Phases

Kids seems to go in and out of phases all the time. We had the phase where my son pointed out every truck he saw (about 2 years old), the phase where he always wanted to wear mismatched socks (3 years old) and most recently, the palindrome phase.

What, that's not a common one? It all started out with him pointing out 8:28 on the clock, and I explained that something that is the same backwards and forwards is a palindrome (though I realize by strict definition, this should be a letter combination...but I think numbers count as well), like mom, dad and wow. He now points out every palindrome he sees, and was delighted when I showed him "Madam, I'm Adam"

Palindromes aren't on the first grade curriculum, as far as I can tell, so all the better, as far as I'm concerned, that he has learned about them already at home.

While I acknowledge that palindromes may not be the most useful things in the world, they're certainly interesting as far as my son and I are concerned. Hubby fails to share our interest. He never learned "Madam, I'm Adam", which I thought was how palindromes were ever learned in the first place. He said that maybe palindromes were a much bigger sensation in upstate New York than they are in Michigan.

So, it begs the question...Did you know about "Madam, I'm Adam"?