The first few minutes he explores the manipulatives independently. He plays with them however he wants.
Then after awhile, we play different games that require dominoes, Uno cards, poker chips, and dice. I adapted many games I used to teach second and third graders for my preschooler. I am amazed at his Math literacy that I completely did not teach him. Just by handling dominoes and dice in particular, he made simple observations about the different ways to make the same number, such as 4 and 2, 3 and 3, and 5 and 1. They all "make" 6.
His eagerness and wonder inspire me. Am I too grown up or too busy to wonder like a child, to make new discoveries? Do I just need to play more?
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That's great! You teachers do have an advantage over the rest of us! I bet Son1 loves this time alone with you. I need to try something like this with my son.
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome! We should pull out the uno cards more often, my sons love numbers and math :).
ReplyDeletelooks like great fun! I'm sure he's just brilliant like his parents!
ReplyDeletegood stuff!! love it. we some of the same...use bean bags to toss on the right answers to make them lose a little energy too!
ReplyDeleteYup, I would say you have a math prodigy on your hands. My daughter said that her just 6 year old is tackling multiplication already. He sure doesn't get it from me!! LOL.
ReplyDeleteWe play games the same way with math, isn't it great when you can make learning fun? I hope you all have a blessed week!
ReplyDeleteCan you come play at my house? One of the twins still has trouble with his numbers. Teaching him the difference between six and eight may kill me.
ReplyDeleteIt's the teacher in you coming out. The world is a classroom!
ReplyDeleteI agree....YOU are a TEACHER! This proves where YOUR heart is! Teaching...LOL That is awesome! NOW come on the BIG ROCK and teach MY boys!
ReplyDeleteHe has really come a long way!! Great job Son1. :)
ReplyDeleteThe math major should be proud! I guess its genetic :)
ReplyDeleteEverytime YOU comment it makes me smile and YES The BOYS will have so so much fun at RideMakerz...and HMMMM if you go to Virginia...Fredericksburg is right down the road and the Mall there has the Ridemakerz...LOL LOL OOO and you can buy the car online and it comes all apart and you can put it together but it is NOT as fun as all the boys doing it in the STORE. They boys really had a good time. SO for real do not forget to GO at least once! LOL
ReplyDeleteSooo cool! I'll have to get some ideas from you when Amelia gets a little older. Right now, we're just working on counting past four...
ReplyDeleteYou do indeed start em' young... but how else will they be able to womp adults at poker, at the tender age of 8 unless you you begin now? I think I may just have to start doing the same thing with Zach so he has a fighting chance with Son 1 and a hefty game of power uno ;).
ReplyDeleteI always loved math! i hope to start our lil one on the path to numeric discovery early as well!
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