Some things Parker just said about math

"9 times 2 is the same one as 3 times 6."

He was playing with my iPhone, a favorite new pastime. I've downloaded a few math games for him, which he likes almost as much as he likes the skeeball game. Or the timer.

When he was done he handed me back the phone, which was in the middle of a multiplication game. It was on 8 x 5, so I asked him if he knew what that equaled.

He said, "40. Just like on the clock."

It took me a minute to figure out what he was talking about. Having spent so much time drawing analog clocks, with their five second increments between numbers, Parker can do his five times tables without thinking.