DD's pre-K teacher yesterday responded to my request to send in math workbooks for the quiet time that drives her nuts with 'she just wants to do math workbooks because her big brother does'. Right. Because a pre-K child that wants to do math couldn't possibly really want to do math and we should never encourage it. Even when it's grade 2 geometry and she's getting it right. Especially when it's grade 2 geometry and she's getting it right. And that was just the start of the conversation. Apparently counters that visually represent 3+2 are the extent of appropriate math for pre-K children...Who knew.
