Last week, Stephen found a circular maze in the back of his bug magazine. Seeing how interested he was in it, I gave him Kumon’s My Book of Mazes: Things That Go! the next morning. He worked on it for several hours until he got about half way through the book. Later that evening, I had a look at his work and this is what I found.

Page 51 completed:

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Page 50 - He found a shortcut! /me banghead:

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Kumon workbooks are arranged by increasing levels of difficulty. In this particular maze workbook, the more fun vehicle-shaped mazes alternate with the graphical ones to build a child’s ability.

Me: Why didn’t you do this one properly?
Stephen: Because it’s boring!

Nice. Five years old and he already knows how to cut corners.