Lakefront Living in Chicago

I was so blessed to sit in front of a Great-grandmother and her 5 year old great-grandson on the train the other day.
The little boy was writing a word while she waited not looking. At first I didn’t know what they were doing and then figured out they were playing hang man. I haven’t played that game since Elementary School.
Anyway, they were having so much fun and I was shamelessly listening in and laughing right along with them. He wrote the word from his class book and she would taking guesses starting with the vowels… “is there an A? … he would say no…an E?…no…an I?…no; well give me a hint! He would sound out the beginning Grrr or Brrr and no hint would he give.
She finally figured out he didn’t know what hint meant! Anyway, she would give him all the vowels and he kept saying no. It was too funny, I’m smiling now just thinking about it.
I asked her if she was a teacher and she said just for her children. She took every interaction as an opportunity to teach him. “Every word has to have a vowel” she said several times when he kept saying no. A;E;I;O;U and sometimes Y.
When it was her turn she wrote the word; gave him a hint “it lives in the water” and he immediately guessed Jelly Fish. Which was the right word and that was so funny to him! I laughed and the young man sitting in front of me did too.
This wonderful woman is teaching her Great-grandson with humor and just pure fun. God Bless Her!