Sunday, February 10, 2019

The Sunday Funnies

Recently I'll ask Dorothy a simple question, and she'll give me a lengthy answer.  It goes like this:
Me:  Dorothy, do you want milk?
Dorothy:  If I go like this, the answer is yes (she'll stamp her foot once, or wave her arm over her head, or similar).  If I go like this, the answer is no (she'll stamp her foot twice, or wave her arm in front of her belly, or the like).
Then she will choose one of the motion options for me to interpret her answer.

We listen to audio stories that are often folk tales and origin stories.  After each fantastical story, Dorothy will ask me, "That's not real, right?"  I told her, "No, these are folk tales.  The stories are pretend but some of the things they are talking about, like the sun and the ocean, are real."  Dorothy responded, "They should be called fake tales."