It's called 'turtle talk,' slowing down the mouth
so sounds can be heard and identified...
and I teach kids how to do it with my friend,
"Super Turtle." Super turtle comes out slowly, and shares his heroic
sound-it-out skills...c-a-t, f-r-o-g, and --
"Let me do it!" Tyler interrupted.
The boy with a mouthful of missing teeth
proceeds to take the turtle off my hand, putting it on his own.
"H-i ! I a-m Th-u-p-er Th-ur-t-le!" and then Tyler
goes through all the picture cards, stacked so neatly for the orderly
adults, and finds the one he wants...
"Th-r-u-ck, Thruck! I can drive fast, cuz I'm Super Turtle!"
Then he takes the turtle off and gives it back to me, and he's gone...
moving on to block towers and duplo dinosaurs, leaving us to admire
a jumble of pictures--and Super Turtle,
who let Tyler do it! Who let Tyler teach US,
all by himself.
