Re: [FRIAM] Calculus for 9 year olds

2016-03-30 Thread Sarbajit Roy
Dear Nick I firmly agree with John Kennison. Develop their basic arithmetic, geometry and algebra at this age while boosting their basic mental computational abilities (mental maths) . Develop their foundations / concepts firmly. All this should be done in a way so that it is not imposed on the c

Re: [FRIAM] Calculus for 9 year olds

2016-03-30 Thread Russell Standish
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 01:13:32PM -0600, Nick Thompson wrote: > Thanks, John, > > One would have thought that the word "expand" would have been a clue. > > What you describe seems a lot what they are doing in her school. > > So maybe I will leave it alone. > > I did fool around with "Alic

[FRIAM] [ SPAM ] IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2016 - Extended deadline ( April 15th)

2016-03-30 Thread Arnaud Blanchard
Extended Deadline Papers and Workshops Submission ( Friday, April 15th ) Due to several requests, we are extending the deadline of two weeks, till April 15th ! = IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2016 = The Sixth Joint IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning and on Epigenetic Robotics Cergy-Po

Re: [FRIAM] Calculus for 9 year olds

2016-03-30 Thread Nick Thompson
Thanks, John, One would have thought that the word "expand" would have been a clue. What you describe seems a lot what they are doing in her school. So maybe I will leave it alone. I did fool around with "Alice" a bit. Have you ever known a child to run with "Alice"? Nick Nicholas S

Re: [FRIAM] Calculus for 9 year olds

2016-03-30 Thread John Kennison
Nick, Do NOT try to teach your 9 year old granddaughter calculus. Instead give her challenging problems that can be solved by elementary methods. If you try to teach her something she is not ready for, math will become a chore --possibly a chore for which she is greatly praised, but still a cho