Wild Thing Generalizes

Wild Thing has his letters down pretty well now, including both upper-case and lower-case letters.

Yesterday, he was looking at a toy with two fish floating inside it, one large, one smaller.

WT: "That's a big fish!" (pointing to the larger fish)

Me: "Yes, Wild Thing, that fish is bigger than the other one."

WT: "That's a tiny fish!" (pointing to the tiny fish)

Me: "Yes, Wild Thing, that fish is smaller."

WT (pointing to the bigger fish again): "That's an upper-case fish!"

I explained that "upper-case" is a category that only applies to letters. Later, looking at his magnetic letters in the kitchen, he could be heard mumbling "upper case just for letters" to no one in particular.