Thank you so much for the comic book recommendation - I am looking on our library website to see what I can scrounge up for DS. I wish there were more books with some kind of mathematical bent, because he definitely gravitates toward that sort of thing (not just counting to 10 or whatever). That or super silly books. Current favorites books are "Spoon" (major silliness - he yells out a high-pitched "spoooooooooon" every time the word appears, lol) and "The Lion's Share", a cute little book about sharing and fractions.
A related question: DS is so grounded in reality, that sometimes, I feel like it's hard for him to come up with pretend things. For example, when I ask him "so, what do you think the fox's in this story's favorite food would be?" a lot of times, his response is, "I don't know, what is it?" like he is looking to be given the RIGHT answer, you know? And I try to explain that there IS no right answer, we are just making it up, and whatever he thinks is fine, but it's a hard concept for him to wrap his head around. (Though oddly, he can make up stories about number people swimming in the Arctic which is x miles deep, sliding on a big rainbow slide, and having fun talking about their lucky numbers etc etc. ...I'm not sure where the flip is in that respect, tbh.)
Does anyone else see this? Especially with their young math/science kids?
