Harvard, Here We Come!

Last night at the dinner table, we somehow landed on the subject of math. The question was posed: "So, Max...if you have three, and I take one away, how many will you have left?" (And then there is the same blank stare we always get.) "Look at my fingers. Three, minus one equals...?" The light comes on. "Two?" YES!! Luck? Let's try that again. "That's right!" I say. "What about if I have five and take two away?" Out come five of his fingers. He puts away two and then says, "Three?" He then went on to add two plus one. It was one of those "aha moments" as we teachers like to call them, or to a momma, it could better be described as a "my kid is a genius moment."