I need to boast - seems dd is a maths whizz!

[harrisey]

She must ge3t it from her daddy as I was awful at maths.
Parents night on Thursday - (we're in Scotland) - dd1 has finished Level A maths which is for primary 1-3 and she has not even finished P1 yet! She can problem solve, tell the time, do all number work up to 100 and do fractions of up to 1/4. I am SO proud of her but didn't want to boast to RL friends as I know she is well ahead in maths.
Is there anything I can do to encourage this (apart from telling her she is very clever, and asking her to 'help' me with telling the time etc) as if she is going to be good at maths I really want to encourage her. DH is suggesting he teaches her chess - anyone tried this with a 6 year old?

I am a very proud mummy

That's brilliant harrisey, there's no reason why she can't learn chess but don't forget to keep it fun for her.

congrats to your dd. I know of one or two young chess players, so if she likes it, go ahead. You could start on draughts first to see how she picks it up.

congrats to your dd harrisey

A good way for children to learn chess is to not use all the pieces at once. So start off just playing games using pawns and the King, then add other pieces in and out until she masters all their moves and tactics.

Music also often appeals to mathematical people, so you might want to consider piano lessons or something?

how exciting H.

Yes defo go for chess. mine love and play each other now.

harrisey, \link{http://www.chesskids.com/\here} is a nice chess site. Yes, I have taught my own children (also good at maths) to play chess at around that age, but I'm not sure they altogether got the point until slightly later. But that's not to say your daughter won't.

\link{http://www.circamaths.co.uk/\Here} is a maths magazine that may interest your daughter. I tried DS1 on these (picked some up at a stall on a Maths trail round Brixton market, would you believe!) and I think he got something out of them.

well done to your little girl.... i read it wrong... read that she had finished A level maths.... now that did shock me!!!!!!! LOL

DD enjoys it when I ask her two or three sums like what is half of 34? what is 16 + 20? what time will it be in half an hour? The trick is to pitch it at the right level - so she can succeed - and not to go on too long. Chess is certainly possible at that age.

My 6 year old is really good at chess, not a genius in anyway so she will be fine.

well done to her.I would second the music route.She's at just the right age to start learning an instrument.

try doing binary addition and other number bases (16 is the one used in encryption) pretend there is an alien with 16 fingers instead of ten they have to make something up for ten eleven twelve etc

oh god yes i learnt chess at 4 or 5, the only thing is, IME, at that age, though its fun, you don't really develop any strategies, at best you memorise useful moves. but then i am not a very good chess player really, just that my dad was very into it.

if you want i can ask dp later-he has a phd in maths

but also-and this is generally true-

woudl not push her . let her go at her own pace. use the fact she is ahead anyway to let her broaden/deepen her knowlege where she wants to, rather than pushing her to get further ahead.

my ds plays with the lego chess cdrom. he taught himself with this..

How old is she, harrisey? Sorry if you've said, haven't read all thread. I don't understand the scottish system. My DD aged 11 is very good at maths. She never ceases to amaze me, but then I'm hopeless at it.

Might be too advanced but can she add up the cost of things as you put them in your supermarket trolley? could make shopping more fun for her! Or get her to do price comparisons (if I buy 2 1 litre bottles, is it cheaper than buying a 2litre bottle?)