Thanks Austin, I never saw this, but I love it! Scary though.
SFB - wow - what a school!
Mouth Speakers are how to talk to a three year old about the idea that other 2 and 3 year olds have plenty of receptive language (and therefore are thinking some level of thoughts) but not much expressive language (so they can't tell you about what they are thinking.) At age 3, I asked DS12 what part of the body makes the words, and he said "the mouth speaker" so that's what I used to explain the readiness level difference to him.
BTW - DS12 reports that he can remember trying to say the words and never knowing exactly which sound would come out of himself. Working really hard to make a sound, and they hearing it come out all wrong. He says that speaking was a great effort at one time!
Love and More Love,
Grinity
