something "spells" in here ...

AG is in her 27th week of learning random spelling words for school. short of that 2 times that she flunk (coz i forgot to teach her, then i taught her the wrong week's list) she has been in total game mode.

i up-ed the ante some weeks ago by telling her that if she scored full marks 3 times, she gets to go to Toys-r-Us and pick something out.

i've never seen her more driven! she already has 2 and is gunning for her last.

but i think the spelling words are a bitch to teach! one week she had moan AND groan. another she had ocean (which is phonetically very challenging "oh-shen"). last week she had to spell "space shuttle" and this week had ingredients, decorate and adventure. it also had crack ... which got me thinking. who thinks up these lists!!