We made a couple of model rockets today. One the traditional style - the other closer to a multistaged rocket. Learned about making cones and cylinders.

Almost there

Although Kirk still has an issue with the 10s, he is developing a solid grip on counting to 100. He is very determined to understand double digits and the difference between numbers standing together, being added or multiplied.

He is still enjoying our exploration of space so I will continue with this. He's chuffed with Uranus which has fallen on its side and tonight watched a fictional documentary on the discovery of a planet with life. He has a huge imagination. I wish he liked art so he could show us what is in his head.

Writing the alphabet has reached a plateau so we will play with pastels for a while.

Questacon

Yesterday Questacon came to Bundaberg. Kirk and his friends had a ball. Not surprisingly he spent much time playing with the gear board. It is a vertical magnetic surface with 1 moving gear to which you stick different sized gears and watch what happens.  We then spent the afternoon in the Botanical Gardens with our friends. 

Please Mum!

For months Kirk has been nagging me for a trampoline. A fortnight ago I gave in and said that when he could count to 50 by himself he could have one. At the time he could barely get to 15, let alone 50. I thought this would buy me a heap of time but it looks like I will be forking out a lot sooner than I expected. On Monday he watched his friend, Jorja, count to 100. On Wednesday, with some help, he did it himself. No kidding. This week he has spent a lot of time asking me about numbers. Questions like: "What's a 6 and a 3 make?" (63), "What is 6 plus 3?" (9), He has also been obsessively counting everything and doing a lot of self talk about number comparisons, "8 is bigger than 6."

Note to self: material rewards WORK but forgo trampolines in the future.