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I just wanted to share how proud I am of DD.  

 

Today DD decided to review the Barton spelling lists for sight words she has already covered, just to make sure she is solid before we take a break for a couple of weeks..  All of them.  All 9 lists from 3 different levels.  It was nearly 130 words.   :ohmy:

 

Sight words were the bane of her existence all the way through 5th grade.  All those awful spelling lists at school, all pretty much taught whole language, no phonics, and called "sight words", became a nightmare in our house.  We would spend hours every single day trying to memorize those words.  She wasted years of her childhood doing that and would frequently forget them again by the next week.  Soooo much time and effort wasted.  Soooo many needless tears and stress.  If I had just started her on phonics back then, and used the Barton method for true sight words... 

 

Anyway, today she did one sight word list right after another.  She whipped out the words really quickly.  She even did it with a smile.  She only bobbled on 10 words out of nearly 130.  And she was able to go back, find the words and correct those 10 words without input from me.  We then took a break after which she reviewed those 10 words again and got them all correct again.  She does keep spelling pretty as pritty but she immediately knows it is wrong as soon as she writes it and fixes it right away.  :thumbup1:

 

This success with spelling has been hard won.  I am so proud of her effort and dedication.  And so grateful to Barton...

 

Moments like these help us both get through the harder days.  

 

Best wishes everyone.  May all of you have moments like these...and often.   :)

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