Phonics on the 4th

Holidays always bring out words that are not part of one's everyday vocabulary... Take, for instance, "fireworks." Sounds simple enough, but not for a 4-year-old. For several days leading up to the 4th, Kate would hear the explosions and tell us about the "fire shoots" or "fire pops". Of course, when she had finally gotten it correct on the 4th of July, she emphatically denied having ever called them "fire shoots".