The ideas presented in this book grew out of our Saturday Club experiences as they might translate to family activities. A wide assortment of real-life contexts, such as gardening, cooking, planning parties, dealing with money, going out to eat, caring for pets, making collections, and car tips, are also described as the occasions for mathematical explorations. A final chapter presents a variety of alternatives by which schools and parents, working in partnership, can create optimal ways to support the development of highly capable children. The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, University of Connecticut. Barbara Waxman Nancy M. Robinson Swapna Mukhopadhyay Guidelines Mathematically talented children are a diverse group.
Parents can effectively identify advanced math reasoning in their young children.
Parents should let children know that they are interested in how they think, as well as in their answers. Encourage mathematical thinking by helping children find mathematical possibilities all around them and by exploring the world through lenses of patterns, systems, connections, relationships, shapes, and numbers.