I thought of this thread the other day so decided to revive it...
DD recently spent a day visiting a 2E school. She was so excited about the prospect. She said "You do realize that every day when I go to school I have to leave 90% of my vocabulary at home - right? It's just so frustrating. I have never been able to have a conversation with another 8 year old where there wasn't at least one word I used that they couldn't understand. It would be great to have other kids who could understand what I'm talking about." This tells me DD is aware of her choice of words and tries her best to use appropriate words for her audience. It just gets very frustrating for her to feel that she is always required to "dumb it down".
Just the other night we were at the first rehearsal for a musical DD will be doing this summer. Most of the kids hadn't seen each other since the winter show ended in March so lots of hugs and big hellos all around. She was hanging out with one friend when another came up behind her and grabbed her shoulder. Instead of something like "Wow - you surprised me" she came out with "Well THAT was unnerving!"
As I was typing that I overheard her telling DH about "a realization" she had. She was also recently a bit upset at a play date with a friend who is a year ahead of her at school. I don't know what the conversation was about but as the girls walked up to the other mom and me her friend was saying "I'm sorry "DD" but I just don't know what the word perseverance means..."
