Ana has moved on from fractions into decimals.

It's hard going, but she's persevering. She had to do some work converting really easy fractions (1/4, 2/25, 1/20, that sort of thing) into decimals by converting to tenths or hundredths and then moving from there. She got through that, and when she was done I showed her the other way to convert into a decimal, by dividing. I said she didn't have to learn it now, as nobody teaches it until later, but it's pretty simple to do. And then, just for kicks, I showed her 1/3 as a decimal. After two iterations she was giggling uncontrollably, having seen the inevitable (lack of) end already. And here I was, calmly putting threes on the end of the equation and carrying down the zero, explaining that the reason they don't teach this until later has nothing to do with how hard or easy the work is, and everything to do with the fact that once you start converting fractions to decimals you sooner or later are bound to encounter 1/3. Or 1/7, or 5/12, or some other awful number.

She caught on fast, though, which really made us both happy.

Eva's teacher can't keep her in books, and she's now working her way through Harry Potter. She got tired of Ana's exclamations on the subject. Last book we read together was Cart and Cwidder, and the two of them have been discussing how to turn their wagon into a cart to travel around the world/city/block singing, or maybe not. It is both amazing and a little terrifying.