In order to get Chase interested in some counting exercises I went to get some Cheerios for the 1-5 flash cards. Gotta get the older kids involved too so I figured I’d give Dex something to think about while I was off to the kitchen.

“Hey Dex, i want to get one cheerio for each dot on these cards 1 through 5. How many do I have to get?”

I was ready to walk away and let him think about it but before I had taken a step….

“Fifteen”

He had barely looked up from the YMCA camp brochure. It shook me a bit. I had to double check because it was too easy.

“How did you get that?”

“Well, I started with 5, then 4+1 is 5 and that leaves 2+3… 3 times 5 is fifteen.”

Recording of his explaination