Does anybody know any good books that explains such matter in an easy to understand language?
My son is 5, and is for ever asking me what water is made of, what is a molecule, why he cannot see it, and are there molecules everywhere, and what is metal, and what comes after -1, and how can he see minus 1, minus 2 etc when he can see 1,2,3 beads or pizza slices, why can he not see negative numbers? I am not equipped to answer such questions. Today we were doing maths with adding together negative and positive numbers, and I really dont know how to best explain it? Any clues?
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I am not able to explain the complexities of life, such as molecules and negative numbers to a 5 year old
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StarryStarryNight · 30/07/2007 15:07
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