sophication

As grammar is one of life’s greatest joys, and having a mother who has a great interest in all things linguistic, Sophie has a lot of knowledge in the area.

We were singing “A person in your neighboorhood” (I think it’s from Sesame Street or Mister Roger’s Neighboorhood). The last line is “A person that you meet when you’re walking down the street, a person that you meet each day”. I explained what a verb is to Sophie, which she understood immediately. Then I suggested that we change the verb in the song each time we sang it, just to be funny.

“Let’s change the verb in the last line,” I said,”Like ‘A person that you meet when you’re JUMPING down the street…’”.
“But Mommy,” Sophie replied, “there are TWO verbs in the last line. ‘Meet’ is a verb, too.”

I LOVE this little girl.