Die!

Lily had her friend Jake round to play this afternoon.

"Let's go and play 'Die!'" Lily said as the kids disappeared upstairs.

Jake's dad at this point was probably concerned. Anne certainly was. A moment later though Anne figured out what Lily was talking about and explained it to Jake's dad.

The kids recently got a new toy: a bouncy rubber die (singular of dice). They like bouncing it around the house, but Lily, being number-obsessed, also likes to play number games with it. She and Isabel take turns to throw it, and whoever throws the highest number wins. It's turned into a great little game for them, and it should help Isabel start to learn turns. Lily propbably learned about taking turns a lot later, but I suspect Isabel, with Lily's help, will learn fairly soon. We're going to get a second die, so that Lily can do adding games with it too. Lily spends much of her day adding up any numbers she sees, so she'll probably enjoy that.

I'm pleased to hear Lily use the correct term for a single die, but Anne's concerned she'll come across as a right little madam in pre-school if she starts correcting people on their language.

I hardly think that's likely. I correct people's English all the time and no one thinks I'm an irritating git. No one at all.