Reclaiming Wonders
A young boy with blond hair is sitting on a couch with a worksheet in front of him, working on addition problems. The worksheet is titled 'Adding with Some Regrouping (G)' and contains several rows of two-digit addition problems. The boy appears to be writing his answers in the wrong blanks, accidentally misaligning the digit positions. Next to him is a stuffed animal or plush toy. An adult's hand can be seen holding the worksheet, likely observing the boy's work.

Boy's Math Worksheet Mishap

Do you see what he did wrong? . My first inclination was to tell him he did all of them wrong. Then I figured it out. And giggled to myself. And showed Dad, of course. . . Because he missed two problems out of the five pages he did for fun. Yes, he wrote all the numbers in the wrong place. But… . . I’m so glad he’s home with me so I can giggle instead of him being told he got them all wrong by someone else. Sweet boy. . He’s really good at mental math and probably hasn’t had a “worksheet” in several months. Oops. . Let them mess up. Let them be kids. He has the rest of his life to find the right blank. Right now, math is fun. Who am I to change that? . . Homeschool mom prerogative.

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