I heard my 2yo crying out 30 minutes after I had put him to bed, so I went in to check in him and found the light on. On his bed were arrayed a thermometer, a microscope, a pair of binoculars, and a book about garbage, open to the index.
We had two flavors of potato chip with our lunch: plain and vinegar. My 2yo asked, "are sour chips made by putting lemon juice on plain chips?"
2yo: "Can we play letter games? Because I don't know my letter sounds."
For his birthday dinner, my 5yo requested whole red snapper, black beans, and plantain chips.
My 2yo is strongly motivated to write his name on the chore chart. Every evening after dinner, he gets very excited to put away the dishes from the drying rack and sweep under the table, then runs straight to the chore chart on the fridge and asks for help writing his name.
My 2yo came home from daycare today singing,
"La vaca Lola,
La vaca Lola,
Tienes cabeza
Tienes cola...
Hace muuuu!"
#precocious #parenting
My almost-5yo declared that he had found a rhyme for "orange:" "door hinge."
I'm not sure other parents understand or believe me when I say things like "my 2yo has expressed a strong interest in learning Spanish." I'm afraid people think I project my own hopes and ambitions onto my preschoolers.
Maybe I do, but also my 2yo often asks "how do you say that in Spanish?" or shares his growing Spanish vocabulary with us. And sometimes he'll translate an English word to Spanish and then ask, "how do you say it in French?"
My 4yo said that he asked his preschool classmates if they like to read storybooks and sing songs and then say goodnight, or read books like dictionaries and cookbooks and sing songs and say goodnight. One friend said he just says goodnight, and everyone else said storybooks and no songs. Though one friend said sometimes she likes one song at bedtime.
Guess who likes to read dictionaries and cookbooks at bedtime.
James R.B. Eastwood