Math GT is more about using what is learned and expanding it. My daughter has always paid attention to addresses and remarked that the last two digits are the first two digits doubled or something like that (when I really want her to be looking for the address). Anyway, whatever she has learned, it is applied - everywhere. And the questions...
She is 11 now and is an amazing estimator and always has been. We were serving at a benefit dinner and when we were leaving, she estimated the number of people there and how much money they had made so far. This is just so natural for her. I don't ask her these things and most 11 year olds don't think about that.
She remembers numbers and uses them. She is not as interested in letters, except for code type things such as translations into foreign languages. I doubt she remembers the wonderful girl with which we served last night. But, she would be able to estimate the cups of lemonade and tea we served. That is where her memory (or her head) is.
