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TimPhelan

12 years ago

Very creative! He may have a future as an engineer or artist.

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Kay King

12 years ago

He's creative - but wrong. A triangle has three sides - and two triangles....even when put together...have 6 sides. If they have four - they aren't triangles, but a square so if he tapes them together the number is "4" - but there is no "3" to be found.

When a child is smart enough to come up with this stuff - you have to be smarter and challenge his conclusions and make him rethink his answers.

Exercise that little brain every chance you get.

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

I don't know, Kay.

I can see TB's little guy coming back with 1 triangle + 1 triangle makes 1 square.
1 triangle + 1 triangle + 1 square equals 3
1 + 1 + 1 = 3

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thunderbird

12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

I don't know, Kay.

I can see TB's little guy coming back with 1 triangle + 1 triangle makes 1 square.
1 triangle + 1 triangle + 1 square equals 3
1 + 1 + 1 = 3

Terra

You're onto him. He was just making a joke. He has given answers like the one you have there. But he laughs at his own jokes -- we'll have to work on that.

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MissTerraK 12 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

You're onto him. He was just making a joke. He has given answers like the one you have there. But he laughs at his own jokes -- we'll have to work on that.

I always like to read about him as he discovers and does things. I actually could see him saying that in my mind's eye.

Awww!

No, not yet, it's too cute for his age yet. Save that for a little later when he's a bit older. Trust me, you'll miss that little laugh later.

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lcombs

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Kay King

He's creative - but wrong. A triangle has three sides - and two triangles....even when put together...have 6 sides. If they have four - they aren't triangles, but a square so if he tapes them together the number is "4" - but there is no "3" to be found.

When a child is smart enough to come up with this stuff - you have to be smarter and challenge his conclusions and make him rethink his answers.

Exercise that little brain every chance you get.

Seriously!?

He's 3 and comes up with a pretty creative math equation and you're going to call him on it?

I say for a 3 year old he's a damn genius!:p

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whland 12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

Seriously!?
I say for a 3 year old he's a damn genius!:p

lol. So true. That's genius.

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thunderbird

12 years ago

Originally Posted by lcombs

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I say for a 3 year old he's a damn genius!:p

Let's not get carried away. It's cute and clever, but does not merit a "genius" assessment at this juncture. His friends and classmates are cute and clever in different ways as well. Kids are smart.

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HeySal

12 years ago

Originally Posted by thunderbird

Let's not get carried away. It's cute and clever, but does not merit a "genius" assessment at this juncture. His friends and classmates are cute and clever in different ways as well. Kids are smart.

He might not be going to graduate from college at 16, but he's got some genius potential if he's even kidding around like that at his age. Math is an abstract concept for a kid that young. To be able to play with it and make jokes such as that one, it takes a lot of areas of sharps that some kids just don't have - logical inferencing is one of them and it's a strange one for a 3 year old to have. It also shows a spatial acuity, and some math skill.

You may not think that kid's a genius, but keep working with him because he's showing some extremely high level potential. Some parents actually gloat if their kids can count to 10 when they get into kindergarten. Serious.

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Claude Whitacre 12 years ago

Originally Posted by TimPhelan

Very creative! He may have a future as an engineer or artist.

....or a Super Villain.
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  ....or a Super Villain.
  
  Do you mean a chimera specialist, like a Monsanto engineer?
  
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  Claude Whitacre 12 years ago
  
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  Do you mean a chimera specialist, like a Monsanto engineer?
  
  For three years old, it's amazing.
  
  If he starts putting on a tinfoil helmet and calls himself Professor Chaos.....you can be his side kick General Disarray.
  
  Those are from South Park. My favorite character Butters.
  
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Joe Mobley 12 years ago

Originally Posted by TimPhelan

Very creative! He may have a future as an engineer or artist.

Or an attorney.

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Sumit Menon

12 years ago

That's still five sides, but I like how he thinks! Smart Kid!

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Jack Gordon

12 years ago

You are all missing the obvious career path.

I'm sorry thunderbird, but it appears your son is headed into politics.

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Kay King 12 years ago

you're going to call him on it

You missed the point - but I think TBird got it.
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bizgrower

12 years ago

All of you are wrong. The correct answer is five - four sides and the middle edge.

I think he is a future physicist or science fiction writer. Next year, maybe the year after, he'll be contemplating string theory and Schrödinger's cat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The other day I was thinking about how I am going to miss the way my housekeepers'
three and four year olds get things "wrong". "Lello" instead of yellow. "Poon" instead of spoon. "Us are" instead of "I am". And so on.

On the other hand, the three year old that says "poon" and "Us are" is already correcting adults who say glass when it's a plastic cup. "No! It's a cup. Not a glass". Future English teacher or copywriter?

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