"Dictionary is all I need" (dd9)

[midnightwriter]

I have a 9yo who is quite resistant to suggestions, no matter how veiled or gentle, even if she is asking for them.

Lately she's been wanting to spell better, and I've done quite a lot of research on spelling curricula (so not my or her cup of tea), spelling games, and what not. I even wrote a poem about a knite with a knife who had white knuckles and shaky knees and a short story that included the words that fit into 'the I before E, unless after C' rule. The reception was poor, I have to admit.

Today DD paced around, huffed and puffed, complained that she wanted to write something, but didn't want to ask me how to spell every word. Then she exlaimed, "A dictionary! I need a dictionary!" Lo and behold, I had a nice little Oxford Kids dictionary that I got at Value Village for 99 cents.

Now she's been reading it for an hour, amazed and excited with what it has to offer. Halleluja! And I'm so relieved that I wasn't the one who suggested it at the first place

[4evermom]

My guy is like that...  Spell check and the Electric Company are probably what will get him through.