Counting by fives
While doing the dishes, a 6 year old counts by 5 to 170 and contemplates ten-hundred, one thousand, and what comes next.
Counting by fives
Tabitha
Doll years
Doll years
Out of the blue on our recent camping trip, Tabitha had an announcement for me. Tabitha (6 years old): I am 12 in doll years and Griffy is 16 in doll years. Her brother Griffin is 9. T: So how old are you in doll years, Daddy?Me: Well, how do doll years work? T:...
A few quick conversations
A few quick conversations
Sometimes we just have very short conversations that are worth sharing here, but not worth their own full posts. Here are three such conversations... In the middle The main television in our house is in the parents' bedroom. As a result, 99% of the kids' TV...
Counting fingers
Counting fingers
Counting fingers A while back I met a mathematician. He is the husband of a colleague. He found my Talking Math with Your Kids project fascinating and asked repeatedly for additional examples of the conversations I have had with Griffin and Tabitha. He referred to...
Sharing pears
Sharing pears
I took the kids camping this weekend. Jay Cooke State Park is lovely. I recommend a visit if you have never been. We had the following conversation at the campsite on Saturday evening. Me: Griff, we have two pears and three people. What should we do about...
Talking math with a word game [Product review]
Talking math with a word game [Product review]
Long ago, we were given the game "What's Gnu?" as a gift. What better time to dig it out than in the waning days of summer leading up to the return of school? So Tabitha (six years old) and I did just that a couple weeks back. Neither one of our children has been...
Holding hands at the market
Holding hands at the market
I take both kids grocery shopping pretty much every weekend, and I have since each was an infant. It's a routine for us in which Mommy gets some quiet time around the house and I get some extended time around town with my little ones. This time of year, the...
A short waffles conversation
A short waffles conversation
Those Eggo mini-waffles are paying off. We had this conversation the other day... Me: There you are, Tabitha. Two sets of waffles. Tabitha (six years old): That's 7. No...8!Me: [washing dishes with my back turned to her] Right. Two sets of four is eight.T:...