Evan gets letters mixed up. He always has. When he sees “C”, he says “S”, and vice-versa. When he sees “V”, he says “F”, and vice-versa. If I question him, he is able to correct himself (sometimes after a couple tries). It makes reading the eye chart at the eye doctor very interesting–I know he’s seeing the right letters and I always have to fill the doctor in on this oddity so she understands that it’s not an eyesight thing.
I was grading his Latin grammar today and there was a question: “What do you call words that show action?” His answer? Ferbs.
A new part of speech, yes?
=)
If you’re an educator and have seen this phenomenon before and have an explanation for it, I’d be delighted if you’d fill me in!
2 Comments
December 1, 2008 at 4:53 pm
That is similar to what Scott does.
December 4, 2008 at 10:00 am
ha! Well, aren’t you glad, in Evan’s case, that “vart” isn’t really a word:)
hehe