Spanish Class

At dinner tonight, I asked John about his day.  He said "It was good."  I noticed that he had a new library book in his backpack, so I said "I see you had library today.  What other special do you have with library?"  He said "Spanish."  I said "Great.  What words did you learn today?"  He questioned, "Spanish words?"  I laughed.  Daddy said "No French words.  What French words did you learn today in Spanish class?"  John was very confused.  And said "I take Spanish."  This conversation went south quickly.  Anyway he finally said, "Do you know Julio and Julio? It's two different words."  Then he sang us a little song.

We were impressed, even though he only sang half the months of the year.  Daddy asked "Do you know the song for the days of the week?"  John said "Yeah. Do you?"  Daddy said "Yes."  And then he sang us a song for the days of the week.  When he finished John said "That's not right.  I didn't learn that today!"  We laughed and said that's because Daddy sang the days of the week and you sang the months of the year.  John said "Oh!" 

Spanish words

Tonight while John was reading a book, he stopped and said "Do you want to hear a Spanish word I say a lot?" We couldn't say no to that. So then he said "Elefante!" (For those who don't know, elefante is Spanish for elephant).  Daddy and I giggled. Then John said "Wanna hear another one?"  We say "Yes!"  And he says "Equis!" We asked John "what does that mean?"  He said "I don't know. I think it's a letter!"  He may not remember anything but he is definitely learning a lot in Spanish class. Also, Equis is Spanish for the letter X.

Juan

John had Spanish class today. He told me "I learned how to spell my name in Spanish today!" Intrigued, I ask "How?" He says "J....U....A....N!" I giggled and said "Oh your name in Spanish is Juan."  He said "No. It's John! But I'm not sure how J U A N spells John!" 

While he was doing his homework, he said "I'm going to write J U A N on the top. That's how I'm going to spell my name now." I explained to him that he needed to spell his name the correct way and that Juan was to only be used in his Spanish class. He wasn't too happy with my statement, but he didn't complain too much.