Actually, ESPN has several times broadcast the national finals of MathCounts*, a math competition for middle-school ages (I was a coach one year). I agree, way better than golf!
*see www.mathcounts.org
Google & Wikipedia don't seem to know, which of course leaves me helpless. All the gamer sites assume everyone knows... can you tell I'm not a video game junkie?
...although his father is a caterer. Accountants are knowledge workers, right? Closest that comes to mind, but Arthur's mom's work isn't really explained in any of the series that I read, come to think of it. Computer programming is a harder concept for a very young child to grasp than fighting fires, I think. If you're perceptive, you'll be able to tell when the child is ready to get something out of an explanation, but you are unlikely to find the best such explanation in a book, IMO. I think DIY is called for.
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Actually, ESPN has several times broadcast the national finals of MathCounts*, a math competition for middle-school ages (I was a coach one year). I agree, way better than golf! *see www.mathcounts.org
Google & Wikipedia don't seem to know, which of course leaves me helpless. All the gamer sites assume everyone knows... can you tell I'm not a video game junkie?
...although his father is a caterer. Accountants are knowledge workers, right? Closest that comes to mind, but Arthur's mom's work isn't really explained in any of the series that I read, come to think of it. Computer programming is a harder concept for a very young child to grasp than fighting fires, I think. If you're perceptive, you'll be able to tell when the child is ready to get something out of an explanation, but you are unlikely to find the best such explanation in a book, IMO. I think DIY is called for.