Another Day in the 3s

Yes, it was another Parent of the Day day at preschool.  :)  The 3s have gotten a little more rambunctious since last time I was there (or at least a couple of them have!  Not Mattie and James; they save their rambuctiousness for home.)

The painting below is Mattie's. It doesn't look like much, but it was fun to watch him talk through it, sort of to me and sort of to himself. ("Is orange a spring color?  This is an orange footprint for fall.  This is a green forest.  It goes all the way up to the sky  It's a haunted forest.  It has a sign that says haunted.  It's okay in the daytime, but at night the LEAVES MOVE!")  Lots of imagination going on there!

James impressed me with his math skills again yesterday.  He said, "What's 9 plus 4?" (as you can see, this is one of his favorite topics of conversation these days, along with "what time is it?") and I said, "Do you know?"  He thought about it for a second, and said, "10, 11, 12, 13.  It's 13."  So, he started at nine and counted 4 more in his head, without using his fingers.  Wow! I don't think the average 3 year old is doing that.