Connor knows his right from his left.
Which is great.
And I'll even take some of the credit for it.
Even though I don't know my right from my left.
For the past two years, I have made extra sure that I was correct before saying either word, and it paid off. Sometimes, though, I wasn't able to say anything at all. Because somehow, I don't have a built in knack for knowing whether it's my left or my other left.
(I have a pretty good sense of direction, though, and North/South, East/West isn't a problem. And I an excellent sense of mall direction. I've never gotten lost in a mall.)
Actually, in the past two years, I have gotten much better about left and right. But, when I need to have an instant answer to a left/right kind of question, I usually end up pointing. Still.
When I was a kid, who didn't know right from left, my parents referred to things as "Daddy's side" and "Mommy's side" instead in order to help me out.
I know my Daddy's side from my Mommy's side very well. But people tend to look at me a little strangely when I give them directions such as, "Turn to Daddy's side on main street, and the pizza parlor will be on Mommy's side."
Fortunately, Connor is very interested in right and left, and when we are driving, he is usually right. I mean, correct. And I just keep my mouth shut so I don't accidentally teach him the wrong thing.
3 comments:
How Funny---my girls both have known their right from left since they were two--there are times when they still ask----I remember learning my right from left, because I used to suck my right thumb:) BUT my MOM still does not know her right from left--when we are driving, she literally has to point which way to turn, it's hilarious.
I think that if you are going to learn it, you must have to learn it young. After that, it's too late.
unfortunately my mom's "learning disability" landed us in West VA intead of OH once:)
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