Thanks for the reminder about this rearrange feature. I dislike wordle because my brain goes blank when attempting to conjure up 5 letter words and once I guess and am wrong, brain says fuk this and not to waste my time.
Along that line....
Last year my kiddo won the jr hi spelling bee without really trying. He did NOT want to go forward to the regional bee competition, mostly because he didn't want to waste precious gaming time to the potential Saturday he'd have to sacrifice in order to compete. Thanks to my misreading of the way these regional competitions are now done online and having him take what we thought was a 'practice' test and essentially bombing it (33/50, not bad for taking it cold), he didn't have to do anything else. Before we realized that, however, we studied the list of words he'd need to know. We tried the mom gives word kid attempts to spell method, which did NOT work well and his ASD fueled perfectionist driven anxiety caused melt downs. Finally, we hit on the 'let's READ the list out loud and look up words you don't understand' and THEN mom will quiz you and BOOM, his success rate shot way up. By the time we realized it was all in vain, we were using my subscription to the NYT to play Spelling Bee on a daily basis as well. He was the one who clued ME in to the rearrange button and now we play almost daily as he has decided he wants to win the school bee again and compete for real this time.
Just got your book a few days ago, and it has default landed on the TOP of my emotional support book pile next to my bed for when I am done with my current read...(by this weekend, tops!)
Mercy is adorable - thank you for opening your place and your heart for her. One of these days, I really want to visit your ranch when I come back to Austin...
That is so fascinating! I very often ask people to spell their names for me when we first meet. If they say, “Hello I’m John/Jon,” I might simply say, “H or no h?” I think I do this because I am a visual thinker and even though I forget a lot of names, I like to think that in visualizing the word/name, it improves my chances. Also along the way this has been a good conversation starter—Anns telling me of how they’ve been confused for Annes, etc. Spelling does seem to matter, eh? And yes, that rearrange button! What a game changer, literally. I could hit that thing all day long. There’s a great documentary about spelling bees. The name is escaping me (I should have spelled it out loud and maybe I would remember it—haha). Really intense how people prepare for the bees. I’m so glad the book arrived. The post office did goof on several copies. I hope it makes you laugh. And you really do need to meet Mercy one day. She is amazing.
Thanks for the reminder about this rearrange feature. I dislike wordle because my brain goes blank when attempting to conjure up 5 letter words and once I guess and am wrong, brain says fuk this and not to waste my time.
Along that line....
Last year my kiddo won the jr hi spelling bee without really trying. He did NOT want to go forward to the regional bee competition, mostly because he didn't want to waste precious gaming time to the potential Saturday he'd have to sacrifice in order to compete. Thanks to my misreading of the way these regional competitions are now done online and having him take what we thought was a 'practice' test and essentially bombing it (33/50, not bad for taking it cold), he didn't have to do anything else. Before we realized that, however, we studied the list of words he'd need to know. We tried the mom gives word kid attempts to spell method, which did NOT work well and his ASD fueled perfectionist driven anxiety caused melt downs. Finally, we hit on the 'let's READ the list out loud and look up words you don't understand' and THEN mom will quiz you and BOOM, his success rate shot way up. By the time we realized it was all in vain, we were using my subscription to the NYT to play Spelling Bee on a daily basis as well. He was the one who clued ME in to the rearrange button and now we play almost daily as he has decided he wants to win the school bee again and compete for real this time.
Just got your book a few days ago, and it has default landed on the TOP of my emotional support book pile next to my bed for when I am done with my current read...(by this weekend, tops!)
Mercy is adorable - thank you for opening your place and your heart for her. One of these days, I really want to visit your ranch when I come back to Austin...
That is so fascinating! I very often ask people to spell their names for me when we first meet. If they say, “Hello I’m John/Jon,” I might simply say, “H or no h?” I think I do this because I am a visual thinker and even though I forget a lot of names, I like to think that in visualizing the word/name, it improves my chances. Also along the way this has been a good conversation starter—Anns telling me of how they’ve been confused for Annes, etc. Spelling does seem to matter, eh? And yes, that rearrange button! What a game changer, literally. I could hit that thing all day long. There’s a great documentary about spelling bees. The name is escaping me (I should have spelled it out loud and maybe I would remember it—haha). Really intense how people prepare for the bees. I’m so glad the book arrived. The post office did goof on several copies. I hope it makes you laugh. And you really do need to meet Mercy one day. She is amazing.
Very grateful for your vulnerability, insight and humor! An amazing trifecta!
Thank you for being here. ❤️
Awooo to Mercy 😀
Are puppies allowed at the library? 😁
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Congrats to you and Mercy! Looking forward to meeting her!
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