Cooper likes the names of shapes lately, and is learning shapes and letters pretty rapidly. He especially thinks that triangles and squares are great.
Yesterday I was trying to explain the difference between rectangles and squares, when I came upon an issue.
Me: "See, Cooper, this looks a lot like a square, but it is long and thin. That makes it a rectangle. Squares are more, um, even. Not long and thin."
Cooper: "No, square. Dis square."
Me: "Well, I agree it is like a square, but it is a rectangle."
Cooper: "NO NO NO square. NOT raccoon. Dis square. Not raccoon. Not owl. Not doggie. Square."
Indeed. I think we'll need to work on both the pronounciation, and the listening to, of the word rectangle, before we can make any progress on the difference between rectangles and squares.
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