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I'm trying to teach Walter how to read and spell words...GOOD GRIEF!
I am so frustrated with all the ridiculous words that don't follow our own rules...
You know the ones...
- Silent E changes the short vowel to a long vowel sound
- When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking (like hear, aim, moan)
etc. etc.
Okay, so why do we have to make it so hard on our kids by making them learn words that don't make sense in the world of phonics. I understand, sometimes it helps to learn it's origin.
Okay, really? Does origin take priority over learning basic skills and moving on to bigger things?
Why can't we just change it? We change the s and apostrophe rule back and forth, why not just do a full sweep and change words like
said- can't we make it "sed?"
Or how about
was- how about "wuz?"
that's the way they sound!
why do we have a "ph" or "gh" that sounds like an "F" sound? Just use the stinking F!
laugh- into laf
why do we have a "ck" sound that sounds like a "k" and "c" that sometimes sounds like an "S?"
Just use an S
It just doesn't make sense to me that we keep it that way b/c it's always been that way. Does it serve any purpose other than confusing the heck out of kids trying to master so many concepts? They have to stumble over so many rules, and then stumble over words that don't follow rules.
Our language stinks!
We ask why American kids have lower test scores and not as smart in this and that...we have the power to change all that.
We do.
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Change is an interesting time of life, isn't it?
I don't think it matters what exactly is changing, just the fact that life will be or is already different than what we know as "normal" or "routine."
And change can seem good or bad depending on our experience, on our situation.
Depending on exactly what is changing.
Job change can be exciting, job change can be scary. Job change can feel hopeless.
Having a baby is change. Even if you already have one or a dozen, that's one more person you are adding to your mix, one more to care for, to love, to have interest in and investment in their life.
We are making a change, in preschools. Not a huge change, but nevertheless, a change.
So what will the new preschool be like? What will happen with Carrie? Will Carrie be ready for kdg next year with a late September birthday?
The nice thing to know about change is that God is already not only with us, but at the other side as well. He knows the change, He knows what will happen and He has prepared us for this change. I'd like to think that our lives are mapped out, that whatever change is about to happen or happening, He has been preparing us for that change since birth. Even before birth, really. Because people involved in this change may have been born before us. Because it's all part of our story that He knows the beginning and the ending and if we let Him, he'll allow us to see the beauty in it
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I was so impressed with Walter. We have been studying out of his little person Bible- and we've been in Genesis and talking about creation.
Last week we talked about how awesome it was that God spoke light into existence on day one and sky on day two. Revisiting that again today, Walter observed that God, on day two, separated the waters and called it sky. Walter said, "But God didn't make the earth yet." It wasn't a comment of doubt, it was a comment of trying to piece it together and a comment filled with awe. We talked about how the sun wasn't made yet (not until day 4) and God created light first thing. That God didn't need the sun to have light.
And separating the waters, we talked about the water in the sky, but also how there is a layer of protection above us that protects us from the sun.
So, perhaps, God created that layer of protection before he even created the sun.
So again, I am so thankful that God is doing His thing with Walter, b/c it's impossible for me to make him see how awesome and powerful and majestic our God truly is.
I'll do my part, but you can see God at work in Walter's heart and in his mind.
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