We know much more today about the brain, learning styles, and good teaching technique. Using all this knowledge like the ingredients in a recipe we can establish a process for our children to learn things in an enjoyable way. I would like to focus again on the natural inclination of a child to learn things. Learning doesn't take place in a vacuum. If children are left alone and unstimulated, their foundation for learning will be weak.
Television is a poor baby-sitter.
The time that a child spends outside of school in the course of a year is much greater than the formal learning time that they have in school. It is up to the school to make sure that the foundation for learning is worthwhile. It is the job of both the school and the home to help the child make learning fun. Yesterday I heard on public radio that our country has an incredible upper class. This class is huge compared to the number of wealthy people in the 1980's.