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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing.  You let them get to know each other and figure each other out.

Why are you doing Khan academy with a preschooler?[/quote]

For fun. Dad’s a mathematician and does more interesting stuff with her, but she likes Khan Academy and I don’t have the pedagogical chops to do what he does. [/quote]

It's really OK to say no to screen time that your child asks for.  Khan Academy is not a great thing to do to a preschooler.  The emphasis on problems that have a "right answer" doesn't help her flexibility and problem solving.  It's teaching her to be passive.

If you want to work on math with her, then play some strategy games, read math story books, encourage her to explore with materials like tangrams.  Or let math be someting special between her and her father. [/quote]

Spot on. It sounds like DH is helping her develop a passion for math and see beauty in numbers that most people miss. You should probably stay out of it and play to your strengths. [/quote]

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