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    Two is the loneliest number!!!

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    We have had very similar conversations over the past year with my DS5. He loves to talk about numbers and relationships that he finds with various numbers and patterns. Sometimes he makes my head spin.


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    How neat the he figured it out by himself. I remember way back when DS5 then 3 had a nasty fall. To make sure he was ok, we asked him questions like "Is 24 odd or even?".



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    Signs your child is GT...LOL!


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    When our DS starts throwing a fit I ask him to count backwards from 12 ... by 3s... wink

    Ah the little rascals...

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    Yes, I think we had similar discussions with our DS when he was that age. He was also fascinated by negative numbers and infinity, which sounds like a common theme on this board.

    I have a very vivid remember having a conversation with my mother-in-law when DS was four, and she was adamant that kids could not understand abstract concepts until the age of 8 or 9. She had studied this in some childhood psychology class in college. I kept pointing out examples of very abstract concepts that DS understood: negative number, infinity, even the concept of zero, which the Romans never grasped (there is no Roman numeral for zero). She would not except it.

    JB: DS8 had to go through allergy testing about a year ago... 72 shots in both arms. Needless to say he was not particularly happy, even with a large amount of numbing cream on each arm. It was the sight of the needle that bothered him, not the actual injection. DH kept him occupied by making him count all the prime numbers as high as he could go. That was a life-saver for getting through that ordeal. crazy Math is a great way to distract or calm a kid down!

    Dazey: I had heard of the book, The Cat in Numberland, through this message board. It is a great suggestion. DS just read in and liked it a lot. Are there any other books by this author? Or other math books that people can suggest?


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    I have a difficult time knowing what "level" means - so this might not be right on, but we have recently discovered the author Marilyn Burns who has written numerous books for kids about math.

    Two we have been enjoying are "Math for Smarty Pants" and "I Hate Mathematics" both are somewhat cartoon like and follow a group of kids while they do number games and riddles and puzzles. Very accessible books, and fun, too.

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    That's so cool! i love conversations like that. What a great little thinker you have. Of course, i would have said "why can't we all just get along - of course 0 is a friend." smile

    dazey - we just got The Cat in Numberland from the library based on your suggestion too. DS4 loved it. We also got G is for Googol, but haven't started that yet, since DS thinks all books must be read through in one sitting, and a glance at this one tells me it is not your average alphabet book. smile

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    Thanks all,

    He too is obsessed by infinity. It took him lots of experiments to "see" infinity. One day, about six months ago I was upstairs and heard a crash. Downstairs ds is on the sofa with a mirror in his hand shining it into the mirror on the wall behind a sofa. "look mummy. That's infinity."

    He is very much a "flash of brilliance child. Now and then.

    We have tantrums at roundabouts when I turn off as he is counting things. He also seems to be grasping multiplication all by himself. I let him lead and I follow.

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    Originally Posted by rachibaby
    He too is obsessed by infinity. It took him lots of experiments to "see" infinity. One day, about six months ago I was upstairs and heard a crash. Downstairs ds is on the sofa with a mirror in his hand shining it into the mirror on the wall behind a sofa. "look mummy. That's infinity."

    Cool. That's very impressive that he could figure it out just like that!


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