Kindergarten literacy jargon?

[beetiger]

My son is talking to me about there being "pop-up" words in books, and telling me that "the" and "I" are some of them, but can't articulate to me what that actually means. Is this a term for early sight reading words or something?

It's very confusing. I have a son who is quite literate, but seems to be learning all these pre-literacy/early literacy learning methods, and is convinced he's learning something new and essential about text, like that vowels can be written in different colors and there are "pop-up" words.

I'm confused.

Comments

[walkertxkitty.livejournal.com]

Ever thought he might be synesthetic? Synesthetes like myself see words with color, texture, and even flavors. It's a kind of brain malfunction or an extra sense/gift, depending on how you look at it.