My three year old grandson wanted to surprise me with something he was making out of blocks. He didn't want me to look at his creation until it was done, so he said to me,"Don't see at it."
I started thinking about his sentence construct. We don't usually "see at" something, we "look at" something. But was his sentence/grammar wrong? I guess so, but he was putting together two different ideas: he didn't want me to see what he was doing and he must have heard the term "look at" somewhere. He combined the two.
I chose not to correct him, but simply covered my eyes until he told me I could look - or see. I have learned that just by talking correctly to him he will learn by my example, rather than by constantly correcting him.
I read somewhere that children learn and store language in a different part of their brains when they are very young than when they are older. This explains why it is so hard to learn a new language as we grow. It is fun to watch him learn how to talk.
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Once named Womb To Grow, Saralee's Blog was dedicated to natural pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. It used to be associated with www.babynut.com. Babynut has gone out of business as of March 31, 2010. Now this Blog contains all of the parenting articles that used to reside on Babynut plus some cool quotes of wisdom and humor. I am not sure what this Blog will become. Perhaps a diary of running our B&B. Stay tuned!
Saralee with her sons, Gabriel and Joseph, in 1981
About Me
- Babynut House
- I have 35 years of experience with children: as a mother, grandmother, therapist for abused children, and executive director of three nonprofit agencies serving children, including chapters of Big Brother Big Sisters and Camp Fire USA. I currently run a B&B in my home.