Today one of the children was making geometric figures with paper so I thought I'd slip in a little information:
"Y'know, you're really doing some secret stuff there."
What? I'm just making geometric solids.
"Well some people would say that what you're making there should not be for just anyone to see," Then I look around, "Let me show you something." I bring out my special book. "Here see these?"
Yeah! That's my cube and there's my tetrahedron and there are the other geometric solids but, there are only five of them..."
"Uhhuh. Notice anything else?"
Well there's no prism and -hey, what's that one?
"Shhhhh. That is an icosohedron. Wanna make one?"
Sure!
Yeah he made three today. In fact, except for lunch and recess, that's pretty much all he did. Plato would be so proud. Just wait until I introduce the young one to Archimedes***CV
