Encouraging Your Child's Math Talent: The Involved Parents' Guide

Can your child perform complicated math computations in her head before you can even pull out the calculator? Does he love constructing intricate, proportional buildings out of Legos and building blocks? Is your child fascinated with measuring the height and weight of objects around her? Parents of kids who show precocious advanced math ability will love Encouraging Your Child's Math Talent, a comprehensive, helpful guide to supporting a child's mathematical talent.

The authors guide parents in the following topics:

• recognizing advanced math ability in their children,
• working with the school system to ensure children get the math education they need and deserve,
• encouraging children to pursue their mathematical interests outside of school, and
• connecting a child's math ability to his or her everyday interests.

Educational Resource

With more than 15 years of experience as the teacher and parent of mathematically gifted students, Michael J. Bosse, Ph.D., is an associate professor of math and science education at East Carolina University, where he instructs future teachers and works with highly able math students and their parents.

Jennifer V. Rotigel, Ed.D., an associate professor of education and chair of the Department of Professional Studies in Education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, formerly taught students in the elementary classroom, focusing on gifted and special education. She is the coauthor of Encouraging Your Child's Math Talent.