While solving a face seems like an obvious way to work up to solving a layer, it doesn't really help you to understand the cube, does it? It seems like solving a 1x2x2 corner or even a 1x2x3 block would be a better first step.
Careful though... she might turn into a roux solver. ;-D On 2/10/06, cmhardw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Matt Moberly > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Not that it makes it any less impressive, but it looks like the video is > > sped up. The kids in the background are moving suspiciously fast. > > > > Yes the video is awesome! Very cool to see someone that young solving > the cube! > > > But still, that's awesome. How many people on this list have tried > teaching > > a kid to cube? > > I have started teaching my sister how to cube, she's 5 and will be 6 > this April. She likes to help me scramble the cubes I am using when I > am practicing. Usually she will scramble a bunch of them and ask me > to solve them one at a time. What I've started doing is only with the > 2x2x2 if she asks me to solve it I say that she has to solve one face > first (not one layer). She is getting very quick at doing this, so > pretty soon I plan on moving up to saying she has to solve one layer > before I'll solve the rest. > > I really don't know of a good way to teach kids to cube, but I figured > I would try this and see how it goes. > > Another thing I do a lot with Jade is to scramble the cube (3x3x3) > three moves or so behind my back and have her unscramble it. She's > getting really good at doing these too, though ones with lots of > double turns like R2 U2 R2 still trip her up sometimes. I try to give > her helpful hints and stuff though so she doesn't get frustrated. > > If anyone has any ideas of how to teach younger kids to cube please > share. I'm totally winging this and just trying something and if it > doesn't work scrapping it and trying something different. > > Chris > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
