5 dimes, times 10 cents each. My son (7 years old) says 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 while holding up fingers. So he doesn't see how ten times works yet. He's a smart kid, so this is surprising to me.
I have no interest in doing anything about it. I trust he gets enough math thinking in our family to be just fine. I'm just intrigued.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Friday, May 1, 2009
Math Teachers at Play #6 and Numbers
Math Teachers at Play #6 is up! Over at I Want to Teach Forever.
And here's a conversation I had with my son (6yo) a few minutes ago, right after he woke up:
Me: I'm up to 500 (hits on my blog). I guess now I'll be waiting for 1000.
He: What's a thousand?
Me: (Huh? How do I answer that?) Umm, it's ten hundreds.
He: That's 500 more.
Me: Yep.
He: Ten is just like a hundred, except a hundred is ten times bigger.
Me: (Big grin.)
I love it! And he's no more brilliant than all the other kids who haven't yet been shut down by schooling.
So, I'm thinking my blog hits are growing exponentially. Maybe after I hit a thousand, I could make a chart. Eventually it'll flatten out and be logistic, huh? Anyone else watching how their numbers grow?
And here's a conversation I had with my son (6yo) a few minutes ago, right after he woke up:
Me: I'm up to 500 (hits on my blog). I guess now I'll be waiting for 1000.
He: What's a thousand?
Me: (Huh? How do I answer that?) Umm, it's ten hundreds.
He: That's 500 more.
Me: Yep.
He: Ten is just like a hundred, except a hundred is ten times bigger.
Me: (Big grin.)
I love it! And he's no more brilliant than all the other kids who haven't yet been shut down by schooling.
So, I'm thinking my blog hits are growing exponentially. Maybe after I hit a thousand, I could make a chart. Eventually it'll flatten out and be logistic, huh? Anyone else watching how their numbers grow?
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