Around one year later, the family and "Albertle" move to Munich. He grows up there and does not have many friends. He prefers to stay home and do handicrafts while the other boys play outside. As a small child he starts to play the violin. It is not an easy instrument and so he must practise a lot. He also very interested in mathematics at elementary school and prefers to sit at the table calculating than go outside and play. But Albert Einstein is not a child prodigy.