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On Vocabulary

The Mom: Have you cut up your word cards for this week?
The 6 y.o.: No. I didn’t like the words.
The Mom: You don’t have to like them. You just have to know how to spell them and know what rhymes. Here – how ’bout the word “rug”
The 6 y.o.: R-U-G. And it rhymes with words I do not like. Bug. Nut. Sun.
The 10 y.o.: Newsflash for Captain Obvious. Rug does not rhyme with nut or sun.

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