How can two children who are so utterly entranced by reading be so diametrically opposed to writing?? The logical, patient part of me says "Don't worry, the writing will come...encourage them, inspire them and expose them to great literature and it will come." But of course the worry-wart, frantic homeschooling mom in me says "What if they never learn to put two sentences together because I failed them as a teacher. What then????"
I know I should take a long-term view of this, but it's really hard in the moment. I love to write, why don't they? But at least they like to play Scrabble :)
Enjoying scrabble is a huge bonus. Not only will they be writing stories but they will do with pizzaz and high scoring scrabble words.
ReplyDeleteThis is another reason why I love scrabble. Although I see scrabble more as a math game rather than a word game. Math is more prominent than words in the game of scrabble if you ask me.
ReplyDeleteScrabble is a beautiful fusion of language and numbers. Both a good vocabulary and and an understanding of high scoring principles lead to a successful game. (Not to mention a little luck with the tiles!)
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