Coach Thrasher

Please, Thank you, You're Welcome

Noah is learning at least one new word every day. He's nearly 14 months old and already has a ~30 word vocabulary. It's amazing to see him identify something by name so quickly. He tries to pronounce multi-syllable words, but rushes through a bit to fast to get it all out. So "elephant" becomes "e-ant", and "Georgia" (our dog) becomes "Gege".

Bridget and I have realized that we need to interact with each other using proper communication so that Noah picks it up. Having been married for 4 years, we take appropriate shortcuts with each other in conversations. We've agreed to make a conscious effort to use "Please", "Thank you", and "Your Welcome" with each other while he's learning how to communicate.

Today I came across this timely quote for Noah:

"I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something."
-- Richard Feynman

My next step is to teach Noah how to learn to know something.

Posted at 04:41AM Aug 12, 2008 by jason in General  |