Vocabulary of Maggie

"Dad, can a person in a wheelchair go down the steps?"

"No, they use a ramp, or an elevator."

(Long pause.) "What's a ramp?"

"It's an inclined plane."

"Oh!" (Relief and understanding flood Maggie's face.)

This one is really not her parents' fault. She learned all about inclined planes at age 3, at her daycare center (Aquinas College Child Development Center).

A few days later, in a plaintive tone:

"Mom, when can James and I have an inclined plane to play on?"

"You have already had lots of them."

"When?!"

"When you lay the camping mattresses over the stairs and slide yourselves or toys down them."

"Oh, yeah!" (Big smile of contentment.)