We are now homeschooling my DD8. She picks up on everything very quickly but is very careless. Last year in 2nd grade, she breezed through her schoolwork at her school so she could rush through and still get everything right. This year we are homeschooling her and using mostly 4th grade curriculum, but calling it 3rd grade. She is picking up on everything just fine but she is very careless, rushing through her work. Except now, she makes lots of silly mistakes, because the work isn't super easy.
First, I am wondering if I should be concerned and secondly, does anyone have tips for getting her to slow down and pay attention to what she is doing besides saying it over and over and over.
Also, she picks up on the advanced concepts in the Singapore Math series, but she is moving so quickly that she is not solid on her times tables. I think this is contributing to the silly mistakes. (She made them at the toward the end of the test) I am having play ipad games to work on the times tables at the end of the day, but I am wondering if it is a bad idea to keep moving through the more difficult concepts while she is still getting those down. I have discovered that she is very much like me. She can handle the most difficult word problems and learn a new concept in a snap, but memorizing is not her strong suit.
