What was the child like when younger? I have no idea what his interests are.
I have a one-and-a-halfer and I keep him busy when I want to kick back at the end of the day by putting some really challenging music on the TV (initially jazz and prog rock, but by now we're watching flamenco and some lieder by Webern and Schoenberg). Kid is really into music; Camel's "Rhayader/Rhayader goes into town" (rock music but instrumental and an almost-suite kind of structure) is his jam, no Backyardigans or Peppa Pig in this home.
He's also very curious about books, physically. I can't tell if he's going to be a reader (of course he likes baby books with the tactile colorful elements) but he likes to touch them on the shelves and had to be taught not to remove them. He might just like rectangular (parallelepipedal?) things.
Anyway, when I imagine keeping my son busy at age 3 I imagine sending him to piano lessons, going to concerts, maybe trying to do two-part harmonies. Also maybe reading him books or just making piles of rectangular bricks -- give him initial ideas and leaving him to it. What will he be like at age 11, I don't know. But I will by then.
I have a one-and-a-halfer and I keep him busy when I want to kick back at the end of the day by putting some really challenging music on the TV (initially jazz and prog rock, but by now we're watching flamenco and some lieder by Webern and Schoenberg). Kid is really into music; Camel's "Rhayader/Rhayader goes into town" (rock music but instrumental and an almost-suite kind of structure) is his jam, no Backyardigans or Peppa Pig in this home.
He's also very curious about books, physically. I can't tell if he's going to be a reader (of course he likes baby books with the tactile colorful elements) but he likes to touch them on the shelves and had to be taught not to remove them. He might just like rectangular (parallelepipedal?) things.
Anyway, when I imagine keeping my son busy at age 3 I imagine sending him to piano lessons, going to concerts, maybe trying to do two-part harmonies. Also maybe reading him books or just making piles of rectangular bricks -- give him initial ideas and leaving him to it. What will he be like at age 11, I don't know. But I will by then.