The "latter"

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  • October 6, 2011 at 11:23 am
    simple home
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    My 8 year old dd is reading Heidi and loving it. She asked me the other day who is this “latter” that keeps coming up in the story. It took me a second to understand, and then I realized. I laughed so much! It was kind of hard to explain though. 🙂

    The word latter is used a lot in this particular story. I am so glad my daughter asked, what a confusing thing if a young reader doesn’t understand.

    October 6, 2011 at 8:02 pm
    Sue
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    Oh, that’s funny. That happens here, too, but what happens more often is that I will be reading aloud and come upon a word I think needs some explanation. Then, all too often, the next sentence in the book pretty much explains the word I just interrupted to explain….and the kids sort of look at me like, “Well, Mom, why did you bother to explain that to us??!!!” And I have to say, “Oh, pardon the interruption.” Embarassed

    October 6, 2011 at 10:06 pm
    Jennifer
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    Hehe that’s cute.  And Sue, I do the SAME exact thing you described.  I often explain when the explanation was right around the corner, if I had just waited. 

    October 6, 2011 at 10:24 pm
    suzukimom
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    Lol…  often my kids interrupt to ask what a word means… and I just read the next sentance in the book, which explains it…  

    October 7, 2011 at 1:49 am
    simple home
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    It is so tempting to explain every little thing to my kids, but then I remember that I rob them of curiosity which makes it interesting and memorable to them.

    My dd asking such a little thing reminds me of the importance of this. 🙂

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