Yeah. So if they don’t see math as fun and something to play with...then they don’t have to learn it.
“In the hospitals and clinics where she worked, Montessori observed children playing and the kinds of activities they seemed drawn to and how they experimented with games and toys to help them learn...”
I was a terrible math student because they sprung “New Math” on me in first grade and confused the living hell out of me. Even my father, who was an engineer, couldn’t figure out my homework half the time. Using children as educational guinea pigs is NOT a good idea.