Context is everything

It only takes a conversation with a preschooler to remind us of how much a child's experiences color the way he interprets the world. Some examples:

K was reciting the poem, "One for the money..." and he asked me to repeat each line after him. When I repeated the line "Two for the show," he stopped me. "Not 'Two for the SHOW..'" he said, "Two for the SHUL."
Oh. Excuse me!

I was reading to D from an ad for the circus: "Hold on to your hats!"
"Why does it say 'Hold on to your HATS?" he asked. "Why doesn't it say 'Hold on to your KIPAHS?"

I read another line from the ad: "The Greatest Show on Earth!"
"Why is it on EARTH?" D asked. "It should be in a PLACE! On the GROUND!"