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[teachma]

Originally Posted by mom2ponygirl

It's never boring!

Or easy. (At least, in our case.)

[mata]

For me, it's intuition. The way she has always assessed situations, the complicated emotions she feels and her grasp on them, her level of maturity, how quickly she absorbs and processes information, how focused she is, her level of sensitivity, her social skills, and how vulnerable/fragile she can be at times.

[LeftField]

Originally Posted by teachma

Two months ago, my dd, then 27 months, went through a HUGE trapezoid phase! What a funny coincidence.

I think it must be partly due to the word sounding so interesting...trapezoid...it sounds like a great word, so maybe that partly explains the interest. My 5 year old loves quarks right now...we read a book about atoms and atomic particles and he's just particularly taken with the quarks. Quark, like trapezoid, is one of those words that is just fun to say, don't you think? :-)

[teachma]

Originally Posted by LeftField

I think it must be partly due to the word sounding so interesting...trapezoid...it sounds like a great word, so maybe that partly explains the interest. My 5 year old loves quarks right now...we read a book about atoms and atomic particles and he's just particularly taken with the quarks. Quark, like trapezoid, is one of those words that is just fun to say, don't you think? :-)

I'll bet you're totally right! Both my kids LOVE words for the way they sound as much as for the power they give them...When ds was very little (under 18 months) one of his most frequently repeated phrases was, "Say that again," simply because he loved the sound of certain words I used. Maybe that's why they'd both rather use multi-syllabic words than short, simple ones.

[eilonwy]

Everyone does love a Zamboni! Rutabegas, too.

What makes me think my kidlets are gifted? Lots of things, but I must say that I was looking for it, sort of expecting it. I'd be much more surprised if my kids weren't gifted.

[teachma]

Originally Posted by eilonwy

Everyone does love a Zamboni! Rutabegas, too.

YES on the rutabegas! It was through Laurie Berkner's Victor Vito that my children first became acquainted with this fine sample of vocabulary. And they thought it was hysterical the first 50 times!!

[oldcrunchymom]

My mom and I have had a running joke since I was a child about rutabagas. Must be some freaky smart person thing.