On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:39:25 -0200, Alexandre Guimar=E3es wrote:

>	My main "doubt" is if childs before 10 years are "mature" enough and
>"concentrated" enough to learn electronics. Everytime my son asks me how
>anything works I take all the time to explain it to him at the best of my
>knowledge but I am afraid to "push" it at him. I think they are the ones
>that should have the "initiative" to ask for the knowledge. It we "force" =
it
>too much things get boring too fast, their "span of attention" is still too
>limited. IMHO.

Yes, I think this is the main issue at this age. They ask a lot, and I
think it's important to take the time to answer, but the answer should
remain within their range. Which of course is different for everybody,
and changes quickly in that age. And they ask about pretty much
everything, so asking doesn't really mean they have a deeper interest.

In the end, I think you can see the real interest by the time the kid
spends on his/her own, trying to figure things out. Without that,
nothing goes very far.

Gerhard

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