frank@ttidcb.UUCP (Lorraine Frank) (10/09/85)
i thought i would share a nice experience i had with my 2 year old. several people have told me my singing voice should be confined to the shower or to a closet. the other day my son was playing his 'toy' piano when my spouse started to sing...adam piped up with 'only mommy sing... she sings much better than daddy' is my pride showing..... -lorraine frank
ajs@hpfcla.UUCP (10/15/85)
> What's so terrible about 2 yr olds, anyway?!!!!
Dirty diapers. Their digestive tracts are "mature" but they aren't quite
old enough to toilet train. :-)
What's wonderful about them is their awesome sweet innocence. It
manifests in small ways -- unreserved hugs, tugs on your hair trying to
get you out of bed in the morning, trying to be helpful with everything
they can; constantly learning, repeating, surprising you with new-found
abilities and concepts.
Alan (I like my daughter, can you tell?) Silversteinjak@mtgzz.UUCP (j.a.kushner) (10/15/85)
Two year olds must have a thing about singing! Our story: One of our 2 yr olds (yes, we have twins) and I were singing a song from West Side Story that was on the radio. We were singing very loudly. He was very amusing. Of course, when we got home, I had him repeat the performance for 'mom'. Well, the next day, my wife had the kids in the other car (we had been in the green car, they were now in the blue car). She started singing the song and wanted him to join in. He violently protested "GREEN CAR, GREEN CAR", and so they had to try a different song. What's so terrible about 2 yr olds, anyway?!!!! Proud father of 4 beautiful kids
slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (10/16/85)
One nice thing about kids is the way they can make you look in
new ways at language.
For instance, my first one, who is now 18, developed her own
word at the age of 3. The word was puh-buh-buh. It was a really
handy word which denoted a change of state in an object. For
instance, "puh-buh-buh door" meant "open the door" or "shut the
door", depending on its current state. She used this with "water",
"book", "light", "TV", "music", and anything else that had two states.
Ever since then, I've thought English should have this word--why
don't we?
--
Sue Brezden
ihnp4!drutx!slb
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I march to the beat of a different drummer, whose identity,
location, and musical ability are as yet unknown.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~greg@olivee.UUCP (Greg Paley) (10/18/85)
> > One nice thing about kids is the way they can make you look in > new ways at language. > > For instance, my first one, who is now 18, developed her own > word at the age of 3. The word was puh-buh-buh. It was a really > handy word which denoted a change of state in an object. For > instance, "puh-buh-buh door" meant "open the door" or "shut the > door", depending on its current state. She used this with "water", > "book", "light", "TV", "music", and anything else that had two states. > Ever since then, I've thought English should have this word--why > don't we? > -- > > Sue Brezden > ihnp4!drutx!slb > When my older son (now 5) was 1 1/2 to 2, he used his own word "ga-da-da" to fill in for anything he didn't really know. For example, if you pointed to pictures of animals in a book, he'd know and say "dog", "cat", "monkey", etc., but if you pointed to an unfamiliar animal or object he'd call it "ga-da-da". These words have definitely their own rules and access privileges - if either my wife or I would say "ga-da-da", he'd really snort and laugh at us for being silly enough to try using his word without understanding the full depth and ramifications of it. - Greg Paley
dianet@iddic.UUCP (Diane Tierney) (10/23/85)
> > One nice thing about kids is the way they can make you look in > new ways at language. Good point!! My daughters both use the word amn't (contraction for am not). It seems like a perfectly logical word to me. Who makes the rules for contractions anyway? Also my second grader brings home her list of spelling words and BONUS spelling words. The BONUS words are words that she has to memorize because they don't follow any of the rules established for the english language. Now how do you explain to an 8 year old that some rules apply and some rules don't!! (some examples of BONUS words: want, goes, done, where, you, their).
susan@madvax.UUCP (Susan Finkelman) (10/25/85)
> > > > One nice thing about kids is the way they can make you look in > > new ways at language. > > Good point!! > My daughters both use the word amn't (contraction for am not). It seems like > a perfectly logical word to me. Who makes the rules for contractions anyway? > > Also my second grader brings home her list of spelling words and BONUS spelling > words. The BONUS words are words that she has to memorize because they don't > follow any of the rules established for the english language. Now how do you ^^^^^^^^^ > explain to an 8 year old that some rules apply and some rules don't!! (some ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > examples of BONUS words: want, goes, done, where, you, their). My dad always said, there are somethings you just have to do. That applied to such things as different rules for good and play clothes, and more formal manners to be used with adults than with playmates. By the time I was eight, it was clear that sometimes adults had strange rules, but I was better off following them. Guess it could apply to spelling, too.