Hi CollinMum
Thanks for remembering me:-) I have read some of your post, you have amazing boy
MY son is in Kindy now, he is Ok so far, although sometimes he complained that school doesn't teach math. I wonder if the teacher can handle him since he always ask some "tough math questions" like how much is 0 divided by 0
Sometimes I am not sure if he is that advanced, he seems like normal boy most of time(bit strong willed, and very little sleep), sometimes he just freak me out by figure out some middle-high school math problems. I was wondering if it because I give him all the chance to explore math, and answered all his math questions, or he truly is kind of "something"??? His IQ test doesn't seems THAT high.
Now, I am using some of mathematical olympiad material to let him explore the fun of numbers,. it is not high grade, but lot of deeper and fun
Ok, Back to the music & math relation
DS self-taught to read and play piano at 4, can play whole book by memory, and play by ear. I think it is because he is smart, especially his math ability, reading music sheet, learning music theory is so nature, so easy for him.
But comes to technique, which requires lots of practice, is another thing. He cries because he could not do it,( I would say, he could not do it just so EASY anymore) I have to tell him again and again it is okay, just need more practice,
even smart kid needs working hard.
So I would say, he is talent in music, compare with most normal kids, but not as good as his math ability, also not a real Musical genius.
