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Elastic Band Craze Teaching Children Mathematics and Geometry

posted by azrael on Monday July 07 2014, @12:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the someone-somewhere-is-making-money dept.

cafebabe writes:

You may have seen a craze involving colorful elastic bands.

Don't despair! It is teaching children mathematics and geometry including Pascal's triangle and Fibonacci sequences. Even young children are learning terms such as hexagon and rhombus.

Furthermore, kids are also learning reading skills and fine motor skills while making friends and gaining confidence. Many are also learning about economics.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by khakipuce on Monday July 07 2014, @12:09PM

    by khakipuce (233) on Monday July 07 2014, @12:09PM (#65185)

    Well said. The point of maths, science, engineering, etc. is to develop and analytical mind and analyse the problem. The vast majority of people have a heuristic view of the world not an analytical one.

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