On 03/14/2015 08:20 AM, Doctor John wrote:
> I, for one, am attempting to reverse this decline. The Feegle (4 years
> old now) can confidently count to ten and gets up to twenty with a
> little prompting; he is aware of the concepts of addition and
> subtraction as well as being able to put these concepts into practice
> with a reasonable standard of accuracy. He is also showing a good
> understanding of the basic principles of mechanics.
>
> So, when are you and Stephen (as well as Holsenback, Henderson et al)
> going to help me populate the world with a seed population of little
> scientists? ;-)

Yep ... work with my grand-daughter on these very issues. She's pretty 
good with numbers and puzzles, and shows more interest it those types of 
things over coloring and painting. I occasionally get something wrong on 
purpose and I'm promptly corrected!

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