- One of the most effective strategies I've found for teaching something new is to build on existing interests and curiosities that children might have. - On [[2019-10-30]] I was able to work through subtraction with a child simply because he wanted to understand how long ago 1961 was. - On [[2019-11-20]] I was able to leverage children's curiosity about cigarettes and was able to talk to even the most aloof learners. - Another twist on this is to leverage the [[Continuum of Experience]] and to build on what children experience in their everyday life. --- A child is most intelligent when the reality before him arouses in him a high degree of attention, interest, concentration, involvement--in short, when he cares most about what he is doing. - [[How Children Fail]]