We met up with some friends today and by the time we got there (after the tire incident) Veg was a little.... lets just say.... TIRED! Well, after lunch we sat and chatted for a long long time, and he was a trooper in-spite of his wish to LEAVE that was brought up many times.
J.C is a Mom of three and also a Teacher, and I think she began to notice I was a little tired also. And she started talking to Veg. He was making dots on the place mat, and counting. He counted to 19 with a slip up and quick correction between 17 & 18.
Well J.C. said "That is great that you can count to 19 already" and mentioned something to the affect that it was a high number for a boy his age. And he said "No its not, 19 is a small number"
So she asked what a big number was, and he said 9000... She agreed that was a big number and here he begins explaining.... After he got to 100, he started counting by hundreds, then thousands, until he quickly got to 9000...
She just looked at me and then looked at him and said "Well I guess 19 is a small number" *smile* He goes on to say "Yeah, its part of the 10's and 1's".... And says "First there are 1's then 10's then 100's then 1000's, Learned that at school"
Very Cool.... Wonder what else he is learning there?? Maybe someone else will have to come visit so I can find out. *smile*