Do you think drilling math into kids before they start school is a legitimate way to make a "prodigy" or "genius?" We have a kid in 1st grade whose easily doing 4th and 5th grade math and admin doesn't know what to do. His parents want him to stay in a public school for social exposure and for his friends, but he's bored in class.

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Let the kid be a mentor to other students. Let the student help with teaching. Provide him with work that is appropriate for his level. I have done that and it really helped to keep student motivated.

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I know it'd be a lot of extra work for you so this may not be the solution, but could you give him work at his grade level while you cover other subjects with the class? While he's probably great at memorization and understanding the concepts, I'm sure there are still rules he needs to learn about 1st grade math. Otherwise, I would at least have him skip a few grades so he doesn't totally check out.

If he can do 4th grade math, I highly doubt he doesn’t know rules about 1st grade math

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