I just told my kids they had "siete minutos" to finish their lunch.
"What does that mean?" some asked.
"Seventeen minutes," Tyshaun answered.
"No, seven minutes." someone countered.
"Oh well, I was close," He said. "Just take away the one from 17 and it's 7."
"It's not a 1," Amalia said. "It's a group of ten, ding dong."
Putting aside the "ding dong" for now, that was a very happy mathematical moment for me.
That's an awesome mathematical moment, ding dong.
ReplyDeleteI love when children show insight like that.