My daughter Pomme just told me she wanted two more cookies, and I said “sure, help yourself.”  She loudly proclaimed, “that will make THREE cookies!” — because she had already had one a little while ago.

Jumping on the chance to practice some addition in a ‘natural’ fashion (since she herself brought it up), I then asked:

“What if you have 3 cookies, and then you eat 2 more?”

“That will make 5!”

“What if you have 5 cookies, and then you eat 4 more?”

“That will make 9!”

“This is a harder one… what if you have 2 cookies, and then you eat 6 more?”

“That will make us sick!”

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