Generally speaking, it is best for children to learn Olympic Mathematics from the third grade, and it is best to start from the summer vacation from the third grade to the fourth grade. After three years of mathematics study, children at this stage have already had a preliminary mathematical thinking, and studying too early may even get twice the result with half the effort. The first to third grades of primary school focus on cultivating children's study habits.
The students in the first and second grades of primary school are too young, with limited understanding, relatively weak memory and less literacy. At this age, learning Olympic Mathematics will be very difficult, which will not only make parents exhausted, but also easily dampen children's enthusiasm for learning Olympic Mathematics.
Olympic function:
Olympic Mathematics has a certain effect on teenagers' mental exercise, which can exercise their thinking and logic, and it plays a more profound role for students than ordinary mathematics.
There are some basic contents of some branches of mathematics, such as graph theory, combinatorial mathematics, number theory and so on. This is something we don't usually talk about in math class, and there are also very important mathematical ideas, such as structural thinking, specialized thinking, transformation thinking and so on.
Dabbling in this kind of knowledge is conducive to cultivating students' interest in mathematics, expanding their thinking and strengthening the organization of thinking. They are the supplement and expansion of classroom teaching.
Advantages and disadvantages of learning olympiad;
Olympiad is a double-edged sword. Olympic Mathematics has a certain effect on teenagers' psychological exercise. It can exercise thinking and logic and expand children's thinking, which is very helpful for studying physical chemistry in the future.
However, if you train your child too much, or put too much pressure on your child, it will make your child feel resistant, because only 5% of children with extraordinary intelligence are suitable for learning Olympiad, and it is rare to achieve the top spot in international mathematics Olympiad all the way. Therefore, it is necessary to teach children in accordance with their aptitude according to their actual situation.
The contents of the olympiad are very complicated, especially graph theory, combinatorial mathematics, number theory, and important mathematical ideas, such as transformation, construction, specialization, induction and so on.
If there are students who want to learn Olympic Mathematics, they must be able to bear hardships. In addition, your child is particularly gifted in mathematics, has a strong interest in mathematics, is curious, has a strong ability to explore, and has a certain foundation in mathematics learning, all of which are suitable for learning olympiad.