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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I don't think this is at all typical, and just serves to freak parents out. Double digit addition and subtraction? Multiplication and division? And I say this as someone whose kids went to Montessori and later, HGC. I am certain my kids didn't do much more than single digit addition and subtraction...and perhaps they could tell you if everyone could have a slice of pizza if you cut it into X number of pieces. But for god's sake don't get all crazed about it if they can't do that walking into K. [/quote]

I don't why people freak out that young kids can't understand simple math concepts. We originally chose Montessori because we liked the amount of outdoor time, quality of the facilities and teachers when we toured. I was blown away too to seeing my kids doing multi digit addition and subtraction and multiplication and division at age 5. They don't teach it the way we learned it. They use very simple, sound concepts that take the mystery out of math and the kids absorbed more than memorizing flash cards or copying what a teacher was doing on a board.

There is no need to know any of this walking into an MCPS classroom. MCPS will not get to those concepts until 2nd or 3rd grade. [/quote]

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