DD2 adores maths and numbers. Her teacher says her face lights up when it's maths time in class. However, she has on occasion been pulled up for not paying attention because what they were doing is "boring" or "too easy". So, despite her wanting to do "more maths things please" (as in, when she's playing by herself at the weekend she'll produce a piece of paper and ask me to write sums on it), I am very wary of going ahead of the curriculum at the risk of her being bored in class. I was that child - ended up having to do the same maths book 3 times as 1 teacher allowed me to work ahead but the following years didn't. I was a naturally rule abiding child - DD has a bit more of a spark and I don't want her getting bored.
Added to the complication is my DM who is a former teacher and minds my DC once a week. She announced to me yesterday that she had taught DD how to tell time. Which is brilliant. But there's another topic where she is likely to sit in class feeling bored.
I wouldn't say that DD is gifted. She's good at all the other subjects (social skills still need a bit of work), and is a keen reader too, but she just loves numbers.
So, long story short, is there anything I can do with her to tap into this love of numbers and maths without either trying to go ahead in the curriculum or turning it into something "academic".