COOL! I am learning so much from watching my daugher learn! I'm not even close to a teacher and don't have the vocabulary to do with what I am learning about learning! But I'm so glad that at least one person agrees with my observation.
I did teach her long division when she was drawing pictures to come up with the answer...and she was like "OH! Why didn't you tell me this before!" lol..So, I have asked to school to skip her to 5th grade math in the fall, but I wonder if 'not knowing' the tricks is actually a better way to go. I would worry that in 5th grade, they might teach her things that she would be better off not know for a little while, even though it might cause her to take a little longer than it would otherwise, to do the problems. I suspect in the long run, she will be stronger for it!
