Math

I didn't want to leave my whiny post at the top of the blog, so here's a quick one. I'll write about the birthday party later - I swear. I just don't have time right now.

Here are some quick examples of Dermot's burgeoning mathematics ability.

When Dermot's playing Lego Star Wars he needs to collect 10 "white things" on each level. Ethan and Dermot have found most of them, but Dermot is still looking for the few we don't have. A while ago, Dermot was playing and Ethan and I were just sitting in the living room with him. Dermot says to himself, "I have 7 white things so I need 3 more.". I was blown away. Now if I ask him what's 10 minus 7 he can't answer me, but the real life stuff is more useful anyway.

Two days ago when we were getting ready to bed, Dermot had Puppy and Bat with him (he now has two stuffed animals that are always with him). Dermot tells me that if he farts twice, Puppy farts twice, and Bat farts once that will be five farts. So my kid has already moved on to three addends, not just two. If he would just put any of this energy into reading, I would be so happy. He's still fighting me on that front.

I do want to point out, though, that Dermot has some sight words. They are not the normal ones like "the" or "at". No, not my boy. He knows "to be continued", "Save", and "continue". His words are mostly video game related or tied to the cartoon series we are renting through Netflix. In fact, when he creates his adventures with Ethan he has started telling me what disc they are in which season. For example, they just finished disc 2 of season 4 of their adventures. This side of Dermot makes me happy and laugh.