I also wish children could learn. On VV2, if you drag and drop a villager onto a child, sometimes they listen to a story, sometimes it says that person is teaching the child. So say if you have an elder or even just a Master Scientist, Builder, etc., that Master or Elder should be able to teach something to the children and them gain levels in certain areas. Say, if it's a Master Builder that gets dropped onto a child after maybe 10 years of age. That child could go up in skill points - kind of like an apprentice. Of course, he/she will not acquire points as fast maybe, but it's still there.