And, I believe that learning these processes in the formative and younger ages, affects the ability to both learn and apply them in the future.
It is a very essential point of view that you have conveyed, Mr @tarazkp. Unfortunately, not many parents share your views.
I totally agree with you that the ability to learn and apply what is learned is the essence of the learning process.
How many times have I encountered people who have high academic grades (due to rote learning), but when it comes to dealing with the real world (I mean, the world of work), some of them fail and today appear ordinary.
I have experienced what Smallsteps experienced from my father. I was forced to apply what I learned by drawing lines on the board he was going to cut to make a table. He taught me the science of calculating angles, and when I was in school, I got perfect scores in math because of "lessons" from my father. Learning is fun in a different way.