Max and Darwyn colouring

Max and Darwyn colouring

Monday, November 26, 2018

Ada discovers synonyms

Ada and I were quietly rocking on the rocking chair.  She was staring pensively out the window.  Suddenly she said "Mom....Autumn and fall mean the same thing. You can say 'in the fall the leaves change colour and fall' and that means the same as 'in the autumn the leaves change colour and fall.'"

She seemed struck by the idea that two different words could have exactly the same meaning and I was struck by her linguistic ability!

On a completely unrelated note, here is a cute picture I took the other day of Darwyn teaching Ada to write:




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