Childhood Education and the R1 Cube

Childhood Education and the Wooden R1 Cube Graeme Kilshaw 2011 English-speaking people grow up learning from teachers that give us wood alphabet blocks. The wooden R1 cube is like the wooden alphabet blocks we are familiar with. The R1 cube is one first discovery toy and tool-key for our children. Literacy is one tool-key allowing our children to open the door to the world. As one literacy tool, the R1 cube introduces our children to the knowledge of our world. The R1 cube builds developmental skills through hands-on play. R1 cubes and games promote visual tracking and motor skills for two year olds. For older children there are literacy, numeracy, communications, teambuilding, and strategy games played in social groups. The R1 cube games teach organizational behavior and efficiency. The R1 cube enables our children to learn the philosophy of efficient thinking. R1 cube games teach our children how to think. More complicated R1 games are introduced in higher grades. R1 cube games are shared online. The R1 cube is one graphic user interface. Grade school children are able to interact socially with friends or with online avatars via R1 pattern recognition and communications software. Learning to think resourcefully is one of the privileges our children have via the R1 cube games. Teachers let our children play R1 cube games that suit our learning style and our learning ability. The R1 cube is a tool enabling us to grow and mature together. R1 cube team-building games teach us the important lessons of intellectual life as well as the kind of values that unite us and improve our society.