LEARNING TO SPELL….
July 19th, 2005
Kathryn’s 5-year-old developed a strong interest in spelling once
she learned to spell STOP. After that, she tried to figure out her
own words. From the back seat of the car she’d ask, “Mom, what does
FGRPL spell?”
“Nothing,” Kathryn said.
Sitting at breakfast she’d suddenly ask, “Mom, what does DOEB spell?”
“Nothing,” Kathryn answered.
This went on for several weeks. Then one afternoon as they sat
coloring in her room she asked, “Mom, what does LMDZ spell?”
Kathryn smiled at her and said, “Nothing, sweetheart.”
The 5-year-old carefully set down her crayon, sighed and said,
“Boy, there sure are a lot of ways to spell Nothing!”