Just "taught" my DD(4) to add and subtract 2 and 3 digit numbers (no carrying numbers yet). I showed her one simple math problem and she kept asking for more and more and more...and then said "let's review our work" lol

In addition, she is still in the process of figuring out / memorizing basic math facts and used the following process to figure out a what 3+ 4 equals..."I know 3+3 = 6, so 1 more must be 7" I think I may have shown her that once or twice...but it has been awhile and she just pulled it out of her memory to use it...
Hard to think that she has 1 more year until kindergarten...

Virtual high five to ultramarina!

From one introvert to another

DD10mo spoke her first two-word sentence earlier this week - "Mama, milk"

DS3 sang in public!

It was a rather inappropriate thing with five verses and no choruses, which he particularly likes when I sing it, which I do a lot because it has just the right rythm to get his little brother to sleep. It was ammusing to note that he mumbled the same words I usually mumble when singing it in public... because it's rather inappropriate. Anyway. He did it rather well, even grabbed his turn rather ellegantly. The turn-grabbing shouldn't really surprise me, since one of our ongoing problems is that he refuses to really admit that being a kid should interfear with being taken as seriously in an adult situation as an adult. But anyway.

He sang a whole song! In public! OMG, my BABY, he's growing UP!!!!! Eeek!

-Mich

Oh that's brilliant!! I'm going to remember that one (Seriously. I can fake handwriting, lol)

Awesome!! He plays beautifully!!

May I ask - what is his practice schedule and how long has he been playing?

In my kids' piano recital group there are no children your son's age who can play like he can

My dd6 has been saying every day for about a week that she "can't wait!" for school to start! She's in an HGT program with the same teacher her DYS10 brother had in 1st grade, so she already knows the teacher. I'm so excited and happy for her that she's ready to go. (And I'm so excited for me, that someone else will help address her insatiable need to learn that's sparked by virtually every new experience she has.)

DS is only in his second week of preschool, so I'm wary, but he seems to be enjoying it. His teacher appears smitten, which is good. It helps that he is extremely cute (I'm not just saying this; he is rather cherubic) and has a sweet personality. Anyway, she told me today that he always knows all the answers to everything and that she has to tell him to let the other kids have a chance, but she said this in a doting way, not negatively. She also has discovered that he can read, thusly:

Teacher, holding up book: What do you think this book might be about?
DS: Well, it's called ___________, so....

We just found out that they're letting DD into Geometry this year! This is after a year of homeschooling algebra and multiple rounds of testing at the end of last school year to see if she qualified for the class. They finally got the results from the state Algebra exam and she's in!

Not bad for a 6th grader

Hurray!!! May she love every moment, Trillium.

ultramarina; that is hilarious. Logical, of course-- and hilarious.