It's not that it's boring, it's that it APPEARS boring. Take math for example -- try sitting down with a seven year old and teaching them fractions and ratios.

It's not that it's boring, it's that it APPEARS boring. Take math for example -- try sitting down with a seven year old and teaching them fractions and ratios. Unless you have an exceptionally curious kid, there simply isn't a way to explain it that doesn't feel like dragging fingernails on chalkboards to the kid. Games are a way to alleviate the introduction into mathy things like this, the ideal state being one where the learner takes pleasure in the math itself once it is appreciated.