Teachable moments
Evan: Oooh! A guck!
Julia: Yes, Evan. That's a truck.
Evan: Yeah. Oooh! Another guck!
Julia: Uh, no Evan. That's a school bus.
Evan: Oh. Oooh! A guck!
Julia: No, no, Evan. That's a minivan, not a truck. Here, I'm going to teach you a new word. It's transfortation. All of those things -- trucks and buses and minivans -- are kinds or transfortation. So are boats and cars and airplanes, so it's a great word for you. Here... I'll teach you how to say it. Trans - For - Ta -Tion. Can you say that?
Me: Uh, Julia? It's actually transPORtation. With a P, not an F.
Julia: Whatever.
Evan (pointing at a school bus): Oooh... another guck! Hi guck!
So much for teachable moments.
posted by Rebecca @ 10:22 AM
5 Comments:
hehehe...my toddler is the same way!
chelle
I'm hearing things like that in my house quite frequently these days. E is always trying to teach her sisters, including baby Annie, new words.
Julia being such a sweet teacher to Evan just cracks me up.
Too cute. I could totally picture this exchange, complete with mispronunciations!
Hee. Classic example of the difference between boys and girls. Girls want to explain everything, boys just live the moment. I guarantee they would not have had this conversation if Evan was the big brother and Julia was the toddler!
I love this! It shows again how wonderful Julia is, how adorable Evan is, and the amusement we can always find in our children. Beautiful.
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