Pronouns...

I was gifted a real live paper journal this year.  It’s in a really pretty red leather cover.  Thus, I have been attempting to write a little in it every day and it occurred to me this morning that I should share the occasional entry or two.  Here is one from this week.

As some of my readers may know, that is if there are any left, I work for a non-public special education pre-school.  We serve children who have educational needs that cannot be met due to developmental delay, social emotional disorders, behavioral problems, etc.  The particular student I am speaking of here is one of the youngest and most verbal I work with.  One of her goals is the proper use of pronouns.  

From the journal:

I took one of my youngest students, a girl, to the bathroom today before our session.  While she was finishing up at the sinks, we had a little discussion.

Student:  “Me want a towel.” (to dry her hands)

Me:  “Not, ‘me want a towel.’ Say, ‘I want a towel.’”

Student, looking at me with obvious concern, “You want a towel?”

Pronouns are hard!

Maybe you had to be there, but it was pretty funny to me at the time!