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[QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 2974590, member: 7631"]
Re:  learning the fun of math at a young age.

When my daughter was a newborn, my wife joined a new mothers group, which morphed into a play group.  When the kids were maybe 3 or 4, the mothers were sitting around watching the kids play and remarking about the natural curiosity in all the kids.  My wife asked, "I wonder what the schools do to beat this out of the kids.

Fast forward a year or two.  Daughter LOVED kindergarten.  Early in first grade, her teacher told us that she was gifted in math and as soon as they had a gifted program, she'd be enrolled in it.  Well, the gifted program never happened.  And it got worse.  They were given homework in first grade.  One day she was given over 150 three-digit addition and subtraction problems to do in two nights.  That didn't single-handedly beat her curiosity out of her, but it was symbolic of how the school tried to ruin her.

That was one of several reasons we pulled her from what's viewed as one of the best public-school systems in the country.  My wife (and I just a little bit) homeschooled her, and it was a great decision.  She still hates math, but she's an unbelievable writer.
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