel sort of stuck?
Anyone tried it? Good/bad?? Thanks!
