Theo's world is largely driven by two things: music and numbers. He loves all music, and he wants numbers assigned to everything: What time will we do X? How much longer will Y happen? What number is San Francisco? Or Seattle? Or Pittsburgh? What number [age] does he have to be do to A, B, or C? You get the idea....
Because he's obsessed with numbers but doesn't really understand time yet, we got him a timer that shows the time counting down by way of a red segment that gets smaller as the time left decreases. We've been using this timer a lot to help with transitions: "Theo, you can use the iPad until your timer is up, and then it's time to get ready for school." Or "Theo, you have until the timer is up to finish your breakfast." Again, you get the idea.
Today after school, we had this conversation:
Theo: Mom, what time is it?
Me: 1:30.
Theo: What time do we have to leave for my swim lesson?
Me: 1:50.
Theo: Mom, set my timer for 20 minutes!
It took me a second, and then...what?? Did he just correctly figure out the time until he had to leave for swimming? I think it may have just been a lucky guess...but then I think about Theo and his aptitude for numbers, and I wonder. Hmmm...
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