I Can Spell!

Marcie, my little whiz-kid Kindergartener, has learned the joys of spelling. She is so proud that she can spell can, we, like, the, cat; and she is constantly writing in her High School Musical notebook and asking me how to spell many other words. Charlie and Kyle have gotten in on it, too. Kyle says, "look, Mom, n-o, No!" and has also started asking how to spell simple words. A few nights ago, when putting Charlie to bed, he said, "Mom, I know how to spell blue." I took the bait and replied, "how?" He said, "b-l-u-e," after which I praised him and he followed by spelling green, red, and attempting white. After that I told him that he needed to go to sleep and there would be more time for spelling tomorrow. Tuesday afternoon Charlie said, "Mom, I know how to spell YMCA," and then he spelled, "Y-M-C-A" very slowly. He had such a proud look on his face. It was so cute! Then he attempted to spell said, "s-i-d" and didn't even mind when I replied, "oops, there's an A in there -- "s-a-i-d." He just said, "oh, yeah" and wasn't mad (he usually gets mad when he's corrected). So, I'm hoping this phase will last awhile and will help with his reading! Of course, now the kids are driving me a little crazy with the constant spelling but I am not going to discourage them. Pray for me to keep the patient look on my face while I am spelling everything that pops into their little heads. What about Joanna, you ask? Well, so far she is totally disinterested in spelling. She just enjoys writing her name, her teacher's name, and a classmate's name, over and over. When she gets into the mood for spelling, hopefully, the other kids will spell for her and I can take a break!