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Last night Sam and I were hanging out in the ...
January 15, 2004 by Adam in Sam
 Last night Sam and I were hanging out in the play room, talking about math and my previous career as a teacher. Somehow he ended up running to fetch a paper and pen and we ended up doing math problems together. I'd draw a story problem about something and he'd end up figuring it out. We ended up doing addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and a couple measurement problems and riddles to boot.
Sam's favorite was the "Adventurer Bob" story problems. Questions would go something like this. "Adventurer Bob faces five orcs. He's a great shot with his bow, hitting every time, but can only take on two orcs at once with his sword." I'd then draw three arrows in his quiver. "Will Adventurer Bob make it?"
Another one involved Bob returning home with six gold coins to give to his three children, with the question of how many each child got. Sam loved it and I finally had to make him stop doing math.
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Sam can be a really sweet kid sometimes
January 13, 2004 by Adam in Sam
Sam can be a really sweet kid sometimes. Last night, in an effort to get our address memorized, I suggested a little game. We'd coach him on it until he could repeat it. When it was time for dessert, we'd ask him and if he got it right he could eat it. If he got it wrong, we'd try again in ten minutes. Sam though it was a great idea and we spent a bunch of time preparing for the test.
He got it right the first time and asked if he could have one of his chocolate coins from Christmas. He decided to split it with us, then after some discussion ended up splitting it into three pieces. One I ate, one he ate, and another he saved for later.
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