Comments for sursumcorda.salemsattic.com/post/life-with-joseph-1-no-baby-news-yet

Comment #3184

2012-01-31T21:23:00Z

On the one hand, we appear to have a slight regression: 7 and 8 are out of favor, the counting sequence now being 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 9, 9, 10. He has some difficulty with 11, often calling it "equals" -- which it is, if you rotate it 90 degrees. (Unless you're European and put flags on your 1's, which I'm trying to remember to do for him.) Joseph recognizes the numbers and letters in any orientation, so you can see why 11/= is a problem, as is 6/9 sometimes, though he mostly gets those. On the other hand, in addition to 12 and 20, he now names 14-19, though at the moment they all sound alike to me.

Plus, today Janet asked him, in German, to find the numbers from 0 to 5 on his number blocks (e.g. "Wo ist fünf?"), and he did.

Comment #3183

2012-01-22T19:55:39Z

Katie, thanks, I'll also have a look into createspace. I'd much rather sell for less than $70, liz, that's for sure - but it'll have to at least match the blurb quality, which I think can survive a few kids.

For comparison, the set of dots flashcards at the Institutes also sells for $65 or in that range, and there's no short, inexpensive version. (The short version isn't hardcover, for cost reasons, but looks like suitable quality to me, provided the kids have learned how to treat a book.)

Comment #3182

2012-01-21T13:25:41Z

Thanks, Katie, I'll look into it. I did not know about it.

Comment #3181

2012-01-20T22:21:01Z

Have you looked at createspace for on-demand publishing? It's a subsidiary of Amazon. I've been quite happy with the service, the quality, the price and the automatic listing on Amazon. They'll even provide the ISBN if you don't have one.

Comment #3180

2012-01-19T08:32:24Z

Go, Noah! And go, Jonathan! Joseph and I had a talk this morning about the responsibilities of older siblings. :)

Comment #3179

2012-01-19T08:31:20Z

Yeah, the price is awfully high, which is why there are the two less expensive versions (though still pricey as children's books go). Believe me, they would be more reasonable if that were possible. Self-publishing, where books are printed one or just a few at a time, is really expensive. I know -- I've looked into it for some of my genealogy work. But at least it's possible to print a nice-looking book like that, and I plan to bite the bullet -- but I just have to do a little more research first.... If you don't know what I mean, ask Kenny. ;)

Comment #3178

2012-01-19T08:15:50Z

I remember that, Pami! He was amazing.

Comment #3177

2012-01-18T22:14:18Z

that book looks fascinating...but $70? wow! :)

i loved your "o" and "pizza" comment to this post...funny! :)

Comment #3176

2012-01-18T21:24:40Z

Love these updates!! I am sure that there is a professor in that youngster just waiting to be fulfilled!

Always amazed me at what a young age Elijah truly learned how to negotiate the internet and it was NOT just the icons either we learned!

Comment #3175

2012-01-18T03:33:12Z

I think it's detrimental to keep kids from learning to count, even if it is just a rote sequence at first. It helps them figure out the quantities later, if they already know the rote sequence. That's my experience from working with Noah on the Right Start Math. And guess what? He knows the quantities, now, too (still fuzzy on 6 and 9, I admit).

By the way, yesterday, Jonathan taught Noah multiplication and he was successfully doing problems such as "6x5+3"

Keep it up, Joseph! You can teach the baby multiplication, too. (:

Comment #3174

2012-01-17T16:04:09Z

For us, maybe i-c-e-c-r-e-a-m. We have friends whose young son took to pointing at the freezer and saying, "l-m-n-o-p."

Comment #3173

2012-01-17T13:04:30Z

In our house I think it might have been c-o-o-k-i-e.

Comment #3172

2012-01-17T10:00:01Z

I'll relate two more incidents that happened this week, just to have them recorded. I didn't want to mention them in the post because they are so funny, bizarre, and probably totally coincidental. But definitely jaw-dropping at the time.

Joseph turned his alphabet puzzle upside down, and the letters fell onto the floor. As they scattered, one rolled under the couch, and I sighed, "One of the letters has gone under the couch, all the way to the very back." Without missing a beat, Joseph replied, "O!" I fetched the letter, and sure enough, it was the O.

At suppertime, Janet was discussing what we would be eating, and mentioned, "Or we could have p-i-z-z-a." Immediately Joseph pointed to the refrigerator and exclaimed, "Pizza!"