One of these things is not like the others,
one of these things just isn't the same...
So, when we practice spelling words we take turns...I do a word, then he does a word, then I do a word, etc. It started a while back when one day he asked if he could quiz me on some of the spelling words, too. I like it because it gives him some extra practice reading these words, and reading is not his favorite subject, so getting him to read is always a plus.
So, the first word on line three was mine...and it was NOT Barack Obama. Can you guess what it was?
...broke.
It was broke.
Hey, I spell it like I hear it! And I clearly heard "Bar - ock." (Obama was added for emphasis). My kid thought this was hilarious. It became the running joke for the next few days every time that spelling word came up.
But what's especially cool about this, is that being silly took the sting out of the mistake (and my kiddo is usually pretty sensitive to mistakes). It gave me a chance to talk about his pronunciation of "br" without him feeling bad about himself. That mistake was actually the highlight of our homeschool day.
