Hard-to-spell-words

For some reason (ok...because I needed to spell-check "pronunciation") I started trying to amass a mental list of words that tend to trip me up spelling-wise...Now, I'm a classic "good speller" and let me tell you, when I read a few years back that being a "good speller" actually has ABSOLUTELY NO BEARING on intelligence, I was aghast! This can't be!!! I still don't buy it...

Anyhow...I'm trying to put together my own list of words that mess with my "good speller" head... I'll add 'em as I think of 'em...

What are yours????

I've had two glasses of wine, and it's 16 degrees outside...so I'm only coming up with a few right now...

pronunciation (why isn't it PRONOUNCE iation?)
vacuum (until I was in my 20's I spelled it vacum - thanks, Mom, for all those years of lists with VACUUM spelled practically as an obscenity!)
success (two c's or two s's or both?)

Give me yours, I will be honest if they're mine, too!

Lingua-Fun

We started working on our spanish again today...Amazing to me that even though we've been pretty big slackers in the spanish department lately, the kids pronunciation is on-spot! I picked up a card game/CD combo from LinguaFun a while back...today was the first time we tried it out...VERY COOL! The games are games the kids already know for the most part, but the cards incorporate spanish sentences into the play...


Also found this ...looks like it could be a great tool for time in the car! Hmmmmm...

This exciting week...

Well, this week will be an exciting one at our house! Not only are we getting back into our "learning groove" this week (between moving in the fall & then the holidaze, our "routine" has been anything but) we're also adopting a new family member on Wednesday! Tomorrow to get back into the swing, we'll play math games and review our times tables, plus guitar & a nature study (both kids are going to be working on a model of our local landscape/topography - we will begin collecting samples and observing the local terrain). We use the Oak Meadow curriculum to assist in our "unschooling" endeavors...now I know the hard-core "unschoolers" probably wouldn't consider what we do "unschooling" since I rely on a curriculum to guide me, but I find the OM materials really help guide me in guiding the kids' learning paths...and for our brand of "unschooling" they are a perfect fit. If you're interested in exploring OM you can check it out HERE
Oh...but back to our new family member...his name is Trenton, and he's 3 years old...His owner needed to find a new home for him due to her fiancee's very bad allergies...and lucky for us we've got the perfect home for him!
Isn't he gorgeous? We'll be sure to post photos on our exciting week as it transpires! Happy New Year to all!