I got the beer-in-the-headlights look

When you are five, and you are still learning your letters and how they work together to make words, some things are a little confusing--especially when you are dealing with the English language, and the rules keep changing. One of the things that all the five-year-olds I have taught to read have struggled with is the difference between a lowercase "b" and a lowercase "d." People with fancy letters after their names call it "letter reversal," and from what I understand, it's a very normal thing for new readers to do. But, sometimes, it can be quite comical. Like today, when Max was reading a book entitled "Deer." The "beer" had a big body, and the "beer" was a good swimmer. The "beer" left a scent behind to keep other "beer" away. Like a puerile adolescent, I got completely tickled. I just kept having these visions of wasted frat boys and their ridiculous antics, but narrated in a itty-bitty, five-year-old voice.