Supriya and Divisions

So last night Supriya came up to Manisha and said, "I am really good with this line with two dots!" She had found a deck of division flash cards. She knew what it was about and had worked out many as well - she just did not know that the "line with two dots" was called division!

She showed me how she worked out the problems and I have to say it's a unique method. She just solved "49 / 7". She drew 49 dots on paper. Then she drew lines around groups of 7. At the end she had 7 such groups, which is the answer. This is a brilliant method and shows a high degree of understanding of what division is all about. I am truly impressed.

She is sitting right next to me and working out the rest of the problems from the deck. I can see that she is in a state of Flow. She is fully absorbed and engrossed in the challenge. She is in it for her own reasons and it is building up her self-image and self-esteem. It's a pleasure to watch...