The Kindergartener has been learning to read this year using phonics. It’s been so fun to watch and listen to her {sometimes painstaking!} progress. She’s come a long way, and we are proud of her AND indebted to her sweet teacher. In honor of teacher appreciation week, let it be known that we do indeed appreciate her and all the other teachers who are patiently, persistently, and lovingly doing what they do all day every day. Teaching phonetics to one, let alone sixteen or more, young children would send me right on over the edge I teeter on. Teaching school is a high calling, and I am most grateful for those who have been gifted for that purpose. So, if you’re a teacher, thank you for what you do. You help make the world go round. Specifically, many of you help little people become literate people. And, that’s a really big deal.
On that note… here’s a paper the Kindergartener brought home yesterday:
She likes fancy words. So, “priteye” is no surprise. And, she just recently learned that when a word ends in “-ck” it makes the “kuh” sound, so I see how she arrived at “ckonsrt” for “concert.” That makes sense. What I’m not so sure about, though, are the shoulder pads on that dress.
The back side of the paper was even better. They are working on the “-urn” family of words.
Yes, the sweet Kindergartener thinks she was “burn” in Alabama.
Well, she wasn’t. She was actually “burn” right “hur” in “Tennisey.”
Besides the minor misunderstanding about her birthplace, I’m also very confused about what I’m doing on that hospital bed. Apparently I’ve just delivered her and have immediately begun doing some form of Pilates. She knows that I took yoga for a brief season this past fall, so maybe that’s where she gets the idea that I’m serious about fitness. I often feel convicted that I should be… but, alas, I am not.
And, also, just for the record. She was my first child, but I knew even then that I should never leave a baby unattended on a high surface. I surely hope a nurse or the Spouse was just off to the right of our picture.
You can see I get way too much enjoyment from papers of this sort. There’s just nothing quite like phonics in the South.
Thanks, again, teachers for helping us all learn to read. If you were “burn” to teach, I am so glad you have chosen to do so. We sure need you, and we’re grateful for you this week and always.
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