ideas for 6 year old stack

[Sadhu Nadesan]

Namaste, Swami

You wrote,

http://www.himalayanacademy.com/runrev/dws-youth/
> p.s. ideas on what might be done to enhance this would be more than 
> welcome. I don't have the mental re-estate right now to build out a 
> broader functional specification, but it begs for more...please pile on!
>   

Ok, here is an idea.  (admittedly, an idea requiring a lot of effort, 
though simple to state) : make it game.

As an example I would point to

http://www.runescape.com/

Highly recommended: create an account, log in, do the tutorial.  (10 
minutes).  An adviser comes along to teach you hints about the game.  
They lead you step by step.  There are of course tests to pass, missions 
to accomplish, the parallels are obvious to the DWS course, and the 
youth need high minded games so much!  They are going to play games anyway.

For example, the first thing you learn in the game is how to talk to 
another player, which it says, is the first step towards success of any 
kind.  Say, isn't that true in real life as well?  What success have we 
had that didn't start at some point in time with talking with someone?  
(such as on this list, grin).  We are not alone! 

Aum Aum
Sadhunathan