29 February 2008

Report Card: English

Name: Miss M.
Age: 4 and a quarter
Grade: Pre-school

Subject
English – Poetry
Rhymes with abandon
Daddy:
What did you have for breakfast this morning?

Miss M:
Snap crackle pop with granola on top. Hey, pop and top rhyme!

Subject
English – Vocabulary
Able to use four-syllable words when one will do

Yesterday, she described a strawberry as gargantuan, when big would have been more than acceptable.

Subject
English – Grammar
Budding stickler for the proper use of language

Miss M. to her mother: I don’t want you to lay, to lie down with me.


Subject
English – Handwriting
Capable of writing name, largely unprompted








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23 comments:

  1. Looks like you have a future English major.

    Cute!

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  2. Anonymous2:12 PM

    Ha! Excellent. Even I can't remember the difference between "lay" and "lie" and I WAS an English major.

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  3. Gargantuan.

    I am seriously impressed.

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  4. Anonymous4:48 PM

    I sanction bragging about kids every day. Always brings a smile.

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  5. omg, genius! seriously. but also teh cute.

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  6. You've just got to love a kid who loves words. Wonderful!

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  7. Anonymous9:00 PM

    Adorable!

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  8. I love her name!

    My almost four and a half year old corrects my grammar all the time, but she's usually wrong.

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  9. She's a budding genius!

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  10. She is totally brilliant.

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  11. See? Smart little monkey. I am very proud.

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  12. that's one smart girl you have there. and a post in the form of a report card? I may have to steal that for a future Monday Mission

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  13. Anonymous12:44 AM

    Enjoy it while it lasts. Soon she will be rolling her eyes and correcting the grammatical response to stubbing your toe.

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  14. Anonymous11:29 AM

    "Rhymes with abandon" totally cracked me up! Methinks your daughter may have inherited her sense of humor from you (not to mention her brains).

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  15. Brag away! I am truly impressed...!

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  16. Nice! Gargantuan. Very very nice.
    There is a rhyming game in the Jump Start World, if you care for that sort of thing. Monkey plays that sometimes.

    Mine started correcting my English prononciation. Hi-larious and predictable, since she has musical ear and I have an accent. She isn't being mean-- it's because she herself is just learning all these words that sound similar but not the same, except I can't always pull off the not the same part.

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  17. OMG, Miss M would have a field day with me! Too cute.

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  18. Wow. She is a smart little gal.

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  19. I would totally brag about all those things too.

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  20. What a smart little lady you've got there! You deserve to brag and be proud!

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  21. The English teacher I am just shed a little tear of delight!

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