Some of you will already know we tend to all sleep in an 8ft bed (although Flopsy and Mopsy do have their own bed in their own room that Flopsy occassionally sleeps in).  When we woke this morning, after a few books and a bit of hiding under covers and tickling Flopsy suddenly exclaimed “hey!  There are a lot of legs in this bed!”.  I burst out laughing, and she decided to count them (using her fingers).  “Two legs on Mummy, two legs on Mopsy, two legs on Cotton-tail, two legs on Daddy, two legs on me - that’s eight” she said, looking at her hands.  Although her working out was perfect, she’d missed out adding on two more fingers when she got to Cotton-tail.  I suggested she do it again and that I’d do the fingers for her with my hands.  Together we counted on in twos:  “Mummy two; Mopsy four; Cotton-tail six; Daddy eight; Flopsy ten”.  “Ten!  Mummy - there are ten legs in this bed.  Five people have ten legs.”  Maths in bed - far more fun than maths in the classroom