I think we should be setting kids up to do things with their hands, but starting much earlier. Pre-K - 1st grade, let's get them drawing lines and curves with

I think we should be setting kids up to do things with their hands, but starting much earlier. Pre-K - 1st grade, let's get them drawing lines and curves with pencils, pins, brushes; with inks and paints. Give them clay to form with their hands, then give them tools to form it. Keep up that practice in years to come. Have them writing letters in various ways: print, cursive, calligraphy. Do this in their formative years, giving them control other their fingers, hands, wrists, arms; give them creative outlets. Then, as we introduce abstract concepts, they have tools to visualize their understanding, or creatively express the concepts to their classmates.