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The Things Children Say
Katrina is a big worksheet gal and she does well with math. So we started with a second grade workbook for her math back in August. She finished it in the first week of January. This was a 300 page book, so it wasn't tiny or anything. We decided to let her go on to grade 3 math. We had Saxon 3 math from when Jack used it a few years ago. I like the Saxon math Jack is currently using, but found the repetition of Saxon 3 a bit tedious. So we tend to do the meeting time part only until the child has it down pat. Anyway...this math is set up for homeschoolers, but then they have things like the 'class birthday graph'. Well, we have a class of three, my kids and me. Hard to make much of a graph with that. So in the two previous lessons, we just used our whole family to work out a birthday graph.
Today, Katrina and I reviewed her lesson, then I left her to do the worksheet.
She asks, "Mommy, how many days are in a year?"
"365," her brother answers helpfully. He often answers to Mommy and Daddy;)
Then Katrina asks, "How many people are there in the world?"
Now, i am not exactly sure of the most recent count, but I think it is about 2 Billion and that's what I tell her.
Later on, she is off doing something else, and I sit down to check her paper. Here is the question I find:
Use your class birthday graph to find the numer of birthdays there will be between today and the end of the year. 2,000,000,000 was her answer.
See, she gets it! The world is her classroom! And seeing how we are early into January, there is practically a whole year to go. That is sooooo cool!!!!!
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WTG Katrina!!
and don't tell your Momma but you stumped me there for a few. I had to read it again to figure it out. heee hee
Precious!
THAT was brilliant. I found you on the carnival this week. Enjoyed it very much, and linked to you.
Wow, that seems to bring the idea of "the world is your classroom" to a whole new meaning!
This made me laugh but that is not why I am commenting. I think I need to learn this before I start homeschooling with my girlygirl is old enough. That the world is her class room thanks.