Skipping

Sydney's been working hard at her skip counting lately. She can skip count by fives--


--and tens:


I've moved her to a first grade arithmetic workbook for math drills for a bit before we tackle more skipping, but Will, who thrives on rote memorization (go figure), is going to do the 25s and 50s and hundreds before she starts on money math drills.

As further proof of Willow's pleasure in verbal patterning and recall, I present to you this lovely ditty that she created:


Doesn't that just make you want to...I don't know, not eat breakfast?