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- From: jgj@ssd.csd.harris.com (Jeff Jackson)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Smart Things They Do, was Re: Young kids, math, & physical modeling (was Re: Is Math Hard?)
- Date: 23 Nov 92 13:02:58
- Organization: I would rather be windsurfing.
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- In-reply-to: dal3@cbnewsg.cb.att.com's message of 23 Nov 92 16:25:38 GMT
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- >He's already playing at weighing and measuring things (without any
- >prompting) and has a fair idea of number up to about 20 (and is
- >interested in the concept of numbers bigger than 20). How do I keep
- >alive his natural curiosity and use it to expand his world-view?
-
- This reminded me of a little kid (about 2 or 3) I saw in church a few
- weeks ago. He was sitting in the aisle, quietly coloring a coloring
- book with crayons (I think that's "colouring" to you in on the other
- side of the pond :-). He layed one of the crayons down on the aisle
- (we haven't got carpet yet, so its bare concrete) and it started
- rolling away (the aisle is inclined). He picked it up and sat it down
- again and it started rolling away again, he picked it up and sat it
- down again and it started rolling away again, he picked it up and sat
- it down again and it started rolling away again, he picked it up and
- sat it down again and it started rolling away again, etc. By now
- you're thinking this kid isn't very bright... except, he was altering
- the angle of the crayon slightly every time until he arrived at an
- angle such that it din't roll away. I don't mean he just sat it down
- at a random angle each time; he was methodically change the angle a
- small amount each time! He's a Born Scientist, I guess.
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- Jeffrey Glen Jackson _|_Satan jeered, "You're dead meat Jesus, I'm gonna
- jgj@ssd.csd.harris.com | bust you up tonight."
- x5120 | Jesus said, "Go ahead, make my day."
- ~~~~~~~~~ -- Carman, "The Champion"
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