Tough Love

Can you call to mind the number of elementary school kids and middle school students you know, or have known, who have something against math, geography, economics, science, or otherwise "tough" subjects? The number shoots up into the stratosphere, doesn't it? Well, what can the well-meaning do to encourage love of these demonized subjects? Here you have some of my ideas:

Cool Math for Kids - This was big back in my day!

Learn about Personal Finance with DebtSki!

Investment Games: Option 1: UpDown, Option 2: Virtual Stock Exchange, Option 3: The Stock Market Game, and Option 4: YoungMoney

Test Your Map Know-How

A Great Variety of Geography Quizzes (including rivers, lakes, mountains, landmarks, etc.!)

Geosense, a Geography Game (competitive)

Geography Bee (10 questions a day)

Crayon Physics - Very addictive and overall wonderful! (I'm still researching other great science games around.)

Don't worry, I'm really hooked on this series so you'll see more links to games and resources here in the future! And remember, as I said at the outset, there's no harm in indulging in "child's play" when we're apparently supposed to be stuffy adults! Cheers!