Finn received a "talking" microscope for Christmas, similar to the telescope that Liam received. You put slides in, press buttons, and learn about the different items represented. There is also a quiz mode. The vast majority of the slides, if not all of them, represent insects. Finn, however, will only look at the mosquito slide. When I asked him questions about it, though, he appears to have learned nothing. Liam, having overheard all of the mosquito information repetitively, is quite knowledgeable about them and would really, really, like to answer all of the questions for Finn.
As in:
Me: Finn, which mosquito bites you, the boy or the girl?
Finn: Um, the boy?
Liam: No! It's the girl!
Me: How many legs does a mosquito have, Finn?
Finn: Four?
Liam: Six! A mosquito has six legs!!
This last question led to Liam explaining how insects, like mosquitoes and ants, have six legs while spiders have eight. Finn paid absolutely no attention.
A few minutes later, however, Liam seemed to have pondered this a but more, and then excitedly told me, "I know another homophone!! 'Ant"!" I, naturally, was very impressed and asked him to tell me the two meanings. Liam replied, "An 'ant' like the bug, and 'ant', like, 'Ant I good at this?'"
Ugh. We had a little grammar lesson before discussing the different pronunciations of the word "aunt".
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