Math Attack

It has been a math sort of day. We have read 'How Much is a Million' a few times in the last few months, and he was looking at it again yesterday. He read the list from 10 to 1,000,000 correctly, and so I asked him about it this morning. He remembered it still. It sort of set the stage for the rest of the day.

We often play with numbers. He likes me to ask him questions like "How much is 43 plus 68?" He contemplates, and 9 times out of 10, gives me the correct answer. His process is not necessarily standard, but he arrives at his destination nonetheless. I love that I can allow him the ability to play with numbers like this, and not insist that he follow the prescribed way of achieving the answer. I think it is building a solid foundation of confidence and joy in numbers.

I printed out a worksheet of double digit adding this afternoon, and he successfully completed all of the questions. It was good practice for writing numbers, as we do most of our math mentally. His numbers are not as solid as his letters are getting, but luckily, he really enjoyed the worksheet, and asked if we can do more of them. Hopefully, this will give him the practice he needs to remember the directions of his numerals.

Meanwhile, we continue to play with numbers, in the same way we play with language and rhyming throughout our day.