Morgan is Four and a Half

[tiger_spot]

Four and a half! It is a different age than four, and a very different age than three and a half

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[suzanne]

I was befuddled when she asked how much longer until four and a half last week and I realized she was. She was rather excited "I hope someone asks me so I can tell them I'm not four, but I'm four and a half!"

Some of the kids apps have sections for parents that are unlocked by simple arithmetic. She startled me by encountering 5+3=? And calmly typing 8 to show me a video for an app she wants.

She has a reading tv show she likes with super kids who fly into books to find answers to their problems. It does a lot of letter identifying, complete the sentence, with a different word that changes the meaning but makes sense, and sounding out rhyming words. I approve because it has kid appropriate problems and answers. "I'm afraid to go down the slide.... I'll ask my friends to cheer me on!" "I want (character) to stop knocking down my block tower.... I'll tell them it makes me feel bad and ask me if they want to help!"

Anyway, sometimes she'll read words on the screen to herself and quickly look over to see if I've noticed. She really doesn't want us to know for some reason.

[ljgeoff]

One of my boys was anxious that his ability to read would mean that I'd read to him less.

[tiger_spot]

This is my suspicion. It also might have something to do with wanting to be a baby? She's pretty resistant to the whole "but look at all the cool stuff you can do because you're a big kid" argument.