Hannah likes to read the house numbers as we're walking along or driving around. She has discovered that she is very fond of numbers. She will often, after a time of quiet reflection, say things like, "3 and 3 makes 6," or, "How many 10s in 20, Mama?" She asks for word problems and then does them in her head. Things along the lines of, "If there were 3 karate students and each did 2 punches, how many punches would that be?" She gets the answer right, too.
I recently introduced her to the game Memory, and she latched on right away. The game I originally had her playing was on the computer, but when I showed her how to play with cards at the table, she was most impressed. Of course, it takes a bit longer to set up, because all the cards have to be turned so that the pictures on the back are right-side-up, but I have a feeling that as soon as she figures out that Memory can be played with someone (right now she plays by herself), the popularity of CandyLand is going to plummet.
She's more and more interested in the natural world, too. Today on our walk, she pointed to a tree and said, "That's a birch." She was right, too, it is a birch. She also identified a maple tree. I was more impressed with those than with the identification of a cherry tree -- it has little green cherries on it, so it's a dead giveaway. But still, even with the cherry tree, she was paying a lot of attention to the local flora. She can easily recognize strawberry plants, too, by their leaves.
Hannah is soaking up knowledge as fast as she can. It's really quite amazing to see.
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