Popular Post Heretic121 Posted October 13, 2013 Popular Post Posted October 13, 2013 So my 4 year old (He'll be 5 at the end of next month) has always expressed an interest in numbers and has recently made his first steps into mathematics. He can read numbers into the hundreds, we haven't done thousands yet, and we started doing additions on the way to School every morning using his fingers to help him. We've had a (black/white)board for a while now and let the boys use it whenever they want. Today we got Leo to start reading/writing sums and solving them. He got all his questions right 12 Quote
Chuckun Posted October 13, 2013 Posted October 13, 2013 Smart kid It's great to see good old fashioned parents who actually encourage their kids to develop at home as well as in school! I was raised the same way and it gave me so much enthusiasm to learn! Additionally by the time I actually went to school I was always doing work intended for kids much older.. And always seemed to pick things up a lot quicker than others.. It pains me to see some parents (well, a LOT of them in the UK unfortunately) who don't actually try to stimulate their children's neurological development in any way.. I know kids who can barely talk when they're 4-5 :/ Keep on feeding his brain Heretic! Looks like you're doing a great job! 4 Quote
tipsy Posted October 13, 2013 Posted October 13, 2013 kid is cute .. and I will eat all his chalks . Quote
Jhonny/Shinobi Posted October 13, 2013 Posted October 13, 2013 So my 4 year old (He'll be 5 at the end of next month) has always expressed an interest in numbers and has recently made his first steps into mathematics. He can read numbers into the hundreds, we haven't done thousands yet, and we started doing additions on the way to School every morning using his fingers to help him. We've had a (black/white)board for a while now and let the boys use it whenever they want. Today we got Leo to start reading/writing sums and solving them. He got all his questions right 1 Quote
wussy Posted October 13, 2013 Posted October 13, 2013 im jelly on his math skills my sister of 4 years cant do this so well done Quote
~DRE* Posted October 13, 2013 Posted October 13, 2013 Oh nice, up to my 4 i wasn't doing nothing but eating so, good job haha Quote
Heretic121 Posted October 13, 2013 Author Posted October 13, 2013 Smart kid It's great to see good old fashioned parents who actually encourage their kids to develop at home as well as in school! I was raised the same way and it gave me so much enthusiasm to learn! Additionally by the time I actually went to school I was always doing work intended for kids much older.. And always seemed to pick things up a lot quicker than others.. It pains me to see some parents (well, a LOT of them in the UK unfortunately) who don't actually try to stimulate their children's neurological development in any way.. I know kids who can barely talk when they're 4-5 :/ Keep on feeding his brain Heretic! Looks like you're doing a great job! One to one help is always useful with a child's neurological development. A classroom, while effective at teaching multiple pupils at once, is not a one to one friendly area and teachers won't be able to pick up on where a particular child's strengths are with ease. Home learning, in conjunction with school learning, will give you the ability to see how far along your child's development is, and where their strengths lie. With the information you get from your one to one with your child you can better inform the child's teachers what your child needs help with, and what they feel comfortable with. Yeah, I've heard of quite a few parents that don't help their child's development and it's disappointing to say the least. I've heard some of the things that are really quite shocking kid is cute .. and I will eat all his chalks . Oh noes! You leave his chalks alone! >:[ Cookie.jpg COOKIE! im jelly on his math skills my sister of 4 years cant do this so well done Pfft, his maths skills are beyond yours as well, Wussy! You nub 1 Quote
Heretic121 Posted October 13, 2013 Author Posted October 13, 2013 I wonder why 3+2=555 on your board Teaching him how to write a 5 Line across, line down, backwards curly 'c' Quote
Heretic121 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Posted October 14, 2013 Child prodigy Wouldn't go that far, definitely a very clever little boy, but then British people are champions at underselling themselves. haxor Oh noes! What hax is he using? Should I ban him? Quote
gibson66 Posted October 14, 2013 Posted October 14, 2013 Good for him! I'm twenty and started learning about subtraction a few weeks ago. Trust me, it's better to get a head start on these things. Quote
Dddrgn Posted October 14, 2013 Posted October 14, 2013 When I was four... I didn't know 2 plus 2 at that point, so I think you are doing pretty well. Quote
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