Math Genius

I've been working with Colin on the concept of "more than/ less than." He can identify all his numbers, but he really doesn't understand the amounts that they represent. So I was demonstrating with fingers. Holding up two fingers on one hand and three fingers on the other, I asked "would you rather have two pieces of candy or three pieces of candy?" He replied that he would rather have three pieces of candy. "That's right," I said "because three is MORE THAN two. Now, would you rather have seven pieces of candy or nine pieces of candy?" He promptly replied "seven." "No," I said, showing him the numbers on my fingers. "Seven is LESS THAN nine, so wouldn't you rather have nine pieces of candy?" Colin said "If I eat nine pieces of candy, I will get sick!"