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  • Playing Hangman

    Nanna and The Boy are playing Hangman. It is a "new" game for The Boy, one that we have been practising for a while to improve his interest in spelling (which he is extremely gifted at but refuses to do), in much the…

  • Word Play

    The Boy and I are having our nightly cuddle, and today we are playing letter games. One of us will pick a letter, and then we say as many words as we can that start with that letter. He always wins as I forget what…

  • What Leap Frog Did

    for a bit of a huge moment for Heidi that occurred a bit less than an hour ago. I saw Heidi fully engaged in reading books yesterday for 2 hours, using the Leap Frog ‘Tag’ reading system. We were visiting a…

  • First Words

    Ava is obsessed with a game, an iPhone app called FIRST WORDS. She likes the animals. It is a spelling game for toddlers where you drag the letters to form a word, like CAT, BIRD, DOG. Once you spell the word, the…

  • A New Technique to assist in Spelling

    We are slowly working on Annie’s spelling words. It was a real struggle at first until Annie’s teacher suggested a new technique. We use a rainbow pen and write each letter of the word in a different colour…