tmare_IHB
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As a math teacher, I sometimes need reminders that our kids are learning things in ways we may not think of. Tonight, when I told my son that it was time for bed and he asked if he could finish watching a TV show, I said, "Ok, 5 more minutes". I immediately walked away and within seconds he said, "No, 6 more minutes". I turned around and he had pushed the "info" button on the remote which said 8:24, meaning to him that there were 6 more minutes until 8:30. It really made me think about the unusual ways our kids are learning math that we may ignore because we never would have had the opportunity to think like this as children. Actually, for a five year old, it is pretty high level thinking to figure out almost instantaneously that the time between the two periods is six minutes. I wonder how many of these types of things we all miss as we go about our busy lives. I guess I'm just saying that we should all look for the teachable moments, both for ourselves and for our kids.