Why would you even want to explain higher-order dimensions to a 5 year old?
I don't know all that many 5 year olds, in all honesty, but I don't know that I know ANY of them that I'd ever need to explain multi-dimensional space-time (or multi-dimensional mathematics, depending on what you want to call a "dimension").
C'mon, the kid's still very new to the world. They're barely comfortable with three dimensions at this point in their lives.
I understand that this question may have been posed simply as a rubber duck scenario, but even still, that'd be my first response.
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Why would you even want to explain higher-order dimensions to a 5 year old?
I don't know all that many 5 year olds, in all honesty, but I don't know that I know ANY of them that I'd ever need to explain multi-dimensional space-time (or multi-dimensional mathematics, depending on what you want to call a "dimension").
C'mon, the kid's still very new to the world. They're barely comfortable with three dimensions at this point in their lives.
I understand that this question may have been posed simply as a rubber duck scenario, but even still, that'd be my first response.