Hmm. Not sure where DS8 weighs in. He doesn't have facts memorized and in general he's a very conceptual kid, but with math he's more calculation oriented than conceptual. Granted he has a language processing disorder, so I think that throws a wrench in things. Like your DD he gobbled up above grade level calculation stuff when he was 5 or 6, and has no problem with long division (although he's slow because he doesn't have his facts memorized so he has to calculate each step) but for LD conceptually he's fine. It's word problems (i.e. language based) that he has problems with.
DD9 also doesn't have all her facts memorized, and finds straight calculation quite boring. She loves her gifted math class because it is very conceptual. She says it's harder, which is why she loves it.
Last edited by CCN; 11/09/12 07:07 AM.
