BananArithmetic!!!

Oh the joys of trying embed multiplication facts into the brain
of a Grade 4 boy...
Writing on lunch box bananas is something I've always done.
After several kiddos and several years...my old brain can sometimes
strain to come up with just that special something...
It was easy when I was pregnant with the twins...
I wrote something from them!
Like, "Can't wait to meet you Big Bro!"
's' LOVED it!!!
I doodled wee faces of them smiling at him...too cute!
Anyhow...back to THIS post...
The other morning it hit me...
WHY not "kill two birds with one stone", as it were...
Put my brain at ease for a while AND hopefully help get
some multiplication learning done too!!!
So, here you have it...BananArithmetic!
Jot several problems on the banana and while he's munching on lunch he can figure them out and then devour the banana!
His teacher and classroom EA thought it was a GREAT idea.
They even asked him if he thought it would be ok with me
if they 'copied' the idea!
They told him that his Mom was so smart!
Thanks it's nice to have them reinforcing that!
LOL...
And so every morning 's' hands me a pen and a banana and asks
me to 'do my thing'!
Who would have ever believed that ANY grade 4 boy would be asking
for some math problems to solve?
Yes, dear boy, your Momma's smart, real smart...in fact...
She's a GENIUS!!!