Will asked why Kira grew from "1,2,3,4,5,6 months" instead of "oonnee, twwooo, threeee, fourrr, fiiiive". I knew he was asking why she could have passed him and made it to SIX months so fast when he was still only FIVE years old.
So I explained the difference between months and years and told him there are 12 months in a year. I told him that Kira has to make it to 7,8,9,10,11,12 months before she'll be ONE year old. I explained that he was 5 years and 9 months and in 3 more months he'll be 6 years. I wasn't sure he was following, so I gave him a visual...
We talked about how an egg carton has 12 eggs in it. I told him Kira has 6 eggs in her carton and when she gets 12 eggs then she'll be 1 year old because there are 12 months in a year. He got it.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
You should let Will watch the Curious Case of Benjamin Button, then he would really be confused.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure you are not a math teacher? Great visual idea. I'm glad you are writing these things down and sharing them!
ReplyDelete