Q: It is insane to think you can get children of that age to write 1-100 in the same amount of time. Maybe you didn't give them enough time. If most of them made it to 40-60 than that is the norm. Correct?
If stupid was for sale...
If it were insane to think a child can do something they can do then the world is upside down. This child wanted to do it, and at age four it is imperative that he be told he can do anything he puts his heart and head to. To discourage a four year old is planting the explosives that will destroy his life. Show me an adult who can't, and I'll show you a mother who didn't.
Time is important to a classroom project. If there is too much time, the children will be bored. So letting someone struggle with something too long is not teaching - it's coercive. Setting time limitations - friendly time limitations - builds trust. Trust is essential to teaching. Children won't learn from someone they don't trust.
As far as norm goes - hilarious - there are no norms. Every child at four and five learns in a unique and gratifying way. Check out Howard Gardener. Presenting a problem to a group of four and fives gives as many project responses as there are children - duh.
The one thing a group of four and fives want more than anything is the adventure of learning and that means discovery, so a teacher offers unique and interesting things children can try out. Trying out stuff is part of learning to manage inner strengths, the passions, if you like. There are eleven passions, and each one needs to be directed.
Asking intelligent questions is the mark of an intelligent person. Asking questions that antagonize and require obvious answers is the mark of a finch.
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It just seems the way you wrote it that you meant the others weren't as good because they couldn't or didn't make it as far. Sometimes you are too vague and it is difficult to tell what you mean.
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