Kind of going in the same direction, I wonder whether it would be good to have children start out learning math in the context of accomplishing concrete, real-w

Kind of going in the same direction, I wonder whether it would be good to have children start out learning math in the context of accomplishing concrete, real-world tasks that require mathematical problem solving, and then only gradually abstracting from this concrete starting point if an individual seems to have an aptitude for math. Example: learning statistics in the context of gathering information about the health of people in a village.