The Learning of a Language

My almost-two year old learns words like he's picking up Cheerios and popping them into his mouth.

Today, over lunch, he was making his car "fly" and he said, "Momma, fly-un cah." I've never once heard him attempt the word "flying" before.

While reading him a book before his nap, he pointed to a duck and said, "Duck. Qua Qua." (That's supposed to be "quack quack.")

While watching Curious George, he said, "Opeen door monkey" as George pushed a door open on a little clock that looked like a house. He's never said "door" before that I know of.

So...no practicing first. No hesitation. No coaching from me. Just out with the new words like they've always been there. And sometimes they come out in rudimentary sentences.

It's amazing to watch a child develop language. I don't remember me trying to learn French in high school as being half as interesting (or successful).