acurtis75 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 This is my 6 yo dd's first letter to her new pen pal which I found on the boards. It was hard but I resisted the urge to help/correct much. I told her she needed to start with Dear Sylvia, and the second line had to start with a capitol letter and the rest she could do on her own. I am amused to know she has "a rather tannish skin" and that she felt the need to tell her new friend that she has ten fingers and ten toes, one nose, etc.:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNative Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 This is my 6 yo dd's first letter to her new pen pal which I found on the boards. It was hard but I resisted the urge to help/correct much. I told her she needed to start with Dear Sylvia, and the second line had to start with a capitol letter and the rest she could do on her own. I am amused to know she has "a rather tannish skin" and that she felt the need to tell her new friend that she has ten fingers and ten toes, one nose, etc.:lol: That is sweet. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranquility7 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 love it!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Do you really want to post so much personal information on this forum? Did you know it is completely open to anyone to read... you don't have to be a member... ETA: Edited to remove the exact types of personal information included... just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Adorable! She's going to love looking back on that in a few years :) Her handwriting is so pretty, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 How fun that you've saved a copy. :) It's darling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Do you really want to post so much personal information on this forum? Did you know it is completely open to anyone to read... you don't have to be a member... ETA: Edited to remove the exact types of personal information included... just in case. You do have to be a member to see the attachments. OP- your dd's letter is so sweet. It's well written too- you should be proud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaichiki Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Good point about being a member to see attachments... still... anyone can become a member. I agree that the letter is cute! Adorable! It would just make *me* feel better if mom would cover the identifying info with a scrap of paper or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Good point about being a member to see attachments... still... anyone can become a member. I agree that the letter is cute! Adorable! It would just make *me* feel better if mom would cover the identifying info with a scrap of paper or something. I tried to cover it up but couldn't get the picture to show up right and so I decided to just do it and not worry about it. It's no more information than is available on facebook or on our business website. If someone is going to go to all the trouble to join the forum to see this to figure out my last name more power to them. I appreciate you pointing it out and understand where you're coming from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Adorable! Your dd sounds so sweet :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 How cute! She is very matter of fact, isn't she? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 How cute! She is very matter of fact, isn't she? :) Yes, she gets that from me I think. You definately shouldn't ask her a question if you don't want a direct answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Cute, but also VERY good writing for a six-year-old. She must go to a good school, ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Cute, but also VERY good writing for a six-year-old. She must go to a good school, ;) Thank you. I needed that today. We've had a particularly unfocused week and I've been feeling guilty that all we did yesterday was a math test and this letter. I let her spend the rest of the day reading because of some work stuff that had to get done. Apparently she's learning something even though her teacher is distracted and disorganized! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 What a fantastic letter, and the handwriting is wonderful. I wish my 11 yo ds could write so neatly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranquility7 Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Cute, but also VERY good writing for a six-year-old. She must go to a good school, ;) :iagree::iagree::iagree: Good job, Mama! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted November 9, 2011 Share Posted November 9, 2011 Just precious!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Awww, how adorable! Sylvia will be so excited to get the letter! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebunny Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 This is my 6 yo dd's first letter to her new pen pal which I found on the boards. It was hard but I resisted the urge to help/correct much. I told her she needed to start with Dear Sylvia, and the second line had to start with a capitol letter and the rest she could do on her own. I am amused to know she has "a rather tannish skin" and that she felt the need to tell her new friend that she has ten fingers and ten toes, one nose, etc.:lol: Completely a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myeightkiddies Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 That's a very precious letter. I'm sure her new penpal will love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Awww, how adorable! Sylvia will be so excited to get the letter! :001_smile: Sylvia's letter was just as cute! It was awesome that she put the p.s at the end about spelling her name right. :001_smile: dh said that both girls obviously have good teachers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 While it's cute, that is a heap of info for such a huge board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Good point about being a member to see attachments... still... anyone can become a member. QUOTE] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creativish Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Love it! 10 fingers and toes... precious!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Very cute. I like how she wrote "illustrations" above the picture. :lol: What have you used to teach her spelling?? My youngest is 8 and couldn't spell over half of those words right. I'm about to start AAS and I hope it will help her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acurtis75 Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Very cute. I like how she wrote "illustrations" above the picture. :lol: What have you used to teach her spelling?? My youngest is 8 and couldn't spell over half of those words right. I'm about to start AAS and I hope it will help her. She told me as she was writing "illustrations" that it's the proper word because it's used in books. We learned phonics with ETC and did a little Spellwell at first. We then switched to A Reason for Spelling for about 5 minutes. Both of those seemed to0 easy so I bought Spelling Workout because WTM recommended it. We did a whole book and 2 lessons of the next one and she never spelled anything wrong. At that point I realized she's just a natural speller and we stopped doing formal spelling lessons. Now I do a weekly list from the local homeschool spelling bee group. They provide a just for fun list for 1st - 3rd and we do 10 words a week from that. She spells 1 or 2 wrong on the pre-test and we practice those for the week. I apologize because that's probably not helpful but I really can't take credit for teaching her anything in this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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