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Mispronunciation hesitation.

October 11, 2012 by Adrienne

Kindergarten is a fun grade to teach. The learning is so new, there’s so much to learn, and five year olds are brutally honest.

Today’s reading had Sterling in a befuddled mess. Dr-i-ve. Dr-i-ve. Over and over he sounded out ‘drive’, saying it but still unsure what the word was. Finally I jumped in, and told him he’d said the word.

“Drive?!” he said incredulously.
“Yes. Like drive a car. Drive.”
“But there isn’t a J’ in it!”
“No. Drive doesn’t have a ‘J’ in it.
“But it’s jer-ive.”
Realizing I had never realized he doesn’t pronounce it right, we came to the bottom of his confusion. “It’s not jer-ive. It’s DR-ive.”
Poor boy. He looked like I’d rocked his world. Recovering quickly, he turned to Ruby in the next room and hollered, “Hey Ruby! Did you know it’s DRIVE with a ‘D’ and there isn’t a J in DR-ive?!”

She nodded and smiled. Alrighty then. Perfect sense to a four year old, for sure.

Great homeschooling moments we have, I tell you. Great. And for the record, there’s no ‘J’ in drive. We’ve clarified that.

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About Adrienne

A homeschooling mother of ten, ages 19 and under, I chronicle life, laughs, struggles, and lessons learned as I raise a larger-than-most sized family and try to laugh about the craziness.

Comments

  1. Jennifer says

    October 12, 2012 at 7:21 am

    That’s very funny. 🙂 Learning to read has taught a couple of my kids how to say certain letters they hadn’t figured out yet.

  2. Blaine Falkena says

    October 13, 2012 at 7:34 am

    You mean they won’t be running down to the end of the jriveway asking to help jrive up anymore? If I remember Liberty learned that those big animals with shoes that we ride on aren’t forses in the same place!

  3. Kayla says

    October 17, 2012 at 9:45 am

    Ha! I love it! When Lydia started spelling things herself she spelled ‘tree’ CHREE. 😀

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