I was thinking about how many words Art has these days and wanted to make a comprehensive list. It is organized into two categories, "Words that Sound Exactly or Almost Exactly Like the Real, Grown-Up Word" and "Words that Sound Close Enough for His Parents to Understand". I'd say he uses about 60% on his own, without being prompted, but some of them he only uses as response to a question like "Do you want milk or juice?" and he says, "Djoo", or "Where's your elbow?" and he points to it and says, "Elbow." But nose, cracker, bubble, down, Help Please, apple - he says those and quite a few more on his own. Cool!
Words that Sound Exactly or Almost
Exactly Like the Real, Grown-Up Word:
no
elbow
cracker
bubble
down
up
water
potty
pee
hat
apple
egg
ball
gackoo (does it count if it's a word he made up for his pacifier?)
cat
Mommy
Papa
Bubbie (it's Yiddish for Grandma)
Nanna (It's Nan for Grandma)
Alma (neighbor friend)
hello
hi
bye
eye
yucky
Words that Sound Close Enough
for His Parents to Understand:
rain
ride
waffle
car
truck
tracter
bath
toothbrush
help please
bear
ant
street
feet up
pile
Emily
Josh
Riley (babysitter's son)
book
hair
nose
ear
foot
drive
juice
airplane
noodles
cheese
I will update as more words become available. Have a great weekend!
1 comment:
don't forget "whoa"
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