And: gifted kids make leaps ahead that sometimes make the pace of school (which is spot-on for other kids) not fit them either. My younger DS started first grade not really grasping place value, but suddenly, after seeing place value in class only up to the "tens," has got it figured out up to 1,000,000. I have thought he was well placed in the curriculum up to now; but the leaps are unpredictable.
DeeDee
So true. DD3 showed no interest in numbers. Then one day, we were reading a book that had an illustration of a blackboard with some number problems on it. She asked what that was and I explained it was just math problems like 2+1=3,5-1=4, etc. Silence, then a week later while we are in the car," Mom, do you know that 12+1=13?" Two weeks later, she was doing subtraction, adding 3 numbers in her head, and basic x2 multiplication. I have no idea how she went from point A to point B but here she is. Not sure how any school can handle the different pace at which each child learns. I empathize with the teachers as much as I do with parents on this board.
