Prepositions

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Prepositions are special building block words in sentences.

Prepositions help to link the object (often a noun) or phrase to other words.

Prepositions define the spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence.

Some examples of prepositions include: on, in, over, under, during, about.  Apparently there are around 100 prepositions in English.

Prepositions are important.

So is enunciation of prepositions.

Case in point:

Last week, when Miss G was oh-so-very sick, she was most concerned to miss school on Wednesday, because every second Wednesday is her Show and Share day, and she LOVES Show and Share so much!

I assured her that her Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. F., would let her do her show and share the next day, on Thursday.

Miss G thought about this long and hard, and finally decided that she would prefer NOT to do show and share the next day, on Thursday, but rather wait until the following week on Wednesday.

Clearly, Wednesday is an important day.

I digress.

Last Thursday was Miss G's triumphant return to Kindergarten, after that nasty nasty stomach bug was over.

Thursday turned out to be special for her, even without Show and Share.

Miss G's name was called out in front of a whole school assembly.

She is Student of the Month for her class!

It was so cute to hear her friends whispering to her (a stage whisper, of course... I could hear them from across the gym),

"Miss G!  Stand up!  They said your name!!  You're Student of the Month!"

Like a good girl, she stood up, and looked straight ahead, proud as could be while the other Students of the Month were called out.

After the assembly, Miss G got a certificate, and she was very excited to show it to Daddy when we got home from school.

A local restaurant gives each Student of the Month a $10 coupon, and we told Miss G how proud we were of her, and that we will take her to the restaurant for ice cream someday soon.

Then, I said, "We are so proud of you!  Go put your certificate ON the fridge." 

She heard, "Go put your certificate IN the fridge."

Maybe it was my enunciation.

Maybe it was the preposition.

Or maybe, all that talk about ice cream clouded her action.

The award is still in the fridge, in case you are wondering... waiting for our trip to the restaurant to cash it in!