I’m checking through Miss E’s homework. She has this list of words from which she needs to pick 12 and use them in a sentence. Some of them are kind of unusual and a little old fashioned, especially when you consider this is a piece of work aimed at 7 and 8 year olds.
For example ‘misplace’ or ‘exclaim’.
“One misplaces one’s driving gloves constantly.” she exclaimed.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the expansion of my child’s vocabulary, but there are other words she could probably do with learning first. Like ‘frangipane’, or ‘nunchuck’.
So I scan through her choices and she’s done great. She’s picked words she’s heard of or might use, or gone for interesting ones that she’s discussed with Mr B and seems to understand.
As I get to number 7, I stop.
I read it again,
I giggle.
I pass it to Mr B who reads it, grins back, one eyebrow raised and mutters,
“Very good, yeah. Great use of the word ‘explode’, snort.”
Then I scan through the rest, grinning to myself at my kid’s interesting statement.
I am so proud.
May 10th, 2008 at 8:17 am
LOL!! It could have been worse, right? When I see “explode” I think of poop. I wonder if that comes with the territory of a toddler and dogs…
May 10th, 2008 at 8:21 am
do you know – ‘exclaim’ is my least favorite word on the planet? nearly all of disney’s stories starts with someone exclaiming something. i wish they’d stop it. or just maybe say it differently.
do you think miss e would see fit to try to explode *my* enemy’s head, too? i’d love that. totally.
now i’m away to google the meanings of frangipane and nunchuck. sounds like something a nun does. exciting!
May 10th, 2008 at 8:35 am
That’s an absolutely awesome use of the word explode… I think she might some day take over the world.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Fab! You should be proud. Tilly used to get lists for sentence making too. We had a snorting moment one week when my HRT featured: ‘My mummy wears patches on her tummy.’
May 10th, 2008 at 9:08 am
LOL! Very good! Thanks for the giggle~
May 10th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Ha ha ha!! I like your daughter! She’s my kind of gal!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Deb, I also tend to think of poop. I don’t know if that’s better or worse.
Holly, I love you. And I bet some nuns do chuck. I bet they chuck their wimples at people. I bet they do.
Cami, Miss E is explosive heads and win.
Belle, nooooooo. The things teachers must hear you know, especially primary ones, hee hee.
Kitten, it’s a pleasure.
AOJ, she’s a cool kid. I love her little head.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:26 am
That a really hard exercise for a 7 year old I think! Anyway she did well.
May 10th, 2008 at 10:35 am
What a brilliant girl! Naturally if one had the power to explode things, enemies heads would be ideal targets.
Hee hee hee!
May 10th, 2008 at 11:30 am
Akela, it was pretty hard but she’s a bright little monkey.
Kim, naturally.
May 10th, 2008 at 11:44 am
Hmmm… so is this with her psychic abilities? Because head exploding by brain power has always been one of my secret fantasies.
May 10th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
It’s great when kids say stuff that takes you by surprise. My daughter asked me the other day “did you and Daddy do a long snog at your wedding?”
May 10th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Your kid is a genius! Apparently she’s smarter than me and I’ve got some learning to do, because I too, am going to Google ‘Frangipane.’ : ) And at least I know who to call when I need some head exploding to be done! Love it.
May 10th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Very cute! I’d say she’s a future writer!
May 10th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
I love it. giggle worthy indeed. I can’t wait to see Sugar’s creativity in that way. You just gave me something to look forward to. Thanks! I am usually lamenting her growing up, but it nice to know I have some really awesome things to wait for.
have a great Sunday!
May 11th, 2008 at 3:08 am
Cablegirl, head exploding or shrinking would both be quite cool.
GoneBackSouth that is so funny, and I bet you did.
Erin, hee hee, frangipane is just a kind of icing. And she is definitely on call for head exploding. ;D
Meg, she does have a way with words.
Corey there are so many amazing things to come, but I still lament how fast they grow, sighhhh.
May 11th, 2008 at 3:34 am
I had no problem with frangipane but ‘nunchuck’ I had to google!! I don’t think I could have done that when I was that age~ but then I can’t remember that far back!! LOL.