Jun. 6, 2006 - Abyni and Math

I'm sitting on the floor this morning sorting the five tubs of "sewing goodies" into a garage sale pile and a keep pile when Abyni asks, "How long til the garage sale?"

"Two weeks" I reply.

"How many days in a week?"

"Seven."

She immediately, seemingly without thought says, "Oh, so its in fourteen days?"

"How do you know that?" I ask.

"Because seven plus seven is fourteen."

"Okay, how much is eight plus eight?"

"That's easy," she says, "Its just two more, so its sixteen. And nine plus nine is just two MORE again, so its 18."

I was astounded. Most of the other kids had the HARDEST time getting that concept. She just picked it up somewhere! She's five:)