Corbin is very into letter sounds lately, which is great because it gives me an opportunity to practice what I’m learning in my balanced literacy course. He has his ‘phonemes’ (individual letter sounds) down, and he is now starting to sound out actual words phonetically. I couldn’t be more proud, especially since the very first word he sounded out was m-o-m. It almost makes up for the fact that he called me daddy for several months when he first learned to talk.
Thankfully, all of his ‘metalinguistic’ progress (thinking about his language) hasn’t stopped him from using certain words completely out of context, and consequently giving us all a good laugh. One of his more commonly misused words these days is ‘recognize.’ As in, “Bennett! Stop recognizing me!” We think he means to say antagonizing, but since he’s not exactly open to correction, its hard to be sure.
Yesterday Corbin came up with my personal favorite when he told me, “I don’t always scratch my bum mom. Its only when my underwear gets stuck up in my creek.” Noting the look of confusion on my face, he turned around, pointed to his backside and announced, “This right here is my creek!”
We’ll put sharing that little quote on the list of things he’ll hold against me when he’s older.
