Math

My 7.5 year old is gifted in mathematics, but very reluctant to go too far astray of what he is "supposed" to be learning. Having books without grade levels on them works wonders, as does having literally half a dozen workbooks or textbooks going at a time. It becomes very eclectic (a week on 2-variable algebraic equations, two weeks on fractions, two weeks on percentages, then three weeks with "regular" arithmetic at 4th grade level) but if I look at it in the long term, I realize that he is playing with a particular *concept* for a while, under very different categories of mathematics. Multiplying, arrays, multiplying fractions (fractions themselves) and polynomials all relate to the same *idea* for him, so I have really backed off and allowed him to "play" in the different books.