Tag: reeling, writhing

  • Sound of the day: t

    Well, we didn’t make it to home ed group. For whatever reason, Big is wound up like a tight spring this morning, and although I am aware that it is my own behaviour that requires modifying in order to improve hers, I was struggling to find anything good to praise her for, in between the…

  • "the pink is just glorious"

    Sometimes my daughter makes me laugh out loud. The above statement was exclaimed as we came over a hill top on the way home, to be faced with a pretty good sunset, and of course, it was her favourite colour 😉 I had my choice of titles today, could have gone with Woohoo, he slept…

  • Seriously sticky scrapping

    Yes, we did follow Joyce’s suggestion to make a Jolly phonics sound scrapbook. Big was thrilled with it all, and from being nowhere with indentifying sounds in words found several for herself. The fact that she got to shred lots of our recycling bag improved the situation no end, and Small enjoyed contributing to the…

  • Sound of the day: s

    s Weave hand in an s shape, like a snake, and say ssssss

  • This reading thing

    I’m beginning to suspect that Big just isn’t ready for this. Seems so odd – she is a bright child in a lot of ways, although immature at times. (Lots of times, lol.) She says that she wants to read, but today we had a performance on the grand scale, a repetition of last nights.…