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Southern syllables
ByHollie November 21, 2013March 22, 2016

This week the Preschooler came home with a worksheet that asked her to practice counting the number of syllables in each of the following words: I was checking them off and all was going well with this until we got to the word “crocodile.” Me: OK. What about crocodile? How many syllables does that one…

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From the hills of Tennessee…
ByHollie October 11, 2010March 22, 2016

I’ve noticed lately that my children are sounding very much like Elly May Clampett. This would be fine if we were from the rural farmlands or mountains of Appalachia, but since we’re instead from the suburbs of the third largest city in the state of Tennessee, I was hoping for more of a charming Southern…

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