Kids Say the Darndest Things: Science Class Edition

I help out at a Grade 6/7 science class every week. We introduced them to the periodic table (for the first time) the other day.

Teacher: "Does anyone know why gold is Au in the periodic table?"
Kid1: "It's Latin!"
Kid2: "What does it stand for?"
Teacher: "I'm not sure... does anyone know?"
Kid3: "It stands for aurum."
Teacher: "Very good!"
Kid4: "Is gold 'G-O' in the Latin periodic table?"