an ordinary normal family of four seeking out life on Vancouver Island… with a scrapbooking, reading, writing, crafting, laundry-washing, teacher of a mama who apparently thinks "everything is awesome"
@MauiMickey I've taught k for 6 yrs. I've seen lots of crying over lots if things! 8 hours ago
@MauiMickey I'm not suggesting you let them fail miserably or cluelessly 8 hours ago
@MauiMickey right but I would write a comment back, "you were brave to tickle that caterpillar!" but not /
actually modify their own wrtg 8 hours ago
@MauiMickey right, of course. But that's the learning... No? They are not conventional spellers yet. Pictures, feedback, responses can cue 2 8 hours ago
@MauiMickey then we keep modeling the conventional spellings & talking about how to make our messages easier for others to understand... 8 hours ago
@MauiMickey ... "good job" but I'll print the real way to spell it here. Their spelling is real, for that child. Lots of hard work in that. 8 hours ago
@MauiMickey kiddo works really hard to spell a word, listens for sounds, matches sound to letters etc. I don't want to come along saying... 8 hours ago
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