OT: When you you start teaching kids math?

[temeculaguy]

flu, that last sentence made me laugh. I absolutely guarantee you will screw up your kid, it’s impossible not to. The trick is not to screw them up too bad or to just screw them up in ways that wont interfere with their happiness as adults.
The fact that you care and you have a sense of humor about makes me think it will be just fine.

[CA renter]

Just from what you’ve posted on this site over time, it’s obvious you’re a great dad. Your daughter will do well. She’s a lucky girl to have you as a dad. 🙂

[CA renter]

Just from what you’ve posted on this site over time, it’s obvious you’re a great dad. Your daughter will do well. She’s a lucky girl to have you as a dad. 🙂

[CA renter]

Just from what you’ve posted on this site over time, it’s obvious you’re a great dad. Your daughter will do well. She’s a lucky girl to have you as a dad. 🙂

[CA renter]

Just from what you’ve posted on this site over time, it’s obvious you’re a great dad. Your daughter will do well. She’s a lucky girl to have you as a dad. 🙂

[CA renter]

Just from what you’ve posted on this site over time, it’s obvious you’re a great dad. Your daughter will do well. She’s a lucky girl to have you as a dad. 🙂

[sdduuuude]

[quote=flu]Thanks folks for the advice.

I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand, I’m trying not to push my kid too hard. At the same time, it’s kinda in my blood too, and especially it doesn’t help to have peers to that are doing the same with their kids. I keep saying each kid is different so no worries, but I don’t want to screw this up.[/quote]

I think there is a huge difference between trying to teach your kids something and pushing them too hard. It is an important distinction, though, and I understand where you are coming from now that you have said this.

If you make it all a game, it isn’t pushing them too hard. If they like to learn, then let them absorb all they can as soon as possible. I would say “pushing them too hard” for a 4-year old would be making them study something they don’t have interest in, giving them a rigorous study schedule, encouraging them to be intellectually competitive with their friends, and pushing them to do something they don’t wane, even after they have exceeded their “normal” expectations.

There is also a fine line between telling them they are doing well and giving them a big head about it such that they brag about it. If they really are picking up some concepts early, you have to teach them not to be jerks. If your kid really is smarter than their kid, you don’t want your kid to make it known.

So, teaching them to be good friends is just as important as teaching them to be good students.

[sdduuuude]

[quote=flu]Thanks folks for the advice.

I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand, I’m trying not to push my kid too hard. At the same time, it’s kinda in my blood too, and especially it doesn’t help to have peers to that are doing the same with their kids. I keep saying each kid is different so no worries, but I don’t want to screw this up.[/quote]

I think there is a huge difference between trying to teach your kids something and pushing them too hard. It is an important distinction, though, and I understand where you are coming from now that you have said this.

If you make it all a game, it isn’t pushing them too hard. If they like to learn, then let them absorb all they can as soon as possible. I would say “pushing them too hard” for a 4-year old would be making them study something they don’t have interest in, giving them a rigorous study schedule, encouraging them to be intellectually competitive with their friends, and pushing them to do something they don’t wane, even after they have exceeded their “normal” expectations.

There is also a fine line between telling them they are doing well and giving them a big head about it such that they brag about it. If they really are picking up some concepts early, you have to teach them not to be jerks. If your kid really is smarter than their kid, you don’t want your kid to make it known.

So, teaching them to be good friends is just as important as teaching them to be good students.

[sdduuuude]

[quote=flu]Thanks folks for the advice.

I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand, I’m trying not to push my kid too hard. At the same time, it’s kinda in my blood too, and especially it doesn’t help to have peers to that are doing the same with their kids. I keep saying each kid is different so no worries, but I don’t want to screw this up.[/quote]

I think there is a huge difference between trying to teach your kids something and pushing them too hard. It is an important distinction, though, and I understand where you are coming from now that you have said this.

If you make it all a game, it isn’t pushing them too hard. If they like to learn, then let them absorb all they can as soon as possible. I would say “pushing them too hard” for a 4-year old would be making them study something they don’t have interest in, giving them a rigorous study schedule, encouraging them to be intellectually competitive with their friends, and pushing them to do something they don’t wane, even after they have exceeded their “normal” expectations.

There is also a fine line between telling them they are doing well and giving them a big head about it such that they brag about it. If they really are picking up some concepts early, you have to teach them not to be jerks. If your kid really is smarter than their kid, you don’t want your kid to make it known.

So, teaching them to be good friends is just as important as teaching them to be good students.

[sdduuuude]

[quote=flu]Thanks folks for the advice.

I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand, I’m trying not to push my kid too hard. At the same time, it’s kinda in my blood too, and especially it doesn’t help to have peers to that are doing the same with their kids. I keep saying each kid is different so no worries, but I don’t want to screw this up.[/quote]

I think there is a huge difference between trying to teach your kids something and pushing them too hard. It is an important distinction, though, and I understand where you are coming from now that you have said this.

If you make it all a game, it isn’t pushing them too hard. If they like to learn, then let them absorb all they can as soon as possible. I would say “pushing them too hard” for a 4-year old would be making them study something they don’t have interest in, giving them a rigorous study schedule, encouraging them to be intellectually competitive with their friends, and pushing them to do something they don’t wane, even after they have exceeded their “normal” expectations.

There is also a fine line between telling them they are doing well and giving them a big head about it such that they brag about it. If they really are picking up some concepts early, you have to teach them not to be jerks. If your kid really is smarter than their kid, you don’t want your kid to make it known.

So, teaching them to be good friends is just as important as teaching them to be good students.

[sdduuuude]

[quote=flu]Thanks folks for the advice.

I have mixed feelings about this.

On one hand, I’m trying not to push my kid too hard. At the same time, it’s kinda in my blood too, and especially it doesn’t help to have peers to that are doing the same with their kids. I keep saying each kid is different so no worries, but I don’t want to screw this up.[/quote]

I think there is a huge difference between trying to teach your kids something and pushing them too hard. It is an important distinction, though, and I understand where you are coming from now that you have said this.

If you make it all a game, it isn’t pushing them too hard. If they like to learn, then let them absorb all they can as soon as possible. I would say “pushing them too hard” for a 4-year old would be making them study something they don’t have interest in, giving them a rigorous study schedule, encouraging them to be intellectually competitive with their friends, and pushing them to do something they don’t wane, even after they have exceeded their “normal” expectations.

There is also a fine line between telling them they are doing well and giving them a big head about it such that they brag about it. If they really are picking up some concepts early, you have to teach them not to be jerks. If your kid really is smarter than their kid, you don’t want your kid to make it known.

So, teaching them to be good friends is just as important as teaching them to be good students.

[pjwal]

I second the use of computer learning software. I built my career off my addiction to whatever computer software I can get my hands on as a kid and picking them apart like a mechanic with a car. I finished calc AP and was taking college courses as a junior in high school and I can honestly attribute it to BASIC programming at age 12. I only wish I could get my hands on a PC at age four. Our company builds mobile business software and it’s quite humorous at a company dinner to see all the little ones enamored with an iPhone/iPad. All the parents have a plethora of learning apps installed. My sister’s two year old knows how to start Angry Birds on her iphone and make it through levels.

Just my humble opinion, but I don’t get this “don’t push them too hard” stuff. It’s a tough world out there…there are winners and losers and I won’t shy away from preparing my kids for that. I mean, don’t be mean/degrading about it, but they should know the difference between poor and great performance. I think it’s key to instill that there will always be someone who will do better…just not at your school (kidding).

Course, I’m not a dad yet and I have not met the expectation I set for myself with training my puppy so far…as I never accounted for just how cute they look when they mis-behave ;-).

On a related note, anyone opposed to bribing (money for grades) older kids with their school performance?

[pjwal]

I second the use of computer learning software. I built my career off my addiction to whatever computer software I can get my hands on as a kid and picking them apart like a mechanic with a car. I finished calc AP and was taking college courses as a junior in high school and I can honestly attribute it to BASIC programming at age 12. I only wish I could get my hands on a PC at age four. Our company builds mobile business software and it’s quite humorous at a company dinner to see all the little ones enamored with an iPhone/iPad. All the parents have a plethora of learning apps installed. My sister’s two year old knows how to start Angry Birds on her iphone and make it through levels.

Just my humble opinion, but I don’t get this “don’t push them too hard” stuff. It’s a tough world out there…there are winners and losers and I won’t shy away from preparing my kids for that. I mean, don’t be mean/degrading about it, but they should know the difference between poor and great performance. I think it’s key to instill that there will always be someone who will do better…just not at your school (kidding).

Course, I’m not a dad yet and I have not met the expectation I set for myself with training my puppy so far…as I never accounted for just how cute they look when they mis-behave ;-).

On a related note, anyone opposed to bribing (money for grades) older kids with their school performance?

[pjwal]

I second the use of computer learning software. I built my career off my addiction to whatever computer software I can get my hands on as a kid and picking them apart like a mechanic with a car. I finished calc AP and was taking college courses as a junior in high school and I can honestly attribute it to BASIC programming at age 12. I only wish I could get my hands on a PC at age four. Our company builds mobile business software and it’s quite humorous at a company dinner to see all the little ones enamored with an iPhone/iPad. All the parents have a plethora of learning apps installed. My sister’s two year old knows how to start Angry Birds on her iphone and make it through levels.

Just my humble opinion, but I don’t get this “don’t push them too hard” stuff. It’s a tough world out there…there are winners and losers and I won’t shy away from preparing my kids for that. I mean, don’t be mean/degrading about it, but they should know the difference between poor and great performance. I think it’s key to instill that there will always be someone who will do better…just not at your school (kidding).

Course, I’m not a dad yet and I have not met the expectation I set for myself with training my puppy so far…as I never accounted for just how cute they look when they mis-behave ;-).

On a related note, anyone opposed to bribing (money for grades) older kids with their school performance?

[pjwal]

I second the use of computer learning software. I built my career off my addiction to whatever computer software I can get my hands on as a kid and picking them apart like a mechanic with a car. I finished calc AP and was taking college courses as a junior in high school and I can honestly attribute it to BASIC programming at age 12. I only wish I could get my hands on a PC at age four. Our company builds mobile business software and it’s quite humorous at a company dinner to see all the little ones enamored with an iPhone/iPad. All the parents have a plethora of learning apps installed. My sister’s two year old knows how to start Angry Birds on her iphone and make it through levels.

Just my humble opinion, but I don’t get this “don’t push them too hard” stuff. It’s a tough world out there…there are winners and losers and I won’t shy away from preparing my kids for that. I mean, don’t be mean/degrading about it, but they should know the difference between poor and great performance. I think it’s key to instill that there will always be someone who will do better…just not at your school (kidding).

Course, I’m not a dad yet and I have not met the expectation I set for myself with training my puppy so far…as I never accounted for just how cute they look when they mis-behave ;-).

On a related note, anyone opposed to bribing (money for grades) older kids with their school performance?

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