Mommy scratched Ben's back for 2 minutes at bedtime.
He asked me for a back scratch too. "OK, for 5 minutes"I said.
Ben started figuring out loud that 2 minutes plus 5 minutes would be 7 minutes. So I said I would scratch his back for 8 minutes instead. He figured out that would be a total of 10 minutes.
I did not compel him to count. It was entirely his own motivation.
Then I said I would scratch his back for 10 minutes. He erroneously concluded he was getting 11 minutes. I said it was not correct so he recalculated and got it right.
Today was the day he was given a watch which was very exciting for him. He had numbers on his mind.
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