• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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    Animal sounds are to get the kid to try out mouth noises as practice for more complex verbal expression.

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      I’ve met people who speak as if they’ve never tried to make any of these sounds.

      They don’t sound very good when you hear them.

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    I know nothing of childhood development, but considering the sound a cow makes is different depending on the language of the speaker, I’d assume it’s less about teaching children the sound a cow makes and more about teaching the sounds that exist in your language.

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    Basic verbal building blocks and a fun way to get kids speaking. It’s like how a lot of schoolwork isn’t really going to serve you much in life, but the habits / work ethic you pick up from it definitely will.

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    I’ve mooed at cows and had them moo back. Granted, I don’t speak cow, so it could’ve told me either, “thank you,” “nice weather we’re having,” or “go fuck yourself.”

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    So this is why I get death stares from cows; not speaking to them in their native language.

    When I was a kid, my sister and I would play a game on road trips called, “Hey Cow!” It’s a Midwestern game.

    Basically, you hang your head out the car window when you see a field of cows, and scream, “HEY COW!!” at the top of your lungs. You get a point for every cow that looks at you. You take turns yelling at cows until the road trip is over, or until you lose your voice. Usually, it was the latter.

    My mother let us play this game because we would lose our voices early on, and then the rest of the road trip would be silent.

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    Well if you had learned about the animal sounds you’d know why the cow didn’t say thank you

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    Hmm… not that I know such things but I think kids have a natural fascination with animals. Go along the path that works.

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      This sounds likely. I’d have to imagine at that stage of life the very concept of learning how to learn something for the first time is monumental.

      What they’re learning isn’t as important as learning something for the first time. Since animals are so interesting, it sounds like a reasonable thing to start with.

      I imagine it also has to do with establishing and reinforcing the concept that “things make noises and so can you”

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      I never see a real cow in day-to-day life, so I only moo in the dairy isle.

  • HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Look, I’m just saying that sometimes I’m up on my cow-brained bullshit mooooooooooooo

    And also what if you have to learn COW