Greyson is having a bit of a hard time in math at school. He is, how shall we say, less than enthusiastic about addition. So in an attempt to give him a little practice at home I thought I would try a real world application. I was so proud of myself and thought I was so clever. The February Fairy gave each of the kids a coin purse with 10 pennies in it. Then I set up a store filled with Greyson's favorite trinkets - Matchbox cars. Everything was $.05 and under and the trick was he had to buy two things....forcing him to add up what he owed. It started out brilliantly and the store sold its first two items.
"OK, that is $.03 and $.02. So add 2 and 3 together. What does that make?"
"5"
"Wonderful. Great job." (long pregnant pause) "OK, so give me 5 cents."
I just received blank stares.
"This is the point where you give me 5 pennies"
Greyson counted out 5 cents and gave them to me. I filled a bag with his purchase and handed it to him. Then he just stood there and stared at me.
"OK, you can go now."
"But Mom, don't I need to run my credit card through? When do I do that part?"
"You don't need to, sweetie. You paid with your pennies."
"But I want to."
And so he swiped another penny on the side of my cash register and left as a satisfied customer.
Sigh. They really are the electronic generation.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Zach has the opposite problem. He loves cash and math and is credit card phobic b/c he understands interest and it outraged by the idea of it. So whenever he sees me reach for the plastic I get a lecture. then I explain it's my debit card and I am alloweed to proceed.
Post a Comment