I had two art projects going at once with a first grade. I explained that we needed to wait for our first paper to dry, and in the meantime, we could start cutting out these shapes. It was not long before a hand went up, asking "what is meantime?"
I wish I had time to write down all the funny questions they ask, or even better, the overheard conversations!
My son when he was little. We were play wrestling.
Me: You better stop or I'm going to hit you back.
Him: You better stop or I'm going to hit your back.
But don't leave out the elderly. My Mom during the Vietnam War, listening to the evening news.
"I think it's amazing how they train those gorillas to fight."
She always denied having said that, but I was there!
Deb