Team Gray!

Say your child is the most inquisitive, sensitive, intelligent person. You love talking to him, filling his mind with wisdom every day. He alone is enough for you, and you are enough for him. Then you find yourself around other children, nasty little beasts. Those children are uncivilized, uncultivated, and…did that dirty little person just [...]

I know I said that the Grand Old Duke of York was a favorite last night, but Beehive must be a close second. The babies get so excited about being bees at the end. Stay tuned for more fingerplays from Recipe for Reading!

Well, the results are in… and they’re mixed. Imani, who never had problems with spelling, spelled 19/20 words correctly today, including ‘absence,’ which she had practiced incorrectly: ‘absense.’ She added a ‘d’ to admission, or some such word, which was disappointing to us both. Joyous, who usually struggles with spelling, initially misspelled 6 words out [...]