Math brain

At dinner tonight, I asked Doug what he had for lunch downtown today. He said mini burgers at Burger King. He even went so far as to look up the nutrition info after lunch, and mentioned that the four he ate was a total of 440 calories. I thought to myself - 110 calories, not so bad for one, I'll have to remember that.

A few seconds go by, and Rose pipes up: "That's 110 calories each, isn't it?". She had done the math in her head too! She's only six. This totally amazes me! I was no way close to figuring out stuff like that when I was six years old. They learn so much more, and faster now a days.

Speaking of not having done things like that at the age of six, last week her school put on a Lunar Chinese New Year performance for family and friends. They practiced hard, there was a lot to learn, and the expectations the teachers have are high. Regardless, they were pretty excited about performing and they did a great job.

What I really liked was that the teachers and director all performed too, by singing a song. I thought this set a great example for the students to see their teachers participating.

It was kindergarten through 2nd grade. Here is video snippets of some of it. The video comes from the school district's website. I'm new at posting video, so some of the video might now show entirely on your screen. Sorry!

Happy Chinese New Year!