Heskimos and more!

Tonight we were out grabbing a bite to eat. It was all four of us, which has been rare lately with our crazy schedule of activities! Tye decided he wanted to play a game.

Tye: I will sound out the animal and you guess.

Girls: Ok!

Tye: K-K (as in the hard C sound). They guessed. Then he whispers and asks what sound the O makes in cow. So he sounds it out and adds on the OW sound.

Rachel: COW! (she was doing a great job of playing along)

Tye: You guessed it! Now it is your turn.

So she did one and he guessed. Then it was his turn again.

And he starts...H-H-H.

She guesses H.

He continues. He gives the short i sound, like in the word IT.

She guesses I.

Next...G-G-G.

She and I look at each other, a bit perplexed.

She guesses G. Yep.

So then she asks him, is this an animal?

Tye: No, it isn't an animal. L-L-L.

L? she asks. Yep.

Now OOOO.

She and I stare at each other. Amberlea kind of cocks her head in confusion.

Rachel: Um, HIGLOO?

Tye: Yep! Good job, you got it...higloo! You know, a higloo?

Rachel: Ok, but it is igloo, not higloo. Eskimos live in igloos, not higloos.

Tye just giggled and was quite surprised to learn this new bit of information. We were all very excited about his ability to sound things out like that, regardless.