Questions - OK have we all been subjected to a cloning experiment whose goal is to test nature vs nurture?

DS8 doesn't count on his fingers but I think the ONLY reason why he doesn't is because Rightstart doesn't allow it and neither do I. Until teaching Rightstart, I still counted on my fingers. blush And I always felt not good at math b/c of it. My other thought was perfectionism issues - he doesn't want to be wrong so something concrete like fingers is guaranteed. Once it goes over 10 he'd lose count on his fingers and realized it was no longer a sure thing and switched to mental math.

Though reading for him was effortless.

So what DO you do when you get a kid like mine who needs a bit of repetition and practice but eschews anything that remotely looks like practice?

I wonder what this means for my 5yr old. He has a wonderful memory, quick to learn and retain. Quickly catching up to big brother as far as mental math abilities and I think will pass him soon b/c he doesn't mind practice.