Penguin Girl read Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster at school with Ms. G. The book's plot centers around a sort of play-on-words vocabulary mistake. Ms. G gave the kids a related assignment of thinking up a word and then coming up with a creative costume. Then the kids would do a vocabulary parade just like in the book.
Penguin Girl had some trouble coming up with a word. After a whole lot of "thinking," I suggested she have a look in the dictionary. That proved to be unproductive. So I picked out a page in the dictionary on which there were many possibilities. Finally (finally!) she chose the word "eyeglass." Then I asked what sort of costume she envisioned.
Penguin Girl: Well, I could have a drinking glass and make an eyeball to put in it and hold that.
Me: Is that really a costume?
Penguin Girl: No, not really.
Me: Why don't you make your idea into a costume you can wear?
Penguin Girl: You mean like a big drinking glass?
Me: Yes! Then you could put something in it . . .
Penguin Girl: Yeah! Juice!
Me: (exasperated) Not juice! A big eyeball! Like your word!
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