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[quote=Anonymous]I’m the one who said my kid is finally learning something new.

We’ve never done enrichment math class or summer workbooks. He picks stuff up with a single example the first time. “Here’s how you multiple 2 digit by 2 digit numbers.”

Okay, then the next 3 years of math are basically just review because they introduce 2 digit by 3 digit, 2 digit by 2 digit with decimals, 2 digit by 3 digit with decimals, etc. If a student understands what they are doing, introducing decimals to multiplication is a quick side note, not a week of lessons and practice.

So sure, there is 10 minutes of learning, and then 2 weeks each of the following years where it is repetitive.

Same thing with fractions. He’s literally been adding and subtracting unlike denominators since Montessori kindergarten with little manipulatives. Every year they add a small additional layer, but to a kid who understands the concept of fractions it’s not new, it’s just a variation on the skill he is already fluent in.

So yes, “he learned nothing” is hyperbole. But really, its been review each year since joining AAP in 3rd grade. (I don’t know if anything better/more appropriate since I can’t/wont homeschool, so I never complained…I was just really grateful when this pilot rolled out and we could forgo another year of spiraling old topics.)[/quote]

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