Then it's more about gardening, than mathematics. Weed-out bad elements and behaviors, provide rich fertile grounds and nutrients, a direction to grow towards a

Then it's more about gardening, than mathematics. Weed-out bad elements and behaviors, provide rich fertile grounds and nutrients, a direction to grow towards and let them grow by themselves. Promoting curiosity, building inner representation of abstract concepts and learning by doing with examples is usually a good recipe. But if you are more into agriculture, a combine harvester also works great.