There's a book Math from Three to Seven which may be very relevant. Of course you're talking about more than math. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Math-f

There's a book Math from Three to Seven which may be very relevant. Of course you're talking about more than math. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Math-from-Three-to-Seven:-The-Story-of-a-Circle-for-Zvonkin-Yarkho/ac36f1fdab67838e10451e02033cebdcdc1a7e04 https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Math-from-Three-to-Sev...