They like to keep you on your toes, huh... - 08/17/08 12:35 AM
So we successfully advocated and got the skip into 1st for DS5.5. After all of that, and going through the period of elation we then went through a period of "are we sure we're doing the right thing." It was a fleeting, but concrete moment. And yes, we are convinced this is the right thing. We're still waiting on the BoD meeting (this week) to confirm our entry into 1st, but do not anticipate any issues.
At any rate, DS has been into Biology for the last month or so. Very into Biology to the extent that certain discussions that I anticipated being years away already have occurred (!).
So finally we decided to return to some other subjects like telling time with an analog clock, money, and doing some math. Simple review, really, as school starts in a couple of weeks and these are subjects that might actually come up. Typically DS's memory is photographic... but it was really an interesting day! It was like at first he forgot everything relating to math. A few months ago he could explain to you how multiplication worked, powers, and roots. Not just the simple squares and square roots, but he'd tell you the fourth root of 16 and he'd tell you why. Or that the cube root of -1 is -1 but the square root of -1 is imaginary. But not today.
DW and I looked at each other quite a bit puzzled. But then I got to thinking. He practices reading every day. Every day. He just loves to read. His interest in math was very intense for more than six months but then went into a period of not wanting to do math much if at all. No practice. So it was like that part of his brain just disconnected. The interesting thing was that I spent about 15 minutes with him later in the day where I did a review of things that I know he knew in the beginning of the summer. It appeared that the math part of his brain started to wake up again.
Anyways. It was an interesting how when he's not focused on a given topic it can get pushed into the back of his mind and largely forgotten or at least filed away...
JB
At any rate, DS has been into Biology for the last month or so. Very into Biology to the extent that certain discussions that I anticipated being years away already have occurred (!).
So finally we decided to return to some other subjects like telling time with an analog clock, money, and doing some math. Simple review, really, as school starts in a couple of weeks and these are subjects that might actually come up. Typically DS's memory is photographic... but it was really an interesting day! It was like at first he forgot everything relating to math. A few months ago he could explain to you how multiplication worked, powers, and roots. Not just the simple squares and square roots, but he'd tell you the fourth root of 16 and he'd tell you why. Or that the cube root of -1 is -1 but the square root of -1 is imaginary. But not today.
DW and I looked at each other quite a bit puzzled. But then I got to thinking. He practices reading every day. Every day. He just loves to read. His interest in math was very intense for more than six months but then went into a period of not wanting to do math much if at all. No practice. So it was like that part of his brain just disconnected. The interesting thing was that I spent about 15 minutes with him later in the day where I did a review of things that I know he knew in the beginning of the summer. It appeared that the math part of his brain started to wake up again.
Anyways. It was an interesting how when he's not focused on a given topic it can get pushed into the back of his mind and largely forgotten or at least filed away...
JB