At the dinner table this week, Daddy Mac had asked Goosey Lou how her school day was. Her standard answer lately has been "Fine" followed by "the usual" when asked what happened.
So Daddy Mac prodded her a bit and asked what she had learned in math that day. Goosey recited that her class had reviewed multiplication and addition strategies. Trying to drag conversation out of her, he asked what strategies were. She explained that they were ways to solve a problem.
Daddy Mac launched into a talk about how in battle, you can attack the opponent, or in this case the math problem, directly or you can go around it or you can do both.
Goosey sat for a minute and then replied, "I think that every single student I know would just prefer the 'go around it' strategy and move on..."
Pretty clever.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Aliens and Sisters
Little Man is exponentially learning and understanding things. He listens and ponders and has started to form thoughtful questions concerning his world. We had the following conversation in the car this week:
LM: Mama? I need to ask you a question. Goosey Lou told me something and I want you to tell me if it true.
Me: OK. What did she tell you?
LM: Mama? Goosey says she is an alien.
Me:
LM: She told me that she is an alien, mama? Is that true?
Me: No. She is not an alien. She was probably trying to tell you that the word "alien" means "stranger". For example, if we went to another country like France, then we would be aliens to their customs, language, etc.
LM: No. She meant REAL-LIVE-ALIEN from outer space.
Me: Well, she is not an alien from outer space.
LM: Are their aliens from outer space.
Me: I don't think so.
LM: I think so.
Me: Why would you think that there are aliens from outer space? (Thinking that he saw something on TV or from playing with kids.)
LM: You just said that there were aliens from France. You told me.
LM: My sister is an alien.
Later, when I spoke with his sister about the alien conversation, she informed me that she was trying to "expand his vocabulary" and taught him that another word for 'stranger' was 'alien'. She said it took multiple times for him to grasp it. I told her that he did not grasp it. He thinks she is an alien.
She looked somber and shook her head..."Maybe we should stick with the basics."
LM: Mama? I need to ask you a question. Goosey Lou told me something and I want you to tell me if it true.
Me: OK. What did she tell you?
LM: Mama? Goosey says she is an alien.
Me:
LM: She told me that she is an alien, mama? Is that true?
Me: No. She is not an alien. She was probably trying to tell you that the word "alien" means "stranger". For example, if we went to another country like France, then we would be aliens to their customs, language, etc.
LM: No. She meant REAL-LIVE-ALIEN from outer space.
Me: Well, she is not an alien from outer space.
LM: Are their aliens from outer space.
Me: I don't think so.
LM: I think so.
Me: Why would you think that there are aliens from outer space? (Thinking that he saw something on TV or from playing with kids.)
LM: You just said that there were aliens from France. You told me.
LM: My sister is an alien.
Later, when I spoke with his sister about the alien conversation, she informed me that she was trying to "expand his vocabulary" and taught him that another word for 'stranger' was 'alien'. She said it took multiple times for him to grasp it. I told her that he did not grasp it. He thinks she is an alien.
She looked somber and shook her head..."Maybe we should stick with the basics."
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