Saturday, April 18, 2009

Color Wonder = BIG thumbs up!

I love Crayola's Color Wonder products. It's SO wonderful to be able to give each of my 3 "coloring aged" kids markers at the same time and not have to hover and pounce when they stray from the paper. It is wonderful to be able to sit nearby taking care of the baby or reading a book while they color and not having to worry about the walls and carpet!

The kids love them too

(I only WISH Crayola was paying me to say this!)


Wednesday, April 1, 2009

This Child Floors Me...

Matthew loves playing with calculators. This week he's been testing to see that a number times the same number is always the same as the number squared. (In other words, hitting 6x6= will always show the same answer as hitting 6 and the "squared" button.) He gets overly excited when he sees that it always works.

Well today he just wanted to type big numbers. After a very brief explanation from Daddy about what each "place" was and how you read big numbers, he was easily reading 5 and 6 digit numbers without missing anything. He came up to me and read, without faltering or missing anything, the number 555,245,555. I know some adults who can't do that and he's 4! His brain just absorbs stuff so easily and I'm enjoying it while it lasts!!