Friday, February 29, 2008

She actually WANTS to do math?

Even before they’re born we try to find similarities between ourselves and our children. He’s a night owl, like his daddy. She never stops kicking; she’s going to be athletic just like me. We peer at their scrunchy newborn faces and look for family resemblances in noses, chins, eyes.

And then—lookalikes or not—they go ahead and prove how different they are every day. Still I’m amazed when my children display talents I never had. Where I was a skinny, weak klutz, my daughter is strong and athletic. My academic strengths were in reading, writing, foreign language; she finds Spanish class “boring.” She can read, but she prefers not to (although, thank goodness, she still likes to listen to read-aloud books).

But give her a page of math problems or tell her to count to 100 and she’s off to the races. Where did this child come from? I don’t know, but I’m pretty excited to find out where she’s going.

(Want to brag about your child? Blog blast today … or just tell me in the comments, because I am almost as proud of your little monkeys as I am of my own.)

5 comments:

Magpie said...

You don't even know my monkey!!

Heather said...

My daughter loves to watch the show Cyberchase on PBS...all about math stuff. I don't get it myself. I hated math in school.

Tree said...

You just described my son with the sentence - "can read, but prefers not to." So frustrating for a reader! But he adores all things math and logic related...

Angela said...

Both my children inherited the "math gene" from their father, thank God. Otherwise, they would have to live life as I do, counting on my fingers and always desperately trying to remember times tables. I also love the fact that my kids are great in Math as well as sports(did I mention I am very uncoordinated)

Lady M said...

Go Jo!