Author’s note: In Spanish, corn is “maiz” (with emphasis on the ‘i’).
I was doing bird cards with a few children, including a bilingual (Spanish-English) 4-yr old girl. I showed them a picture of an owl. The children repeated: “owl”.
Girl: What do owls eat?
Me: Owls like to eat mice.
Girl: Oh, I like to eat maiz, too!!
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Continuing with the bird cards, I pulled out a swan.
Me: This is a swan.
Chorus of children: Swine…
Me: *sigh*
And we adults think kids aren’t listening when we talk…
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A conversation overheard this morning…
5 yr old boy: There was a woman who flew a plane, her name was Amelia Earhart.
4 yr old girl: Oh, my sister’s name is Amelia!
Boy: Yeah, her first name was Amelia, her middle name was Ear and her last name was Hart.
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