Elise is home sick with me this afternoon. I showed her a my geometrical drawing on my computer. She showed me which shapes were circles and which were "straights" (straight lines). I said, "Yeah, lines are straight, but circles are curvy." She responded, "No, Dada, circles are not curvy, they are round."
She proceeded to tell me that the circle looks like a merry-go-round, and then she made up another name for it. I told her I like it when she makes new names for things. She said, "Yeah, but I don't like it when Adam and Eve make names for things." "But they were here first, so they were the first ones who got to make up names." "No, only I'm first. Adam and Eve are not first."
A three-year-old's mind is fascinating!
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