Handicraft and genius

May 6, 2009

I knew I was onto something by letting my children play, crochet, knit, paint, sculpt, dance, sing, and draw instead of teaching them math.

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Ok, that's not totally true. I do sometimes teach them math but the time spent playing and creating far outweighs any formal learning we do. Looks like with this approach I might be raising mathematical geniuses!

PS. Aren't TED videos the greatest! If you have a favorite, please leave a link in the comments. Here's another goodie on creativity from last year.