[grania]

So, primitive hunter-gatherers who have never been inside a classroom score as high on geometry as American children who are being "educated" at $10,000 per head per year.

High School Geometry is easily mastered by students if the basis of real-world concepts is in place.

Many students need to re-visit childhood activities ... drawing maps, writing directions, designing something to build or arrange, basic play and games, etc.

Computer activities and xeroxed work sheets can work for lots of necessary pre-requisites to Geometry success, but the hands-on aspects early man wired our brains with created the need for hands-on real-world type experiences to fully develop them.

So, if you know a child who can't do or learn Geometry, bring him or her out to play!

[wintertime]

So, if you know a child who can't do or learn Geometry, bring him or her out to play! ( Grania)

To Grania,

My, now adult, homeschoolers rarely spent more than 2 hours a day in formal studies. The remainder of their day was spent in highly active, highly creative, and very intense play.

They were admitted to community college by the ages of 13,12, and 13. All three finished all their general courses and the highest level of college calculus by the age of 15. The two younger earned B.S. degrees in mathematics at the age of 18. The middle children finished a masters degree in math at the age of 20. The oldest majored in accounting. He is nationally and internationally ranked athlete. Age the age of 19 he left for two years on a church assignment in Eastern Europe and recently returned fluent in Russian. Before leaving on this project he was a mere 13 courses shy of a B.S. degree in accounting. He is in the process of finishing his education while training full time in his sport.

I credit PLAY with my children's academic success. It was through play that they learned to concentrate intensely for sustained periods of time. Some of their projects extended over several years, ( literally). How can children learn to concentrate if their day is continually interrupted by bells, whistles, and adult imposed schedules.

It was an amazing process to watch. Gradually, the energy expended on intense play was transformed into adult interests and talents.

Their mathematical achievements were only possible because these children were homeschooled.

[Virginia-American]

So, if you know a child who can't do or learn Geometry, bring him or her out to play!

I once had a deck of cards with an insert encouraging parents to play cards with their kids in order to promote counting and arithmetic skills.