The knowledge of math or numbers is based on understanding, not on memory disconnected from actual fact. Symbols and quantities are related to each other. The decimal system is very simple if you understand it. The children do not have to imagine 1000 when they can instead hold it, count it and take it apart into hundreds, tens and ones. Art activities allow a child an opportunity to express himself through pictures and projects that have no right or wrong.
Creativity is fostered by the exploration of many mediums of art with very few limits.
Children enjoy art and projects for the process, not the end result. They will create many very dark pictures as they continue to paint and paint and paint until no one color is identifiable. Repeating an activity over and over can make it more interesting instead of boring if the child is free to add new elements. Geography activities encourage the child to see the world as bigger than just Danville, Alamo, and San Ramon. The news and current events apply to all of us and developing an interest early allows the child to understand more of what is going on around him.