Math or Grammar?
We’ve been working on the concept of “more” in Hannah’s math lessons. Today when we were doing the lesson, it suddenly dawned on me that she was using pronouns correctly in a game that switched them constantly.
Here’s a sample of the conversation that took place in the game, with the meanings of the pronouns in parentheses.
“I (Mom) have 8. What do you (Hannah) have?”
“I (Hannah) have 4.”
“Who has more?”
“You (Mom) do.”
I remember how confusing pronouns seemed a year or two ago. How could I teach her when to use “I” and when to use “you” when their meanings kept changing? At the time, when I was ready to pull out my hair, I set that skill aside and decided to come back to it later. In the meantime, Hannah has “caught” that element of language!
I’m eager to see what else she will “catch” now that she’s tuning in to conversations around her.
