Conversation so far:
Where was Robert Schumann born?
Schumann was born in Zwickau, in the Kingdom of Saxony.
When was he born?
CANNOTANSWER.
Who were his parents?
the fifth and last child of Johanna Christiane (nee Schnabel) and August Schumann.
What was his childhood like?
Schumann began receiving general musical and piano instruction at the age of seven from Johann Gottfried Kuntzsch, a teacher at the Zwickau high school.
Did he play any other instrumenst?
CANNOTANSWER.

Question: What else did he do in childhood?
Self-contained rewrite: Together with music, what else did Robert Schumann do in childhood?