On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 06:01:22PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > The existence of these two "Probabilities" also points to the real problem > > in front of Udhay - which meaning of probability do you want to shine light > > on for your child? > > I want to convey the mathematical notion of probability. There are > many other ways to demonstrate the notion of fuzzily defined > relationships between fuzzily defined terms.
I wouldn't try to get too abstract on young kids. I think the idea of a sack full of colored legos and need for repeated draws in order to demonstrate expectations, and that a large number of measurements are needed for numbers to converge towards what is expected.
