--- 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
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