non-football question

[redpony]

sorry for posting this in the fball board I think it has a larger audience than the others so please bear with me.
My granddaughter just started the first grade (second week in school). She lives just outside of Madrid Spain. One of the workbooks she brought home as titled 'algorithms, lines, circles and triangles'
Do any of the posters here have young children that are being taught concepts like that in early grade school? I was surprised. They have already learned the basic math skills- +,=,*, and /.
thanks for any responses. As a neanderthal I didn't have those types of things taught until high school.

[bubba pony]

my wife is a retired principal with 40+ years of public school teaching. I asked her to reply:

In simplest terms an algorithm is defined as a procedure used for solving a problem. Lines, circles and triangles would involve shape identification at the beginning of first grade. All would be taught at a level that is appropriate for first graders so, yes it is correct. Children come into school knowing more than we knew because of preschool as well as the breadth of their life experiences. It would follow that they are learning concepts in grades before we might have learned them. (In Spain and in the US)
Great question but not to worry

[smubrooks]

I'm in Switzerland and that is consistent with the curriculum here.

[redpony]

hey all- thanks for the replies