Bear and Wolf both do/did things like that. Wolf was doing math on his own (addition and subtraction up to 10) when he was three and four years old. That's what made me realize we might be dealing with something beyond the norm...
To put it in perspective:
Kindergarten students in our area are expected to be able to count to 20 by the end of K, possibly some VERY basic addition.
Most children by the age of 3 are supposed to be able to COUNT to 5 or possibly 10 (generally this means rote counting, possibly numerical understanding.) Math doesn't enter into the equation at all.
Oh and the feeling freaked seems to be pretty normal. I went through it and I know a lot of other people on this board have talked about it.
Wow, it is hard to wrap my head around that although it is pretty much wht I eep hearing and why DH and I have decided she will be homeschooled for at least K if we are living here still as there is no early enterence and she would be 5.6 before she could enter and they have no gifted program and will not accelerate
Still hard to wrap my head around
Today dad and I bought her a set of dinosours (which she is really into, that and anything space) well this evening Dad asked her "Didn't you have 5 dinos?" She had 3 she was playing with at the moment. She said "yes, and then walked over and picked up one that was on the floor thus having 4 and said "where's my other one" Knowing that she had 3+1=4 and she needed one more to equal 5. DH was relly surprised that she grasped that.
