Education starts in the home at age: As soon as mommy and daddy come down from The Big Event. Nobody needs a fancy building and neat stuff to learn.
We were at our daughter’s home this evening visiting with one grandkid and her friends before they drove back to TCU to get this semester rolling. A recent visit to the casino just across the Oklahoma line came up with one friend talking about his losing at blackjack.
Daughter and I laughed about me teaching her to play blackjack when she was 3 years old. She loved playing with Dad and never realized I was also teaching her math.
A few years later she showed up with her Christmas wish list. That was after the days of VisiCalc but before Excel. So I set up a Lotus 123 spreadsheet with her wishes in one column and their prices in another which she helped look up. We set a total budget, but she could spend it in any mix of presents she wished. She spent hours deciding among fewer more expensive stuff, more cheap stuff, and vice versa. Learned to make choices.
Worked so well she later used the same process with her two daughters.
Lots of ways to teach that the kids can also enjoy. Just give them attention and the opportunity.