I've been that concerned grown-up before, that champion, for lots of children, as a Center Director, as a tutor, as an aunt, as a friend. You never forget them.
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#Poppy
Poppy posts detail my study sessions with Poppy, my nail tech's daughter who's currently in first grade, bilingual, and hilarious.
Isn't that an interesting error? The words don't sound alike at all, but they kind of do look alike: they both have three letters, two of which are the same, in the same positions.
There is no silver bullet for literacy, but there are golden opportunities.
My mind was blown by the fact that Kristine, who is FOUR YEARS OLD, had instantaneously groked that the colors, all of them, were some kind of system.
Poppy has a lot to sort out in the 'sound house' she in building in her mind, that is, the phonologies of the languages she will be living in for the rest of her life.