Sonya: Thank you so much, that does make it more clear. I have a very creative daughter, and I’m always afraid of bursting her bubble with correction, but at the same time I want to help her develop as a writer…I think I’ll let the creative side develop now, and work on the technical side…by and by, shall we say.
Rachel: Good points. I think I’ll be more apt to follow those suggestions when she’s a bit older, as we haven’t even approached dictionary work yet
I appreciate your input. In the mean time, I think we’ll try a variation on the theme and maybe use words that she tries on her own as actual words to work on later (as in copywork, since we don’t do a formal spelling now)